How is Ben Carson doing so well in the polls when he has said so many absurd statements. They include claiming many go to prison straight and than come out gay. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/ben-carson-gay-choice-prison-115744 They include claiming that looser gun laws in Nazi Germany would have prevented holocaust. When in fact the Nazis loosened gun laws compared to the previous Weimar Republic. The fact is no matter what the gun policy was of the Nazis the Jews couldn't have prevented the holocaust. They were a small minority and were being persecuted by a government backed by most of the people including the military. A military that took the combined might of British empire, America, and Soviet Union to defeat. The only way the holocaust could have been prevented was if Britain and France had intervened earlier like when Germany militarized the Rhine and annexed Sudetland since at that time Germany's rearmament was not complete; this is detailed in Churchill's book the gathering storm. The only another way is if Gavrilo Princip didn't assassinate Franz Ferinand which lead to WW1 which in turn most historians believe was one of the main causes of WW2. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/opinion/ben-carson-is-wrong-on-guns-and-the-holocaust.html?_r=0 They include comparing homosexuality to bestiality and pedophile. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/29/carson-under-fire-over-homosexuality-comments/ They include "I never saw a body with bullet holes that was more devastating than taking the right to arm ourselves away,". http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/...oles-more-devastating-than-loss-of-gun-rights They also including claiming pyramids were built to store grain rather than for the pharaohs(Carson doesn't seem to know history as shown by this along with holocaust gun comment). Link to haaretz article by Israeli experts thoroughly debunking Carson below. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ben-carson-pyramids-grain-storage_563a7d2fe4b0307f2cabdf3e http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.684445 He has said Obamacare is worst thing since slavery. Whatever you think of Obamacare it's appalling to compare to say its worst than something like slavery(note by saying it's worst thing since slavery you are saying its worst than everything that has occurred since slavery like holocaust, Stalin, Mao, etc.) http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/10/26/3715969/ben-carson-ridiculousness-continues/ He also has said that there shouldn't be any international law regarding warfare. http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/10/26/3715969/ben-carson-ridiculousness-continues/ He also has compared those who do abortion to slaveholders. He also is hypocritical about it, as he has done research work on fetal tissue. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/10/25/video_ben_carson_compares_abortion_to_slavery.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-no-apologies-for-1992-fetal-tissue-research/ Ben Carson doesn't believe in global warming stating "There is no overwhelming science that the things that are going on are man-caused and not naturally caused." The opposite is true Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states "It is extremely likely [95 percent confidence] more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010 was caused by the anthropogenic increase in greenhouse gas concentrations and other anthropogenic forcings together." Global warming is major threat to the world due to effects it has like increasing unpredictable weather along with rising ocean levels affecting coastal areas. Former chairmen of joint chief of staff for American military Mike Mullen also noted threat of global warming stating that it requires achieving energy security in a sustainable world. http://www.theguardian.com/environm...2013/sep/27/global-warming-ipcc-report-humans http://thinkprogress.org/climate/20...-chiefs-chair-mike-mullen-on-energy-security/ Lastly, the comment that is most absurd and is shameful; is that he has compared United States to Nazi Germany and says we live in the "gestapo age" in America. United States is a Western liberal democracy and shares nothing in common with a fascist dictatorship like Nazi Germany arguable one of the worst(arguable Russia under Stalin and China under Mao was the worst) if not worst government in history. It's such an offensive and insensitive comment especially to victims of the Nazis and trivializes victims of Nazis. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/...arson-says-U-S-is-very-much-like-Nazi-Germany Beside, these absurd comments Ben Carson doesn't seem to know basic economic information. During an interview he was asked whether he would raise the debt ceiling he didn't answer the question saying that he would propose lower budgets. Budget and debt ceiling are two different things. Debt ceiling means once money already spent goes past debt ceiling United States defaults on its debt lowering its credit score and increasing interest rates. Carson refused to answer the question. The other example was during last debate when it was pointed out by one of the journalists there that his tax plan leaves a trillion dollar shortfall. He responded with there is no tax fall due to size of GDP. That is not what tax revenue figures are derived from. Estimates on tax plan is based in income since that is what is taxed. GDP doesn't mean income, GDP stands for gross domestic product and measures the level of products produced and services provided in a country. http://fortune.com/2015/10/08/ben-carson-economy/ http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...en-carsons-tithe-based-tax-plan-lead-1-trill/ How is Ben Carson doing well in the polls despite statements especially the one comparing United States to Nazi Germany and can't answer basic economic questions?
I think this is just temporary. Dr. Ben Carson is fooling the masses but the mask will soon come off. Donald Trump is not going to allow this man to steal the Presidential election away from him. Dr. Ben Carson is homophobic and I wish Donald Trump would publicly berate the man for his homophobic statements.
Carson plays the race card... Carson: I Think the Way That I Am Treated by the Left Is Racism February 23, 2016 | GOP presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson told Politico on Tuesday that he hasnt experienced racism by Republicans and the last time he experienced real racism was by liberals. See also: Ben Carson: Obama Was Raised White February 23, 2016 | GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson told Politico on Tuesday that it is a bit of a stretch for President Barack Obama to claim he identifies with the experience of black Americans, because he was raised white.
