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The Ben Carson Factor.We Need A Black American On The 2016 Ticket. All Agreed?

Posted on 11/10/2014 6:08:45 PM PST by Cruz_West_Paul2016

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To: Cruz_West_Paul2016

it can be done and it won’t take rocket science to do it


141 posted on 11/10/2014 8:47:39 PM PST by Wuli
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To: Cruz_West_Paul2016

No no no! Democrats engage in identity politics, but even they don’t go nominating candidates with zero political experience or record. Carson appears to be a nice man, but he’s a pro-amnesty quasi-liberal.

The most qualified, conservative guv (Fallin) happens to be a woman.


142 posted on 11/10/2014 8:55:47 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Cruz_West_Paul2016
Ben Carson does not have a chance to win, but he can appear on MSM outlets galore and reduce the effectiveness of the left's propaganda. I think his main target should be middle and upper-middle class white leftists whose warped sense of morality equates patting blacks on the head with actually helping them. Carson is not the pathetic black figure of pity that leftists prefer. He is a very successful, immodest, thick-skinned surgeon. His mistakes have probably killed a few people, and he found a way to survive and move on and help more patients (and never make those mistakes again.)

Leftists: Don't pat Carson on the head if you want your hand back.

143 posted on 11/10/2014 8:57:33 PM PST by TChad (The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
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To: be-baw
It wouldn’t hurt to have an accomplished black man espousing conservative values near the front of the Republican Party. I encourage his candidacy. I see no downside to it

Can Carson survive a severe Caining (of the Herman variety)?

144 posted on 11/10/2014 9:00:16 PM PST by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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To: Paladin2

He’s a very bright guy, and my impression is that he is sincere. I think it would be fantastic if he runs. Give him a chance. If you don’t like what he says, don’t vote for him in the primaries. It takes a lot of guts, IMHO, for someone with no political background to take a leap of faith and run for office because they think things aren’t going in the right direction. He would add a great amount of interest to the primaries.


145 posted on 11/10/2014 9:03:16 PM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: AZLiberty
Can Carson survive a severe Caining (of the Herman variety)?

Well, we know that a severe Hilling of the Anita variety can be survived...

146 posted on 11/10/2014 9:24:59 PM PST by TChad (The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
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To: Cruz_West_Paul2016

I prefer Allen West if we’re doing the racist thing. Ben Carson would happily ban the first Amendment so his bullet wound surgeries can be replaced by knife wound surgeries. He knows how to repair people. He just doesn’t know how to defend them.


147 posted on 11/10/2014 9:35:27 PM PST by JFoobar
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To: JFoobar

Strike that, second amendment. Typo.


148 posted on 11/10/2014 9:36:01 PM PST by JFoobar
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To: Cruz_West_Paul2016

Research his stand on 2A. It disqualifies him. Would make a great Surgeon General, but president.... Nope.


149 posted on 11/11/2014 3:11:47 AM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
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To: Viennacon
How about Cruz/Haley?

Haley would be my first choice, but I don't think she's eligible. :(

150 posted on 11/11/2014 3:43:33 AM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
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To: Cruz_West_Paul2016

This is a troll post, right?


151 posted on 11/11/2014 3:45:05 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: Cruz_West_Paul2016

Liberal black people despise conservative blacks.

Go see what they say about Mia Love, Thomas Sowell, Herman Cain, Condi Rice, and others.

You want them to hear. Oh, they’re listening. I just spent a weekend listening to videos by liberal black speakers and they have their audience convinced that there’s a broad conspiracy to depress the black population.

They are being preached to and brain washed and a black conservative isn’t going to sway them.

I supported Cain because I thought he was the best man for the job. I will continue to support the best person for the job, regardless of race, skin color, sex, or religion.

Black people have got to figure it out on their own and no amount of pandering that we may or may not do will help them.

Ben Carson is a moral man or integrity. He has a lot of great qualities. He does have many qualities that will put him at a disadvantage in a general election.


152 posted on 11/11/2014 4:05:58 AM PST by Marie
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To: Cruz_West_Paul2016

Agree, but Caraon would make a good Surgeon General, Tim Scott would be a better VP pick.


153 posted on 11/11/2014 4:32:48 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag ($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ DEFUND OBAMA! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$)
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To: Cruz_West_Paul2016

Bite your tongue, we don’t pick people on the basis of their skin color


154 posted on 11/11/2014 4:44:49 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Cruz_West_Paul2016

While we have some potential candidates for such a ticket, using race and gender is a stupid reason to put someone out there. Ability trumps race and gender if we are able to stick together to push the right person to the top of the heap.


155 posted on 11/11/2014 4:58:46 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: RightGeek

Jeez, that could make some liberal heads explode. Love it!


156 posted on 11/11/2014 5:01:20 AM PST by Fresh Wind (2014: The FUBO Election)
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To: Cruz_West_Paul2016

Ben seems like a nice guy. He should run for something else to prove he can run for office before he tries to compete in the Super Bowl of politics.


157 posted on 11/11/2014 5:11:54 AM PST by csivils
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To: Doomonyou
There is an idiot in the white hut that got elected and never ran anything as an executive that got elected that couldn't wax Carson's shoes. "Community organizer" is not a real job. Carson is a real live candidate with real experience.
He's certainly more qualified than Obama, but that is hardly the standard, is it?
158 posted on 11/11/2014 5:53:49 AM PST by Tennessean4Bush (An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this is true.)
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To: Cruz_West_Paul2016

No we don’t.


159 posted on 11/11/2014 6:42:59 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Cruz_West_Paul2016

He can “Woo Black Voters” without being on the ticket


160 posted on 11/11/2014 6:44:32 AM PST by zeebee
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