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How can a brain surgeon (Original Post)
Bob Loblaw
May 2019
OP
Just remember: 50% of all doctors graduated in the lower half of their class . . .
Journeyman
May 2019
#7
He's been sued for malpractice 8 times. Me thinks that the stories about this man who
Cousin Dupree
May 2019
#9
Skittles
(153,111 posts)1. I would not trust Carson to pet-sit my cat
something had to have happened to him, he's a fucking moron
Xipe Totec
(43,888 posts)2. A man who performs brain surgery on himself has a fool for a patient
Or will soon enough.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)6. I think you just found the answer to this enigma!
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)8. Wait! He does colonoscopies, too?
I guess that's the best path to the mind of Trump.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)4. Drugs.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)5. This is not a great way to foment respect for doctors
It actually gives me credit for not trusting them. Carson makes me more adamant about not trusting doctors. They are all merely human.
Journeyman
(15,024 posts)7. Just remember: 50% of all doctors graduated in the lower half of their class . . .
Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)9. He's been sued for malpractice 8 times. Me thinks that the stories about this man who
overcame obstacles to be a successful brilliant neurosurgeon is nothing but a fairy tale. Hes a neurosurgeon all right, just not a very good one. The story in this link is scary.
https://newsone.com/3784799/ben-carson-malpractice/
Ilsa
(61,690 posts)10. He's a doctor. He has NO business heading up HUD.
Being a doctor doesn't make one an expert on urban development or real estate. He has as much business being in that job as I have holding a scalpel near a brain.
tblue37
(65,226 posts)11. I read that Trump put him at HUD simply because he is black. nt
lame54
(35,262 posts)12. Ether