DOUBTS ABOUT DR. BEN CARSON FOR PRESIDENT. IS THE ROBBERY STORY TRUE?

THE KUHNS REPORT

LAS VEGAS - Hello America, and how is the world treating you?

Presidential candidate, Dr. Ben Carson is certainly controversial.This guy appears to stick his foot in his mouth most every day while on the campaign trail. He, like Carly Fiorina and Donald Trump are not  professional politicians and as such, should be cut some slack but Carson appears to  try to talk out of both sides of his mouth. He makes statements that are very clear as to what he actually said to the public but when challenged or called on his comments he immediately tries to back pedal, offer other scenarios and comes up with another answer which is usually starting with something like:  "what I really meant to say," or "they didn't hear me, right." And at times hr becomes testy when challenged or ask to explain. Come on! This guy tries to  parse everything he says both ways and tends to continually take a middle ground on the subject matter or issue at hand. In my view, Carson makes too many gaffes, seems to display poor judgement and possibly has a tendency to embellish and exaggerate for his own purpose. To me, that's not presidential.

In the last  couple of days Carson weighed in on the Roseburg, Oregon College massacre where he implied that the hostages should have rushed, swarmed and attacked the gunman. His logic was "He, (the gunman) can't kill us all. My view- that's dumb and illogical thinking. Wow! Folks, the parents and relatives of the deceased victims never even had a chance to grieve, even bury their loved ones at the time he's making his pronouncements.

Later he said on one occasion he was confronted by a gunman in a Popeye's Chicken fast food restaurant. Did he attack the gunman? NO! Did he ask any of the customers or patrons in the fast food restaurant to rush the gunman, in mass, as a group? NO! What did he do? He told the gunman" I think you want the guy behind the counter" REALLY? Instead of letting the gunman take his money or valuables he directs the  ARMED ROBBER  in his soft, slow voice (according to Carson)  to confront the  person behind the  counter. His spokespeople told Anderson Cooper on CNN that the gunman replied : Oh, alright. So the robber proceeded to the counter, confronted the employee, told the employee to hand over the money from the register after which the gunman left the establishment with his haul of money. That according to Carson as told by his spokesperson.

I see a lot wrong with Dr. Carson's  response to  being a victim in a robbery. Instead of responding by yelling, screaming or asking someone to call the police or 911 he  decided to put a fast food employee's life at great risk by telling the gunman to rob the employee.

Folks, who usually works behind the counter in a fast food restaurant?  I will go out on a limb and say nine times out of ten the fast food employee is a TEENAGER, sometimes a SENIOR CITIZEN just trying to make ends meet. And this idiot carries on a conversation with the gunman and tells him to go after the guy behind the counter. Can you believe that? Anther question I would have. Did this encounter REALLY happen or did Dr. Carson decide to confabulate and make up a story so as to promote his image while running for President? I would suspect that there are millions of people in the country doubting Carson's story. Who knows, right? I would also suggest that the police check past police reports in the city and zero in on the date and time of the Carson robbery as to when this alleged robbery went down .Either way, if in fact this robbery did occur he responded inappropriately showing a total disregard for the life of other individuals. The person behind the counter could have been killed, others in the store could have been killed.Then, what would Carson have said? Who knows? On the other side of the coin, if the incident did not occur - SHAME ON HIM for attempting to use stories to puff up his image.Do we have another Brain Williams in the making? Maybe.

Personally, I would have my doubts and trouble voting for anyone who "waffles" on  most of the issues that are under discussion at any given time. I see Carson as a professional man, a medical doctor, a neurosurgeon and from all accounts was an excellent surgeon. But really folks, I cannot see Carson as ready for prime time and in my view he is certainly not ready to be the leader of the free world. My belief is Dr. Carson should remain a doctor, do good things in the medical field and stand out in that arena. He should leave running the United States to someone else - And, that's my opinion. Make your own decisions. You decide.

BRADLEY W. KUHNS, Ph.D., O.M.D.
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