Carson went from being a poor student to receiving academic honors and eventually attending medical school. As a doctor, he became director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital at age 33 and earned fame for his groundbreaking work separating conjoined twins. In 2015 he announced that he was running for the following year's presidential election, hoping to gain the Republican nomination. He is one of the party's leading candidates in the polls.
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Analysis
Ben Carson has continued to lie about who he is and what he has done. This article is effective in using ethos and sarcasm to convince voters that Ben Carson is not fit to run the country, he lies about his own life, and he does not have much experience in needed areas.
Sarcasm and Ethos
The writer was very sarcastic when listing only "he has none" when speaking of Carson's knowledge of foreign policy. The writer also used sarcasm when saying that Prince Havely the actor who had played Carson in a production "could be a passable Ben Carson."