Posted on 11/06/2014 9:58:17 AM PST by forbushalltheway
He should first run for, and win, a governorship. He has not been vetted by Dems doing their best to dig up dirt on him.
Anybody remember the Herman Cain fiasco? Two women came forward accusing him of sexual misconduct, and he folded.
He has a love of gun control. If he changes that he’s worth a look.
A position like that will, indeed, hurt his chances badly. He’d not make it past the primaries if he does not get more conservative on this issue. Still, to have him in the early debates will help elevate the discourse. He is not a one note Johnny (or Ben).
It’s quite possible the hussies were lying, but they got at him through his wife, who was extremely upset at the talk.
George Washington only commanded any army that won the Revolutionary War. Ditto with Generals Grant and Eisenhower.
Military experience like that surely equals or even trumps political experience.
I think as an African American he would have room to look at the history of gun control. Way too often, it was an attempt to disarm the “colored people.” It went hand in hand with the hideous Jim Crow. It was in fact a Democrat idea.
Another wishy-washy politician. We saw this with Colon Powell.
Ben moved to the winner’s circle but would just as easily move out.
That “judgement” is being reported by the Washington Times and WND, are you claiming they are lying about his claimed reasons for leaving the republican party?
Is the Glenn Beck video of him saying this, doctored? “”“I think if you live in the midst of a lot of people, and I’m afraid that that semi-automatic weapon is going to fall into the hands of a crazy person, I would rather you not have it,” Carson elaborated.””
...”While I truly admire and respect Dr. Carson, he is not ready to be a Presidential candidate”...
Agreed....he needs to learn the ropes before he can attempt such an endeavor. However I can easily see running and winning other positions he might determine as getting his feet wet.
Surely equals or trumps?
Only in romanticism.
Politics is negotiation. War is conquest by force.
Yup. He is a brilliant man. But he really needs a history lesson.
I stand corrected....
Ben, please first do what Mia Love just did.
Don’t bother Ben, anti-gun don’t sell in fly-over country, and you’ll never win the cities. Find a new hobby.
You forgot to mention suborning perjury from his secretary in a Federal hearing by reciting things to her which were untrue while expecting, actually suggesting, that she would be called to testify.
He should fight to repeal Obamacare.
If choosing a political is party is part of that then fine.
If you fight for what is right, political ambition and goals may just fall
right into place.
Make waves and defeat the enemy and that gives credibility to aspiring ambitions. In oher words he needs to earn it and not be a GOP token black. (I’m projecting LIV belief in my “token” statement)
During Oregon’s primary, Carson endorsed Monica Wheby, a woman with no political experience, who endorsed gay marriage in her failed effort to win. In the primary, she ran against a real conservative who didn’t get Carson’s endorsement. Carson won’t be getting my vote.
“what political experience did George Washington have? He hadn’t been the governor of anything.”
Has Carson fought and won a war that founded a nation?
I am sure that Dr. Carson is a nice man, but I hope to vote for Cruz.
Don’t make such an absurd comparison between who George Washington was before becoming president, and this doctor.
Here is a reminder of what Washington’s life was like, and his leadership in America before becoming President.
“In 1769, Washington introduced a resolution to the House of Burgesses calling for Virginia to boycott British goods until the Acts were repealed. After the passage of the Intolerable Acts in 1774, Washington chaired a meeting in which the Fairfax Resolves were adopted calling for the convening of the Continental Congress and the use of armed resistance as a last resort. He was selected as a delegate to the First Continental Congress in March 1775.
After the battles of Lexington and Concord in April 1775, the political dispute between Great Britain and her North American colonies escalated into an armed conflict. In May, Washington traveled to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia dressed in a military uniform, indicating that he was prepared for war. On June 15, he was appointed Major General and Commander-in-Chief of the colonial forces against Great Britain. As was his custom, he did not seek out the office of commander, but he faced no serious competition.
Washington was the best choice for a number of reasons: he had the prestige, military experience and charisma for the job and he had been advising Congress for months. Another factor was political. The Revolution had started in New England and at the time, they were the only colonies that had directly felt the blunt of British tyranny. Virginia was the largest British colony and deserved recognition and New England needed Southern support.”
“In 1787, Washington was again called to the duty of his country. Since independence, the young republic had been struggling under the Articles of Confederation, a structure of government that centered power with the states. But the states were not unified. They fought among themselves over boundaries and navigation rights and refused to contribute to paying off the nation’s war debt. In some instances, state legislatures imposed tyrannical tax policies on their own citizens.
Washington was intensely dismayed at the state of affairs, but only slowly came to the realization that something should be done about it. Perhaps he wasn’t sure the time was right so soon after the Revolution to be making major adjustments to the democratic experiment. Or perhaps because he hoped he would not be called upon to serve, he remained noncommittal. But when Shays’s rebellion erupted in Massachusetts, Washington knew something needed to be done to improve the nation’s government. In 1786, Congress approved a convention to be held in Philadelphia to amend the Articles of Confederation.
At the Constitution Convention, Washington was unanimously chosen as president. Among others, such as James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, Washington had come to the conclusion that it wasn’t amendments that were needed, but a new constitution that would give the national government more authority. He spoke but once during the proceedings, but he lobbied hard with his fellow delegates in the afterhours for major changes in the structure of government.
In the end, the Convention produced a plan for government that not only would address the country’s current problems, but would endure through time. After the convention adjourned, Washington’s reputation and support for the new government were indispensable to the Constitution’s ratification. Opposition was strident, if not organized, with many of America’s leading political figures—including Patrick Henry and Sam Adams—condemning the proposed government as a grab for power. Even in Washington’s native Virginia, the Constitution was ratified by only one vote.
Still hoping to retire to his beloved Mount Vernon, Washington was once again called upon to serve this country. During the presidential election of 1789, he received a vote from every elector to the Electoral College, the only president in American history to be elected by unanimous approval.”
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