A Ben Carson shaped world

a reply to: JesuitGarlic
See .. that Vatican Occult Satanic and Zionist stuff ...
I was right there with you until that.

On Carson -

His religion will be against him. Seventh Day Adventist. The far right won't go for it because it's not considered main stream Christian. Seventh Day Adventists are notorious for bashing Catholics and that's 25% of the voting population in the USA so that would absolutely come up and be against him. The far left won't go for it because he's considered too religious and doesn't buy into evolution or marriage equality.

He's a brilliant man. A good man who saves lives. He wrote his own books unlike lots of politicians. He got himself out of the ghetto and up to being a fantastic surgeon. He actually was raised in this country and understands the black USA experience. His stand on the second amendment - he supports it while at the same time calling for a banning of semi-automatic weapons in large cities. He wants to get rid of for profit insurance companies ... I don't know how he'd manage to do that but that's what he wants to do. He favors 'compassionate action' ... something like affirmative action but better and more up to date. He hasn't said exactly what that would be. He speaks out about self responsibility and making good personal choices. He says political correctness is dangerous. He wants every citizen to have a 'health savings account' that they can use and pass along at death like a regular bank account. Best of all ... he wants a FLAT TAX. He opposes marriage equality. He personally doesn't believe in evolution. He is against Obamacare.

I can see him in the role of VP. IMHO - He doesn't have the executive experience necessary to be POTUS. But then again ... neither did Obama and that didn't stop people from voting for him. If he runs, I'd like to see Carson on the ticket as VP so he could gain more political and executive experience.