{"id":96304,"date":"2015-03-04T07:22:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T07:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=96304"},"modified":"2015-03-04T07:22:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T07:22:33","slug":"ben-carson-announces-2016-presidential-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=96304","title":{"rendered":"Ben Carson announces 2016 presidential bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Carson, the world famous paediatric neurosurgeon, now known in political circles for his advocacy of conservative principles, has announced that he has formed an exploratory committee for the 2016 Republican nomination for President.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet sent out on Tuesday, Carson stated his intentions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>I am pleased to announce that I have established a Presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ExploratoryCommittee?src=hash\">#ExploratoryCommittee<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/4GlsreV4Vh\">http:\/\/t.co\/4GlsreV4Vh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BenCarson?src=hash\">#BenCarson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Ben Carson (@RealBenCarson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealBenCarson\/status\/572762716168851456\">March 3, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Carson is a revered figure amongst the many patients and families whom he has helped, black families who admire his rise from the streets of Detroit to the top of his field as a much heralded brain surgeon, as well as a growing coalition of \u00a0conservatives for his calm, reserved demeanor and strong value system.<\/p>\n<p>His inspirational autobiography, \u201cGifted Hands\u201d describes his ascension from a broken family to the pinnacle of an intense medical specialty which even the best and brightest cannot easily achieve. \u00a0For the past 20 years, teachers and parents have encouraged disadvantaged children to read his story; today, conservatives outside of the political world see Carson as their champion \u2014 an intellectual social conservative.<\/p>\n<p>The famously soft spoken Carson stated Thursday at the recent CPAC conference, \u201c\u201cIf you\u2019re white and you oppose a progressive black person, you\u2019re a racist. \u00a0If you\u2019re black and you oppose the progressive agenda, you\u2019re crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By the time he was 8, his parents had divorced, leaving his illiterate mother to raise him and his older brother Curtis. Carson\u2019s mother, Sonya, who had only a third grade education, insisted that her sons\u00a0read two books and watch no more than three TV shows per week. \u00a0Carson went on to graduate third in his high school class and won an academic scholarship to Yale University, where he majored in psychology.<\/p>\n<p>When Carson arrived at the top ranked Johns Hopkins Hospital\u00a0as a neurosurgery resident in 1977, he said that he was sometimes mistaken for an orderly, who were often the only black hospital employees at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The late Dr. John Freeman, an internationally renowned Johns Hopkins pediatric neurologist, wrote of Carson in his self-published memoir . \u201cHe could walk into the patient\u2019s room the evening before surgery, meet the parents for the first time, speak to them for a few minutes, and it was as if God had entered the room.\u201d \u00a0 Freeman went on to say that Carson\u00a0is one of the very few individuals that I can honestly say \u2018walks on water.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carson\u2019s caseload was enormous for a neurosurgeon, operating on 400 patients per year. What\u2019s more astonishing was the challenging nature of his cases: He dealt with the most feeble patients, with the most severe conditions imaginable. \u00a0He gained national notoriety when he successfully separated twins conjoined at the cranium in 1987, a feat which had never been accomplished previously.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-111937 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tpnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/bccurrent-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"bccurrent\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\nSince retiring from his position as Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins, Carson\u2019s star has risen amongst those who have felt abandoned by today\u2019s political class. \u00a0His intellect, combined with a certain calm eloquence, and no nonsense Christian values make him a favorite amongst social conservatives. \u00a0At a recent Tea Party Conference in SC, he came in 4th in a straw poll, besting possible Presidential hopeful, Jeb Bush.<\/p>\n<p>Carson first turned many political heads at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast, at which he cooly lambasted progressive taxation and the Affordable Healthcare Act, all while President Obama looked on from 10 feet away.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-111939 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tpnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-02-at-5.54.09-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-03-02 at 5.54.09 PM\" width=\"594\" height=\"317\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: TTPN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Carson, the world famous paediatric neurosurgeon, now known in political circles for his advocacy of conservative principles, has announced that he has formed an exploratory committee for the 2016 Republican nomination for President. 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