how am i losing to these people? well, that s desperate talk. senator graham is referring to carson s own account of a remarkable episode in his life that he says took place when he was 14 years old. carson has spoken openly about that incident. here he is on nbc s meet the press . there was a time when i was very volatile as a teenager. i would go after people with rocks and bricks and baseball bats and hammers, and of course, many people know the story, when i was 14 and i tried to stab someone. they don t know, of course. and here s carson with a more vivid account of the incident at a presidential forum last week. i would go after people with baseball bats and rocks and bricks and hammers, but when i was 14, another teenager angered me and i took a large camping knife and i tried to stab him in the abdomen. and fortunately, under his clothing, he had on a large melt belt buckle and the knife felt with such force, it broke and he fled in terror, but i was more
clothing, he had on a large melt belt buckle and the knife felt with such force, it broke and he fled in terror, but i was more horrified that he recognized that i was trying to kill someone over nothing. david, i guess it s better when a doctor, instead of says stomach, says abdomen. i ve never heard of an assailant using the term abdomen, when talking about trying to put a knife in somebody s gut. it is a weird story. he obviously believes that it s part of his revival of spirit. well, the full story here, which social conservatives have been hearing from him from years, and reading in the many books he s written about, is that he basically transforms himself by becoming a devout believer. in his religion is seventh-dayed a eventtism. but he talks about turning to god and realizing there is something bigger than himself and that took care of his anger problem. and this strikes a chord with social conservatives who like that sort of rags to riches, through god, story. now, he is