A Self-Awareness Mr Magoo
By JOSH MARSHALL
Published NOVEMBER 10, 2015, 9:04 AM EST
... The .. problem .. is that the whole thing was a practical joke that .. earnest young Ben Carson not only fell for at the time but hasn't realized was a prank for the last 45 years. Even now Carson either doesn't seem to realize or won't cop to the fact that .. what actually happened isn't remotely what he described. As with so many other anecdotes and examples, this .. reveals Carson as .. Mr Magoo, with perhaps a dash of Chauncey Gardner, walking through life .. with little awareness of what is going on around him but consistently interpreting things in the most self-glorifying .. terms possible ...
Carson's misfortune is that his resume in public life is almost entirely made up of these kinds of anecdotes. Carson's accomplishments as a surgeon are extremely impressive, of course. But it's the morality tale of dedication and morality wrapped around it which has put him at the center of the nation's politics ... I would submit that the issue is not simply that Carson has no legislative or executive resume and thus his biography, shot through with inaccuracies .. is the only.. data on which to judge his candidacy. The issue is more that, seemingly without fail, every misperception or failed memory Carson invariably casts in the most .. self-righteous light ...
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