|| By FITSNEWS || Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson will be in Columbia, S.C. this week to address the need for a balanced budget amendment at the federal level.
“Dr. Carson believes strongly that a balanced budget amendment is necessary to control federal spending,” a release from Carson’s presidential exploratory committee noted.
Accordingly, Carson will join “business leaders, government officials and residents of South Carolina” at the S.C. State House on Tax Day – April 15, 2015 – to discuss the issue. His remarks will begin at 12:00 noon EDT in the first floor lobby of the S.C. State House in downtown Columbia.
We’ve been less than impressed with Carson so far … and it would appear Palmetto State voters share our lack of enthusiasm. According to the latest South Carolina presidential primary polling, Carson is tied for seventh among likely 2016 candidates with 4.9 percent of the vote.
Still, he’s a middle of the pack candidate with plenty of potential upside … and we suspect substantively engaging issues (especially fiscal issues like this) will help him.
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Which one is Ben?
I wonder why Paulbots admire Ben Carson…maybe it’s because he behaved like Dr. Paul did in the 80’s when Dr. Paul re-registered himself as a Libertarian the way Carson isn’t telling people if he were a Democratic voter before he re-registered as a Republican.
But isn’t that a good thing? The more votes taken away from Paul, the quicker he sinks and the faster John Ellis Bush gets the nomination.
Rand will just pander to whoever gets the nominee especially if it’s from the establishment…he already has done it in the Senate with paling around with Mitch McConnell and in Congress with John Boehner.
Wow. Ben Carson has spoken to the National Action Network, led by Rev. Al Sharpton? When was this pic taken? Al is looking kinda skinny these days…
Thinking the same thing about Al. He looks frail.
I can’t look at Al and not think about the episode of the Office when Michael wore a woman’s suit to work.
““Dr. Carson believes strongly that a balanced budget amendment is necessary to control federal spending,” a release from Carson’s presidential exploratory committee noted.”
You betcha Dr. Carson goes back a long way with his econ and policy background–not. On the one hand, the far right wants to tell us to run the federal budget like a family/household budget. Then they tell us the gov’t should be run like a business, which leaves all sorts of room for borrowing money to reach business/financial goals. Which is it this week?
Isn’t Old Al on a Hunger Strike this week -doesn’t look like that’s a very good idea…? So far…LOVE Dr. Ben. He knows both sides of life and the value of hard work and he still holds conservative values.
I would bet that Sharpton is battling some form of cancer, other than himself. Dude isn’t losing weight, he’s literally wasting away.
A very dangerous candidate. He will cost Hillary much of the black vote and Christian vote wherever his nAme is in the ballot.
That only emphasizes why we need more candidates like him. Votes based on superficial reasons. We ve gotten so far from what we should be looking for. It’s becoming impossible to even say what it is we need. Politicians have become experts at dodging judgement and gathering support. Although a vital component in leadership you have to look farther into the person and see what actions they takes. Our current (professional) politicians are corrupt. Not to say they are evil. Yet the process they go through to advance in public office ingroups, alienates their life and thinking from a normal citizen.This is a tragedy. A nation that once was considered a beacon and help of the world a hundred years ago, is no more. We are a police nation and think like one. In all honesty our government has been coupe d’atat by an arena of very rich very powerful people. To counteract this siege we need successful citizens to step up and answer the call to public service. Those who have shown great leadership and extraordinary character (without making a show of it). Ben Carson represents this change and he’s aware of it. I mean come on we need change I voted for Obama just because. No body else was doing anything, lets put a black man in. It was about time, right?
..”America achieved prominence in record time because of its talented and diverse population, and the future should be no different. Let us not play into the game of having enemies. Let us come together to hold fast to those principles and family values that got us through troubling times so that we can uplift all communities and foster equality.”
Dr. Carson is a great example of what one can positively do with their lives if one puts their mind to it. He has demonstrated that coming from poverty and a broken home does not have to keep you from living your dreams, building a family, having a strong and dedicated marriage to the same woman! This guy gets it, what it is like at the top and at the bottom, he loves his country and understands world history, economics and the American Dream and what it will take to leave a legacy of love for our children. A vote for Dr. Carson is a vote a united America and a for you!
He will be back on FoxNews soon after he plays the Herman Cain role sufficiently for you Republicans to feel good about yourselves.
The Doctor can make a little more dough and you can figure out which of the White candidates you’re going to vote for?
Everybody Wins!
..”America achieved prominence in record time because of its talented and diverse population, and the future should be no different. Let us not play into the game of having enemies. Let us come together to hold fast to those principles and family values that got us through troubling times so that we can uplift all communities and foster equality.”
I don’t know about you, but here I see a great leader. A man not afraid to reach out to his normal adversary to attempt to find common ground…and look what happened! It’s a miracle as far as I’m concerned.
God Bless Dr. Carson and this historic outreach of his…brilliant.