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ABC poll shows why Ben Carson must be destroyed

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LOL, let's do a compare and contrast.

On one hand, a man with remarkable accomplishments benefiting mankind:
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On the other, a woman with no known accomplishments benefiting mankind:
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Choose wisely.
They're both going for political office? Thanks, I'll go with the professional in the relevant field. If I need a good brain surgeon, I'll know who to go to... In this case, we're electing a president.
 
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Here we go again with the Hillary stuff.....

The difference between Hillary and Carson is Carson won't become President.

Perhaps he should try to win a smaller position to get some experience, because he has no more experience than I.
That's the problems as that doctor that ran for the Senate back in the 90's noted. (He tried to limit the seats to two terms but failed) By the time someone gets experience they become the problem. Power over time corrupts so you can bet anyone who made politics their career is corrupt.
 
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So the solution for the right is to put a man with no political experience in charge.

So far he has lived up to expectations. He has not put forth any reasonable plans to govern, and will have to rely on seasoned political professionals to spoon feed to carson...

The irony of choosing the politically inept person.
 
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So the solution for the right is to put a man with no political experience in charge.

So far he has lived up to expectations. He has not put forth any reasonable plans to govern, and will have to rely on seasoned political professionals to spoon feed to carson...

The irony of choosing the politically inept person.
That's the whole idea of our government ... to have people with totally different ideas and views to "serve" their country and not to make a career out of politics. They didn't want a king who thought he had all the answers.
 
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Please do list the accomplishments she has achieved benefiting mankind.

Thanks in advance.
I didn't know she has to "benefit mankind" with her service... For that matter, what the heck has Ben Carson done to benefit humanity. He's a brain surgeon... No small feat but, he didn't invent brain surgery, though..

As for your question:
Secretary of State, First Lady, Senator from New York. Public service and politics is this lady's life. You seriously cannot go up against a more seasoned veteran in the politics game.. And you think the candidate with less experience than nothing in this field, is going to stand a chance against her? I would absolutely love to see "nice guy" Ben Carson go in the ring with Hillary in a debate. Hopefully Dr. Carson knows some good plastic surgeons that'll help him find a new face after the beating he'll no doubt encounter.

I don't even like Hillary and will certainly not be voting for her, but even I can accept that she is the most politically experienced candidate that actually has a chance at winning the election (Sorry Bernie, you still have my vote though!).
 
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There are no kings in American politics
That's right. They didn't trust one person having that much power. This is both an advantage and at the same time disadvantage. The disadvantage is if a person had the answer to solve a serious problem he still have trouble trying to get the Congress and the Senate to pass it without totally rewriting the bill. The advantage if that same person had a terrible idea it would be likely to be rejected or totally rewritten after Congress and the Senate get done with it.
 
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I didn't know she has to "benefit mankind" with her service... For that matter, what the heck has Ben Carson done to benefit humanity. He's a brain surgeon... No small feat but, he didn't invent brain surgery, though..

As for your question:
Secretary of State, First Lady, Senator from New York. Public service and politics is this lady's life. You seriously cannot go up against a more seasoned veteran in the politics game.
Let's examine the record. She won one election with the full power and force of Bill Clinton's political machine behind her. OK. That's something ... but I fail to see how that benefited anyone other than Hillary and possibly Bill. That election victory and the Clinton political machine though proved insufficient to win a national election against a young and unknown freshman Senator.

As for being Secretary of State ... that was the consolation prize Obama offered for Bill Clinton's support. Even Hillary has been unable to list any accomplishments while she was Secretary of State.
 
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Twenty years ago Ben Carson wrote a book about himself. It was basically a story about how a bad kid found Jesus, grew up to be the most honest person in his class and eventually a great surgeon.

He never thought his words would have to endure the scrutiny bestowed upon a Presidential candidate.

Unlike Odumbo, who in his book stated that if it were possible, he would remove all the "white", admitted to using drugs, and was besties with a rabid racist "minister" and a known domestic terrorist. Meanwhile, the only experience Barry had was being a community cheerleader.
 
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I take it that the attacks against Carson are now done ...
Dude. I've said my own words against him, but this has nothing to do with the truth. I has to do with keeping ahead of the media on things such as this. They have a rather large area of operation and a ready, willing and able listening audience who live and breath everything they can get on how evil the right is.
 
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LOL, pushing back against the biased media is not anything likely to cause him problems.
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I didn't mention that specific issue, I was referring to, his simply talking. The more this dude talks, the more he will bury himself, IMO.

But not in a pyramid, obviously, because that's where his wife keeps the bread.

Since there are no king is American politics, and the system is designed to have no kings, then bringing up kings was irrelevent.
I disagree since it means it ok for a common man to be President like Abraham Lincoln.

He served in the Illinois State House from 1834 to 1842, in the U.S. House from 1847 to 1849, and then helped build the Republican Party during the 1850s. He was not just a prairie lawyer from the Midwest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln

Meanwhile, the only experience Barry had was being a community cheerleader.

Yeah, I'm sure being a community organizer is a really easy job. :doh:
 
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