Could Carson make it
 

Sorry take it for what its woth think what you want but we can not have another black president.Good or bad it would fuel more racism. We didnt have the problem with white presidents.

OMG you really didn't just say that, right?

That in itself is reacist. Look at the person and their ability to be President not their race or gender. With that being said certainly Ben Carson can be President. What makes a lawyer any more qualified than a physician. Certainly the current elected officials and their supposed experience has not gotten the job done. We need a "PERSON" that is highly intelligent, exudes common sense, relies on advisory consultation, and has tremendous leadership skills. Ben Carson has all these qualities no matter what his race or gender may be.

It is OK for a black man to run for president.
Which Obama did.
In addition to being unqualified and managerially incompetent he is a BLACK (racist based) president!!

Sure, why not?

Not in liberal change in h$$l. Only in the Democratic Party can someone with NO experience be electable. And the zombie loons fall in line and fall off the cliff.

When one mentions the ethnicity of a candidate, it is automatically assumed he is being racist. The poster above was making a comment, no necessarily racist, even though race was the subject. You can not use the term "racist" for any comment that does not meet with your approval.

That said, I do believe that America is going to be "gun shy" after the disaster of the worst failed administration in history, which was run by the first black president in history. Carson would have found it easier to circumvent that ethnicity barrier if not for Obama's failed reign. I believe that many will not vote for Carson, not because they don't respect him, but because they are afraid of another racist/bigoted reign such as Obama's. Obama was/is very much partial to the black minority, and opposed our law enforcement, and endorsed radical demonstrators. Obama was blatantly biased toward and in favor of the black community regardless of whether they were right or wrong. Most of the time that he endorsed their behavior, they were wrong. That in itself could make a voter "gun shy."

For those who may not understand my post about a black president think about something. It was a white president that wanted to stop mistreatment of the black man(


Lincoln) but it was a black president that just a few years destroyed all the gains of equality that was achieved that took 100 years. With the situation where we are now another black president if he would be good or bad would continue the destruction of race relations in this country.

Unfortunately true. :agree:

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I will not vote for him in the primary, but if he gets the nomination, I will vote for him over any of the current Dem/Socialist candidates in the general election.

I think Carson is a black man running for president.
I do not believe he would be a black president.

My thoughts exactly, although it would have taken me a lot more words to convey the message. Thanks for saying it so directly. :thumbup:

Good surgeon but not presidential material. He has no command of the issues, and has been saying a lot of really stupid things.

Stupid ?

You mean like claiming you landed in Bosnia under gun fire but actually you didn't ?

Or you mean like claiming when the Lewinsky scandal was breaking that it was a vast right wing conspiracy and untrue ?

Or do you mean like the numerous lies told to the Benghazi committee for which she is taking a "victory lap" ?

Oh, you said "stupid things", not LIES...sorry my bad !!! But are not lies stupid things ?

Nah, not for folks like Clinton. Her supporters will go to the wall for her no matter how many lies she tells.

Carson is a good man. He is more qualified than Obama for the job. He does not seem divisive. He is a moderate conservative, not right wing. He is very diplomatic in many cases and would probably be a great statesman, if given some time. He would need an experienced VP, such as Rubio. He would also need an above average staff with a lot of savvy. Could he make it? Yes, better than Obama. But, Obama already had a chip on his shoulder when he started. And, he hired a bunch of losers to support him.

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Benny won't be elected- he won't even win the nomination. But, not because of his color but because the man is a blithering idiot.

He has no position on any issues and half the time he makes absolutely no sense. Much like Trump.

Both Benny and Trump have much appeal to the low information Con voter.

Yoo-hoo....he said Carson not Obama!

Yoo-hoo we were talking about Carson not Obama!

"a blithering idiot"? Have you ever heard the man speak? You may not agree with him but he's extremely intelligent, well spoken, and very thoughtful. I suggest you take a look in the mirror before pointing fingers about other low information voters.

I agree with you on this statement. When I read the OP I was astonished that people still think like this. I'm aware he is a black man but i literally didn't give that one iota of consideration as to whether he would earn my vote or not. Do I agree with all his positions, no. I do have him in my top 3 however. I still have Rubio as my personal top choice.

Guess we'll see how it all turns out. The only certainty in this whole thing is it will be interesting with unforeseen twists and turns along the way.

Let's see - some stupid things he's said:

There might not be an election in 2016 because of widespread anarchy.
Homosexuality is a choice.
America is like Nazi Germany.
When asked about the debt limit he clearly had no idea what that meant.

The guy is weird and clearly uninformed.

Sooo, if he doesn't lie to you and promise you an Obama Utopia, you think he is an idiot? You liberals are so needy. Please feel free to give us an example of his "he makes absolutely no sense." And yet, why should I be surprised? After all, you are quite content with Hilary telling you that a video caused a massacre. You are quite content with her telling the country that she is going to be a president of ALL the people, and then turn around and tell us that Republicans are her enemy. And you are quite content with allowing hackers access to Top Secret material. Why should we be surprised that you would call an intelligent and skilled surgeon, a "blithering idiot." You really should go back to school. I think we all know who really IS the "blithering idiot."

All of these were made up. You really should read something besides Huffington.

I thought we were talking about Carson, not Obama!

Well I can't help but notice Ben Carson is a black man and that he grew up in a black community and that his experiences shaped his thinking and beliefs. Fortunately for Ben Carson he had good role models. Contrast Obama who gravitated to radicals and an occupation whose main method of leverage is to divide.

Carson has shown like Thomas Sowell, Jason Riley and other successful black leaders that they do not possess a victim mentality like Obama. Carson clearly demonstrates that he would be a uniter that he is intelligent ,that he is a thinker, that he has common sense, that he would surround himself with highly capable people. and the coup d'etat he is not an attorney. We have had far too long too many attorneys in The Executive and Legislative Branches who have papered us to the point of suffocation with regulations, rules etc all way too complex and so voluminous that even the most gifted get lost in the reading to wit Obamacare and Dodd-Frank,etc

I have not pick a favorite yet but have whittled down my list and Carson is still on it.

Personal Best Regards:

I really don't mind that you don't like the guy, but for you to put out there things you consider fact when it is simply is fabrication I do take issue. Like I said already, do I agree with every thing he says and every one of his positions? No I do not. But it's refreshing to here someone tell you what they are thinking and not what they think will get them elected.

:agree: .......good post.

Great post.

Undecided here also but leaning toward Rubio. I keep waiting until "next week" and keep looking at him and Bush, but think Bush would be under attack based on his name, as will Clinton, but I like Rubio at this point.

:BigApplause: Yes I agree whole heartedly with the prior 2 posters. This is an excellent post.

No, Ben Carson could NOT make it as President. He may be an excellent doctor but certainly would not be a good President.

Carson has absolutely no governmental experience. That is required to work in Washington! You have to know inner workings in order to get things accomplished.

A poster said Carson would surround himself with good advisors. Chances are that the advisors would be the same Tea Party reactionary caliber as himself - not good.

Carson would be very ineffective. No business experience like Don Trump has nor like Herman Cain had. Both of those would be so much better than Carson. Yes, I know Cain is not a candidate.

Carson has said his main objective would be to scrap Affordable Care. He has offered NO alternative.

Your opinion that he would not make a good president.
I have no problem if he surrounded himself with TP members, but I doubt he would. Even if he did, he is the boss, not them.
You are entitled to your opinion, but compare him with Obama and see which one would come out on top. Obama is divisive. Carson is not. Obama considers Christians to be the enemy. Carson IS a Christian. Look at how Carson handled Trump in the last debate. He led Trump like you would a child. Carson is smart and witty. Carson is easily liked. Obama had no life experience. Carson does. Obama is stupid. Carson is smart.

As far as scrapping Obamacare, who else would be better to provide an alternative than a doctor?

I might have talked myself into voting for him.

You're wrong on that. I watched the interview on CNN where he talked about homosexuality and how it is "absolutely a choice". Here's a clip of what he said:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwVSQ5kGXMA

And here's a couple more really stupid things he's said. He is a creationist and thinks evolution is a myth, and he hopes God will intervene to expose the truth about Obamacare. He prays for that. And "The power of God " is behind his presidential campaign. What a Fruitcake. Yikes.

Carson has NOT offered any alternative for Affordable Care.
Carson wants to eliminate Medicare!
Your remarks about Pres. Obama are lies - by you!

Trump is a much better choice than Carson.

Well, that part is true. There is no evidence to the contrary. Besides, there's nothing wrong with him saying that, and he is a doctor so I figure he is better qualified than you to make that statement.

The rest of the supposed quotes you indicated, are taken out of context and you know it. You are trying to justify putting your endorsement on Hilary the criminal. Kind of hard to defend her, when she is her own worst enemy.

It's all a matter of opinion. In my opinion, Trump is a Democrat. He wants to socialize health care, increase taxes, etc. But, he is a better choice than Hilary by a long ways. But, he won't see my vote unless he can get the nomination. Otherwise, I have several possibles in my line up.

And what I said about Obama is not lies. Read his books and see for yourself. You do know how to check out a library book, don't you? I have them both on the computer. Obama is a racist, he is divisive and he is a socialist. He was raised in a Muslim environment and school. He has a communist mentor, a domestic terrorist mentor, and a socialist billionaire mentor. He says things that no other president would or has said in the past. He is a weak leader, and he can't vacate the White House fast enough for me.

Evolution can not be proved, but evidence of creation exists. So, there is nothing wrong with what he said. ALL Christians are creationists, or they aren't Christians. That leaves you, a non-believer in the minority.

For the sake of argument, I will agree that having homosexual tendencies is not a choice. However, acting on those tendencies is definitely "absolutely a choice". So, maybe Ben Carson was correct after all.