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Baby Ben, in his parallel universe of what is and what
is not a topic for media scrutiny, thought that such a Wow!
tale of his personal story would so enamor people that they
would be so dazzled with him that they would leave common
sense or investigative journalism on the side of the road as
he marches onward to the White House.
Poor Baby Ben! He was so gullible in thinking that
somehow because he is the current darling of certain
portions of the Republican Party that he gets a home-free
ticket and can simply smile his way to the Republican Party
nomination.
Baby Ben’s campaign advisors seemingly are also in la-la
land because it appears that they have not toughened up the
famed neurosurgeon to fight the fight against what he
considers to be a left-wing bias against him by the national
media.
From the onset, when Baby Ben started his campaign, as
fueled by segments that were rah-rahing his mercurial rise
in the polls, Ben assumed that all was well and it was just
a matter of time before he would win over everyone’s heart
with his self-deprecating humor and soft-spoken style.
When Baby Ben started to hit the buzz saw of questions
about his story that he volunteered to produce in two books
and through various interviews and campaign messages, he got
a little ruffled under his feathers and, for a moment, he
deserted his soft-spoken approach and started waving his
hands and raising his voice!
What’s wrong, Baby Ben? Can’t take the political heat?
Memo to Ben Carson: If you wanna be considered as a serious
contender for the highest office in the land, you better
develop a thick skin and understand that such vetting, even
if you detest it and think it is applied unfairly to you, is
part and parcel of the process.
Could it be better? Sure, and so should be a host of
other things in this society that are out of whack…but. But,
that is not up for reform at this time. What is in place is
a media that loves controversy and what they love even more
is being able to catch a politico with a forked tongue or
with his hands in the public cookie jar or jumping from bed
to bed with a person not his or her spouse.
Ben’s made a lot of comments about his growing up in
the mean streets of Detroit and recent statements about the
pyramids being locales for the storage of grain and that
were built by the Bible character named Joseph.
A cursory glance of history would put to rest both of
those allegations but not for Baby Ben because he continues
to stand by it.
Vetting a politico’s recollection of history and his
worldview says a lot about his ability to process facts and
to spit out the chaff from the wheat and, to date, Ben is
not going a good job of spitting.
As a newbie in this political dance, Ben has two left
feet and does not hear the music very well. Unlike Donald
Trump, who is a master at media manipulation and is a
veteran of what it takes to feed and train the media, Ben
Baby is out of his element.
He will need to regroup and reformulate his media
approach (consider even changing his front man Armstrong
Williams to a more seasoned media consultant?) so that when
the media hounds come barking…and they will, Ben will not be
seen as a deer caught in the headlights.
Memo to Ben: If you volunteer pivotal life situations
that caused a sea change in your life and approach to
living, examining those fact patterns is fair game for
anyone, much less the media.
What is irresponsible for Ben or any other politico is
that when he gets caught short on an answer, he wants to
default by blaming the media for a witch-hunt or for
singling him out for special treatment.
Ben Carson loves the media when they give him softball
questions or when they gush all over him about his amazing
life story but when that same media is no longer the darling
because they start to poke holes in your offered story, the
love is gone and both sides start to bristle at each other.
Why in the world would anyone equate being a famed
neurosurgeon with the ability to be president of the United
States?
The same question goes for any politico who believes that
success in one area of life automatically means that those
same skill sets are transferrable to another endeavor.
Not necessarily so.
My being a lawyer does not axiomatically mean that I am
qualified to be civil engineer or a welder or a principal of
a school or a stockbroker. Some skills are not transferrable
regardless of your high opinion of yourself and your “can
do!” attitude.
Baby Ben likes to say that running the country as
president is not brain surgery and he thus tries to downplay
the aptitude and skills needed to be the chief executive of
the American government.
I know…I know…there were others who were not qualified to
become president based upon their prior backgrounds and they
won that coveted slot but remember, those persons did not
carp and complain when they got hammered with “gotcha!”
questions.
They took the hit and kept on moving and not whining
about being a victim as what now appears to be Baby Ben’s
defense shield for any incoming barbs that attack his
veracity or recollection.
Do I feel sorry for Baby Ben and his predicament?
Answer: Do snakes have hips?
Do chickens have lips?
Contact Lafe Tolliver at Tolliver@Juno.com
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