Ben Carson

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Ben Carson thinks he's getting a unfair amount of scrutiny by "the liberal media."

“There’s no question I’m getting special scrutiny,” Mr. Carson said on CBS. “Every single day or every other day or every week, they’re going to come out with, ‘Well, you said this when you were 13’…and the whole point is to distract, distract the populace, distract me.”

But NBC's First Read review of previous presidential elections uncovered that during the 2008 election, between the New York Times and Washington Post, 160 articles were written about (then) Senator Obama's relationship with Rev. Jeremiah Wright. There were 41 articles published about the relationship between Bill Ayers. During the 1992 election cycle, there were 69 articles published between the Washington Post and New York Times about Bill Clinton's relationship with Gennifer Flowers. It should also be pointed out, The Wall Street Journal has been been reporting on factual inconsistencies with Dr. Carson's biography.

* Source: Welcome to the big leagues, Ben Carson

Comments

[dexeron.livejournal.com]

Fred Clark did a two-part post on Carson (more a discussion on the way that we address being shown that we are wrong, and the way that how we chose to respond defines the kind of person we are.)

First an older post that provides some context: Jackie at the Crossroads (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.patheos.com%2Fblogs%2Fslacktivist%2F2010%2F09%2F19%2Fjackie-at-the-crossroads%2F&h=5AQEGw-ME). It talks about how we, when presented with the knowledge that we were wrong about something that is a fundamental "story" for us, can chose to be either "Good Jackie" or "Bad Jackie."

Then two posts on Carson:

It’s not rocket science: Why at first I thought Ben Carson was like ‘Good Jackie’ (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.patheos.com%2Fblogs%2Fslacktivist%2F2015%2F11%2F07%2Fits-not-rocket-science-why-at-first-i-thought-ben-carson-was-like-good-jackie%2F&h=wAQEF70OM)

Ben Carson is ‘Bad Jackie’ (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.patheos.com%2Fblogs%2Fslacktivist%2F2015%2F11%2F09%2Fben-carson-is-bad-jackie%2F&h=FAQENOoMp)

I think that the true test of character (and of honesty) comes in how one reacts to being told that one is wrong. Being wrong isn't shameful - it can be an opportunity to learn and move forward wiser. It's the choice we make, whether to discard, or cling to, a comforting narrative when presented with (or despite of) the actual facts; that's where we show if we're honest and humble, if we are trustworthy. Obviously, Ben Carson has failed this particular test.

[fieryphoenix.livejournal.com]

It seems every hill is a hill worth dying on to Carson.

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Haha, awesome.

[moonshaz.livejournal.com]