DES MOINES, Iowa — Ben Carson said his top outside adviser and longtime friend Armstrong Williams is dishonest – a failing he also attributed to political opponents and the media that has covered his campaign.
“Armstrong is not necessarily the epitome of truth,” Mr. Carson said during a breakfast with reporters hosted by Bloomberg. “He doesn’t speak all things that are correct. He often speaks without thinking. He has no official capacity in the campaign whatsoever. His influence has been vastly overrated.”
Of negative news coverage, he said, “That level of dishonesty in the press should be something that concerns all of you guys.”
Mr. Carson, who led public opinion polls in early November before his campaign sank amid internal dysfunction and questions about the accuracy of his vaunted biography and his command of foreign policy, said the turmoil in his political team doesn’t disqualify him from running the federal government.
“I’ve discovered what the problems are and I’ve corrected them,” Mr. Carson said. “The problem is when you leave dysfunction in place.”
Mr. Williams, who for more than a year has arranged Mr. Carson’s media interviews and some of his public appearances, said his role in the campaign has been “vastly overstated in the media.”
“While I may have misspoken on rare occasions — as anyone who is human is prone to err — my loyalty to Dr. Carson and his candidacy is clear and unwavering,” Mr. Williams said.
Mr. Carson said his campaign’s fall from the Republican field’s top ranks hasn’t bothered him. He compared the ups and downs of the campaign to his life story of rising from poverty in Detroit to becomea world-renowned neurosurgeon.
“Recognize that I have experienced every socioeconomic level there is from, the bottom to the top. I feel very comfortable at every level,” he said. “The trappings of wealth and power mean nothing to me.”
I think Carson is probably a very nice man, highly intelligent, and by all accounts, a superb surgeon.
But politics is not his forte. He is out of his element there. He should just give it up, and be satisfied that he tried. He would be an excellent choice to be Sec of Health, or Surgeon General!
I wish him well!
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
There are no Carthaginian terrorists.
President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood
I liked Carson and was glad he was in the race,but there was never any chance of him winning. Besides his complete lack of political experience,he seems to have all the passion and animation of a sedated zombie.
His campaign has been dead for a long time,but nobody bothered to tell him.
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
IMHO it is as sad as it is funny and true. I suspect Carson is the most sincere of all of them about focusing more on returning America to greatness and honest government.
Maybe even more than all of them combined.
His emotionless personality kills him with the "I like politics every 4 years" crowd that are the same bunch that vote for people for "reasons" like "Presidential Hair",gender,skin color,or attractiveness.
This is why I have even given up on the hope he would be picked for a VP spot. He MIGHT bring in a few black votes from those bold enough to leave the Dim Plantation,but that's about it. He would do that at the expense of the country and the alleged Republican Party having to find another presidential candidate when his time as VP is up. He just isn't dynamic enough to be "presidential material".
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
That's just media drivel. They are defending themselves,when the truth is they have no defense other than "defense of paycheck".
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
