U.S. Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson speaks at the North Texas Presidential Forum hosted by the Faith & Freedom Coalition and Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas October 18, 2015.  REUTERS/Mike Stone      TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY    
So when Ben Carson called it "total propaganda" that he had "an involvement" with nutritional supplement company Mannatech, was he defining "involvement" as only meaning romantic involvement, or something? Because, uh ...
Dr. Ben Carson's business manager acknowledged Thursday that the Republican presidential candidate did have a "contract" with a medical supplement company at some point.  
Armstrong Williams told CNN's Jake Tapper that he negotiated the retired neurosurgeon's contract himself.
But it's okay, Williams assures us, because one time, "showing his integrity," Carson replaced a script he'd been given (negotiated by Williams) for a Mannatech promotional video and replaced it with his own words. And also, "sometimes you may not always know all the details because there are some things that are negotiated that you're unaware of. Like the script."
 
Are we to take from this that for years, Carson just went and promoted Mannatech without being aware of exactly what his business relationship with the company was, while behaving with complete personal integrity, and as far as he knew was telling the truth when he said he had no involvement with Mannatech, because he didn't realize he'd had a contract with them? I'm ... not sure that's the best testimony to the managerial skills one might want in a president.