Posted on 08/09/2014 4:01:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I’m hoping all will let candidates campaign this time and see what they have to say. So many in the past made up their minds before a candidate could get their first words out.
That is unless it’s Chris Cristie Rand Paul, or Jeb Bush. They’ve uttered quite enough words for the duration and the media has politely let us hear all of them for the past two years.
When candidates change positions to run, yes we should take that into account
Having a hard time trusting Carson. Call it prejudice if you want but he’s black and in the past two elections blacks voted for Obama 95%. I find it hard to believe he was in the five percent.
Dr. Carson is a great man. He’ll make a great Surgeon General in President Ted Cruz’s cabinet starting in January, 2017. OK, I’m jumping the gun. That’s what I hope happens. Dr. Carson is not presidential timber. I think he’s being pushed on us by the establishment just in case Christie and Jeb don’t make it.
Just a thought.
That's all I need to know. If he's a lib, I don't want him.
/johnny
please. no more rookies. that’s a big part of the problem now.
No more politicians, that is the biggest problem. Maybe we need a fresh face that is not a politician- the modern version of the gentlemen farmers of long ago...
I don’t like Carson on 2nd Amendment or illegal immigration, but the fact that he is not a politician or is a rookie doesn’t bother me.
anyone that engages in politics is thereby a politician, and president is a political office.
those “gentlemen farmers” were also the propertied aristocracy of their time; which meant they were the smart guys of their era.
I may be wrong but the Democrat Party did not want Hillary before and I do not think they want her now. I expect them to do the same thing they did last time and run someone over the top of her.
All this- can they beat Hillary? is nonsense anyway, whoever runs as the R candidate has to first attract conservative voters otherwise they can’t beat anyone. Many conservative voters stayed home the last two elections so getting them out is a starting point.
Before there was any talk of Carson running, I had many people tell me: “After Barack Obama, I’ll never vote for a black man for President.”
Black conservatives tend to be strong personalities and as hard as dragon’s teeth in their political views and dedication to principle. Ben Carson seems to be like that, so it is easy to imagine him voting against Obama.
Well yes, they were the smart guys and that is what I meant. Carson is a smart guy. I wish he was better on issues important to me.
As to politicians we have too many that have not really accomplished anything else- nor did they shine that much in their other elected positions. Most now don’t want to be on record for much so they can run for higher office without their previous record biting them so they mostly place hold. We need someone tough enough to stand up to the Democrats and fight to take this country back, most politicians want to compromise and we have done too much of that.
It’s a long long time before we vote. I like J. sessions but I don’t even know if he’s going to get in it. But there are others I like, some I don’t. I can only vote in one primary and I’m not sure that’s going to happen the way things are and seem to be speeding up towards something big.
it’s just unrealistic. every great president we have ever had was a politician. blaming everything on politicians is just incredibly simplistic, and, if I may say, missing the point.
Indeed. We generally get the politicians we deserve.
bingo. we picked ‘em. every one of them.
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