Posted on 09/03/2015 6:00:55 PM PDT by EveningStar
The only one of the declared presidential candidates that Americans have positive feelings for overall isn’t a frontrunner and has never held public office before. According to a poll released Thursday by Public Policy Polling, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson is the sole presidential candidate whose favorability rating is higher than his or her unfavorability rating.
When asked about Carson, 41 percent of the respondents in the national poll reported that they felt favorably about him, compared to 30 percent who have an unfavorable view. That puts him well ahead of all the other candidates in the field, though 29 percent of respondents said they were not familiar enough with Carson to make a judgment about him, suggesting that those numbers could change as he becomes more widely known. The only other candidate to come close to an overall favorable rating was former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, who at 32/35 had an overall favorability rating of -3.
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That’s my take, anyhow. Here’s another clue; who else does he flack for besides Dr. Carson? Fiorino. And she’s almost the LAST one I’d vote for. Just my opinion.
Will also do, my friend.
Lord Jesus, we pray for all who fell in Vietnam. We pray for Chicky Ambrosio and the others that their names would be blessed and their sacrifice remembered. And we pray that You may be holding Chicky in the love of Your heart. In Your name we pray. Amen.
I was simply saying the liberal media enjoys playing advocates to diminish a republican candidate that grows popularity. Example, Sarah Palin as the VP choice! In this case it’s Trump as the front runner! Trump is equally dismissing them all including the GOPe who obviously wanted Jeb Bush as their choice up against Hillary! Period! No conspiracy! They are just wide open with their choices, in my opinion!
The more that people get to know Ted Cruz, the more they will like him. He’s got a great sense of humor that we don’t always get to see. He’s the sleeper candidate of 2016!
This is Din Maker’s private reply to me. Seems we’ve got ourselves another little kid posting on FR.
“I understand that you’re frustrated but don’t take your frustration out on me because you have a little weenie and can’t satisfy your wife. If you want to meet me somewhere and let’s settle this, bring it on PUSSY! DON’T YOU EVER CALL ME A PUSSY AGAIN! You don’t know who your are f**king with.”
Amen Chappy. Thanks.
This "likable" poll is silly !
do you like that he is anti-gun and pro abortion in some cases?
his liberal views:
Make alternative fuels, not war:
Whether America’s ensuing steps into war in Afghanistan and Iraq will be seen as positive or negative remains to be seen, but I can’t help thinking there may have been a better way to react that would not have cost us so many lives and financial capital. I believe that if the president had seized the moment and declared that we would become petroleum independent within the next ten years as part of our effort to strip terrorism of its resources, that business, industry, academia, and everyone else would have been foursquare behind him, and we would have been much further ahead in the fight against terrorism than we are today...an enormous number of jobs likely would have been created in the process of switching over to a new energy source, and Wall Street would have been booming; third, the environmentalists would have been ecstatic; and fourth, but most importantly, the terrorists would have been deprived of much needed funding, which would have gradually strangled their efforts. (From America the Beautiful.)
Stop the deportations:
Even today we exploit our fellow human beings for work. Is it moral for us, for example, to take advantage of cheap labor from illegal immigrants while denying them citizenship? I’m sure you can tell from the way I phrased the question that I believe we have taken the moral low road on this issue. Some segments of our economy would virtually collapse without these undocumented workers—we all know that—yet we continue to harass and deport many individuals who are simply seeking a better life for themselves and their families. (From his 2012 book, America the Beautiful.)
Elizabeth Warren was right about everything:
The stock market crash of 1929 exacted a severe toll on the people of our nation and our legislators realized, in hindsight, that some of our banking and investment policies had contributed to the crash. Several laws were crafted, including the Glass-Steagall Act, which separated commercial and investment banking activities. Sixty to seventy years later we forgot about many of the horrors of those difficult financial times as well as the reasons why we imposed appropriate regulation on speculative financial activity involving private resources. (From One Nation
People don’t kill people, handguns kill people:
I realize that some feel the United States and other world powers with nuclear weapons have no right to declare that others cannot have them. On the surface this seems like a fair argument, but can you imagine how many deaths would occur if everyone were given a handgun? Perhaps it would be fair to give everyone a handgun, but it certainly would not be wise. (From America the Beautiful.)
Find more at (it’s a liberal website I believe)
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/01/ben-carson-liberal-views-2016
Not good and thanks for posting that!
Actually there is only one person I really really really like. But I ain’t ever voting my wife to be president.
What a jerk!
Buy your self a good dictionary and look up the meaning of draft dodger. Making false statements will not enhance your reputation.
Actually my doctor is even nicer than Dr. Carson. May be she should run for president?
You forgot something....
Reagan did not go from acting straight to president.
He was a union official, the got elected governor of California twice, before running for president.
I hope Alzheimer’s is not closing in.
So is my doctor, but I don’t want your doctor, nor mine for that matter, to be president.
Trump needs much better military advisory NOW , than he appears to have . I’ve tried to reach the campaign with some suggestions , but its real hard to get thru ....
“...Trump was a draft dodger...”
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I joined the National Guard in 1971 so I could finish college and not get drafted.
Does that make me a draft dodger, too?
If you answer “yes”, then you can kiss my lily white ass.
Precisely. Carson appears to be out of his league, especially since Trump took the stage. I will say again, Trump has been through the wringer and he never blinked. America first is 30 years overdo.
Yes. Really.
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