Ben Carson

[Kathianne]

and support with rising numbers:

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/10/dr-ben-carson-the-people-will-rise-up-and-regain-control-of-government/


DR. BEN CARSON: THE PEOPLE WILL RISE UP AND REGAIN CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT by ALEX SWOYER (http://www.breitbart.com/author/alex-swoyer/)10 Aug 2015Washington, DC


GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson joined Breitbart News Sunday on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125 with host Stephen K. Bannon, Breitbart News’ Executive Chairman, who asked Carson about his numbers and support increasing after the first GOP presidential primary debate last week in Cleveland, Ohio.
A recent NBC poll (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/09/trump-leads-gop-outsiders-surge-in-first-post-debate-poll/) after the debate noted that Carson is right behind GOP frontrunner Donald Trump and
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)

96%





. Also following the debate, the Carson campaign posted on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/realbencarson/posts/508811469285324?fref=nf), “Even more, it’s clear that the people were listening – we gained over 100,000 friends and patriots on Facebook during the debate.”

Bannon asked Carson if he thought the fact that he didn’t get much talking time from Fox News in the beginning of the debate had anything to do with being underestimated by some critics as a top tier candidate.


“The traditional world of political punditry and political experts think that the possibility of someone like me being successful is zero. That’s been their attitude from the very beginning,” Carson answered.


He continued, “They’ve forgotten about the most important thing and that is the people. For decades now, we’ve kind of forgotten about the people. It was Thomas Jefferson who said that in the end just before we turn to another form of government, the people will rise up and will speak and we will regain control of government – they need to read those passages.”


Carson went on to explain why he believes his message is resonating with voters.


“I think one of the things is integrity. People have lost faith in their government, you know, whatever the government says, you pretty much say, well you know, it must be the opposite of that… that’s not what this country was designed to be,” he said. “The government works for the people and not the other way around.”

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[Russ]

Anyone seen this:

http://www.businessinsider.com/ben-carson-polls-debate-2015-8

Ben Carson polling #3 among the Republicans now? I am amazed at how little press coverage he is getting even though he did great in the debate and is polling ahead of everyone except Trump and Cruz. What's going on?

[Kathianne]

numbers rising, highest 'favorables.'

http://www.businessinsider.com/ben-carson-polls-debate-2015-8


...As Princeton polling expert Sam Wang pointed out (https://twitter.com/SamWangPhD/status/630799313795436544), accomplished neurosurgeon Ben Carson has risen to the top-tier of the three polls released following the first Republican presidential debate Thursday night.


On Monday, Public Policy Polling released a poll of Republican primary voters (http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2015/PPP_Release_IA_81015.pdf) in Iowa showing Carson with 12% support among Hawkeye State Republicans, which puts him second behind Trump.


NBC and SurveyMonkey also released a poll Sunday (http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A_Politics/NBC-SM%20Post%20Debate%20Poll%208%2009%2015.pdf) in which Carson rose to 11% nationally among Republican primary voters. He trailed only Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who did not see the same success in the other two polls.


And the firm Morning Consult (http://morningconsult.com/2015/08/trumps-lead-grows-after-debate-controversy/) also found Carson among the top-three candidates in its post-debate poll released on Monday, with Carson up to 9% from 8% in late July.


The data correspond with the response to Carson's debate performance and trace a trend that's been emerging for weeks (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/why-is-ben-carson-rising/article/2567210).


Though Carson has never held elected office, many conservative commentators (http://www.nationalreview.com/article/422237/ben-carson-debate-race-comments) and analysts agreed that he capitalized on the short time that he had to speak at the debate. According to The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/08/07/ben-carson-a-bit-player-in-the-debate-a-big-star-on-the-web/), Carson had the second-highest social media mentions, despite speaking less than almost any other candidate.

Unlike Trump, Republican primary voters also view Carson in a highly favorable light.


According to PPP, Carson has the highest favorability among Republican primary voters in Iowa — 69% view him favorably, as opposed to 10% who don't. That number is up significantly from PPP's poll in April (http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2015/PPP_Release_IA_81015.pdf). And it outpaces Trump, who just 46% of Republican voters in Iowa view favorably.


Even the candidates themselves have praised Carson. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) released a video before the debate on Thursday singling out Carson as the Republican rival he most admired in the race.


It's worth noting that both the NBC/SurveyMonkey and Morning Consult polls were taken online, a survey method which some polling experts believe is generally less reliable (http://www.businessinsider.com/poll-donald-trump-leads-debate-2015-8). Still, SurveyMonkey and Morning Consult are both viewed as reliable polls — SurveyMonkey correctly predicted the results of the midterm US elections in 2014 and the UK parliamentary elections.

[Kathianne]

Anyone seen this:

http://www.businessinsider.com/ben-carson-polls-debate-2015-8

Ben Carson polling #3 among the Republicans now? I am amazed at how little press coverage he is getting even though he did great in the debate and is polling ahead of everyone except Trump and Cruz. What's going on?

LOL! I was just posting when you beat me to it!

[gabosaurus]

Unfortunately for Carson, this guy has significantly higher name recognition than him.

https://nouaintradio.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/the-rent-is-too-damn-high-party-23956-1287450197-1.jpg

[Kathianne]

Planned Parenthood:


BEN CARSON: PLANNED PARENTHOOD CLINICS PUT IN BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS TO ‘CONTROL THAT POPULATION’ by JEFF POOR (http://www.breitbart.com/author/jeffrey-poor/)12 Aug 2015

Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” former Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson, a candidate for the 2016 Republican nomination, sounded off on Planned Parenthood, as the so-called women’s health organization has been under fire in recent weeks for a series of videos suggesting they were open to selling aborted fetal tissue for profit.


Carson referred to the founder of Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger and her position on eugenics, particularly as it pertained to blacks, which he said may not allow for him to be objective when it comes to Planned Parenthood.


“Well, maybe I’m not objective when it comes to Planned Parenthood. But you know, I know who Margaret Sanger is, and I know that she believed in eugenics, and that she was not particularly enamored with black people,” Carson said. “And one of the reasons that you find most of their clinics in black neighborhoods is so that you can find way to control that population. And I think people should go back and read about Margaret Sanger, who founded this place — a woman who Hillary Clinton by the say says she admires. Look and see what many people in Nazi Germany thought about her.”

[Noir]

Reminds me of an interview i saw not too long ago with a white supremacist who claimed that abortions in america where being facilitated by jews in order to commit a 'white holocaust' etc.

Whatever the strand of your ideology it seems abortion can be bond to it with ease.

[Kathianne]

Carson In Harlem:

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150812/central-harlem/republican-presidential-candidate-ben-carson-stumps-harlem#.VcuVIx2mCSI.mailto


Republican Presidential Candidate Ben Carson Stumps in Harlem
http://assets.dnainfo.com/generated/photo/2014/08/gustavo-solis-1407159732.JPG/thumbnail.jpg (http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/about-us/our-team/editorial-team/gustavo-solis)By Gustavo Solis (http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/about-us/our-team/editorial-team/gustavo-solis) | August 12, 2015 2:16pm



HARLEM — Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson (http://www.bencarson.com/) brought his message of self-reliance to the neighborhood on Wednesday during a campaign lunch with local business and religious leaders at Sylvia's.

“What has happened traditionally, particularly since the 60’s, is you’ve got certain people saying, ‘There, there you poor little thing, you can’t take care of yourself, we are going to take care of you,’” he told reporters before sitting down for the meal, which was closed to the press. “And we got people who believe that they can't survive on their own, which is absolutely ridiculous.”

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“I think it’s important for people to understand that there are two ways to handle this,” he said. “One way is what's been going on since the 60’s where supposedly the war on poverty, we've spend 19 trillion plus and we got more poverty, we’ve got more people on welfare.”


Carson went on to say, “We need to look at the things that do work. What has worked is when people invest in other people with mentoring programs with various types of job programs and training programs.”

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[jimnyc]

I'll listen to Carson on this one, as a black man, an EXTREMELY smart black man, and also an extremely accomplished and intelligent health professional. I'm not sold on him yet, but he would be the first I listen to when discussing health issues. I also believe he's the smartest of the bunch.

[Perianne]

They could put an abortion clinic right across from my house and no one from here is going to get an abortion. While Planned Parenthood is an abominable organization, it is 99.9% up to the individual to decide whether or not to kill her own baby. If PP is focusing on darkie neighborhoods, it's because that is where a high percentage of miscreants live.

[SassyLady]

Unfortunately for Carson, this guy has significantly higher name recognition than him.

https://nouaintradio.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/the-rent-is-too-damn-high-party-23956-1287450197-1.jpg

Every election cycle needs a crazy so the others look awesome by comparison.

I have hoped Carson would run for President when I heard his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast. He's one of my top 3.

[CSM]

I went and heard Dr. Carson speak at a local "town meeting" last night. Keep in mind that I detest politicians (for the most part) regardless of affiliation. Dr. Carson impressed the hell out of me and I found myself agreeing with him 100%.

[Voted4Reagan]

Carson is a true outsider... A good Candidate in this political climate where insiders are on the OUTS with many voters.

He is Pediatric-Neurosurgeon... they dont get much more intelligent.

I am giving him a good hard look.

[Kathianne]

Carson is a true outsider... A good Candidate in this political climate where insiders are on the OUTS with many voters.

He is Pediatric-Neurosurgeon... they dont get much more intelligent.

I am giving him a good hard look.
Me too. I've made clear that my tendency is to support someone with a record that addresses my top concerns-so I can see if they 'walk the walk.'

Years ago I read Carson's books, immensely impressed with his story, values, ethics. Saw the push for him to enter politics, thought that might be an interesting segue, he's relatively young, but thus is the limits on that profession and need to retire. I am in awe of what he can bring to the community.

As he's been in this awhile, his speed at mastering issues and taking positions is impressing me. At first he reminded me of Clarence Thomas-too quiet to impact the masses. He's turned that around to speaking softly, but getting to the heart of the matter.

He's definitely worth paying attention to.

[Kathianne]

From what I've seen since the debate, entirely possible:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ben-carson-riding-a-fresh-surge-in-the-polls-braces-for-his-close-up/2015/08/13/91472e44-4204-11e5-8e7d-9c033e6745d8_story.html


Ben Carson, riding a fresh surge in the polls, braces for his close-up By Jose A. DelReal (http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jose-a-delreal) August 13 at 9:47 PM


...

Other candidates may have bigger war chests, or flashier headlines, or more endorsements. But Carson, the only African American in the race, can claim another distinction few other 2016 contenders can: a consistent spot at or near the top of the rankings in key early states and nationwide throughout this crowded election year. His recent strength among Iowa voters comes after months of rising support in individual primary contests — and, just as vital this year, in the national polls that determine who will be invited onto the debate stage.


At a rally in Des Moines last weekend, where an estimated 2,000 supporters turned out on the Court Avenue Bridge, the crowd was energized. The candidate wasn’t. He carefully cradled one hand in another as the cheers rose,occasionally drumming his fingers up and down, looking on as though he were in a quiet room.


“We have to be kind. We have to be compassionate. But we do not need to enable people to be victims in our society,” Carson told the audience, standing in front of an American flag the size of a small home. “That is not a good thing. There are things that we can do to solve that problem.” Political observers said the crowd that day appeared to be the largest for any Republican candidate in the state this year.


It’s in moments like that one — far from the debate stage or the green room dominated by more animated rivals — that Carson has assembled a significant base of support.One question in CNN’s Iowa poll hints at what may be driving his momentum there: When asked who “best represents the values of Republicans like yourself,” Carson appeared to be the top pick of likely GOP caucus-goers, with 14 percent to Trump’s 12 percent, in a survey with a 3 percent sampling error. In a field of 17 candidates, Carson captured the support of 1 in 5 women voters polled — the highest of any candidate.


His message rests on an appeal to small-government solutions to structural inequities, which he says will spur a culture of individual responsibility. His made-for-TV life story of rising from an impoverished childhood in Detroit to the top of the surgical field made him a hero in the black community long before his National Prayer Breakfast challenge to President Obama made him a conservative political icon. And his back story gives him a particular authority on racial inequality and systemic poverty, topics that conservative politicians have frequently stumbled on or avoided altogether.


...


From this point on, the article goes negative on Carson's perceived weakness, as are the author's opinions.

Read the whole thing for yourself if interested.

[Kathianne]

Carson op-ed in the Hill on how to address social issues:

http://thehill.com/opinion/opinion/251101-ben-carson-how-to-resolve-americas-social-ills-exercise-the-minds-power-to


EXCLUSIVE: How to remedy America’s social ills? Exercise the mind’s power to choose, says Ben Carson By Ben Carson - 08/14/15 06:00 AM EDT


Although most of my professional career has been dedicated to studying the physiological dimensions of the human brain, I have always been fascinated with the role that the human psyche plays in our perceptions of ourselves and the world around us. So much so, in fact, that as an undergraduate I majored in psychology and at one point strongly considered becoming a psychiatrist, before ultimately making a decision to pursue a specialization in neurosurgery. I mention this because it frames the discussion that I want to begin about the dimensions of the problem of race in this country, and what I see as the best approach to transcending race as an issue that divides us and prevents us from moving forward as one nation under God.

As a child growing up in a poor family headed by a single mother in the inner city of Detroit, I became intimately familiar with some of the social pathologies that plague these communities: Poverty, poor education, criminal recidivism and involvement with the prison system, and the pernicious cycle of teenage motherhood. Like many of today’s inner-city youths, I too faced a situation in which I did not have an abundance of positive male role models. And during those times, there was certainly no well-trodden path from the mean streets of Detroit to college and a successful career as a neurosurgeon.

But there were certain intervening events that were pivotal in helping to change the course of my life.


The first was that my mother, who could barely read herself, forbid my brother and me from watching television and insisted instead that we read books. Reading opened up whole new worlds for me, and both fertilized my imagination and fueled my aspiration to go beyond the confines of my physical environment. The second major intervening event was my acceptance of the wisdom of God. An incident in which I attempted to stab a classmate out of anger forced me to confront a dysfunctional attitude that, if unchecked, would impede my ability to succeed in school or realize my dream of one day becoming a doctor. I prayed to God to guide me in becoming more tolerant and forbearing.

...

[Gunny]

I like Carson. He needs to hire one of us vets as Secretary of State though. That's his weakness. I like his idealism. But when it comes to the big dogs, y'all need to let us run with the guns. We know how to make them work.

[Kathianne]

Carson speaks out on EPA and Gold King mine spill

http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2015/08/18/republican-ben-carson-makes-animas-river-spill-epa-2016-campaign/122628/


August 18, 2015 (http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2015/08/18), 4:05 pmIn visit, Ben Carson makes Animas River spill a 2016 campaign topic By John Frank
(http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/author/johnfrank/)
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson visited Durango on Tuesday and used the Gold King mine spill (http://www.denverpost.com/environment/ci_28608746/epas-colorado-mine-disaster-plume-flows-west-toward) into the Animas River to draw attention to his plan to revamp the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.


The move made Carson the first 2016 candidate to highlight the environmental disaster, though the former neurosurgeon is far from the first politico to see political implications in a 3-million gallon deluge of wastewater caused by an EPA-led crew.


“One wonders, if this accident had occurred at the hands of a private business, or even an individual property owner, would the EPA be as forgiving as they have been of themselves? I think not,” Carson said in a statement after the visit.

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[Gunny]

and support with rising numbers:

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/10/dr-ben-carson-the-people-will-rise-up-and-regain-control-of-government/

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I like him. Might want to brush up on foreign policy though.

[Kathianne]

I like him. Might want to brush up on foreign policy though.

He said that he is, acknowledging he has a lot to learn, though he's 'up to it.' He also said he'd defer to those who've spent their lives in accumulating the information and history related. I'm quite sure he meant both military and State experts. That in itself is a remarkable improvement over the idiot in chief we currently have.

[Kathianne]

Carson speaks out on EPA and Gold King mine spill

http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2015/08/18/republican-ben-carson-makes-animas-river-spill-epa-2016-campaign/122628/


Estimate of clean up:

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/cost-of-epas-toxic-spill-could-soar-to-nearly-30-billion/article/2570378


Cost of EPA's toxic spill could soar to nearly $30 billion

By JOHN SICILIANO (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/john-siciliano)
• 8/18/15 6:30 AM

The cost of cleaning up a major toxic waste spill in the West caused by an Environmental Protection Agency contractor could soar as high as $27.7 billion.


That's the conclusion of study released Tuesday morning by the right-leaning American Action Forum. The group is one of the first to attempt to estimate the clean-up cost of what will likely be remembered as one of the biggest environmental disasters of 2015.


The toxic spill began Aug. 5 when an EPA contractor accidentally ruptured a wall holding back millions of gallons of wastewater containing a variety of toxic substances such as mercury and lead at a closed gold mine in Colorado.

...

[Kathianne]

Tells it straight:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/08/24/blacklivesmatter-sanders-clinton-anger-column/32055507/


<section id="module-position-OXsbpVdCQEs" class="storytopbar-bucket story-headline-module" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.9200000762939px;">Ben Carson: #BlackLivesMatter misfire</section><section id="module-position-OXsbpVcaavw" class="storytopbar-bucket story-byline-module" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.9200000762939px;">Ben Carson7:05 p.m. EDT August 24, 2015
</section>Our righteous anger misdirected at politically convenient targets, not real culprits.
The idea that disrupting and protesting <culink class="culinks" culang="en" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Bernie Sanders" title="" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102) !important;">Bernie Sanders</culink> speeches will change what is wrong in America is lunacy. The "<culink class="culinks" culang="en" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Black Lives Matter" title="" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102) !important;">BlackLivesMatter</culink>" movement is focused on the wrong targets, to the detriment of blacks who would like to see real change and to the benefit of its powerful white liberal funders (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/14/george-soros-funds-ferguson-protests-hopes-to-spur/?page=all) using the attacks on Sanders for political purposes that mean nothing for the problems that face our community.


The notion that some lives might matter less than others is meant to enrage. That anger is distracting us from what matters most. We're right to be angry, but we have to stay smart.


Of course, the protesters are right that racial policing issues exist and some rotten policemen took actions that killed innocent people. Those actions were inexcusable and they should be prosecuted to deter such acts in the future.


But unjust treatment from police did not fill our inner cities with people who face growing hopelessness. Young men and women can't find jobs (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/21/youth-unemployment_n_4134358.html). Parents don't have the skills to compete (http://www.huduser.org/periodicals/cityscpe/vol3num3/article3.pdf) in a modern job market. Far too many families are torn and tattered by self-inflicted wounds. Violence often walks alongside people who have given up hope.

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This is where we should march:

Let’s head down to the board of education.

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Let’s confront the entertainment industry

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Let’s go down to city hall.

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Let's go over to the crack house.

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We should go to Washington.

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We should have a talk with the <culink class="culinks" culang="en" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Democratic Party" title="" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102) !important; background: rgb(255, 255, 240);">Democratic Party</culink>.

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Finally, we need to go over to the <culink class="culinks" culang="en" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Republican Party" title="" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102) !important; background: rgb(255, 255, 240);">Republican Party</culink>.

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[gabosaurus]

Regardless of what Carson believes in, his national recognition level remains extremely low.

[Kathianne]

Came across this town meeting with Carson. I wish there were texts of many or all the local Q & A's candidates give:

http://www.rfdtv.com/story/29865407/complete-transcript-rural-town-hall-with-dr-ben-carson

This was in IA. Covered everything from taxes, GMO's, 4-H, affirmative action, rural broadband, the EPA, and on and on. Very informative.

[Kathianne]

Here's one part that encompasses immigration:


Mark Oppold: All right. Thank you to the Farm Bureau. Uh, a question that has been sent in by the National Milk Producers Federation, Doctor, uh, I will read to you. Many sectors of agriculture, including dairy, are dependent on immigration and immigrant workers. Many of them are not documented. What will you do to ensure that our farms, ranches, and food processors have an adequate workforce in the future?

Ben Carson: That’s a very good question. Uh, do we have a illegal immigration problem? Yes. Uh, can we solve it? Yes. We have the ability. We just don’t have the will. Uh, and, you know, this is all integrated together. We have to seal all of our borders, not just the southern borders, but the northern borders, Atlantic and the Pacific borders, and, uh, that includes not just fences and walls, but electronic, uh, surveillance equipment, drones, a variety of things that are available to us. We have the ability. We just don’t have the will to do it. And, um, then I think we also have to turn off the spigot that dispenses the goodies. You know, if there are no goodies, there won’t be any reason to try to get through. Um, that’s basic, and that will immediately stop the influx of illegals, but you still have the 11.5-plus million who are here. And the question is what do you do with them? Some people have suggested rounding them out and sending…sending them away. That’s stupid because, you know, it takes 23,000 dollars per one and you’re going to end up 300 billion dollars – forget about that. That’s not practical. Um, but what I would do is provide them with an opportunity to become guest workers. They have to register. They have to pay a back tax penalty and they have to pay taxes going forward. Does not give them citizenship. Does not give them voting rights. If they want those things, they get in the line just like everybody else. But that way, you don’t gut the workers for the farming industry, the hotel industry – there are a whole host of industries. And it’s impractical to think that we can somehow weather that. I was talking to a farmer, uh, recently in this area who has an 8000 acre farm. He said, “I couldn’t find a single American citizen to work on my farm and I’m starting them off at 11 dollars an hour!” We can’t, obviously, allow those industries to collapse.


Mark Oppold: Mm-hmm. What would be your first step, as a follow-up here, in…in addressing immigration and immigrant workers as it relates to those that are needed in agriculture, packing houses, or out in California, for example, uh, or in Florida – states like that.


Ben Carson: Well, uh, this goes more to my long-term plan. The long-term plan is, uh, not to have a system that encourages dependency, which is what we have in America right now. In 30-plus states, you can actually get more from collecting government benefits than you can from working a minimum-wage job. And, uh, after we get the economy rolling again, which we can easily do with tax reform and regulatory reform and a few other minor things, uh, so that people have options, I think you then have to make, uh, you know, government benefits contingent upon doing something. And that’s going to, uh, take care of the workforce problem right there.

[Gunny]

He said that he is, acknowledging he has a lot to learn, though he's 'up to it.' He also said he'd defer to those who've spent their lives in accumulating the information and history related. I'm quite sure he meant both military and State experts. That in itself is a remarkable improvement over the idiot in chief we currently have.

This dumb mutt next to me is an improvement over the idiot in chief we currently have. :laugh:

[Abbey Marie]

Dr. Carson just had a rally in Little Rock, and I read that 3,000 attended. Not bad for a guy who gets zero press.

I am still guardedly hopeful...

[Russ]

Dr. Carson just had a rally in Little Rock, and I read that 3,000 attended. Not bad for a guy who gets zero press.

I am still guardedly hopeful...

The only things Carson doesn't include in his background are a political career and a slush fund. And I'm glad about both.

[Abbey Marie]

The only things Carson doesn't include in his background are a political career and a slush fund. And I'm glad about both.


:laugh2: True enough

[Gunny]

The only things Carson doesn't include in his background are a political career and a slush fund. And I'm glad about both.

I'm concerned about his naivete. I'd also like to hear what he actually thinks. That as opposed to "Trump said this. What do you think of that?" That's all the media asks him.

He's a good guy. The last "good guy" we had as President was Carter.

[Kathianne]

I'm concerned about his naivete. I'd also like to hear what he actually thinks. That as opposed to "Trump said this. What do you think of that?" That's all the media asks him.

He's a good guy. The last "good guy" we had as President was Carter.

Yeah, I'm a bit 'good guy' shy myself. Right now candidates are getting little time, Trump's words and Hillary's deeds take up all there is to offer.

[tailfins]

Yeah, I'm a bit 'good guy' shy myself. Right now candidates are getting little time, Trump's words and Hillary's deeds take up all there is to offer.

It's good to have solid "sleeper" candidates in the running. They can pick up the baton if the leading candidate implodes. The Democrats have no such candidates.

[Abbey Marie]

I'm concerned about his naivete. I'd also like to hear what he actually thinks. That as opposed to "Trump said this. What do you think of that?" That's all the media asks him.

He's a good guy. The last "good guy" we had as President was Carter.


There's lots of what he says right here on the board.

Also: www.bencarson.com

[Gunny]

There's lots of what he says right here on the board.

Also: www.bencarson.com (http://www.bencarson.com)


Yeah. Okay. :laugh:

[Abbey Marie]

Yeah. Okay. :laugh:

:coffee:

[Abbey Marie]

Here is a short video that really gets to the heart of who Dr. Carson is. ;)


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[Russ]

Ben is da man. :clap: