Ben Carson Leads GOP Poll

Ricter said:
"If Congress will not act..." There's your chance to avoid tyranny.
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Actually, I think the constitution is the answer to that. I'm not convinced that either party is much interested in following that anymore. That brings me back to Carson. I don't care about his religious beliefs. I care that he will follow the constitution.
 
wjk said:
Yeah. Truth is a bitch if you're a left winger. Something blinds you to it.
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Likewise if you're a right-winger.

This has been going on for two hundred years. It's not unique to the Obama era.
 
dbphoenix said:
Likewise if you're a right-winger.

This has been going on for two hundred years. It's not unique to the Obama era.
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I am in agreement with you on this point. Seems to be a human trait to not always accept what our eyes tell us when it challenges bias. Not just politics, either. Happens in trading all the time. :eek:
 
wjk said:
That's called tyranny in some circles. Or as I said...my way or the highway. Obama should be as willing to work with the right as he wishes they would be with him. He is not, and you deceive yourself if you think otherwise. How many veto's were promised during state of the union? He is only interested in working together when he gets his way. That's not the way the system was meant to be.
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Odumbo is a selfish and immature. After Dems lose control, and much of it lies with Odumbo himself, he continues to believe that what he wants to push actually has any merit and value. What he's done in his 6 years is actually hurt the middle class even as he says he's helping them.
 
Spike Trader said:
US Presidential campaign 2016: Donald Trump says he is 'seriously thinking' about White House run


The number of potential Republican candidates for the White House continues to grow and grow with billionaire Donald Trump being the latest to say he may throw his hat into the ring.

Mr Trump, 68, who said he may make a run for the presidency only to decide against it both in 2008 and 2012, said over the weekend he was “seriously thinking” about a campaign. He claimed he was the only person who could run the country.

“I’m the one person who can make this country great again, that’s all I know,” he told reporters after a speech on Saturday in Iowa, whose primary caucuses kick off the formal presidential election next January. “Nobody else can.”

Mr Trump was speaking at a the Iowa Freedom Summit, a gathering organised by Iowa Congressman Steve King and which drew a number of potential 2016 candidates to Des Moines.
Among those who did not attend were presumed front-runners Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush. As it was, Mr Trump claimed neither man could win in 2016.

“It can’t be Mitt, because Mitt ran and failed. Mitt had his chance. He should have won and he choked. You don’t want to give a choker a second chance,” he said, according to CNN. “You can't have Bush. The last thing we need is another Bush.”

A number of commentators have said Mr Trump receives more media coverage than his seriousness as a potential candidate deserves. A number have suggested Mr Trump is interested primarily in self publicity. He spent a lot time in previous campaigns trying to prove that President Barack Obama was not born in the US.

And yet the star of his own reality television show, claimed he could address many of the country’s most pressing problems.

“If I run for president, and if I win, I would totally succeed in creating jobs, defeating ISIS, and stopping the Islamic terrorists, reducing the budget deficit, securing our southern border, stopping nuclear weapons in Iran and elsewhere,” he said.

Among the potential contenders who attended the event were former Texas Governor Rick Perry, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum.

Reuters said that perhaps the warmest reception was given to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who survived a recall attempt over his conservative policies in 2012 and won re-election in November. The news agency said he received a standing ovation when he made clear he is seriously considering a White House run in 2016.

He was withering in his criticism of Mr Obama for not attending a march of world leaders in Paris two weeks ago to show solidarity for the French after attacks there. “We need leaders who will stand with our allies against radical Islamic terrorists,” he said.

Mr Trump’s comments came after another conservative favourite, Sarah Palin, suggested she may also be open to running for the presidency.

The former governor of Alaska, and running mate of John McCain in an unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign, said: “When you have a servant’s heart, when you know that there is opportunity to do all you can to put yourself forward in the name of offering service, anybody would be interested.”
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I'm not a Trump supporter, but he has a knack of saying accurate things no one else is willing to say. He's totally right about Romney, Bush and Obama, and a lot of other things.

He might make a formidable candidate. Unlike Romney, whose wealth annoyed people, Trump has turned his into a personal brand. People see Trump as a credible leader. They see him make hard decisions weekly on national TV and seem reasonable and occasionally compassionate while doing it. They watch other celebs volunteer to be humiliated and demeaned by Trump on his TV show. I'm not sure polling can measure the effect that has on our celeb-addled culture.

My position on all these celebrity candidates, whether it is Dr. Carson or Ross Perot, is that President of the United States is not an entry level job. Even Obama, surely the least qualified president in modern history, had served in state government and been elected to the senate and served there for a couple of weeks before running.

Trump might just be the rare exception. He is a national figure and has been for decades. President will not be too big a job for him. The traditional objection to such a candidate is that he lacks the coalitions and party connections to get anything done, but he couldn't possibly be worse than Obama.
 
Spike Trader said:
Sarah Palin's Bizarre Iowa Speech Gets Thanks -- From The Democrats

Shortly after declaring that she's "seriously interested" in running for president in 2016, Sarah Palin delivered a confusing speech that was panned by many, even some on the right.

Speaking at the Iowa Freedom Summit in Des Moines on Saturday, the former Alaska governor and one-time vice presidential candidate delivered a speech that John Fund of the National Review described as "meandering and often bizarre."

Here's an excerpt:

"Things must change for our government. Look at it. It isn’t too big to fail. It’s too big to succeed! It's too big to succeed, so we can afford no retreads or nothing will change with the same people and same policies that got us into the status quo. Another Latin word, status quo, and it stands for, ‘Man, the middle-class everyday Americans are really gettin’ taken for a ride.’ That's status quo, and GOP leaders, by the way, y'know the man can only ride ya when your back is bent. So strengthen it. Then the man can't ride ya, America won't be taken for a ride, because so much is at stake and we can't afford politicians playing games like nothing more is at stake than, oh, maybe just the next standing of theirs in the next election."

In response to the speech, Democratic National Committee communications director Mo Elleithee issued a two-word statement:

“Thank you!”

The New York Daily News reports that Palin's teleprompter froze, forcing her to ad-lib some of her remarks.

And yet.... Conroy also reported that Palin left the stage to a standing ovation and the Taylor Swift song, "Shake It Off."​
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If Elizabeth Warren had said the same thing, the media would be in a collective swoon.

If she runs, I think she can win. The people who mock her, the Tina Feys and media lefties, will not vote for any republican. Who cares what they think. Ordinary voters, particularly women, see her as authentic and likeable, two qualities no one is going to use to describe Hillary Clinton.
 
AAAintheBeltway said:
If Elizabeth Warren had said the same thing, the media would be in a collective swoon.

If she runs, I think she can win. The people who mock her, the Tina Feys and media lefties, will not vote for any republican. Who cares what they think. Ordinary voters, particularly women, see her as authentic and likeable, two qualities no one is going to use to describe Hillary Clinton.
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Even if I respected her politics, I would not want to listen to her nagging-mom voice for four or eight years. As for Hillary, I think the presidency might kill her. But high power preservatives were proven in the Reagan years, so I'm not certain on the latter.
 
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