Before they entered politics, none of our great presidents was a dealmaker.
George Washington was a soldier; Thomas Jefferson was a slave-owning farmer; Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer; Harry Truman was a haberdashery salesman; and Ronald Reagan was an actor. Yet somehow each managed to achieve greatness once they entered the White House.
So it could very well be for Ben Carson.
As for Donald Trump, it’s easy to become a big real-estate wheeler-dealer if one’s father provides one with a large amount of money and numerous contacts from his own career as a big real-estate wheeler-dealer.
What is there to respect about such a person, especially one who spends much of his time meanly attacking women and minorities?
Each managed to achieve greatness after they entered the White House? Really?
Thomas Jefferson was Governor of Virginia and chosen by Washington to be the first Secretary of State.
Washington was commander in chief of the Continental Army.
Abraham Lincoln was member of the Illinois House of Representatives at the age of 25 and elected to Congress at the age of 37.
Truman was elected to the Senate and served for ten years before becoming Vice-President and then President.
Ronald Reagan was twice elected President of the Screen Actors Guild and twice elected Governor of California.
Ben Carson...