# Ben Carson endorses Donald Trump **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 11, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-endorses-donald-trump/748646 "2016-03-11T14:55:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-endorses-donald-trump/748646/21 "2016-03-11T20:19:53Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Of course there is. The Don who in public lies (“my favorite book is the Bible”) and tells the people what they want to hear so he can get elected and then the real person behind the scenes. > > Hillary is the same. Everyone in the public eye has a public side and a private side. Trump seems to be trying to create two public sides. Kind of like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Though in Trump’s case it is Mr. Hyde and Mr. Hyde. “My plan would have worked if it weren’t for those pesky kids and their damn cameras!” ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-endorses-donald-trump/748646/22 "2016-03-11T20:44:06Z")
Yeah, the debate performance is the first sign I’ve seen that the wishful thinking that “he can’t really be like that” actually has some evidence behind it. But, remember, it was just a relatively short period of time. I have a bit of a temper. I can keep an even keel in the face of even strong attacks for a little while. But it will blow up eventually. And, even this would only move Trump from “extremely dangerous” to “dangerous but possibly containable.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-endorses-donald-trump/748646/23 "2016-03-11T20:52:22Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Everyone in the public eye has a public side and a private side. **Trump seems to be trying to create two public sides. Kind of like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.** > Though in Trump’s case it is Mr. Hyde and Mr. Hyde. > > “My plan would have worked if it weren’t for those pesky kids and their damn cameras!” I’m sure there are parts he plays in private. Unfortunately, we all know those private parts. Points to those who recognize that line. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-endorses-donald-trump/748646/24 "2016-03-11T21:37:38Z")
By definition, it’s impossible to judge a person by the side they keep hidden. The public persona is all you have to go by. I’ve seen enough of Trump’s. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-endorses-donald-trump/748646/25 "2016-03-12T13:24:11Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Carson has ideas? The Wall will be used to store grain. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-endorses-donald-trump/748646/26 "2016-03-12T23:06:28Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’ve always felt the real Trump isn’t the bombastic public persona. He wouldn’t have his business success if he wasn’t a deal maker. What business success? He keeps starting up companies and bailing, leaving his backers holding his debts. On the contrary, I suspect that he is a clever, but utterly obnoxious, megalomaniac whose every action is intended for his own aggrandizement and who has used inherited money to sucker many people into supporting his schemes who is at least as obnoxious as his public presentation and as unethical as he can be. Carson’s endorsement simply establishes that being a brain mechanic is not evidence of wider or deeper intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-endorses-donald-trump/748646/27 "2016-03-12T23:38:18Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > You know I kind of want this to play out. Let the vaccine truthers get a bit of power. When the inevitable epidemics happen and they see this huge rise in preventable diseases maybe they will finally come to their senses. It sucks that some innocent people will die, but a couple of really nasty epidemics would put an end to vaccine trutherism for the next 50 years or so. It really wouldn’t, you know. Those who die unnecessarily will have proven themselves to be Of the Devil–they needed to die. (Or something similarly filled with superstition.) When you’re dealing with unfalsifiable thought systems, _nothing_ can put an end to the idiocy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-endorses-donald-trump/748646.md?page=1)