Republican presidential candidate Ben
Carson participates in the first prime-
time GOP debate hosted by Fox News
and Facebook at the Quicken Loans
Arena in Cleveland on Thursday.




When the top 10 Republican presidential
candidates took the stage for the first
prime-time GOP debate Thursday
night, they were all hoping to stand out.
But two hours later, it wasn't the loudest
or meanest men who some said had
made the most impact. It was Dr. Ben
Carson, who spoke calmly from his
lectern three spots in from the left and
grabbed the attention of thousands.
In a debate with no official
winner, Carson seemed to come out on
top. His jokes, comments on race and
references to medical expertise went
over well and earned him 24,000 new
Twitter followers and 230,000 Facebook
fans, the most of any candidate. A One
America News Network poll found that
22 percent of respondents thought he
won the debate, and 80 percent of them
said they had a more favorable opinion
of Carson after the event.
This could indicate that the debate was
many people's first introduction to
Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon
who spent 29 years working at the Johns
Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. So here's
a refresher on who he is.




Carson, now 63, grew up in Detroit in a
single-mother household. He was bad
student and had anger problems, even at
one point trying to stab a friend over
which radio station they should listen to.
To remedy this, Carson turned to
psychology and faith. He learned to keep
his temper under control.
He attended Yale University and earned
a degree in psychology, then proceeded
to the University of Michigan to get his
medical degree. Carson did his residency
at Johns Hopkins University and stayed
on afterward. He later became the first
surgeon to successfully separate twins
conjoined at the head.
Carson didn't really enter the political
scene until 2013, when he stood up at
President Barack Obama's National
Prayer Breakfast and criticized him for
nearly a half-hour. Carson took on
healthcare, education, national debt and
political correctness, among other topics.
"We’ve reached a point where people are
actually afraid to talk about what they
want to say, because somebody might be
offended,” Carson said. “We’ve got to get
over this sensitivity and it keeps people
from saying what they really believe."
He joined the Republican Party a year
later and announced his presidential
campaign in May. He entered Thursday's
debate in fifth place, with support from
5.8 percent of likely GOP primary voters.


Carson took the spotlight during the
debate for his humor, which included a
comment to Fox News host Megyn Kelly
that he wasn't sure he'd get to speak
after she called on other candidates for
40 minutes. Carson talked for 6 minutes,
28 seconds total -- less time than former
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and businessman
Donald Trump. He sidestepped a
question on the ethics of torture and
said he wanted to strengthen the
military. Carson also turned heads when
he said he doubted Democratic front-
runner Hillary Clinton would be the
rival party's nominee.
At one point, Kelly asked Carson -- a
black man -- what he would do to heal
the racial divide in the United States. He
said he didn't like that every incident
between two people of different races
turned into a "race war" because it drove
people apart. Carson added that he
didn't discuss the issue often because of
his profession.
"When I take someone to the operating
room, I'm actually operating on the
thing that makes them who they are," he
said. "The skin doesn't make them who
they are, the hair doesn't make them
who they are, and it's time for us to
move beyond that because -- you know,
our strength as a nation comes in our
unity."
He invoked his medical experience in his
closing remarks, as well. Carson said he
should stand out among the candidates
because he's the only one who'd
surgically removed half of a brain --
"although you would think if you go to
Washington someone had beaten me to
it," he joked.
In a statement posted to Facebook on
Friday morning, Carson seemed happily
surprised by his sudden popularity.
"What can I say, Cleveland Rocks!" he
wrote. "Last night something amazing
happened."

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this one no black reach na

Another obama?

Obama is gay. His wife is a transgender. The US will never trust a black man again. Never again.

My mentor...... I luv u sir, especially ur mum.

Tydies:
Obama is gay. His wife is a transgender. The US will never trust a black man again. Never again.

E remain small make u get sense....... #wakapass

Interesting. In Jay-Z's voice: Martin Luther walked so Obama can run, Obama ran so the rest of us can fly. Who would've thought that a `black man' would ever have tha temerity to run for the highest position of authority in America? Anything is possible in this world, it only takes time and perseverance.

Republicans as conservative as they are will never allow a black man emerge their presidential candidate, Lai lai

Blackfire:
Another obama?

Hell No,even if Carson wins the Republican ticket,American's won't vote for him especially liberal Americans.

Trump/Cruz for president 2016

let's wait and see, this is politics

I don't think White Americans will vote for another Non-White president after Obama, anyway, Goodluck to him.

ValerianSteel:
Hell No,even if Carson wins the Republican ticket,American's won't vote for him especially liberal Americans.

that guy spoilt things for another blackman, i maybe wrong.

Tydies:
Obama is gay. His wife is a transgender. The US will never trust a black man again. Never again.

hmmmmm.. How did you know

Tydies:
Obama is gay. His wife is a transgender. The US will never trust a black man again. Never again.

Naija always freely " dashing" ignorant opinion from their bottomless dungeon of sophisticated idiocy.

oba-cow senseless black man ever.

Ben Carson, one of the world's most valued brains. The story of your confidence and doggedness in career motivates me.
You have my prayers!

Op abeg na where we go go meet am.

He looks surgically healthy

Hmmm Republican...? Mm

Wishing him the best nonetheless