Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D., a pediatric neurosurgeon, poses for a portrait at Johns Hopkins Hospital on January 24, 2012 in Baltimore, Md. (Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)
Ben Carson announces retirement, feeds presidential speculation
Posted by Aaron
Blake on March 16, 2013
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That was the second time during his appearance on stage that Carson toyed with the speculation. Hypothesizing about a president who wants to destroy the country, Carson used himself as the antagonist.
Lets say you magically put me in the White House, he said. The crowd rose and gave him another ovation.
The Johns Hopkins director of pediatric neurosurgery has been a mainstay in conservative media since last months prayer breakfast, in which he criticized President Obama with Obama sitting just a few yards away.
Carson said in his speech Saturday that the appearance earned him racially tinged e-mails from supporters of the president who said: How dare you insult my president? You are an n-word.
At the conclusion of his hypothetical, he suggested that Obama is, in fact, the president doing nearly everything imaginable to destroy the country.
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Ben Carson announces retirement, feeds presidential speculation