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Ben Carson Announces Exploratory Committee
With the launch of this website, I formally establish what is called a presidential exploratory committee to examine whether I should become a candidate for President of the United States. In so doing, I very much need and look forward to your feedback and help.
All of us are frustrated with the way Washington has let us down. The career politicians simply don't understand the disappointment, anger and pain in real America. As they cater to the special interests first, they don't even seem to care about how failed policies and waste actually affect us, the people of the United States.
I think it's time for us to show them how much we do care about the job they are doing.
If I run for president it will be because I know what it's like to grow up in a tough neighborhood and feel marginalized.
If I run it will be because I know first hand that quality education is the ladder to climb out of poverty and dependence.
If I run it will be because I know the very survival of our great country depends on strong leadership to address our real concerns about security, about jobs, about America's standing in the world.
If I run it will be because it is not acceptable for us to be dismissed and ignored by Washington politicians who we entrusted to lead this country.
While I don't claim to have all the answers to every question that plagues us, I do have a passion to reach out, listen, and build common sense solutions to the problems that are holding us back as a nation. That's how America became great and how we can leave our children the opportunities that enable greatness in them.
I have spent most of my life caring for the health and well-being of children. Today, I am no longer their doctor, but I am more concerned about their future than ever. I worry. How will they get the education they need to find good jobs? Will there be jobs to find? Will the world be more dangerous than it is right now? How can they possibly pay off the massive debt we are piling on their shoulders?
Rest assured that if I run for president I will do so with only one goal in mind and that is to heal and strengthen this great nation. For over 200 years, all that has been asked of each generation of Americans is to leave this country better off than the one they inherited. This is our solemn duty. Together we can do better; we must, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
If I believe that I have your support and your commitment to help, I will run for president to lead this great country to a brighter future.
I will use these next few months to listen to you and prepare to answer that question myself.
Please sign up, and stay in touch with me at www.bencarson.com. Thank you and may God continue to bless America.
Ben Carson Facebook Message
I am pleased to announce that I have established a Presidential Exploratory Committee to examine whether I should become a candidate for President of the United States. If I believe that I have your support and your commitment to help, I will run for President to lead this great country to a brighter future. I will use these next few months to listen to you and prepare to answer that question myself. I look forward to traveling across this mighty nation to listen to your thoughts and ideas.
Ben Carson Twitter Message
I am pleased to announce that I have established a Presidential #ExploratoryCommittee http://www.bencarson.com #BenCarson
Meet Ben Carson
For over two hundred years all that has been asked of each generation of Americans is to leave this country better off than the one we inherited. This is our solemn duty. Together, we can do better and we must. One nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
If I believe that I have your support and your commitment to help, I will run for President to lead this great country to a brighter future.
Ben Carson eMail to Supporters
Yesterday, I filed with the Federal Election Commission the necessary paperwork to formally consider a run for President of the United States in 2016.
Let me tell you why I’m taking this step today, and how you can help.
For many years, I have traveled the country closely studying our politics. I believe we are on the verge of robbing our children of the American Dream.
We are racking up a virtually insurmountable debt, stifling our economic potential and placing our children’s future at risk.
At home and abroad, we are silencing honest debate about our challenges, our differences and our culture, all in the name of political correctness.
We are ceding more and more power to Washington bureaucrats at the expense of our personal liberty, ignoring the wisdom of our founders who risked their lives to form “a more perfect union.”
Too many of our children are trapped in failing schools and find themselves thrust into a deadly cycle of crime, dependence and despair.
Over the course of thousands of operations as the head of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, I have spent most of my adult life caring for very ill children. As co-founder of the non-profit Carson Scholars Fund, my wife Candy and I have spent years helping children find their own inspiration to reach their full, God-given potential.
In many ways, that is the duty of my generation – to do everything in our power to give the next generation the opportunity to achieve greatness.
I believe that with hard work and determined leadership, greatness is within our grasp. America was founded on the self-evident truth that we as a nation have the right to think big and pursue happiness.
It is this core principle that allowed me, a young boy, raised in Detroit by a single, illiterate but determined mother, to overcome poverty, bad grades, and low self-esteem to become one of the world’s leading physicians.
I’ve decided to explore a potential run for the office of President because I believe my values, life experience, and willingness to speak the truth and seek solutions, prepares me well to lead our nation toward more prosperity, security, and freedom for every American.
As I travel around the country to listen, learn and determine whether or not this is a race I can win, your financial support during the next two months will be extremely helpful.
To make a secure contribution to my exploratory committee now, please go here.
I look forward to working with you, and the rest of our fellow citizens to restore the promise of America.
Thank you, and God Bless America.
Sincerely,
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Ben Carson "I'm running for President"
I am running for President of the United States, and I ask for your support.
If this great nation is to survive the challenges of the modern world, we need to heal, we need to be inspired, and we need to revive the exceptional spirit that built America.
Working with you and all of our fellow citizens, I want to lead that revival.
I am not a politician, nor am I politically correct.
But I believe my values, my life experience, and my willingness to speak the truth and seek solutions prepares me well to lead our nation toward more prosperity, security, and freedom for every American.
Over the course of this campaign, both my team and I will ask for your support.
But no day will be more special, or more historic than today – Day One.
So I ask for your commitment, right now, to this campaign. On Day One, I ask you to be among the first to make a contribution to Carson America, and I will be forever grateful.
Never before have we been so closely connected to each other, but more divided as a country.
Our political class has failed us, and as a nation we must work to reestablish what Abraham Lincoln once called a government of, by and for the people.
While I know it will not be easy, I truly look forward to the journey ahead, and I hope you will join me.
Thank you, and God Bless America.
Sincerely,
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Source: Carson America Committee Website
Statement by Dr. Ben Carson on Leaving the Campaign Trail
I have lived a blessed life and achieved more success than I ever dreamed was possible. Running for President was never on my bucket list, and when I was drafted by a grassroots movement asking me to do so, it was not a decision that I made lightly and saw as an act of service.
However, I believed that my values, life experience and common sense solutions put me in a position to help get our nation back on track for the sake of our children and grandchildren. This grueling endeavor would not have been worth it for any other reason.
When I began exploring a run for President as a private citizen detached from the political class, I had neither a political team nor a national network of wealthy donors standing by waiting to support me.
We had to build a grassroots campaign from scratch by reaching out to as many people as possible, as quickly as possible and through every means possible, resulting in indisputable success. This movement consistently outraised the entire Republican field, got onto every ballot and built a 50-state, bricks-and-mortar campaign infrastructure to share my story, values and solutions. It was an historic feat, and I’ll be forever grateful to my team and my incredible supporters, financial and otherwise, from all corners of America, on behalf of the best interests of the American people.
I hope my presence added a measure of civility to the race, raised issues that would not otherwise have been discussed and had an overall positive impact. While our political efforts must come to a close, gratefully, the grassroots movement that has given new voice to “We the People” and inspired millions will continue.
I may be departing the campaign trail, but I will not be departing the scene. Instead, for the rest of my life, I will continue to work tirelessly to do everything I can to save America for the next generation.
I will be working on a number of initiatives, including serving as honorary chair of My Faith Votes, a non-profit organization dedicated to mobilizing the 25 million Evangelicals who didn't vote in the last election. The twin pillars of faith and family are under attack, and I will endeavor to strengthen our nation by preserving them both.
I have committed to not endorse a specific individual, but rather “We the People.” Though many today are making decisions based on fear and anger, I trust their judgment to logically examine the candidates and make the right decision by looking at:
• whether they have demonstrated significant accomplishments over their lives and careers;
• if they have ideas that are clear and policies that are easy to find;
• how they treat their family and others, as that is how they will lead the country;
• what they have done to improve the lives of Americans;
• the people they are with, what they are saying and how they collaborate with others;
• their ethics, because what America needs is “Trickle-down ethics.”
Conservatives should not be embarrassed by capitalism, but must couple it with compassion, to lift people out of a culture of dependency and provide ladders of opportunity for all Americans to be a part of the fabric of society.
People need to understand this is a most important election, in which we are deciding whether we allow the government to dictate our rights and take care of our needs, or whether individuals will rise up and take responsibility in an atmosphere of opportunity for all.
The bottom line is, “We the People” are the ones making the decisions; but in order to do that, we must become active and informed, not manipulated by the political classes and media.
Along with millions of patriots who have supported my campaign for President, I remain committed to saving America for future generations. We must not depart from our goals to restore what God and our Founders intended for this exceptional nation.
Equally important, we need to understand that Republicans are not each others' enemies. We need to engage in conversation and challenge each others' positions, not fight each other. Conservatives need to unify together so that that we do not snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and put another secular progressive in the White House.
Official Statement by Dr. Ben Carson
I have decided not to attend the Fox News GOP Presidential Debate tomorrow night in Detroit. Even though I will not be in my hometown of Detroit on Thursday, I remain deeply committed to my home nation, America. I do not see a political path forward in light of last evening’s Super Tuesday primary results. However, this grassroots movement on behalf of “We the People” will continue. Along with millions of patriots who have supported my campaign for President, I remain committed to Saving America for Future Generations. We must not depart from our goals to restore what God and our Founders intended for this exceptional nation.
I appreciate the support, financial and otherwise, from all corners of America. Gratefully, my campaign decisions are not constrained by finances; rather by what is in the best interests of the American people.
I will discuss more about the future of this movement during my speech on Friday at CPAC in Washington, D.C.
Source: Carson America