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Ben Carson now leading in NC, Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin
The American Thinker ^ | October 6, 2015 | Ed Straker

Posted on 11/05/2015 11:55:31 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

.........[Ben Carson] is leading in North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Wisconsin, and Iowa. That's impressive. It's well-known that he's doing well with religious conservatives in Iowa, but now it looks as though he has appeal throughout the South and other Midwestern states.

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What can Trump do to rebound? He has tried casting doubt on Carson's religion. He has tried having plenty of book signings. In an interview recently he said he was going to replace Obamacare with "something much better." Who wouldn't want to vote for someone who is going to institute a "something much better" health care system? He also promises to "quickly and brutally cut the head off of ISIS." I'm for cutting the head off ISIS. Let the head-cutting begin!

Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be enough for voters. His tax plan has higher rates than other tax plans, like Ted Cruz's flat tax.

I'm not a big Ben Carson fan. I don't think he has the experience to be an executive or the temperament to take on Hillary. Trump might be able to at least do the latter. So what can Trump do to improve his position in the polls?

1) Talk about the insanity of "transgenderism" - letting boys into girls' locker rooms.

2) Give more detail on his vague immigration plan of letting the "good ones" come back after they are deported. How many "good ones" are there? Millions?

3) Speak out about the need for voter ID to protect the integrity of the voting process.

4) Pledge to end birthright citizenship by executive order on the first day of his presidency.

5) Tell us what he would replace Obamacare with. I suspect he himself does not know.

What else do you think he can do to help himself?

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Health/Medicine; Politics; Religion
KEYWORDS: 2016; carson; elections; gopprimary; polls; trump
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To: 1217Chic
It's the ONLY ticket that makes any sense at all. Will it happen? I don't know.

Carson isn't presidential timber at all and the people behind him are VERY worrisome!

161 posted on 11/06/2015 1:44:05 PM PST by nopardons
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To: Nervous Tick
Carson I doubt that Dr. Ben would carry any states, against Hillary; okay...maybe 1 or 2; maybe.

Enough GOP voters stayed home, when Romney ran and even MORE would stay home/write in someone else, should Carson be our candidate!

162 posted on 11/06/2015 1:48:02 PM PST by nopardons
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To: octex
I saw them too; at the same place and they are a BIG turnoff !

And he won't get many black votes from them, but lose a lot of white ones !

163 posted on 11/06/2015 1:55:04 PM PST by nopardons
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To: Salamander

Beyond crazy !


164 posted on 11/06/2015 1:58:22 PM PST by nopardons
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Thank God you showed up to help Trump over the top by pushing Carson. If you ever start pushing for Trump I’m going to ask Jim to have you zotted. :-)


165 posted on 11/06/2015 2:03:24 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: spokeshave

I know !
And the thing is....Trump is winning over blacks, Indies, and even DEMS ! No way Carson is doing that and I, for one, will NEVER vote for him, under ANY circumstances!


166 posted on 11/06/2015 2:03:40 PM PST by nopardons
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To: Catsrus

“Well, it won’t be Scott Walker, will it?”

Bwahahaha! :-)


167 posted on 11/06/2015 2:05:38 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: FourPeas

HORESEFEATHERS !


168 posted on 11/06/2015 2:06:48 PM PST by nopardons
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To: hotsteppa

I like what Jackie Mason said about him. He said “The other candidates look like they’re looking for a job. Carson looks like he’s looking for a place to lie down.”


169 posted on 11/06/2015 3:55:00 PM PST by VerySadAmerican
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To: ScottinVA

Yes, it gives me pause. Frauds who claim to be Christians just so they can get elected gives me pause, too.

Jesus said “Be perfect as I am perfect.” Maybe Trump thinks he’s perfect. And that IS scary.


170 posted on 11/06/2015 3:55:59 PM PST by VerySadAmerican
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To: hondact200

These so called preachers are bad for Christianity. They’ve been around for years. Remember Oral Roberts?


171 posted on 11/06/2015 3:59:07 PM PST by VerySadAmerican
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To: chris37

So now I am a GOPER. Funny you appartachik. I am a conservative, been one since I turned 18 years of age. I am concerned that your line of lunacy is a real problem. So if you continue to tell me to mind my own business, really is that conservative of you. Oddly enough as a conservative I subscribe to Hillsdale College - Imprimis Magazine. I contribute to Hillsdale college scholardhip fund. I contribute to the endowment fund of my alamu mater Reformed Theological Seminary. Suddenly if a conservative says enough of your going after a woman because she is considered by you in your infinite stupidity that she is responsible for the downfall of Scott Walker and now Ben Carson and you claim she has a Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Really are your a licensed psychiatrist whom is able to diagnosis OCD? Or are you just a plain down right nasty little peon whom has a real problem that he cannot see during the election cycle there are hills and valleys of the political candidates. No one on Free Republic is responsible for the rise and fall of the political candidates. So hopefully you get it into your stupid brain dead head that Cinnicatus Wife is not responsible for Scott Walker’s demise or the impending demise of ben Carson. When you have your license as a psychiatrist than you can diagnos OCD! so be careful in throwing around diagnosis of something you know nothing about. Also watch whom you call GOPrs and ‘mind your own business. It is sad to see people like you on FR whom spend their time complaining about others whom state something about a candidate. when I served as a Arab Language translator in the US marine Corp, i fought for people to have the Freedom of Speech. It is sad that more and more Freedoms are being dissolved because people like you have no understanding of reality and instead go after a fellow FReeper and call them something that they are not. Our problem in America is the jerk that is in the WhiteHouse and the uniparty in Washington DC ids giving the same jerk whatever he wants o knock America down and down for what reason. To destroy America so the Islamic worldview of sharia crappola can be imposed in America


172 posted on 11/07/2015 3:37:24 AM PST by hondact200 (politicians and diapers are similiar. They both have to be changed often for the very same reason)
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To: hondact200
Paragraphs are your friend.


173 posted on 11/07/2015 8:16:55 AM PST by humblegunner (NOW with even more AWESOMENESS)
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To: hondact200

TL;DR

Learn to format. Use Enter key. Giant walls of text do not get read.


174 posted on 11/07/2015 9:19:03 AM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: Semper Mark; Old Sarge; Darksheare; 50mm; darkwing104; Jet Jaguar; humblegunner; chris37; ...

Well.

Lookie here!

It’s the *confined to a wheelchair, survivor of three days in the Beruit rubble, pastor of five churches, psychologist who has had 34 surgeries - make that 50 - and who drives home to the UP from Wisconsin via Detroit.*

Today he’s lecturing on Conservative values (Truth anyone?) and English composition.


175 posted on 11/07/2015 9:55:08 AM PST by shibumi (A concrete fascination scraping the edge of nothing This is Black Sunshine)
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To: hondact200

Hello, tell me, how many days under the rubble?
You wouldn’t have kinda sorta lied about that, would you?


176 posted on 11/07/2015 9:59:20 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: chris37; hondact200

All you need to know about hondact200 is that he claimed in one post to have been “buried for days” in the rubble of the barracks in Beirut, when facts are that nobody was found alive after the first day.


177 posted on 11/07/2015 10:04:09 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Darksheare; shibumi

Ah, I see. I really appreciate the information. I have not seen this person before or spoken with him/ her.

Those some unusual and extravagant claims for a person to make, I would say.


178 posted on 11/07/2015 10:26:16 AM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: chris37; hondact200

For an afternoon of head shaking high comedy (albeit dark) just click on his posting history.

And don’t skip the personal page profile.

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:hondact200/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change

http://www.freerepublic.com/~hondact200/


179 posted on 11/07/2015 10:32:33 AM PST by shibumi (A concrete fascination scraping the edge of nothing This is Black Sunshine)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

LOL!!!

Really. Pathetic. All while Carson is crashing and burning, and the GOPe and Propaganda ministry props him up like Weekend at Bernies.

Sell crazy somewhere else.


180 posted on 11/07/2015 10:35:17 AM PST by Lazamataz ( If they try firearm confiscation or gun registration, I go ballistic.)
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