Personally, I believe Carson would be a great pick.
Unfortunately, the voters disagree with me.
I’ll repeat myself…There is a basic reality in terms of the Presidential candidacy.
Over the years, The Presidency went from a job where the nation wanted a guy who had ideas and leadership qualities, to sort of like the slot for lead singer in Van Halen.
You can have a killer frontman like David Lee Roth, who excites and slays live and propels the band creatively, but who is a trainwreck in terms of everything else.
You can get Sammy Hagar, who is ultra competent but not terribly motivating and not your primary pick for frontman.
Then there is Gary Cherone, who is great in Extreme but lost in VH.
Trump is Diamond Dave. Bidet is Cherone. DeSantis is Sammy.
Personally, I would rather we get a Sammy president. DeSantis was Sammy, but he sort of flopped once he moved out of 2,000-seat venues to Madison Square Garden.
Reagan was Sammy, with a touch of DLR like when he joked about bombing the Soviets and “there you go again…”
As Archie and Edith sang, those were the days.
In 2024, the nation and populism want Diamond Dave. And Dave is unifying people like nobody-look at the rappers with Trump in The Bronx. It’s stunning.
America isn’t voting for competency anymore. We are voting for the Frontman of America.
And that’s ok - maybe we NEED a Frontman more than a vocalist right now.
But we need to be honest with ourselves. Trump is a train wreck in terms of personnel choices, and he can get carried away with social media. True, we got solid SCOTUS picks and abortion overturned, a cranking economy, and no wars. But after Eat ‘Em & Smile, Dave jumped the shark.
And Trump will win the Diamond Dave vote, which will be drawn to a guy who just lost a case. Bidet will get the Gary Cherone vote (and again, Cherone is awesome with Extreme).
As for Veep, it’s the same deal…we want a red meat Frontman or Frontwoman. Not a policy wonk, a nice guy like Carson, etc.
Elise Stefanik has two Ivy League scalps. RINO? That’s what they said about Trump in 2015. She has blood dripping from her mouth.
That is why as qualified as the other Veep candidates may be, and as much as I’d personally love to see Carson on the ticket, Elise Lee Roth is what will garner votes.
And perhaps Elise is Wolfgang, and can let us get two tours with Eddie and Roth before the band terminates.
Make her VP, Trump wins, and she clobbers whatever jack wagon the Dems put up in 2028, like Kamala or some other Cherone.
Parenthetically, the American People are Eddie, Michael, and Alex-a monster band that is invariant to the guy in the singer slot. We Americans always rock.
As much as I loved Eddie’s guitar playing, I’m opting for some smooth jazz....
Plus a border under control, and the uncovering of just how bad and corrupt the deep state was.
That's as good as Reagan. In one term. Be happy we had him, work and pray so we get him again. No prevaricating about negatives, he was simply great.
you’ve given that A LOT of thought! LOL
Carson is a GREAT pick.
Trump is Diamond Dave. Bidet is Cherone. DeSantis is Sammy.
Let’s see. Bill Clinton is Elmer Gantry/Jimmy Swaggert. Barak Obama is the reverend LeeRoy. John Kerry is Lurch and Biden is Floyd R. Turbo.
Trump? Think Harry Callahan.
I’m not worried about the voters. Trump dwarfs Biden in actual human voters. The problem Trump had was in being surrounded by people and agencies he could not trust, including people involved with the election process.
Dr. Carson is someone I completely trust. He is loyal, and he likes Pres. Trump. He’s not a politician. He doesn’t have ambitious ideas of becoming something more. Like Donald Trump, Ben Carson genuinely cares for people.
This country needs healing. We’ve been fortunate that Joe Biden’s policies have been so bad that various groups of people are uniting for Trump. Having someone who is completely trustworthy as well as having a calming effect on people would work perfectly with Trump’s more over the top personality.
Ben Carson and Donald Trump working together would do more to bring this nation together than any other combination of people I see out there. The last thing Donald Trump needs is someone known for stabbing him in the back on his ticket. No Haley, no DeSantis or any other less than trustworthy person. The people who say Donald Trump’s greatest fault was in choosing people disloyal to him would be immediately put at ease at the VP position. Then they could both work at putting the rest of the US citizens at ease. They are going to need to do that given the work they will need to do cleaning up DC.