Posted on 09/28/2015 8:34:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
“a better question is “who are you to judge him ?””
A citizen with one vote, trying to figure out the best way to invest it. I and every other voter has the right to vote as we see fit. To decide that, I have to judge whether a candidate is prepared.
I’m warming up to him. I’m still backing Trump, because he’s still the only one promising to do something about illegal immigration. Carson’s been a little squishy on that, but Simon is right, Carson is emerging as a soft-spoken but “formidable” character. I’d love for the nomination to come down to a fight between these two very worthy men, who distinguished themselves outside of government.
The bastards in the media tried to create a false controversy over what Carson said. Didn’t work. Carson didn’t back down, but instead referred to his actual words.
Talk about hyperbole.
I agree that those two should be ineligible for consideration (by us, not technically) for either President or VP. The set of reasons are different — Carson because of inexperience and naivete, Fiorina because she’s just not good in so many ways and she would wilt in a general election.
I see you’ve brought reality to the old false meme of Trump’s inheritance/experience, Lumper ;)
Question for Gentle Ben: How many FRONT of the checks, has Dr Ben signed? That’s where a guy/gal puts it all on the line. The risk taker, not the OPM manager.
Crip you have me wrong sir, in matters here in the US as far as Conservatism I am kown to be to the right of Attila the Hun. But aqll people not being equal a way must be found to gather as many as possible together not as “victim groups”
Trump while not as pure a Conservative as many would like is a step in the right direction, and If Cruz is VP then the next 16 years will be an ascension to where we want to be versus a dogmatic fight over Culture which is EXACTLY what the Dems want
We may win on style points but that hard of a turn has risks as well
Stay the course my friend
Just a guess, because he supports amnesty.
For one thing, it is becoming increasingly unlikely that Jeb Bush will be the Republican nominee.
Hope it did not take you this long to figure this out. Jeb was not going to be the nominee the same day he announced he was running.......
The three position papers he has published so far don’t scream liberal to me. The things he has to say certainly don’t either. His books are not liberal, and his success in business is not typical of a liberal either. So exactly what is it that you say Trump is a faux conservative?
Yep, you’re right on target there.
More dreams at the expense of Trump...
These people couldn’t assess the dynamics of a local PTA vote.
Well, his donations to leftists over the years, his idea that a leftist would make a great Supreme Court Justice, his threatening to sic the FCC on someone, his economically disastrous protectionist policies. There are more. I am suspicious. This is Donald on health care on 60 minutes. Reagan had a very different idea.
If Trump's name were replaced with Obama's, below, Freepers would be *howling.*
Donald Trump: There’s many different ways, by the way. Everybody’s got to be covered. This is an un-Republican thing for me to say because a lot of times they say, “No, no, the lower 25 percent that can’t afford private. But–”
Scott Pelley: Universal health care.
Donald Trump: I am going to take care of everybody. I don’t care if it costs me votes or not. Everybody’s going to be taken care of much better than they’re taken care of now.
Scott Pelley: The uninsured person is going to be taken care of. How? How?
Donald Trump: They’re going to be taken care of. I would make a deal with existing hospitals to take care of people. And, you know what, if this is probably–
Scott Pelley: Make a deal? Who pays for it?
Donald Trump: –the government’s gonna pay for it. But we’re going to save so much money on the other side. But for the most it’s going to be a private plan and people are going to be able to go out and negotiate great plans with lots of different competition with lots of competitors with great companies and they can have their doctors, they can have plans, they can have everything.
I didn't know we hired a CEO to "run us."
We used to be free to run ourselves. And Ben Carson believes in that.
I didn't know we hired a CEO to "run us."
We used to be free to run ourselves. And Ben Carson believes in that.
While Dr. Carson is not my first choice (Ted Cruz is my first choice, for the record), I would have no problem voting for him. While I may question his executive experience, Dr. Carson is clearly an American, highly intelligent and a good man with a set of very real fundamental values and principles. That sets him apart from Obama (and almost all of the Republican leadership) in a very big way.
No, only Obama’s black half is president...
That’s not entirely true. Dr. Carson has a considerable following among evangelicals.
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