A year ago I had never heard of Ben Carson, now running second for the Republican nomination for President. About six months ago I learned that he had been a successful surgeon, which led me to assume that exceptional eye-hand dexterity is what we are looking for in political leaders. Maybe the Democrats should nominate Stephen Curry when he gets old enough.
But I was misled. Ben Carson is not a doctor who came out of nowhere. He has long been well-known, just not in mainstream circles. Carson has spent 20 years giving balmy talks to America's evangelical nutters. He had a head start that people like me knew nothing about. This is a huge country, and much of it is not covered by big media.
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