I Serve God, And My Purpose Is

Of Course, No Religious Test For The Presidency - Every Faith Adds To Our National Character.

I Was Asked By An Npr Reporter Once, Why Don't I Talk About Race That Often. I Said It's Because I'm A Neurosurgeon. And She Thought That Was A Strange Response. And You Say - I Said, You See, When I Take Someone To The Operating Room, I'm Actually Operating On The Thing That Makes Them Who They Are. The Skin Doesn't Make Them Who They Are.

I've Gotten Literally Thousands Of Contacts From People Across The Country - And The Most Poignant Ones Being Elderly People - Who Said I Had Given Up On America And I Was Just Waiting To Die.

I First Wanted To Be A Psychiatrist. I Decided Against That In Medical School When I Discovered That Psychiatrists Didn't, In Reality, Do What They Did On Tv.

I Have To Come To Realize That God Does Not Want To Punish Us, But Rather, To Fulfill Our Lives. God Created Us, Loves Us And Wants To Help Us To Realize Our Potential So That We Can Be Useful To Others.