Touting his outsider status as an election plus, current
poll-topping GOP presidential contender Ben Carson says his lack of political experience is exactly why voters should send him to Washington.
In a heart-felt late-night
Facebook post, the retired pediatric neurosurgeon who worked at the famed Johns Hopkins Hospital declares "the very fact that I am running is testament to the greatness of America."
"If all you want is political experience then I cannot be your candidate," he writes.
"The current members of Congress have a combined 8,700 years of political experience. Are we sure political experience is what we need?" he asks.
"Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no elected office experience. What they had was a deep belief that freedom is a gift from God. They had a determination to rise up against a tyrannical King. They were willing to risk all they had, even their lives, to be free."
In contrast, today's Washington is far different than when America was "the land of the Citizen Statesman," he argues.
"Today, the political class stands in the way, not for the people," he writes. "They demand pensions and perks. This is not what our Founders envisioned for America."
He also proudly acknowledges "my path to the White House is different than most," and that his "candidacy is different."
"I have neither Donald Trump's money or Jeb Bush's political network," he says of his GOP presidential rivals. "However, I wouldn't trade a single child I treated for all of Trump's money. While I admire the Bush family's dedication to service, I too served — nights, weekends, holidays, birthdays and anniversaries with severely injured patients were my public service."
"I didn't go to embassy cocktail parties or beg lobbyists for money," he adds. "I spent night after night in a quiet, sterile room trying to save the life of a small child. That was my life's service."
"I have experienced the American Dream," he writes. "No where in the world, other than America, could a man whose ancestors were slaves, rise to become a leading brain surgeon and one day seek the office of president."
Carson explains his post was prompted by one of the most frequent questions he gets from voters — about his lack of political experience,
Ticking off his experience at Johns Hopkins, "serving on the boards of Costco and Kellogg, and building "a national scholarship program," Carson says his background is "very different than what we have come to expect."
"I grew up poor," he writes, but adds: "I know that victimhood is a trap. I know that it is our Christian responsibility to offer those less fortunate a hand up. I know my faith is strong and my ego is small."
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