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All eyes will be on Ben Carson on June 6, and whether he will either stomach or tactfully avoid the sweet taste of fresh pork.
The neurosurgeon and GOP presidential candidate has been invited to a fundraiser, hosted by Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, that will consist of a motorcycle ride and pig roast.
Now, what need concern Carson may not be the motorcycle ride from Des Moines to Boone. His real trial will come at the pig roast, when the nation and Iowa Republicans will meet the man who has written of his utter loathing for the other white meat, and the difficulties he has faced in the past when attempting to conceal his distaste for it.
Carson claims to have been a vegetarian for most of his life, but out of consideration in other words, to be nice I have learned to eat chicken or turkey in situations where I cannot gracefully manage to have a vegetarian meal.
In his self-help book for young people, You Have A Brain: A Teens Guide To T.H.I.N.K. B.I.G., Carson recounts an incident in which he attempted to avoid eating pork out of respect for decorum, but was found out:
My wife and I still laugh about the time we were invited to a small dinner party at the home of friends who had forgotten we were vegetarians. The main course that night happened to be pork chops with pineapple topping. I have never eaten pork, and among so few guests, I knew my avoidance of the entree would not go unnoticed. So I served myself rice and vegetables then scooped some of the pineapple onto my rice, hoping it might look as though a pork chop were lurking underneath there somewhere. I also hoped the hostess would not notice.
No such luck. Unfortunately, the flavor of the pork had soaked into the pineapple and made me so nauseated that I could not eat. When our hostess realized the problem, she was embarrassed anyway.
The so-called Roast and Ride, according to the AP, counts among its attendees Carsons fellow Republican players, former Hewlitt-Packard executive Carly Fiorina, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
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MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)malaise
(268,844 posts)and won't eat any of them to please anyone.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)There have been a few embarrassing moments at dinner parties, but we notified the host ahead of time. Their problem.
malaise
(268,844 posts)We have good friends who love their whole roasted pig in the middle of a table - but nothing will make us eat pig.
There's no reason for anyone to be embarrassed - it's certainly not religious for us - we just don't eat them.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)My husband likes fish, but I don't eat it often.