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To: Alighieri who wrote (898329)	11/3/2015 3:26:02 PM
From: combjelly	1 Recommendation Recommended By gronieel2 Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574129

Oh sure, the truth can be pretty malleable in a politicians hands. But Ben takes it all to a whole new level. He is either breathtakingly ignorant of most things outside of neurosurgery or he is brilliantly and cynically playing off of the ignorance of the Republican base. Like his ideas on the power of a president to over-rule a Supreme Court decision. Or pretty much everything he opines on.

To: Alighieri who wrote (898329)	11/3/2015 8:10:51 PM
From: work4ever	3 Recommendations Recommended By Bill Honey_Bee locogringo Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574129

I don't think Ben is all well in the head frankly. Jeeze, he is going to be devastated when he finds out you said that. Below is some info from Wikipedia that tells something about who Dr. Ben Carson is. Who are you? Awards and honorsCarson is a member of the American Academy of Achievement, [135] Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, [136] and the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. [137] Carson has been awarded 38 honorary doctorate degrees and dozens of national merit citations. [138] Detroit Public Schools opened the Dr. Benjamin Carson High School of Science and Medicine [139] for students interested in pursuing healthcare careers. The school is partnering with Detroit Receiving Hospital and Michigan State University. [140] In 2000, he received the Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards. [141]In 2001, he was elected by the Library of Congress on the occasion of its 200th anniversary to be one of the 89 who earned the designation Library of Congress Living Legend. [142]In 2004, he was appointed to serve on The President's Council on Bioethics. [143]In 2005, Carson was awarded the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership. [144]In 2006, he received the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP, their highest honor for outstanding achievement. [145]In 2008, the White House awarded Carson the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. [146]In 2008, Ford's Theatre Society awarded Carson the Ford's Theatre Lincoln Medal, for exemplifying the qualities embodied by President Abraham Lincoln—including courage, integrity, tolerance, equality, and creative expression—through superior achievements. [147] [148]In 2008, U.S. News & World Report named Carson as one of "America's Best Leaders". [149]In 2010, he was elected into the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine, considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. [150]In 2012, Carson was the Influential Marylander Award recipient from The Daily Record, Baltimore's legal and business newspaper. [151]In 2014, a poll of Americans conducted by Gallup ranked Carson sixth on a list of the most admired men in the world. [152]He is an emeritus fellow of the Yale Corporation. [153]