Could very well be a prelude before he announces his candidacy.

I wonder if Huckabee will also be dropped by FOX. 

http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/07/fox-news-drops-ben-carson-ahead-of-presumed-2016-white-house-run/

Gonna be fun to see a campaign basically defined as "First Competent Black President".

Quote from: AndyJackson on November 09, 2014, 09:30:38 AM
Gonna be fun to see a campaign basically defined as "First Competent Black President".

Competent??  He is black. He is articulate and speaks about conservative issues. He is a doctor.  Other than that what do we really know about him?  He has no political experience and he wants to become president?  Based on what?? 

Other than the fact that he speaks conservatively and is black, he brings nothing to the table.  It would be foolish to back him.

Obama had the limited experience of a junior senator and no other political experience and look where that got us.

Quote from: suzziY on November 09, 2014, 10:36:43 AM
Competent??  He is black. He is articulate and speaks about conservative issues. He is a doctor.  Other than that what do we really know about him?  He has no political experience and he wants to become president?  Based on what?? 

Other than the fact that he speaks conservatively and is black, he brings nothing to the table.  It would be foolish to back him.

Obama had the limited experience of a junior senator and no other political experience and look where that got us.

I agree. He has more value as a spokesman for the party and its candidates.

Quote from: suzziY on November 09, 2014, 10:36:43 AM
Competent??  He is black. He is articulate and speaks about conservative issues. He is a doctor.  Other than that what do we really know about him?  He has no political experience and he wants to become president?  Based on what?? 

Other than the fact that he speaks conservatively and is black, he brings nothing to the table.  It would be foolish to back him.

Obama had the limited experience of a junior senator and no other political experience and look where that got us.

It would be more foolish not to listen to him. his inexperience as a politician should be a plus.
I'm not a big Carson supporter but at this time I'm not supporting anyone. I want to hear what the man has to say and let the primaries Vent him as they are suppose to. He may be a great contender for VP With his expertise in the medical field.
If I was to lean toward anyone at this stage it would be Gov. Walker. I really like that guy but same as Carson he needs the venting of the primaries.

Carson is a RINO pure and simple! Glad FOX canned him.

Quote from: redbeard on November 09, 2014, 10:53:13 AM
It would be more foolish not to listen to him. his inexperience as a politician should be a plus.
I'm not a big Carson supporter but at this time I'm not supporting anyone. I want to hear what the man has to say and let the primaries Vent him as they are suppose to. He may be a great contender for VP With his expertise in the medical field.
If I was to lean toward anyone at this stage it would be Gov. Walker. I really like that guy but same as Carson he needs the venting of the primaries.

I am with you on Walker. He has taken on the left and unions three times in the last four years and won each time. He has a proven track record of success in WI. Also, he has shown he is a "street fighter" which is what we need. I don't care who the democrats nominate they need to be pressed. No more nice guy stuff in 2016.

Quote from: supsalemgr on November 09, 2014, 12:59:26 PM
I am with you on Walker. He has taken on the left and unions three times in the last four years and won each time. He has a proven track record of success in WI. Also, he has shown he is a "street fighter" which is what we need. I don't care who the democrats nominate they need to be pressed. No more nice guy stuff in 2016.

President Walker has nice sound to it.

Quote from: suzziY on November 09, 2014, 10:36:43 AM
Competent??  He is black. He is articulate and speaks about conservative issues. He is a doctor.  Other than that what do we really know about him?  He has no political experience and he wants to become president?  Based on what?? 

Other than the fact that he speaks conservatively and is black, he brings nothing to the table.  It would be foolish to back him.

Obama had the limited experience of a junior senator and no other political experience and look where that got us.

I disagree.  There was a time in America, when "political experience" may havve been an asset. Now,,,I donno that means all that much now; other than how well one is connected to which side of the aisle (or both) in the good old boy network of corrupt Oligarchs!

Have you read "Gifted Hands" which is Dr. Ben Carson's story, which was written many years before he  dissed Obama, at the National Prayer Breakfast.  This is a great human being with an incredible background and a real self made American story!

I'm not ready to support him as my pick of the litter, but he's far more than a black man who can be the anti-Obama...although he is that too!
Dr. Benjamin Carson's Amazing Speech at the National Prayer Breakfast with Obama Present

Quote from: redbeard on November 09, 2014, 10:53:13 AM
It would be more foolish not to listen to him. his inexperience as a politician should be a plus.
I'm not a big Carson supporter but at this time I'm not supporting anyone. I want to hear what the man has to say and let the primaries Vent him as they are suppose to. He may be a great contender for VP With his expertise in the medical field.
If I was to lean toward anyone at this stage it would be Gov. Walker. I really like that guy but same as Carson he needs the venting of the primaries.

...and supposedly Obama was vetted as well.  That should really tell you something.  You can sit and listen to radio and tv ads all day long and watch a couple of debates during the primaries but that doesn't mean squat.  The candidates are asked specific questions and a lot of times those questions don't really address the important issues.  I think it is rather foolish to base your vote on fluffed up prepared answers by a candidate that has been well groomed by advisers and campaign managers on how to answer questions, stand, speak, and breathe.  Do your own research, background checks, etc.  Voting records speak volumes.  IF the majority of people had checked Obamas background and his voting record (or lack thereof) I highly doubt he would have been elected the first time.  So enlighten me as to why it would be foolish not to listen to Ben Carson when he has zero political experience.

Quote from: Solar on November 09, 2014, 12:45:14 PM
Carson is a RINO pure and simple! Glad FOX canned him.

^^^ This! ^^^

He was for "some" regulations on firearms, then "changed his mind." I don't think so.

QuoteTheBlaze punditress Dana Loesch calls the Second Amendment a "deal breaker" when it comes to presidential candidates, such as potential, possible, maybe, "very likely," candidate Ben Carson. Carson, a renowned neurosurgeon and Seventh-Day Adventist who has risen rapidly among conservatives after admirable comments at the National Prayer Breakfast in the face of Obama, has been gradually puffed as a favorite for national leadership by a strongly-funded national committee and alternative conservative news outlets.

But Loesch won't have it. She writes,

Conservatives's biggest liability right now is the desperate desire for the next Reagan and the willingness to compromise. I can't support Carson because of his waffling on the Second Amendment, which is a deal breaker for me — and should be as well for any conservative who stands for natural rights.

She relates an exchange that occurred with Glenn Beck:

BECK: Do I have the right to own a semiautomatic weapon?

CARSON: It depsnds on where you live. I think if you live in the midst of a lot of people, and I'm afraid that that semi-automatic weapon is going to fall into the hands of a crazy person, I would rather you not have it.

http://americanvision.org/11353/loesch-rips-ben-carson-waffling-on-the-second-amendment/

'Conservative Hero' Ben Carson To Beck: You Have No Right To Semi-Automatic Weapons In Large Cities

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/conservative-hero-ben-carson-to-beck-you-have-no-right-to-semi-automatic-weapons-in-large-cities/

If we "live out in the country somewhere, by ourselves", it's okay to have one LOL!!

We need to come to the terms with the fact that we don't really know that much about his positions. He says some right things but we need to know more.

Quote from: The Boo Man... on November 09, 2014, 07:06:05 PM
We need to come to the terms with the fact that we don't really know that much about his positions. He says some right things but we need to know more.

All we really know about him is his stand on healthcare, he's good there.  But like someone else has already stated, he's already backtracked on his gun laws stand.  That is why we need him to be pressed for answers.  Just handling healthcare couldn't be the only reason to put him in the leadership seat. 

At this point in time, I can't see Carson as the candidate we need to lead.  Cruz and Walker are at the top of my list to follow because of the work they have already done to better our country.