DR.BEN CARSON: WITH AN EGO THAT HAS NO BOUNDS

…The Ego himself, Dr. Ben Carson

Dr. Carson’s presidential campaign effectively rolled over the announcement from Carly Fiorina.

Any politically astute Californian will recall the entertainment value of Carly Fiorina’s “Demon Sheep” political ad when she ran against Tom Campbell in the 2010 elections.  Well, now that she has thrown her hat in the ring for the GOP nomination for president, she’s already been totally upstaged for that entertainment announcement prize.

Ms. Fiorina’s announcement was totally over-shadowed when on the same day, Dr. Ben Carson also made his presidential campaign announcement.  And the Dr. totally made Ms. Fiorina the victim of the Dr’s, over-the-top announcement and it definitely put her in the back seat on the entertainment level.

Carly Fiorina, the former H-P executive, in her bid for the Republican nomination, made a traditional campaign kickoff approach. She announced her bid on “Good Morning America,” posted a short announcement video and then took questions online. “This is a pivotal point for our nation, and so I think it’s totally reasonable to look outside the political class that’s been in Washington for a really long time,” she told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. 

 

I personally think Ms. Fiorina is actually running for the VP spot, not for the top spot.  She wants to show that the GOP can also have a woman on the ticket.

But with Dr. Carson’s ego being about the size of an aircraft carrier, his announcement approach was the total opposite of Ms. Fiorina’s.

For those that are not aware of this brilliant retired neurosurgeon, Dr. Carson is also a gifted storyteller and charismatic speaker.  But his announcement was a perfect example that demonstrates that being a modest person is not one of the Dr’s traits.

Based on his five minute launching video, one would almost have expected to see someone like George C. Scott appearing on the stage as General Patton.  The video seems to compare the good Dr. Carson to those on Mt. Rushmore including George Washing with visions of great events such as the signing of the Declaration of Independence with pictures of the American flag, a beautiful church, Martin Luther King Jr. and ending at Abraham Lincoln’s Memorial at the Great Mall in Washington.  All of this being narrated with a deep voice implying that the Dr. should be compared to these other great American leaders.

In the video you will also see the Empire State Building, the Golden Gate Bridge, a bald eagle, a snowcapped mountain and fields of wheat.  All this bleeds into a picture of the great Dr. Carson, reclining with what appears to be the Holy Bible at his side. The deep voice states, “We can see this through together, with a leader who derives his strength from God and his duty from the American people.”

Everything that is shown, George Washington, Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., and then hearing the voices of the Selected of God choir, all of this is to imply that Dr. Carson should be included in the same company as all these great Americans.

Dr. Carson’s positions, his provocations and his showmanship are all over-the-top including Carson’s campaign video which was set to the music of the hip-hop producer, Alexi von Guggenberg.

But there is a big part about the Dr. that you don’t see.  What you don’t see is what it was that made Dr. Carson’s reputation just a few years ago.

The great Dr. originally came to prominence when he blasted President Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast calling Obama a psychopath.  Then he compared the United States under Obama to that of Nazi Germany.  Of course the big lie was when he stated that Obamacare was “the worst thing to happen to America since slavery”.  And let’s not forget that this doctor thinks that being gay is a choice.  Yes, this brilliant surgeon actually believes that you are not born gay or straight.  To him it’s all your personal choice.

If nothing else, Dr. Carson does understand what it takes to get the mainstream media’s attention.

In addition to all his political knowledge, Dr. Carson says he’s not a politician.  But he does have some traits that are similar to another very famous non politician.  That being, Dr. Carson has more in line with the blow-hard Donald Trump than those conservative politicians that he will be running against.  Yes, when it comes to having a personal attitude toward your own greatness, Dr. Ben Carson and Donald Trump are truly cut from the same gigantic ego mold.

In his kickoff speech at the Detroit Music Hall, the music included “America the Beautiful,” the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and, of course, the Mt. Rushmore-Lincoln-King-Dr. Carson video.

Dr. Carson does have that wonderful ability of developing his own idea of the truth.  This man who called the president a psychopath said that, “We have allowed the purveyors of division to become rampant in our society.”  Holding what appears to be a Bible, Carson said he would make it to the White House “if God ordains it.”   Then an enormous flag descended at the back of the stage, and the choirs again crooned the last bars of the “Battle Hymn”: “His truth is marching on.”

Man is this presidential campaign going to be entertaining!

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