Ben Carson and West Point

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1. I think it is a big deal, because the man seems to live in a parallel universe where what he understands and thinks is radically different from what reality looks like - in other words, from the first quote I saw in print from him over a year ago, I thought the man was crazy. It isn't because he misunderstood something at 17, it is because he misunderstands things perpetually. This is probably not about what he misunderstood at 17, but another example of delusion and/or willful lying.

2. I am starting to hear many more people express this concern, i.e. that Ben is non compos mentis.

3. Overheard the other day when debates brought up in conversation a seemingly sane sober woman said, "I lived in Detroit and I knew Ben Carson from my neighborhood and/or church [I don't recall her exact words but think she said both]. Was he a nice man? Yes. Crazy as a loon, but a nice man. I knew from the moment I met him he is crazy."

Obviously the woman who said she knew him could have been lying, but I doubt it. I spoke to a US Congressman yesterday. I met a member of W's cabinet once. It really is a small world.