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Posted on 11/23/2015 6:54:29 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is "probably not" ready for the job, according to leading conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh.
"Ben Carson equipped to be president? Um -- probably not at this stage," Limbaugh told Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace in an interview this morning. "But any of these Republicans running would be better than Hillary or better than anything we've got now, so on that, based on that comparison, yes. I would vote for him if it was up to him and Hillary. Absolutely, without a doubt."
Carson's lack of foreign policy experience has emerged as a political weakness in the week following the terrorist attacks in Paris. One of Carson's foreign-policy advisors, Duane Clarridge, told the New York Times that the famed neurosurgeon struggles to understand what's going on in the Middle East. "Nobody has been able to sit down with him and have him get one iota of intelligent information about the Middle East," Clarridge said.
Limbaugh's comments suggest that Carson may not always be able to count on the talk-radio support that helped propel him up the polls in the first place as a bulwark against such concerns.
Even so, Carson has built an impressive grassroots army. On Thursday, he became just the fourth GOP candidate to submit the 5,000 signatures necessary to quality for the Virginia primary ballot -- a task made more difficult by the requirement that candidates find at least 200 signatories in each of the state's congressional districts.
Carson cleared that hurdle easily, filing 14,000 signatures. "This effort is reflective of the movement our campaign has inspired -- a grassroots movement of we the people, united to heal, inspire and revive this great nation," he said Thursday.
His grassroots support may be softening, though, as activists in Iowa express doubts about his foreign-policy credentials. "We need someone who knows the ropes, who's not the establishment but who doesn't need on-the-job training," one woman told Politico.
Senator Marco Rubio (R., Fla.), appearing on Fox News Sunday before the Limbaugh interview aired, agreed that a hawkish electorate would benefit him at the expense of candidates such as Carson. "I obviously am not happy about the events from last week in Paris, but I think it's a positive development that it suddenly has cast -- forced Americans to confront more carefully the issue of national security," Rubio said. "And I hope we focus on that more, not just for political advantage, but because the world has become a very dangerous place."
Limbaugh, for all that he expressed doubts about Carson's qualifications, made clear that any candidate who attacks the media will be dear to his heart. "Donald Trump is I think doing a great service," Limbaugh said. "He is showing that you do not have to fear attacks from the media. Republicans do not have to fear attacks from the media. He's showing you do not have to fear being political correct or violating political correctness."
-- Joel Gehrke is a political reporter for National Review.
Carson would make a good cabinet member, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
All those Qualified have been wrong for DECADES. We need new people with fresh eyes
Agree look at mess R leaders have gotten us into. We need a good cleaning of all elected in USA! We need to turn leadership over to the young. They could not do any worse than what these have done to USA. If they have been in office more than 2 term they need to be sent home for good. Its voter job to do it and we need it done now or R country is gone. Most if not all have been in office all there lives and it was not meant to be that way. And 98% in US Congress need to go home for good. And 98% of elected in any office R self serving people not for US Citizens or USA!
Carson would make a good cabinet member, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Would he use that position to promote magic, cancer-curing vitamins?
The Current FReepathon Pays For The Current Quarter's Expenses?
“Carson would make a good cabinet member, Secretary of Health and Human Services.”
Or Surgeon General.
RE: Would he use that position to promote magic, cancer-curing vitamins?
As Cabinet Secretary you are NOT ALLOWED by law to advocate or support any commercial product.
RE: Or Surgeon General.
Useless position. waste of talent.
I know he's staunch pro-life, but that may not be good enough for some perfectionist.
Probably not? You mean Rush has some doubts about it?
RE: You mean Rush has some doubts about it?
Yes, I think so. He’s hedging his bets just in case he might be wrong.
Nope. I'm not silly/stupid enough to believe his claims about the magic-fairy-unicorn vitamins he hawks to unsuspecting people.
Unless Carson has just been playing with us all along I don't see how anyone can not conclude that he's just not ready for the job.
Oh, NOOO! Rush must be a RACIST! < /sarc >
See part two of my tagline.
Rush is right. Ben Carson may be a helluva guy, but he has shown he is not qualified to be President, and may I dare say serve in a cabinet. A presidential candidate should be judged in multiple ways, does he have the right positions, is he competent enough to run the government, does he have what it takes (charisma, etc) to win the general election. Carson falls short in the last two. I refuse to engage in self delusion, I have to admit what is staring me in the face. I will say it, even if nobody else will. Carson is to some conservatives the magic minority they have been searching for, like Herman Cain. It doesn’t matter if they are qualified, they have the right hue, so they can point to him and say, SEE. It is the “some of my friends are black” kind of thing. Again, nice guy, but not even close to being qualified. If I have a brain tumor, I give him a call, but not if I need a President.
He needs to go to the VA and clean out that mess.
I did not see the interview, but if this report is accurate, it shows Rush’s wisdom. He is correct, and he also stated the even with some doubts about whether Carson is ready to be POTUS, he would still be a better candidate than Hillary.
In the end - any one of the Republican candidates would be better than Hillary for POTUS.
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