Carson caught in lie about founding fathers, alters it to banality

[muriel_volestrangler]

After Ben Carson suggested in a Facebook post that the signers of the declaration of independence has never, like himself, served in elected office, the Wall Street Journal quickly pointed out this was false.

“Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, John Hancock and many other signers had been elected members of their colonial assemblies, prior to signing the Declaration.”

Carson amended his statement saying they has no “federal” elected experience.

http://politicalwire.com/2015/11/06/carson-misstates-experience-of-founding-fathers/

As the WSJ points out:

Mr. Carp, the Brooklyn College professor, said Mr. Carson is correct that there has been a long tradition in American politics of claiming that amateurism is a virtue in its own right. But, he said, signing the Declaration of Independence took genuine political skill and experience, because it required convincing their fellow colonists to go down a dangerous road.

“To claim those people were amateurs is simply a falsehood,” he said.

Mr. Carp added that changing the Facebook post to say the signers had no “federal” elected experience was “ridiculous,” because there was no federal government prior to that time.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/11/05/ben-carson-states-wrongly-that-founding-fathers-had-no-elected-office/

[GeorgeGist]

1. Hell, in 1776 barbers did surgery.

[yellowcanine]

2. Of course they had no "Federal" experience. There was no "Federal" in 1776. Duh.

Carson rivals Sparklemoose for speaking in word salads.

[ananda]

3. It's like cognitive dissonance for me..

.. to think of such a brilliant and wonderful neurosurgeon
so pathetically ignorant on so many other issues, and
brazenly arrogant about it tool.