# Ben Carson for President thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 31, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554 "2015-08-31T22:58:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 44
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554/861 "2016-03-02T22:33:54Z")
There are some trial balloons about him running for Rubio’s Senate seat in Florida (Carson lives in Palm Beach, near Trump). The same things that killed his Presidential campaign would kill that one, too, though. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554/862 "2016-03-02T22:36:20Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > Armstrong Williams says that Carson will not endorse any candidate until after the nomination and will probably never run for another public office ever again. How are we going to get a “Being There” thing going if he quits politics now? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554/863 "2016-03-02T22:57:48Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > There are some trial balloons about him running for Rubio’s Senate seat in Florida (Carson lives in Palm Beach, near Trump). The same things that killed his Presidential campaign would kill that one, too, though. FML. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554/864 "2016-03-02T23:12:04Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > There are some trial balloons about him running for Rubio’s Senate seat in Florida (Carson lives in Palm Beach, near Trump). The same things that killed his Presidential campaign would kill that one, too, though. Those things, plus, perhaps, the fact that Florida has never elected a black U.S. Senator, not even during Reconstruction. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554/865 "2016-03-03T02:16:23Z")
Well, very few states ever _have_, even once. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554/866 "2016-03-03T03:14:20Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > FML. FML? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554/867 "2016-03-03T04:16:08Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > FML? I guess it means F\*\*\* My Life, as the poster is from Florida. No wonder Fark has a “FLORIDA” logo to brand threads that deal with the usual weird Florida news. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554/868 "2016-03-03T05:28:26Z")
The Economist have already written up Carson’s exit, anticipating the inevitable ([here](http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2016/03/republican-contest)). They put it down to a degree of arrogance and ignorance of geopolitics. IMO both those things are true but they’re true of the other main candidates too. I think he wasn’t crazy enough and certainly not angry enough to to the hardcore (and get enough quotes on the news), but too inexperienced for the establishment. So he fell through the middle. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554/869 "2016-03-03T14:54:02Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > FML? > [@GIGObuster](#): > > I guess it means F\*\*\* My Life, as the poster is from Florida. No wonder Fark has a “FLORIDA” logo to brand threads that deal with the usual weird Florida news. This. I don’t want Sleepy as our senator (though to be fair I didn’t want Rubio either). ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554/870 "2016-03-03T15:01:26Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > I think he wasn’t crazy enough and certainly not angry enough to to the hardcore (and get enough quotes on the news), but too inexperienced for the establishment. So he fell through the middle. But he had the “We’re mad as heck and not going to take it for much longer” crowd all sewn up! ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554/871 "2016-03-03T15:37:01Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > This. I don’t want Sleepy as our senator (though to be fair I didn’t want Rubio either). According to his handler, Armstrong Williams, you need not worry. > [@](#): > > “He has no interest” in the Florida Senate race, Mr. Williams said. “He needs a month’s vacation, he needs a break. That certainly is not at the top of his agenda. I would be shocked if he ran for any office again.” ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554/872 "2016-03-03T17:53:58Z")
This piece of garbage can’t even properly drop out!! He should suspend and stop letting it hang. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554/873 "2016-03-03T17:56:38Z")
He’ll probably do things up right as soon as he changes into some fresh clothes… ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554/874 "2016-03-04T21:39:03Z")
Carson has a new job. He’s national chairman of My Faith Votes, a “nonpartisan” organization focused on getting Christian Americans to the polls. Nonpartisan, my ass. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554/875 "2016-03-05T00:54:24Z")
> [@Nema98](#): > > This piece of garbage can’t even properly drop out!! He should suspend and stop letting it hang. Looks like he heard you. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554/876 "2016-03-05T02:29:08Z")
He should play the savant character (Hoffman) in the remake of Rain Man. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554/877 "2016-03-05T03:09:38Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > He should play the savant character (Hoffman) in the remake of Rain Man. Definitely. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554/878 "2016-03-05T03:19:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Carson has a new job. He’s national chairman of My Faith Votes, a “nonpartisan” organization focused on getting Christian Americans to the polls. > > Nonpartisan, my ass. They \*are \*non-partisan. They’re totally in favor of any and every party that hates gender equality, hates SSM, hates abortion, and believes in prosperity “Christianity” and barefoot cooking pregnant women. It’s up to each party to decide whether to back these Biblical ideas and thereby gain Carson’s group’s blessing. Or not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-for-president-thread/729554.md?page=43)