The more I see of him the more I am liking Dr. Ben Carson. His patient hand holding of the media is really beginning to set him apart from the other GOP contenders.

Just watched a 7 min clip of him owning Wolf Blitzer on gun control and the history of WW2. Wolf asks several flawed questions that Ben has to correct the context of first before he provides his usual well thought out answers.

An example is the recent Oregon school shooting. Ben was asked on Fox what he would have done in that situation. His answer was he would have declined to play the gunman's game of providing his religion, and would have urged everyone to rush the shooter. He says he wouldn't have just stood there and been shot.

So, Wolf plays the video and then asks Ben if he isn't blaming the victims? He then provides a quote from a victim of the shooting saying he is upset with Carson's comments.

Carson very nicely reminds Wolf that the Fox question was IF CARSON was faced with a shooter like Oregon WHAT WOULD CARSON DO. The Fox question was NOT if Carson had any criticism of the Oregon victims. Carson repeats for Blitzer the answer he gave to Fox, and quite rightly asks what is controversial about it? Not suprisingly Wolf has no answer.

Carson also goes on to say he would like it if the media would stop spinning his answers and report what he says. Wolf says "Well there's all kinds of media, we can talk about that another time." and moves on to the holocaust.

Carson wrote a book in which he notes tyrannical governments historically engage in gun control and confiscation to prevent opposition. Blitzer seems amazed that Carson believes if Germans (specifically Jews) had been armed, that Hitler's rise to power and the Nazi regime could have been slowed or even stopped. He notes that Germany had a powerful military! (Oh my!)

Carson of course(like any rational person) suggests if SIX MILLION people could have provided armed resistance to the Nazi regime, that oh I don't know, killing a million soldiers could have MAYBE delayed things long enough for other countries to get involved? That making a military walk into a meat grinder of house to house warfare for years tends to deplete morale and effectiveness? That maybe someone in the military kills Hitler and his aides and ends the war before it leaks out of Germany and Austria? That the resources it will take to fight and kill all the Jews, gypsies, and the mentally/physically handicapped are so onerous on the actual war effort that Hitler can't do both?

It was a very telling interview to watch. Carson comes off looking like a genius, and Blitzer looking like a seriously stupid individual who can't understand the basic information he's being given by his subject.

Carson also goes on to say he would like it if the media would stop spinning his answers and report what he says. Wolf says "Well there's all kinds of media, we can talk about that another time." and moves on to the holocaust.


well now, if media stopped doing this to not only carson but ALL the other politicians and celebrities in the news,, what would people talk /gossip/complain about on public forums or at the water cooler?

Yea, but "The Media" seem to be out to trip up the conservatives with their questions.

its not the questions that are a trip,, its how the answers are reported,, and that isnt specific to political association...

things like 'complained' 'blamed' 'explained' etc,, which spin a negative or positive intent rather than just quoting what was 'said'

or adjectives like 'ridiculous' 'useless','brilliant' 'impressive' ,etc,, which tell you the AUTHORS subjective opinion that will be interjected throughout the sprinkling of facts reported,,,

Yep, they should just stick to journalism without their bias.
Which will never happen.