It's also funny how much GOPe'ers complain about not having enough minorities in the party, but when Carson is considered as a Presidential candidate, he's "token." Good job RedState.
It’s a pretty straight-forward, plain spoken article, and in no way denigrates Dr. Carson. I agree with it.
Paging Doctor Carson: The rise of Ben Carson and the GOP’s fractured flock of 2016
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/gop/3190971/posts
Ben Carson needs experience. Personally I’d love to see him run for mayor of Detroit in a couple of years. He’s already a local hero there with schools named after him.
Dr. ben Carson is already way ahead in experience than Obama was before he became President. I’d vote for him.
I don’t think Dr. Carson would have the killer instinct to carry out an effective foreign policy.
Or, put another way, he’s not mean enough.
The article is on target as far as I’m concerned.
I don’t engage in identity politics, whether they’re based on race, sex, ethnicity...I just don’t care. Carson’s fitness for the job is what matters; the fact that he’s black is irrelevant.
After hearing him suck up to that race pimp Jesse Jackson on Fox News, thanking him for all the wonderful civil rights work he did, I’ll pass.
I feel exactly the same way about Dr. Carson. A good guy with no experience. I am not wild about his gun comments. He needs to run for the House or Senate and get some experience and then think about the Presidency.
Cruz or Perry are the two best shots the GOP has for 2016. Guys who will actually be able to get something done.
I see Dr. Carson as Donald Trump, Ralph Nader, Ross Perot, John Anderson, or George Wallace (more or less), in terms of his appeal. Dr. Carson succeeded in his field and has a great deal of intelligence and talent. We don’t know if he would be an outside long-shot winner like Lincoln or an also ran, but I don’t think his skin color is a major source of his appeal. We don’t know if he would delegate to the right people with the necessary expertise (like Reagan) or micromanage whether or not he knew anything about the topic (like Carter).
The racists who vote based on skin color are all democrats, and they’re voting for either a woman or an Indian (okay, “native American” as the Senator from New England no doubt prefers). It’s not about Carson being black, just about him not being a corrupt insider like so many choices of the Democrat party and the RINO establishment.
I could pull the lever for the good Dr, but this comment puts him at the bottom of the list just above Mitt and Crispie both who I could not vote for.
About than let's nominate some go along pro business (amnesty) fix Obamacare apparatchik just because the guy knows how to bribe successfully.
Carson has more class in his talented little finger than any number of the putative GOP presidential candidates combined.
..................The best presidents have political experience under their belt before they reach the top.................
I guess that means that Dr. Carson has not had the experience to look into the teleprompters, whilst turning his head to the assembled crowd and lying to them with sincere looking conviction!
Actually, I find that refreshing!
Will he be a candidate for President?
No, as those decisions are focused behind closed doors!
Could he be a credible Vice President - you betcha!