It is a shame. My whole life I have seen the GOP as a worthy extension of my Christian and constitutionalist views.
I no longer see them in that light. They are just one more problem to be surmounted and overcome.
As for Carson's conservative "purity" I'll just say this. There is no perfect candidate and never will be (I have again decided not to run for president). We always choose between imperfect humans. If you find one who is decent, with the courage of his convictions who actually has convictions, support that man.
Carson would not be my first choice and I'm sure I can find things to disagree with. But he is decent and principled and worthy of support. We could do (and have done) far worse. He is a good man and I would be proud to pull the lever for him.
I read your post and am spurred to note that if I compare Ben to all the other ‘candidates’ the media seems to attribute to GOP planning, Doctor Carson comes out far ahead of the pack. His greatest test if elected would be finding representatives in Washington willing to get with him on saving the America he sees in peril. I cite the two ‘sin’ators of my state as examples of the putrifacted GOP enablers, republicants of the first order. Alexander and Corker will lie to your face trying to manipulate you into ignoring their dead souls. BTW, my choice for veep with Dr. Carson as President would be Sylvia Thompson.
Yep. I guess the lesson is: You gotta play the hand you're dealt. But you get up and walk away when you don't trust the dealer; or suspect widespread, systematic cheating around the table....
THEN you get to sue the dealer and the establishment that sponsors him.... That's what federal elections are all about.
Anyhoot, once again you disappoint me by announcing that you are not running as candidate for POTUS!!! In my personal acquaintance, there are few people I would trust with that job. But you would be one of them, dear brother in Christ! [I did catch the irony in your statement....]
On my view, Benjamin Carson is an authentic, down-to-the ground Conservative. But he is not "doctrinaire" in any respect. He works in a highly collaborative field, where one is best served by listening to others with direct knowledge of facts on the ground. Interestingly, he asks for Mozart to be played in his neurosurgical operating theater. He sets great store by logic and evidence. It seems clear to me that the greatest influence in his life is his (sainted!) mother — and the Book of Proverbs.
But my suspicion is, Carson has no burning need to run for president. I doubt he aspires to the job. Indeed, why should he? He is a prolific, best-selling author; he has his charitable foundations to attend to; he is in demand as a public speaker; and he is a man of independent means, who has already established a brilliant career. Plus he knows how hard it is on families when a family member is running for president. Why put them through it?
In short, I don't think he wants to run. Then the question becomes: Can he be drafted?
I dunno. Am not worried about it.
I will conclude with this: For a person who has not served one single day in governmental service in his life, Dr. Benjamin Carson is one of the most eminent, accomplished Public Men now living.
I pray God's blessings upon him and his family — and also upon you and yours, dear brother in Christ!