In part two of this series I’m going to discuss current
Republican second placer, Dr. Ben Carson.
Understandably Dr. Carson has some folks excited. For one thing, he’s a doctor. That tells us something about his
intelligence and commitment to completing tasks. Becoming a doctor isn’t easy, especially when you're starting off as a poor kid from Detroit. And Dr. Ben isn’t just any old doctor. He’s a neurosurgeon! And he’s not just any neurosurgeon; he’s a Johns Hopkins pediatric neurosurgeon!!! He’s not just a Johns Hopkins pediatric neurosurgeon;
he’s the first neurosurgeon to separate
conjoined twins attached at the head!!!!!!!!!! Sadly he’s retired, but I believe he’s earned
that. Even more sadly he has proven well
that intelligence and wisdom can be mutually exclusive and that a great doctor does not a great scientist make. We’ll
come back to that. Let us get to the
issues.
We will start with that old chestnut, abortion. Dr. Carson used to be pro-choice. Like many pro-choicers he felt that abortion
was awful, and yet was unwilling to legally force that opinion on the women of
the country. He has since tidied up that
stance to become pro-life. He feels that
abortion for convenience is repugnant and that no abortions should be performed
after 20 weeks post fertilization for any reason. Up until that point he does allow for
abortion where the mother’s health is in jeopardy. I will not reiterate my thoughts on
pro-lifers who have no adopted children.
If you search for his thoughts on abortion over the last 20 years you
see a bit of fluctuation. I cannot fault
that. It is not a simple issue. For me, being pro-life does not preclude my
possibility of voting for you…but it is a step in the wrong direction.
Dr. Carson believes in the free market system while I am for
limited but specific regulation. As we have seen time
and time again in this country, corporations refuse to do right by the
environment, the consumer, the government, etc…
He also wants to cut spending in every government agency by 10%. We know there is an indescribable amount of waste in the government, but
across the board cuts don’t make sense to me without some serious research. Let’s combine his economic strategies into
strike one.
The good doctor has some thoughts on civil rights. He believes homosexuality is a choice. He accepts that gay marriage is the law, but does
not support it. He does feel that minus
marriage, gays should have the same rights as straight folk. He equated homosexuality to pedophilia,
though he later apologized for that one.
He feels that because he pulled himself out of a bad situation in his
youth that we should eliminate race based entitlements like affirmative
action. I don’t think we’re quite ready
for that…yet. His beliefs that gays
should not be able to legally marry and that minorities should all be able to
rise above their upbringings (a beautiful concept, but I feel not accurate) I
shall combine into strike two.
Dr. Carson is for medical marijuana. That is a plus. We are seeing more and more cases where
marijuana treatment is helping patients of all ages. He is against the recreational use. This clown quite honestly loves the ganj. Strike three.
Big Ben has spoken widely on education. In 2015 he likened public education to a propaganda
system. He and I both agree that proper education
equals liberation. He feels that classes
like math should take more priority over athletics. That is hard to argue against, methinks. He likes some God in his public schools. I don’t much care for that. He wants the “ethics” of creationists to
enter the classroom. I’ve seen those
so-called ethics. We don’t need
them. He is a huge fan of education in
general and feels that this is the key to helping minorities, keeping youth on
track and fighting oppression. These are
all true. I’m not sure how he can do
this by cutting 10% of federal school funding.
Lastly he is a creationist. Did
you know that there are folks who believe in creationism and evolution? I like that.
Those ideals are not in opposition provided you can be a little flexible
with your interpretations.
Unfortunately, Ben is not one of those people. He has infamously asked, “…how does something
come out of nothing?” He and I have
different definitions for “nothing”.
Clearly he is not a scientist.
Straight up Jesus riding on
dinosaurs creationism I cannot tolerate, eliciting a fourth strike for Herr
doctor.
To wrap this up let me speed through the rest of these. I am way past TLDR status. Dr. Ben Carson has not been very vocal on the
environment other than to say that both socialists and capitalists should be
protective of the planet. Kind of vague
if you ask me…though I do agree. He hasn't publicly reconciled this generic environmentalism with his free market economic beliefs. He
feels that we need fossil fuel independence and that the climate debate is not
relevant. He is a “drill, baby drill”
candidate. Um…no. He has equated the decline of the US to the
decline of Rome and based these declines are caused by immorality. Nope. He
feels that the government is bloated. I’m
with him on this one, but he wants a 5 year hiring freeze for government
jobs. To me this seems like a great way
to stymie the intellectual growth of the government. This is not the way to keep government
small. He is against the Affordable Care
Act, and has called Obamacare the worst thing since slavery. Seems overstated to me. He is pro-torture. Seems Christian to me! He believes a pathway to citizenship for
illegals is unfair to people who have done it the right way. This is true, but doesn’t make a pathway a
bad idea. He is partially anti-union.
There are some more strikes in there. I lost count.
Dr. Carson found God as a child after wanting to stab a classmate over
an argument. Finding God is not a bad thing. Giving credit to said God for passing
freshman chemistry is a bad
thing. Dr. Ben Carson is not a candidate
for the poor and working classes. Dr.
Ben Carson is not a candidate for union clowns.
Dr. Ben Carson is not a candidate for single women and couples who make
mistakes during intimacy. Dr. Ben Carson
is not a candidate for democratic socialists who believe in a hand up. Dr. Ben Carson is not a candidate for me.
Caustic the Clown
If you would like to personally verify the veracity of my summation of Ben's platform, then please visit these sites:
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/ben-carson-abortion-stance-121456
http://www.ontheissues.org/Ben_Carson.htm
http://www.ontheissues.org/Ben_Carson.htm
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