I’ve been getting a lot of political solicitations this year, one of which came from the Draft Ben Carson for President campaign.
Since this is now a real thing (run by a John Philip Sousa IV) collecting real money, I would like to do my part to quash it.
Ben Carson is an impressive person with a compelling life story, but giving money to this particular cause is a bad idea, for numerous reasons:
Carson himself has said he’s not running.
As impressive as Carson is, he’s never held or run for political office. The Presidency of the United States of America is not an entry-level position. Potential Presidential candidates should run for and win at least one high profile office before running for President*. Carson has not done that, though I’d love to see him run for Governor of Maryland.
There are no shortage of potential first-tier conservative Republican candidates for 2016: Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Scott Walker and Rick Perry are all far more credible and experienced candidates than Carson.
The idea that MSM would “go easy” on Carson because he’s black is bunk. Were he to somehow become the nominee, he would instantly become a threat to their narrative, and I suspect the attacks we’d see on his history, character, etc., would probably make those against Sarah Palin in 2008 look mild by comparison.
Money is fungible. Every dollar you give to Draft Ben Carson is a dollar that could be spent defeating Democratic Senators or Congressmen this year.
The only thing donating to the Draft Ben Carson campaign will accomplish is to pad the bank accounts of political consultants and direct mail specialists.
Though I think we can all agree that Ben Carson would be a dynamite choice for Surgeon General…
*This requirement is optional for any candidate that kicked Adolf Hitler into the dustbin of history.
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Dr. Carson is anti-gun. Multiple times in interviews he’s said that gun laws should be ‘different’ for urban and rural people — which is the same un-Constitutional line of reasoning Barack Obama and Rahm Emmanuel have used to defend gun bans in Washington DC and Chicago (all recently struck down by the Supreme Court.). He knows next to nothing about firearms and is just repeating catch phrases he’s learned at cocktail parties with his RINO Beltway pals. We’ve had candidates like that the last 3 elections: McCain and Romney, and they lost.
Hell no. Not for president, not for SG. Re-elect Bush’s SG Richard Carmona, who is a doc and also a SWAT medic, who not only carries a gun, but has used it in a real life defensive incident.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Carmona
What do you mean – not an entry level position!
Obama is entry level.
Of course he’s failing miserable and if he was on a 90 day probationary period he wouldn’t have lasted a week.
Dr. Carson would make a great candidate for 2016. He has the leadership skills that out way most people. Dr. Carson is not afraid to speak his mind on issues that are hitting the American people.
In The Iowa caucus he took 87% of the vote. Beat out Rand Paul, Ted Cruz,
Chris Christ, Scott Walker, Rick Perry. That is a big accomplishment and it shows that America is looking for a true citizen, a statesman; not a politician.
As far as the 2nd amendment, Dr. Carson is a very strong supporter and truly believes in upholding our constitution. At CPAC Dr. Carson was introduced by one of the board members of the NRA. The NRA would not just do this for anyone, would they. After Dr. Carson’s speech, CPAC had to leave the polls open because of the popularity he created. He came in third; from out of nowhere.
The money that the drafting of Dr. Carson has made since the end of Aug.2013 till now is over 4 million dollars. This money collected, is around 30 to 45 dollars per donation with around 160,000 supporters. This is from the average American, not from big business. For you to say this is a big mistake, is like telling the American people if you don’t vote for what the GOP says then your Un American.
It is about time that the GOP listens to We the People.