Retired neurosurgeon and frontrunner for America’s first Zombie President Ben Carson has some typically regressive ideas when it comes to gays in the military.
Despite the fact that DADT repeal just hit the five-year mark and the fabric of the American military hasn’t collapsed, Ben Carson still wants to check the “evidence” to ensure that the decision to let gays and lesbians serve openly was the right one.
In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, a typically sluggish Carson sat next to his new campaign chairman Roger Dees (a retired major general) and offered his thoughts on the subject:
“One of the things that I learned in a long medical career is that you make decisions based on evidence, and not on ideology. So yes, I would be willing to sit down with people from both sides and examine the evidence and make decisions based on what the evidence shows,”
Certainly as a presidential candidate, Carson must be aware that DADT repeal was partially the result of an entire DoD working group that found there was a low risk of disruption by gays and lesbians serving openly and that it’s been working just fine for nearly five years. Perhaps all of his foreign policy experience gives him another perspective? Oh, wait. According to him:
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“A lot of my foreign policy expertise is a result of spending time talking to him (Dees), as well as a variety of other sources.”
So, to sum it all up, Ben Carson has no foreign policy experience and his ideas come from the guy who’s against gays and lesbians serving openly.
That’s leadership. Never change, GOP.
Cory M. Warren
Can we enact a psychological test for every candidate for public office.
Bill Mountrey
Justin Weeks
I want to ban his stupidity
Chris Duffy
His entire campaign staff just quit on him cause he’s a douchebag. Benny’s at 14:58 and counting. Next stop: Poorly rated AM radio talk show. Then oblivion.
John Malin
From the picture, Benny looks like an ex-staffer stuck and 18 inch dildo up his butt!
Rogelio Lopez
Yawn!!!
Luis H. Lopez
Let’s ban Ben !
Raquel Santiago
Where did he get his degree from a crackerjack box. Uneducated idiots strike again
David Newman
I’m in the military and straight he is stupid. If anyone wants to put on the uniform and defend their country how dare him for even mentioning this. I’ve known several people with an alternative life style in and before the don’t ask don’t tell was abolished no one who served and fight in the real world cared who did who. Damn politics
Charlie Daniel Robbins
1EqualityUSA
Mr. Carson, You have had a career in medicine, written books, and run for president. It’s time to go home. This is over for you. Dignity. Leave and enjoy your life, your wife, and family.
1EqualityUSA
Dr. Carson, apologies.
Tony Chaplinski
is this really the best picture to use, although it pretty much sums up his chances to be president
Terry Simmons
Obviously does not have the mental capacity to run a country. Might he qualified to run a chicken farm.
Philip Epstein
How do the stupid ignorant misinformed people become public figures and how do people buy into all their bullshit it just gets me!
dgsea06
Good God,as they say. A “brilliant” ex-neurosurgeon expounding upon U.S. foreign policy.
(Sorry, an ex-brilliant ex-neurosurgeon) expounding upon that about that which he knows nothing.
He’s a mechanism! He has no heart, no soul and no conscience.
Yeah, I’m a 70-rear old VietNam veteran. Gay guy. I turned 21 in a foxhole in VietNam in 1966, 173rd Airborne Brigade. I was a paratrooper, I jumped out of the airplanes, helicopters, etc.
I volunteered time with SLDN in the booths at the end of the Seattle Gay Pride parades, asking for signatures to petition congress to end DADT. Volunteer Park(!) and the Seattle center. We were very well received,even by straight couples with children. They signed our petition, some even put a buck into our donation jar.
Sorry ’bout that,but so Carson wants to look at the evidence: He should take a course in law. The Rules of Evidence are very clear (Well, sort of) but it would behoove Dr,(?) Carson to take a look at that about which he knows nothing.
Did I just repeat myself? Yup.
When I was a squad leader (Sgt, Grunt) in the 82nd Airborne Division and Section Sergeant at Ft Lewis, my guys knew I was gay. More than one said words to the effect of “If we have to go into battle, we’ll follow you.” And they were straight guys!
Go for it Carson, you have nothing to lose, because you have nothing to begin with.
Douglas Schlitz
Just an ignorant ass, the sooner this bigot drops out the better !
Daniel Salmeron
At least his eyes were open for a change. Sadly they’re only open physically not mentally
John Kuehnle
I almost like him less than Christie, give me a break.
Alejandro Cruz
He looks nuts
Scott Metz
Irrelevant nut job –
Kevin J Desmond
How about we just ban Ben Carson from verything instead.
Eddie Nieves
Go suck on a surgery tool Carson!
Scott McIntosh
Is the US Republican Party attempting to prove that democracy is unsuited to the American people by sponsoring ridiculously unsuitable candidates. The Republicans claim to be patriotic but they are making the USA a laughing stock.
Kieran
Here’s John Stemberger of the homophobic Florida Family Action writing an “Opinion” piece on Donald Trump published by the CNN website in which he questions how socially “conservative” Trump is:
“Trump also favors gay rights and same-sex marriage laws ‘that guaranteed same-sex couples equal legal rights as married, heterosexual couples.’ Trump also opposed the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy, the military’s prior ban on openly Gay service members.
Gregory T. Angelo, president of the Log Cabin Republicans, an advocacy group for gay Republicans, has said of Trump, “He is one of the best, if not the best, pro-gay Republican candidates to ever run for the presidency,” and that Trump would do no harm on same-sex marriage, and has a ‘stand-out position’ on nondiscrimination legislation.
How do we square his liberal record on social issues with his ‘sounding conservative?’ How can we trust that what he is saying today is what he will actually do tomorrow?”
Brian JC Kneeland
Let’s just ban Carson in the US!
Derrode Louis Rowe
The way America be talking about “boots on the ground”, the last thing you want to do is give me a reason to move out of the United States.
Giancarlo85
@Kieran: Nobody gives a crap. Trump has been anti-gay for years and years.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/07/donald-trump-gay-marriage-not-my-thing_n_2637646.html
This one goes back to 2013. This was before he was running. This is a FACT. You need to deal with facts. I know it’s super difficult for you, but that is just how it is. And do you get that Trump isn’t the only one you’ll be electing? The entire republican party of turds comes with him.
And the Log Cabin group is a freaking joke. Pro-gay? How is Trump pro-gay? He’s AGAINST same sex marriage and has made consistently negative statements for nearly 5 years now. He’s also against ENDA or any form of employment protection for our community.
Oh and how can we trust what he is saying today? Well that basically does it… you’re willing to vote for someone saying all sorts of bullshit so he can garner more support! Brilliant… that says a lot about how little character Trump has. Asides from that, I have a lot of issues with his borderline illicit real estate and business dealings in Central America and other countries.
Giancarlo85
The real story behind Donald Trump… some of what you may not want to hear Kieran…
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/31/politics/trump-mob-mafia/
Trump also had a decade-long relationship with [Nicademo] Scarfo’s investment banker, according to Barrett’s book.
In Manhattan, Trump used the mob-controlled concrete company S&A to build Trump Plaza condos. Anthony “Fat Tony” Salerno, head of the Genovese crime family, and Paul Castellano, the don of New York’s Gambino family, controlled S&A, according to federal court records Barrett cited in his book.
Barrett noted that he built the Trump Tower out of concrete, instead of steel, at a time when the mafia controlled much the concrete industry.
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I didn’t do much research into this and somebody forwarded me this link. If Trump is the nominee, this will be a huge story for Hillary.
This will sink his candidacy completely. Trump had extensive ties to organized crime.
Louie Mars
Kook.
David Quinte
He must be suffering from early? onset of alzeheimers
Sam Oropeza
Claude Peterson
another homophobe
Evji108
@David Quinte: My thoughts exactly, there is something fogged up, clogged up, demented about him. You can see it even just in a photo of him.
Jacques van Rooyen
Ben Carson should ban himself for being a fucktard
Luke Ellison
U gotta be kidding me
M J Martinez Crogan
I want to ban him from opening his mouth again but we know that won’t happen either ð??
Kim Garvin
Ben Carson is about as effective as a fart.
Matthew DonaldofMac
The Bible says black skin is a curse from God…. so he should should shut up and get whited
Michael Jarboe
He may want to be president also. Neither is going to happen.
Blake Baines
Because it worked so well the last time!
Realitycheck
Why is this fat blood sausage still in the news? He lost his apeal even to republicans, toss him in the trash can……..
Nick Guida
for a brain surgeon he really can make up his own mind
Rosalynn D'Angela
Marty Courtney
Good luck with that! Cat’s out of the bag. And it wouldn’t stop us from serving. I spent six years in uniform and no one knew.
Max Maxwell
This homophobe dick-head doesn’t deserve a ”voice”.
Joe Mcallister
Why vote to go backwards unless the candidate is backwards
Joe
Carson is a nut job. I find it hard to believe he was a brain surgeon when he doesn’t use his own.
Robert Walsh
Ben, go home. It’s time. Take your money and run. You’re a homophobic bigot! I think it is disgraceful when someone who should know what it felt like to be discriminated against because of a God given gift like their racial heritage should in turn want to discriminate against others because of how God made them. Tired old bigots don’t belong in the White House.
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Go away you hatefilled ignorant pig………………..
And how’s your Gay “advisor” Armstrong Williams doing????
Jim Cadena
He makes me physically ill when I hear him speak!
Frederick Charles Crisafulli
You Bugeyed Fool!
Michael Haynes
America may want to ban the entire GOP for running for office
Kangol
I was hoping we could get through a Queerty thread about a black person without a single r@cist comment, but no, @Matthew DonaldofMac and @Robert Walsh just couldn’t help themselves. Why? Why the need to say something r@cist? STOP IT!
Something tells me they won’t say a single thing about that horrific white hom0phobe Judge Roy Moore, who actually is harming gay people, while idiot Ben Carson isn’t going to be elected to anything, not even a school board, and can’t do anything to hurt gay people except spew hom0phobic nonsense.