Well you brought up Allen West and Alan Keyes in addition to Carson. I guess it's just a coincidence that they are all black men who happen to be Conservative Republicans?

I'll agree that was an asinine comment to make. But that shouldn't make him an "approved" target for racism.

If I threw racial epithets at Al Sharpton based comments he made (and some of them have been quite awful) are you telling me you wouldn't have a problem with that?

Because I'm guessing you would. 

I would agree there. If you had simply said that to begin with, I wouldn't have bothered to comment. 

But Carson personally is far from ridiculous.  It may be that some of you name-calling, have a more compelling personal story or have accomplished more good for your fellow man in your lives than Carson has in his.  Without knowing you, I can't say.  But I tend to doubt it.

So you're basically saying that Carson gets a pass on all of the recent idiotic things he's said because he's helped some people. That the only way someone can possibly question his opinion is to put up their full resume and IF they've done as much "for your fellow man" as he has do they have a right to call his "observations" into question? In that light, I have a question for you; would you forgive the same of anyone running for the highest office in the land?  Or could it possibly be that people question opinions more harshly because they're running for President of the friggin' United States? 

Sorry, but allow people to question rather than to grant someone a pass simply because some of their past actions have, in fact, done some good.

Presidential material right there.  Take away the fact that he actually said he directed a potential shooter to focus on someone else (namely the cashier) instead of himself, but now it's come to light that there is no record of the event at all.  

Carson for President!!!!!!!