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Surging Ben Carson pulls even with Donald Trump in Iowa poll
New York Post ^
| August 1, 2015
| Geoff Earle
Posted on 09/01/2015 1:16:36 PM PDT by lbryce
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To: nickcarraway
Carson deserves a second look. He’s a quality candidate. Could he be a hard ass if conditions called for it? That is the unknown.
To: lbryce
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'People are hungry for something different, something that has not been tried before,' Iowa state GOP chair Jeff Kaufmann told The Post."
Fascism has been tried before. It happens after folks with incomes from government saturate politics. Here's a look at the anti-Walker horde not including service businesses connected to and dependent on local governments to prevent competition.
Heavy Hitters: Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2014http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.phpAmerican Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $60,949,129 [Democrat] 81% [Republican] 1%
Leviathan (Uncle Sam employs more people than you think) National Review ^ | 02/03/2011 | Iain Murray
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...nearly 40 million Americans employed in some way by government."
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posted on
09/01/2015 1:48:04 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: notdownwidems
Now if Ben Carson was a fish it would be a surging surgeon Sturgeon!
To: lbryce
It doesn't matter anyway. Those of you in the private sector and all who have personal real assets: get out, while you can! Refuse the debt/revenues! Trump has repeatedly stated that he would take 14% or more of those assets!
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Get ready! Dump the commies and fascists! Do it for the U.S.A.! Their are few poorer than myself. We can take a short depression, but we cannot stand decades with a commie/fascist regime! Flush now!
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posted on
09/01/2015 1:55:18 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: lbryce
As noted on another thread, the best thing about the current polls is that the anti establishment candidates have 53% of the support. That’s excellent.
To: refermech
You are correct. “Dr. Ben Carson was blunt about his past as a Democrat on State of the Union Sunday, saying, I make no bones about the fact that I used to be a Democrat, I used to be a pretty left-wing Democrat in fact.
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posted on
09/01/2015 1:55:47 PM PDT
by
glenduh
To: allendale
Blacks are NOT going to vote for Carson and nobody else should.
He is even more of an amateur than wee barry and was a DEM until very recently.
To: entropy12
Gravis Marketing has a very poor track record in polling with some epic flubs. I would take anything from them with a pound or two of salt especially if it’s inconsistent with what all of the other polls are saying.
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posted on
09/01/2015 1:58:26 PM PDT
by
NRx
(An unrepentant champion of the old order and determined foe of damnable Whiggery in all its forms.)
To: nickcarraway
Policy as an argument is dead. Republicans and Democrats alike killed it with their lying and self-serving work over the last few election cycles.
National politics has been moving away from policy and towards presentation and personality since 1960. That movement is accelerating.
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posted on
09/01/2015 2:00:21 PM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(Life is good.)
To: refermech
This is not the election for sentimentality over substance.
Conservatives need to stop trying to go for “aw shucks folksy” candidate and go for the win for once.
To: SaxxonWoods
So you are saying, Go, Jeb!
To: lbryce
Obama carried Iowa twice, correct?
To: nickcarraway
You seemed confused. Trump is the anti-GOPe. Jeb is the GOPe candidate.
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posted on
09/01/2015 2:51:03 PM PDT
by
SVTCobra03
(You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
To: SVTCobra03
So the media says. In reality, they are both GOPe candidates.
To: rovenstinez
you and jbush support carson.
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posted on
09/01/2015 2:53:32 PM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: lbryce
Mr Gun Ban proponent pulls even with Trump- Swell
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posted on
09/01/2015 3:23:54 PM PDT
by
Bob434
To: allendale
“... If he were the Republican nominee and took 50% of the black vote, it would be a catastrophe for the Democrats.”
You win the award for most ridiculous scenario on FR today. Only because Kevmo couldn’t be here to push a cold fusion thread.
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posted on
09/01/2015 3:34:38 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: lbryce
Wel Uh no. This is an anomaly. The new Gravis poll just came out today and Trump is at 31% with Carson at about 15% which is more realistic.
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posted on
09/01/2015 3:45:48 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: ladyjane
"""It depends on where you live," Carson said ."I think if you live in the midst of a lot of people, and Im afraid that that semi-automatic weapon is going to fall into the hands of a crazy person, I would rather you not have it.""I live Upstate NY. There are a LOT of crazy people in small towns (pops under 1000). Carson should just shut up and go play with his scalpels.
To: 1lawlady
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posted on
09/01/2015 4:17:20 PM PDT
by
ResisTyr
("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God " ~Thomas Jefferson)
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