Ben Carson greets supporters after announcing his candidacy for president last Monday in Detroit. (Paul Sancya, The Associated Press)
Re: “2016 presidential candidates: Ben Carson and Bernie Sanders (2 letters),” May 6 letter to the editor.
Letter-writer Jack Meyer states that Ben Carson, a candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination and Tea Party darling, “is more concerned about our country than his own political aspirations” and claims he “can broaden the base of the party.”
According to recent and well-documented quotes, Carson believes, among other things, that 1) the 2016 elections might be cancelled due to “anarchy”; 2) Congress has a constitutional right to “reprimand or remove” judges whose rulings are at odds with popular opinion; and 3) homosexuality is comparable with bestiality and pedophilia. Carson lacks basic knowledge of the Constitution, and his values are profoundly out of step with those of the Americans he would represent. If he broadens the base of the Republican Party, well, I guess they deserve him. Thankfully, he’ll never be elected.
Mark Vanderbrook, Morrison
This letter was published in the May 11 edition.
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