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Illing: Ben Carson doesn’t want to win: His campaign is all about cashing in
Carson has faced some harsh attacks before both from pro-Obama media and Trump (stabbing-gate , food-pyramid scandals etc) but this Salon hit piece makes some very troubling accusations hitting sincerity and honesty one of the most beloved Christians in the neurosugery circuit who has earned tremendous respect from anti-Obama GOP base.
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 12:42 PM EST
Ben Carson doesn’t want to win: His campaign is all about cashing in — and that’s the problem
Carson has reached his real goal: Making money on the campaign trail by boosting his brand and giving paid speeches
Sean Illing
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks during a campaign event at Cobb Energy Center Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)(Credit: AP)
Ben Carson’s grand political experiment is just about over. He’s plummeting in the polls and he’s all but finished in the Republican presidential race. He had a good run, though. For a man with no political knowledge or experience or ideas, he fared remarkably well. At one point, Carson was considered a frontrunner, trailing only Donald Trump. Now he’s a distant fourth place, well behind Trump, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio.
Don’t feel sorry for the good doctor, however. His campaign is only a failure if you assume his goal was to become president of the United States. But if you’ve followed Carson’s career for more than a few months, you know he’s more of an entrepreneur than a politician. And so his campaign has to be judged in that context.
As an entrepreneur, Carson has succeeded wildly. According to a new AP report, the doctor has been cashing in on the campaign trail, promoting his brand and giving paid speeches wherever he can:
“All of this is part of a well-honed enterprise that promotes Ben Carson – presidential candidate, political commentator, paid speaker, author, neurosurgeon and champion of children, reading, and God. He has folded into Carson Enterprises his presidential campaign, which has excelled at fundraising, brining in almost $32 million through the end of September …That fundraising prowess continues, even as his poll numbers decline. His campaign manager, Barry Bennett, said Thursday they raised about $20 million since the beginning of October…Speaking fees over a nearly two-year period raked in $4.3 million. And his nonprofit continues to raise money.”
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/29/ben...s_all_about_cashing_in_and_thats_the_problem/
Carson has faced some harsh attacks before both from pro-Obama media and Trump (stabbing-gate , food-pyramid scandals etc) but this Salon hit piece makes some very troubling accusations hitting sincerity and honesty one of the most beloved Christians in the neurosugery circuit who has earned tremendous respect from anti-Obama GOP base.
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 12:42 PM EST
Ben Carson doesn’t want to win: His campaign is all about cashing in — and that’s the problem
Carson has reached his real goal: Making money on the campaign trail by boosting his brand and giving paid speeches
Sean Illing
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks during a campaign event at Cobb Energy Center Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)(Credit: AP)
Ben Carson’s grand political experiment is just about over. He’s plummeting in the polls and he’s all but finished in the Republican presidential race. He had a good run, though. For a man with no political knowledge or experience or ideas, he fared remarkably well. At one point, Carson was considered a frontrunner, trailing only Donald Trump. Now he’s a distant fourth place, well behind Trump, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio.
Don’t feel sorry for the good doctor, however. His campaign is only a failure if you assume his goal was to become president of the United States. But if you’ve followed Carson’s career for more than a few months, you know he’s more of an entrepreneur than a politician. And so his campaign has to be judged in that context.
As an entrepreneur, Carson has succeeded wildly. According to a new AP report, the doctor has been cashing in on the campaign trail, promoting his brand and giving paid speeches wherever he can:
“All of this is part of a well-honed enterprise that promotes Ben Carson – presidential candidate, political commentator, paid speaker, author, neurosurgeon and champion of children, reading, and God. He has folded into Carson Enterprises his presidential campaign, which has excelled at fundraising, brining in almost $32 million through the end of September …That fundraising prowess continues, even as his poll numbers decline. His campaign manager, Barry Bennett, said Thursday they raised about $20 million since the beginning of October…Speaking fees over a nearly two-year period raked in $4.3 million. And his nonprofit continues to raise money.”
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/29/ben...s_all_about_cashing_in_and_thats_the_problem/
