View from the North 40: If it smells like a crappy cover up ...

I was never one of those chicks who had guys rushing to do things for her or even to save her from herself.

I wasn’t one of those uber-pretty and delicate girls for whom guys fell over themselves, and I had enough sarcasm and swearing to make anyone possible rescuers think twice. Plus, my ridiculous parents raised me to be independent. What was that about?

That said, I was raised to expect some coddling from loved ones, as I should do for them. My husband, John, does a fair job of taking care of me and making me feel like a very special, pretty princess.

For example, he does things like start the pickup for me on cold mornings. When we stop for gas, he stands out there in all weather filling the tank. All day he caters to the “I want in. I want out” demands of our dog. If we have a sewer-related problem he takes care of it because he knows I don’t do human waste. He lets me put my cold, cold, cold feet on him in bed, even if he’s asleep and I have arrived in bed in the middle of the night with my giant icebergs.

He also never says, “Oh, I have to (whatever) because my wife said so.” Maybe he just doesn’t want to look like a person whose life is run by someone else, but I think he’s just a stand-up guy, y’know.

It’s not a Hollywood movie-level romance, but it’s good enough for the real world. As it turns out, it’s also a whole dang sight better than being married to Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson who just pushed his wife, Candy Carson, under the bus of public outrage.

Ben Carson has been under fire since it came to light that he spent more than $31,000 on a dining set for his new office — which is well beyond the $5,000 that he is legally allowed to spend on office remodeling.

And this week he went before the House Appropriations Committee and said that his wife did it without his knowledge.

He blamed his wife.

He is a Cabinet member to the president of the United States of America. He is the head of an entire department in the federal government appointed by the president and confirmed by a majority vote in the U.S. Senate to be one of the people most responsible for responsibilities — and he blamed his wife for something that happened in the office he is in charge of.

I’m pretty sure if I farted in public my husband would take the blame. Sure, when it’s just me, him and the dog, I get blamed first almost every time, but in public, I think he would take the hit.

Ben Carson just showed the world that he is one of those guys who would call spending the day with his own kids babysitting.

Fortunately for Candy Carson, Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-NY, was around to offer support, or as the saying goes, be the man.

Despite the release to the public of all the emails on the subject of the table purchase, as well as the $5,000 limit, from Ben Carson and his staff showing the HUD secretary clearly was a part of the decision, Tenney told hosts of the upstate New York radio show, Talk! Of the Town that “Deep State” liberals embedded in the government are to blame for the grossly over-priced purchase.

It’s kind of like she blamed the family dog for Ben Carson’s fart, but at least Candy Carson only has to stand there with her mouth shut and holding her breath.

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