Look forward to workin' with you.
You poor, poor man.
Conservative firebrand Ben Carson said Monday that “the likelihood is strong” that he’ll run for president in 2016.
The author and retired neurosurgeon told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that he would make up his mind before May of next year. “Unless the American people indicate in November that they like big government intervention in every part of their lives, I think the likelihood is strong,” Carson said. The untested figure would face an uphill battle reaching out to moderate Republicans and swing voters.
Ben Carson, Candidate is a creation of the tea party right. His original claim to fame was that he ostensibly was slightly rude to Obama once during a National Prayer Breakfast, thus becoming an instant star among the crowd that considers saying rude things to Obama to be the sole significant remaining duty of government, which earned him a spot at CPAC that year, which earned him regular appearances on Fox News, which very nearly requires him to at least pretend he might be running for office someday because otherwise, what would be the damn point of having him on so often?
The problem, and this seems to have dawned on only a scant few of his admirers, is that he has not proven to be very good at these things. He can give a fine speech, that's for certain, but has proven to be a veritable gaffe factory during his more extemporaneous appearances. And that, my friends and enemies, has been the butcher of many a would-be political career.
Carson seems to be genuinely interested in running for something, where "something" is the presidency because why bother wasting his time for a mere congressional seat or piffling governorship when you can cut right to the chase. That's a shame for him, because there's certainly plenty of money to be grifted in the role of just pretending you might someday run for something, e.g. Sarah Palin, but it's probably a godsend for us. That Republican primary gaffemobile ain't gonna drive itself, people.