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That should be riveting ..
Ben Carson is officially a Republican again, and he's unofficially running for president.
The conservative physician switched his political affiliation back from independent to the GOP on Election Day, and made no effort to hide the reason why.
"It's truly a pragmatic move because I have to run in one party or another. If you run as an independent, you only risk splitting the electorate," Carson told The Washington Times Tuesday, after making the change. "I clearly would not be welcome in the Democratic Party, and so that only leaves one party. Fortunately, the fit is pretty good."
Woah, earth-shattering! Remember when Carson left the Republican party and the whole country was like "woah", and then he came back and the whole country was like "whaaat????"
Actually, no one gave a damn. Because when asshole conservatives become "independent", they're still asshole conservatives and nothing has changed, so why would anyone give a damn? I mean, there's only one reason Carson even exists as a political thing:
Carson, the Johns Hopkins surgeon known for his work separating conjoined twins, made waves at the 2013 National Prayer breakfast with a speech criticizing President Obama while the president sat just feet away.
Yeah, he criticized Obama, therefore, starbursts! So yeah, he's running for president. And aren't you excited? His national vision and agenda of criticizing Barack Obama sure was a hit, but do the crazies want him as their president? Head below the fold to find out!
Ben Carson is a quality man and would be a great Surgeon General, He would be in the same league as Obama. He has no business experience, has run a surgery department, but thats it... He has been sheltered behind academia walls... Next his opinion on the 2nd Amendment is dangerous...
Ted Cruz is my Pick for President...
Jeff Sessions would be a Great MAJORITY Leader.... And Trey Gowdy would be a fantastic Speaker of the house... This is where we can start shaping our destiny now. By electing leadership for the 21st century...
Call your Representative and Senators... Its really time to shake things
up... The old Republican elites have to come down off their high
horse and fade away... They have embarrassed us for too long...
Jeff Sessions, leadership for the FUTURE! Totally not old.
We all need to learn a lot more about Dr. Ben Carson. He is obviously a brilliant and thoughtful man. I am sure most of us will seriously consider him for president.
As of now Ted Cruz or Allen West are my favorites. Whoever is chosen it must be done early so the conservative vote is not split again. To quote Larry Elder (KABC) we have a country to save.
Ben Carson isn't crazy enough. But maybe we can learn more about his mental state and change our minds!
Yes, we DO all need to learn a lot more about him. It's easy: Google Carson on the Issues. What is the issue everyone is up in arms about today? Illegal immigration and amnesty. Well, Carson may not be Rubio but he sure is a lot more concerned about the plight of those poor illegals than he is about Americans who've lost their jobs and worse to illegals. He'll never get my vote.
Also not great on gun control.
He doesn't want mass executions of Central American youths? NEXT!
He cannot be better than WHOEVER IT IS GOD CHOOSES. And WE HAVE NOT SOUGHT THAT REVELATION!
You pick ANOTHER PRESIDENT without FIRST Getting God's APPROVAL, KNOWING WE BOTHERED TO ASK GOD FIRST - and you will end up with FAR FAR FAR WORSE than Odrama Queen!
It won't matter if you PICK GOD'S CHOICE by Happenstance - IF YOU HAVE NOT ASCERTAINED AND MADE CERTAIN that yopu are picking God's CHOICE.
I remember Algore, Late Oct. 2000 - "You can know that I am with you, because John 16:3 is my favorite verse."
Go look that verse up and know that we don't have time enough to go exploring yet ANOTHER of Our Own Way rabbit trails.
God picks Hillary Clinton. Oops.
A. West - B. Carson 2016! West is great out of the shoot, Carson would have eight years to prepare to BE A 2ND GREAT POTUS after West! The left would crucify Cruz! I'd love to see them try it to two Black men! Love it!!!
Let's DO IT! Seriously, do it. Please, can you do it?
I'm BEGGING you, DO IT!
Romney with Carson as a running mate.
I see starbursts.
Ted Cruz the dual citizen? The man who is married to a Goldman Sachs vice president? No way. He would be ad bad as Jeb Bush.
So ... Ben Carson then?
at this point in time I'm more geared toward who I DON'T want: Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Paul Ryan, John McCain, Mitt Romney, John Huntsman Jr., and Peter King. I'm a little reluctant on Rick Perry, Donald Trump, and Rick Santorum.
I hate all those RINOs too.
NO CARSON. He tried to stab someone when he was in high school. STAB. He is out of the question.
He also thought that George Zimmerman should have been charged with second degree murder for killing Thugvon Martin.
What you do as a teenager is disqualifying, but even MORE THAN THAT, thinking that a murderer should be charged with murder is unforgivable! But only if the victim is black.
Ben Carson is a stooge for the GOP
establishment to stop a conservative from getting the nomination . The
same people that put out the Marco Rubio Amnesty ads are behind Ben
Carson 2016 and the Run Ben Run. The Run Ben Run ads have the same
people behind them. Ben Carson 2016 is about stopping Sarah Palin and
Ted Cruz . It is Karl Rove’s money men behind this . Wake up . Ben
Carson is a siphon for the GOP establishment . Newsmax which is
practically an arm of Jeb Bush is pushing Ben Carson . The GOP
Establishment machine at FoxNews is propping up Ben Carson and not
question him, he’s there to block a conservative and the people that
support Carson are idiots that are falling for the GOP establishment’s
game.
You are very convincing. I too now believe that Ben Carson is a stooge.
This guy is brilliant and I'd vote for him in a heartbeat. But I really doubt the RINO establishment would ever let him get nominated.
Too bad, he's just what DC needs- an outsider without allegiances to Party or a particular Lobby, acting on sound principles.
Wait, I thought the RINO establishment was trying to cram him down our throats?
Boehner and McConnell would reject Dr. Carson's candidacy, but I believe that he could be as effective as Reagan in uniting the country and that he stands the greatest chance of success in putting a Republican in the White House in 2016.
Unfortunately, as we've seen, these RINO's would rather see a Democrat win
over a true conservative.
I believe that a Ben Carson, Mike Lee ticket would be unstoppable!
Two crazy teabaggers would TOTALLY unite the country. A landslide Democratic victory sure would be nice!
Very admirable life story....however....'cities need to be gun free zones'....oh, no.
"I think if you are in the midst of a lot of people, and I'm afraid that a semi-automatic weapon is going to fall into the hands of a crazy person, I would rather you not have it." ~ Dr Carson, interview with Glenn Beck, Mar 2013
SO....he defines 'lots of people', 'crazy person' and right of possession....with guarded search perimeters around all population centers ? ? ?
Sorry Doc, been there, done that.
We've had gun-free zones around cities? What happened? Did freedom die?
One thing he can fix is our healthcare! He needs to be schooled on 2nd amendment issues!
Awesome! Fix our healthcare!
Ben Carson's health care plan sucks to put it mildly. It looks more like a Trojan Horse for Single Payer with cradle-to-grave mandate that everyone be given an "HSA" at birth as well as an electronic medical record.
And Carson's "HSA" is an account to which the government would 'contribute.'
And Carson compares his health care plan as one which works much like 'food stamps.'
But EVERYONE isn't given an EBT card when they're born, yet.
Therefore, Ben Carson's "HSA" works like a medical EBT Card For-All
Hmm. "Medicare for All" Where have I heard that before? Google it.
The other Carson mandate is that everyone be given an Electronic Medical Record at birth. He said this crap in the Prayer Breakfast speech, but Conservatives were too mesmerized by his personal story to listen carefully, the story which he's been using endlessly for decades to draw people into his 'ideals.'
His FIRST National Prayer Breakfast speech was in 1997 during the Clinton Administration. It's on C-Span.
And Carson proposes that Government cover all catastrophic medical expense.
You are right. Single payer would be much simpler.
Big difference between a Brain Surgeon and a Neighborhood Organizer as President.
Go for it Dr. Carlson !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn right! Obama was nothing but a community organizer when he was elected president, but Dr Carlson, who might or might not be related to Ben Carson, will cut open your brain in the oval office, which makes him PERFECT!
No more token africans! They can't be trusted.
Is it because they all have ebola and all Americans died as a result?
Obama has done more single handed to set back race relations in the United States than the combined efforts of the KKK and Neo-Nazis. There are some people who, including members of my family, who voted for him to prove to themselves that they were not racist (never mind his policies). We must remember that color doesn't make the person- the character does, as well as the platform. I'd like to think that people aren't stupid enough to vote for someone based on the color of their skin. But then again...
If blacks could just shut up and not ask for rights and shit, then racists wouldn't have to get all riled up. Why are those blacks so racist?
It's not that I don't like or respect Dr Carson but I really don't believe he is the guy for 2016. He has never run for anything in his life and let's be frank here, if he were not black, he would not be in the conversation. So he is another "pig in a poke" being considered for political correctness reasons. We just elected one of those.
And because the first black president chose to be a race-monger wearing out the "racism!" card despite having been elected by predominantly white America, we need a breather. America doesn't have to prove again that we are ready for a black president. We just did. Twice. It is BLACK AMERICA that has proven to be unable to handle it. I would like them to have a few years to reflect on what went wrong before trying it again. "They" need to start thinking like "us". You can't run the country as a minority at odds with the majority that just elected you twice. You have to lead as an American.
Unfortunately, were Carson to run in 2016, we would be extending the Obama era of racial politics simply because he is black. We need a break. Carson should first run for senator or congressman. NO ONE has the resume to be running for president as their first elective office. He can be much more useful for everyone by NOT running until America, especially black America, has had a chance to digest what just happened. How could black America be so out of touch as to blow such a great opportunity? Could Carson handle what he would be inheriting? No black candidate could. It will take time.
Phew, that one black president was exhausting. Can we have white presidents for like 100 years before we have another one? You know, to take a break from all that blackness. A breather, I mean.
Scott Walker or Paul Ryan - young...energetic...proud to be Americans...smart...articulate...experienced in government...fearless...and they know where jobs come from!
Asia? They can check in with David Perdue to make sure.
Carson / Cruz 2016
Sounds sweet. Too much to hope for though, I'm sure. That would be like getting a Ferrari, and a million dollars, for Christmas.
And for Democrats, it would be like getting a Tesla and a BILLION dollars for Christmas.
I bet he skips the part in his book America the Beautiful where he does some hand wringing about how we've taken the low moral road on immigration, harassing and deporting people who are just looking for a better life. He says nothing - nothing- about the Americans who are living in misery because these people have spit in our faces and snubbed our laws, come here illegally and taken jobs from Americans and done worse. He's only concerned about the illegals. I think I'll pass on voting for this friend of foreign nationals. Give me someone who's concerned about American citizens first.
This guy is friends with some people, so NO WAY!
I am not sure that conservatives would tolerate another Black as President. Especially after Bam. But there is no connection between them and Politics should be Race Blind.
Conservatives never tolerated an African American as president. Why would they start now?