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That's just the parallel I was thinking of, Brian Williams. What a waste. Such a successful and accomplished man. Why this need to puff himself up? By any definition of the word he was already a successful man. I just don't get it nut I'm glad to lead my humble and much less successful life. RobQuote:
Originally Posted by CathyA
I have yet to find any of those wanting to be the President, worth my interest or vote for that matter>:( I am still hoping it gets better.
Yup, Carson has some interesting ideas...
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Tonight, when I go home to my walled enclave and relax on my throne of skulls to enjoy the Republican debate, I suspect the guy taking the most shots will not be Doctor Carson. I predict it will be Marco Rubio, who seems to have been gaining ground in the Serious Candidate Division. The best his enemies seem to have come up with to damn him so far have been traffic tickets and a few late payment fees on his credit cards, so his rivals will need to get creative. They may even be reduced to talking about policy differences.
Feel free to mock me if I'm wrong.
This is true, to a point. There is also stiff 'p*ssing contests' among the higher ups as well. No general is going to blindly accept someone recommended by another general without some vetting. I think we agree Ben Carson doesn't rise to the level of this kind of 'attention'.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
He really doesn't deserve this kind of attention from anyone except he IS the republican front runner.
it's still early in the game. Hopefully the field will get more interesting, or serious.
The Republican Establishment are huddling together making contingency plans in case their base has truly disintegrated and cannot mount a campaign to support an accepted nominee, ie Bush preferred or maybe Rubio if need be. Carson has been propped up by the remaining Evangelicals who's New Testament hero was a terrorist and murderer rivaling jihadi John. He was blinded by God on his way to massacre more Christians and in that instant he was changed and became the Apostle Paul. They are going to stick with Ben no matter how disgusting his life might proves out. It will suck enough support away from the base to allow Trump the blowhard Chump to maintain an irritating lead.
The Republican Party is in disarray. A shame really because Democrats have the weakest candidate possible in Hillary Clinton. Her election will ensure four more years of death spiral for our country. Still time to pull out but the consequences are mounting.
That was my take-away from participating in the process as a delegate in the last election cycle. The Old Guard was willing to burn the entire party to the ground in order to remain in control of the reins of $$$/influence, and were blind to the demographics on the convention floor. I suspect they turned away an entire generation of intelligent, energetic, and engaged potential party participants last time, people who will stay home or vote Libertarian/Green/.../Democrat instead this time. I know I will.Quote:
Originally Posted by Williamsmith
I was a registered Republican for all of my voting life until last election when the pathetic Mitt Romney was ushered forward to fend off Obamas second term. I heard the Republican Establishment predicting a landslide victory and laughed profoundly at their stupidity. I went straight out and registered Independent. When I discover someone worth voting for, I will cast one proudly, but I will not condone a process of mockery against the intelligence of the American public. Just a huge circus going on out front and behind the scenes all the decisions are being made by people who never get voted for. Representative government my ass.
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Originally Posted by Williamsmith
Sing it loud. Sing it proud.
The way I view the whole "lying" incident is like this:
1) It can't be proven that he intentionally lied. The book refers to something that happened to him many years ago when he was a teenager. He met and spoke with a person high up in the military. Ben's impression at the time, was that this officer offered him a "scholarship". Has West Point also been intentionally "lying" when they also have used that term in their recruitment materials in the past? (They have). I don't think they can be accurately portrayed as lying for using that term in the past, any more than Ben can. It is really very unjust to judge and slander someone for lying when you don't have all the facts in.
2) People can and do change; personally I believe that ANYONE can have a change of heart, do an about face, and change their direction. That is what repentance is all about; not only regretting an action, but determining to change for the better. To dig up someone's past and mock them for it is ethically wrong, in my opinion. Ben's mother forgave him, and never gave up on him. He never tried to hide what he did. There are, indeed, a number of men (and women, of course) who were troubled youths, and yet were able to turn their lives around. We should all be thankful for that, because how someone lives their life affects others; their family, their neighborhood, their city, their nation.
3) What kind of a pass have we come to, when we call a morally upright, hardworking, very intelligent and successful brain surgeon "weird"?
As you can probably tell, I'm voting for him.