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Ben Carson, the darling of the right these days, has a not-ready-for-prime-time tendency to not just stick his foot in his mouth but to ingest his leg up to the knee. In his latest speech, Carson shows he can now get halfway up his thigh:

Dr. Ben Carson, a conservative commentator and neurosurgeon, on Friday likened the health care law to slavery. 

“Obamacare is really, I think, the worst thing to happen to the nation since slavery,” Carson said, speaking at the Values Voter Summit. “And it is slavery, in a way.

Carson, who is African American, added to applause, “It was never about health care. It was about control.”

During an address punctuated with cheers, Carson also said that there’s no such thing as a “war on women.” Smiling, he noted that pregnant women are typically treated politely, and said that the real war is on unborn children.

Here's what Waldo thought of one of Carson's last autodigestive escapades:

Ben Carson, the CPAC heartthrob ("He's Smart! He's black! He's reactionary!") has stepped down as a Johns Hopkins graduation speaker after proving you can be a genius surgeon and still a moron: 

Carson, the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins, on Tuesday called hetero-sexual marriage “a well-established, fundamental pillar of society and no group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality — it doesn’t matter what they are. They don’t get to change the definition.”

Casper Gutman elaborated the defense of the doctor:

 Rush Limbaugh is being a whiny little girl:

Dr. Ben Carson said Friday that he may step down as commencement speaker at Johns Hopkins over anti-gay remarks, prompting conservative shock jock Rush Limbaugh to concede that the country is lost. 

Carson told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell that he is prepared to acquiesce students who are circulating a petition to replace the emerging right-wing star, who compared same-sex marriage to pedophilia and bestiality during an appearance on Fox News, as the medical school's graduation speaker. After already waving the white flag on same-sex marriage, Limbaugh on Friday lamented the student-led movement against Carson. 

"These are students where this guy works, and they don't want him to be their commencement speaker because of his political beliefs as espoused on TV," Limbaugh said, according to an official show transcript. "Medical students! Not social workers, medical students. To me that's evidence that... I don't know what it is. We're losing the country or what have you."

He picked up the rant later.

"I still can't believe that the med students at Johns Hopkins said, "We don't want Ben Carson here."  You...? (interrupting) It's over same-sex marriage.  Of course.  I know he made a comment about same-sex marriage. Of course.  I forgot to throw that in," Limbaugh continued. "He spoke about same-sex marriage, and he offended them. They don't want him there.  They don't want him there.  Do you understand why I said this is inevitable now, folks?"