Did I say that?
Shortly after Carly Fiorina rose in the polls following a "standout" performance in the second debate, she was quickly exposed for
habitually lying. Ben Carson is next on the list for that type of scrutiny and it's already starting: The noted neurosurgeon appears to have a short memory for what he "believes." Kyle Cheney
reports.
On religious litmus tests for presidents
The list of conflicting positions is long. On religious liberty, for instance, Carson in his book, "A More Perfect Union," said no "religious litmus test" should ever be applied to someone seeking a government job. [...] Yet last month, Carson said he would not support a candidate for president if that person were Muslim.
On junking Medicare and Medicaid
Scrapping the programs has been a feature of his health policy platform for years — he'd replace them, as well as Obamacare, with a system of birth-to-death savings accounts. But after a POLITICO story highlighted the details of his proposal, he told two TV interviewers he had scrapped the "old plan" in the past few months and replaced it with a new one that still would be based on savings accounts but somehow preserve Medicare as an option for the elderly.
On treason
In his book, "A More Perfect Union," released in September, Carson analyzed the Constitution and paused to reflect on its definition of treason, the only crime laid out in the document. [...] "It is important that we tone down the rhetoric and stop allowing ourselves to be manipulated to the point that we believe that our fellow American citizens are enemies or are guilty of treason," he writes.
He did just that, though, in February. As Congress and the White House tussled over a Homeland Security funding bill, Carson suggested the president could be considered treasonous if he stood in the way of security funding. At issue was spending on immigration measures the White House advanced by executive order.
These examples are just the tip of the iceberg. And all of this is to say nothing of
just how crazy the lion's share of his positions are.