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Ben Carson slashes staff as funds dry up
The Washington Post ^ | 2/4/16 | Robert Costa

Posted on 02/04/2016 6:31:36 AM PST by don-o

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To: demshateGod

What is that thing? Too funny.


61 posted on 02/04/2016 7:01:12 AM PST by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: chae; All
...I thought it was funny Palin was going after Ted pretty viciously on Facebook but hadn’t made a peep about Rubio

Yup. IF that's so, then Sarah Palin's part of the problem here.

IF what you say is true (that she hasn't negatively gone after Rubio over the same exact matter), THEN she's engaged in selective outrage. She's engaged in exploitive crassness.

Sometimes when you attempt to splash mud at others, it winds up covering your beautiful white dress!

62 posted on 02/04/2016 7:02:44 AM PST by Colofornian
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To: Colofornian

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3392299/posts

link to the text of her Facebook post.


63 posted on 02/04/2016 7:16:16 AM PST by chae (The Lannisters send their regards--Game of Thrones)
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To: HoosierWordsmith
This report suggests that the Carson campaign was already in a death spiral before the IA kerfuffle.

We know that he lost all of his key fundraisers in NH before IA.

64 posted on 02/04/2016 7:18:49 AM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: chae; All
(Thank you for posting that FB link re: Sarah Palin's post...'cause I hesitated not adding qualifiers given that I didn't see her FB post).

So, Sarah, when are you going to get around to attacking Rubio on the SAME EXACT issue ... now that the media's had a few articles on multiple Rubio staffers having at the rumor for almost a 24-hr media cyle...which, btw, is "forever" in terms of today's instant news access...???

Sarah??? Sarah??? Are you hearing me?

65 posted on 02/04/2016 7:19:17 AM PST by Colofornian
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To: don-o

Sadly, Carson’s problem here is exactly that he is NOT a career politician.

His character, message and momentum can only carry him so far. He’s not an established politician, so he hasn’t built up a well of support from, and a rolodex of crony-capitalists and government parasites - the ones who really fund big-money Presidential campaigns.


66 posted on 02/04/2016 7:22:39 AM PST by PGR88
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To: don-o

Carson did a lot in this campaign.

Made me sick when Trump began saying he was slow, sick and pathological like a child molester etc...

I knew he’d never win but I loved his slow and deliberate speaking style, with every word and argument thought out.

He always made his point in irrefutable ways.

He did not stand down against Islam and the incompatibility of Shariah law and the Constitution.


67 posted on 02/04/2016 7:24:46 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan
Made me sick when Trump began saying......

There is a LOT of ways that sentence can end.

But, agree on your post as to the real contribution Ben has made to the conversation. If he endorses, it is much to be coveted.

68 posted on 02/04/2016 7:32:12 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory. And He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: Colofornian

I hope Carson takes a couple days, then endorses Ted. Would make DT look even smaller...


69 posted on 02/04/2016 7:33:36 AM PST by LearnsFromMistakes (Yes, I am happy to see you. But that IS a gun in my pocket.)
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To: don-o

Some truth to that as all the fundraisers for Carson bolted to Cruz.


70 posted on 02/04/2016 7:41:49 AM PST by 11th Commandment ("THOSE WHO TIRE LOSE")
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To: HoosierWordsmith

It’s been in a death spiral since he zoomed to number 2 and then fell back into single digits....nice fellow....completely unprepared to be president!!!


71 posted on 02/04/2016 8:07:24 AM PST by ontap
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To: Colofornian

Outstanding Post!


72 posted on 02/04/2016 8:08:30 AM PST by CPT Clay (Hillary: Julius and Ethal Rosenberg were electrocuted for selling classified info.)
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To: don-o

So the Cruz campaign wasn’t wrong, they were just early about Carson dropping out.


73 posted on 02/04/2016 8:31:18 AM PST by DaxtonBrown (ANOTHER)
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To: DaxtonBrown

Pretty much, it seems.


74 posted on 02/04/2016 8:34:03 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory. And He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: HamiltonJay

Carson was already famous as a surgeon. There is a movie about him with Cuba Gooding Jr. playing Carson. It is pretty good. The man is a genius.

He spoke at a national prayer breakfast with Obama and stood up to him there. He then became a media darling of Christian conservatives. People starting saying he should run as president. He could be the anti-Obama.

He did an exploratory committee and found a lot of support. As a result he ran and raised a lot of money.

Unfortunately his genius as a surgeon has not translated as a genius at being a politician. He probably would be a decent president if he could build a decent team, but his current team has not been adequate to give him the commanding lead he would require to win the nomination or presidency.

Having said that, I could vote for Carson in the general, though I prefer Cruz first.


75 posted on 02/04/2016 8:38:50 AM PST by unlearner (RIP America, 7/4/1776 - 6/26/2015, "Only God can judge us now." - Claus Von Stauffenberg / Valkyrie)
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To: unlearner

Carson should have gotten better council, being a brilliant X does not make one a good politician or president.... He got some bad advice, and should have never gotten into the race.

He never had any shot, and frankly, don’t think he has the skills to be a successful politician.

That doesn’t make him a bad man or take away from his talents, they are just not in the areas they need to be to be a politician or the President.

He got bad council, or did not listen to the right ones.


76 posted on 02/04/2016 8:59:42 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: servantboy777

He would make an excellent cabinet position fill


77 posted on 02/04/2016 9:06:29 AM PST by southernindymom
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To: Impy; BillyBoy; Reagan Disciple; EQAndyBuzz; campaignPete R-CT; Berlin_Freeper
RE:”Trumpees are using this for propaganda. Plain and simple. Following the lead of your hero who damaged Carson in November when losing polls to him.”

Again I get called a Trumpster here #45 LOL

78 posted on 02/04/2016 9:31:41 AM PST by sickoflibs (Trump : 'WAAH, 'Either a new Iowa election should take place or the Cruz results nullified')
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To: sickoflibs

Lucky you


79 posted on 02/04/2016 10:03:52 AM PST by Reagan Disciple (Peace through Strength)
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To: Reagan Disciple

He/she couldn’t even tell from my Tagline


80 posted on 02/04/2016 10:17:02 AM PST by sickoflibs (Trump : 'WAAH, 'Either a new Iowa election should take place or the Cruz results nullified')
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