Posted on 10/18/2014 3:58:08 AM PDT by grundle
Update: The top Democratic draft committee, Ready for Hillary, didn't come close to raising the $3.3 million announced by the Draft Ben Carson for President Committee, according to the pro-Clinton group.
Ready for Hillary declared late Wednesday that it added $2 million to their war chest in the past quarter, $1.3 million less than the Carson take.
The Draft Ben Carson for President Committee, which has been urging the celebrated doctor and Obamacare critic to run, on Tuesday said it has surpassed $10 million in donations. And at least one news outlet reports that he is on the “verge” of announcing.
“The great success of the draft effort is a testament to our belief that it is Dr. Carson who is best equipped to heal our country,” said committee campaign director Vernon Robinson.
The committee Tuesday morning released fundraising totals and said it collected $3.3 million in the third quarter of 2014. Overall, they have received money from 100,000 donors, and claim a volunteer base of over 20,000
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
*Asked by Beck for his thoughts on the Second Amendment, Carson gave the popular pro-gun argument: “There’s a reason for the Second Amendment; people do have the right to have weapons.”
But when asked whether people should be allowed to own “semi-automatic weapons,” the doctor replied: “It depends on where you live.”
“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.
However, if you live “out in the country somewhere by yourself” and want to own a semi-automatic weapon, he added, “I’ve no problem with that.”*
I am told that Carson later explained away the above comments. I don’t care though. I wouldn’t vote for him to be dog catcher. You don’t get do-overs on the Second Amendment.
Such a narrow one issue view is the reason we have Obama
I didn’t vote for Obama.
Gun rights secure all other rights.
Anyone with minimal public exposure like Ben Carson who can raise $10 million two years before an election from 100,000 donors will be our next president.
In this case it's the cult of lack of personality. Dude's a congenital anti gunner.
You cannot be serious.
How many blacks supported Allen West?
West lacks the gravitas of Dr Carson
I should have placed a sarcasm tag.
Rubio is an open borders man. He’s pretty radical on illegal immigration, actually.
I don't think so. West is a seasoned military man; the fact that Carson is a physician means little.
Listening to Carson speak is like taking a Benadryl; he'll put you to sleep. He's weak on the 2nd Amendment. And for me, I was done with him the night he gushed all over Jesse Jackson for being a "great civil rights leader."
That’s okay. :) I’ve seen that POV put forth in seriousness.
I attended a session and heard him speak..... the man is brilliant.
His wit is like a stiletto that is inserted so smoothly that the victim is dead before realizing he has been stuck. His mind is infinitely superior to that of Lt Col West
Ben Carson came to national prominence after delivering an outstanding speech at a Washington prayer breakfast several years ago, just as Ronald Reagan came to national prominence after delivering an outstanding speech at the 1964 Republican Convention.
Carson is no good on guns AND immigration. And I don’t find him to be a particularly compelling speaker.
Intellect is not the be-all and end-all of everything. There are many other highly desirable & important human qualities.
My opinion of Carson stands.
It beats the heck out of letting lawyers continue to screw up the country.
>>How about we find someone with credible leadership experience?
Leadership shmeadership, I want a candidate who is honest and has an I.Q. above a turnip. Anyone in politics with “credible leadership experience” is nothing more than a survivor of the great engine of corruption that American politics has become, on both the right and the left.
Before you identify IQ as a controlling qualification, perhaps you should review the performance of the last few "smartest men who've ever been President".
For example, the current inhabitant of the White House...Bill Clinton, the most corrupt president ever...Jimmy Carter, the nuclear engineer...Herbert Hoover...Woodrow Wilson...I could go on.
IQ isn't the issue. Character is.
They obviously weren’t smart enough. You can have all the character in the world in the White House and if he’s getting bad advice, surrounding himself with yes men and political hacks, yer gonna be in trouble. Furthermore “character” is too often a mask for stubborn or inflexible or formulaic.
I’d put the qualification level for President at I.Q.=160+. A really smart person will have the requisite character, it comes with the territory. The operant phrase is “really smart”. Problem is, genius avoids politics because it is corrosive to character. Politics is inherently corrupting and no smart person will put their soul at risk of having to dance to stupidity’s tune.
>>Before you identify IQ as a controlling qualification, perhaps you should review the performance of the last few “smartest men who’ve ever been President”.
For example, the current inhabitant of the White House...Bill Clinton, the most corrupt president ever...Jimmy Carter, the nuclear engineer...Herbert Hoover...Woodrow Wilson...I could go on.
IQ isn’t the issue. Character is.
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