Ben Carson Doesn’t Know Who Wrote The Constitution Even After Writing a Book About It

[applegrove]

Ben Carson Doesn’t Know Who Wrote The Constitution Even After Writing a Book About It

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/ben-carson-constitution/

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“I’m impressed by a lot of them, but particularly impressed with Thomas Jefferson, who seemed to have very deep insight into the way that people would react,” Carson said. “And he tried to craft our Constitution in a way that it would control people’s natural tendencies and control the natural growth of the government.”

You see, Jefferson wasn’t around when the Constitution was being drafted. Thomas Jefferson did write the Declaration of Independence, though as I’ve pointed out previously, the two documents are completely different. That’s a fact which seems to elude many Republicans who often cite the words “endowed by our Creator” as “proof” that the nation was founded on Christianity.

To make matters worse, Carson’s newest book, A More Perfect Union, manages to accurately cite the fact that Jefferson was in France when the Constitution was drafted. This raises the question, how much did Carson actually have to do with writing his own book?

For the record, James Madison is considered the “father of the Constitution.”



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[applegrove]

1. This would be a scandal in any other time.

[Sheepshank]

2. I keep hoping that at some point the Republicans will....

.....wake the fuck up.

I keep waiting and and beginning to think this is who they really are. The fact that 50% of Republicans are on board with either Carson or Trump is deeply troubling.

[Bucky]

3. Jefferson was actually moderately opposed to the Constitution when it came out

Madison might be a bit over-billed as the "father of the Constitution.” The critical features of the Connecticut Compromise were negotiated by Roger Sherman and the author of the words, as chair of the Committee on Style was Gouverneur Morris, two of the least appreciated and most important Founding Fathers.

[hifiguy]

4. Frankliin and Jefferson definitely had input.

But the Constitution was a James Madison production.

[UTUSN]

5. R#4 & K nt

[gratuitous]

6. That book?

Ben Carson only liked the part when the royalty check comes in. If it doesn't start with "Pay to the Order of" Dr. Carson loses interest real fast. Besides, it's not like he wrote that book anyway.