Ben Carson’s absurd notion that the Founding Fathers had ‘no elected office experience’

[mdk]

All these cheap shots at Carson and the left still pretends that they don't suffer from the racism that created the democrat party.

Correcting history isn't a cheap a shot. It is setting the record straight. He made a foolish comment, deal with it.

Where have you done this against anyone far left?

Oh my the far left drones are on their bashing train today, bashing anyone that does not conform to their far left religious hatred..

I hold zero love for the far left but you wouldn't know that b/c you're a blind partisan twat.

Only three 'far lefts' in that post!? You're slipping.

 

[Kosh]

People actually care about their ratings!? lol

It is very important to Vigilante for some reason.

Yes it very telling of many on this board including many far left drones that live in the basement..

 

[NYcarbineer]

Apparently you don't understand the difference between STATE and FEDERAL elected positions.... but don't let a little thing like that get in the way of a "Hillaryous" left wingnut rant!

No way to spin this, guy. Carson made an ignorant statement. Period.

And I bet you were one of the REALLY BIGHT Socialists that believed Trump was talking about ALL MEXICAN'S instead of ILLEGAL MEXICAN'S!!!! Fucking leftwingnuts, keep this forum laughing at their stupidity!

Deflection and worthless, like your opinion.

Yes, I see just how popular YOUR OPINIONS are by your PATHETIC RATINGS and you're here almost FIVE YEARS longer than I and enjoyed playing REP FROG that padded your ratings when we changed over to this new system.... You're not even LIGHT WEIGHT,

 

[Kosh]

All these cheap shots at Carson and the left still pretends that they don't suffer from the racism that created the democrat party.

Correcting history isn't a cheap a shot. It is setting the record straight. He made a foolish comment, deal with it.

Where have you done this against anyone far left?

Oh my the far left drones are on their bashing train today, bashing anyone that does not conform to their far left religious hatred..

I hold zero love for the far left but you wouldn't know that b/c you're a blind partisan twat.

Only three 'far lefts' in that post!? You're slipping.

Says the far left drone that supports Obama's illegal wars..

 

[eagle1462010]

We have a bunch of career politicians.........30 to 45 years in the business...............They've done well haven't they..................

Spending like there is no tomorrow....................our jobs going over seas.................Perhaps it's time for someone outside the box to deal with it.....................As the PROFESSIONALS have failed us miserably...................

GO CARSON...............Yeah.........I'll vote for him..............

To those who don't like it.....

 

[Vigilante]

Apparently you don't understand the difference between STATE and FEDERAL elected positions.... but don't let a little thing like that get in the way of a "Hillaryous" left wingnut rant!

The Confederation Congress under the articles of Confederation was the federal legislative body that preceded the House/Senate of the Constitution.

Thank you. Now do you understand that NONE of these men ever held elected (FEDERAL, NOT NEEDED as a modifier to anyone with brains) office!

 

[mdk]

All these cheap shots at Carson and the left still pretends that they don't suffer from the racism that created the democrat party.

Correcting history isn't a cheap a shot. It is setting the record straight. He made a foolish comment, deal with it.

Where have you done this against anyone far left?

Oh my the far left drones are on their bashing train today, bashing anyone that does not conform to their far left religious hatred..

I hold zero love for the far left but you wouldn't know that b/c you're a blind partisan twat.

Only three 'far lefts' in that post!? You're slipping.

Says the far left drone that supports Obama's illegal wars..

Spamming so soon. That was easy. lol

 

[g5000]

But the Tea Party thinks ignorant people make better leaders!

So you are saying the Tea Party got that far left drone Obama elected twice?

Actually, yes.

The Right worked double overtime to get Obama elected twice.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Apparently you don't understand the difference between STATE and FEDERAL elected positions.... but don't let a little thing like that get in the way of a "Hillaryous" left wingnut rant!

No way to spin this, guy. Carson made an ignorant statement. Period.

And I bet you were one of the REALLY BIGHT Socialists that believed Trump was talking about ALL MEXICAN'S instead of ILLEGAL MEXICAN'S!!!! Fucking leftwingnuts, keep this forum laughing at their stupidity!

Deflection and worthless, like your opinion.

Yes, I see just how popular YOUR OPINIONS are by your PATHETIC RATINGS and you're here almost FIVE YEARS longer than I and enjoyed playing REP FROG that padded your ratings when we changed over to this new system.... You're not even LIGHT WEIGHT,

Vigilant is as ghey as they come.

 

[Vigilante]

People actually care about their ratings!? lol

Of course when comparing what is popular opinion, and fact telling, we notice yours is fairly low!

I gave you a 'funny' rating. I know how much they mean to you. lol

Always worth another HIGH POINT until the next one. I entertain, while I bitch slap the left, and do it regularly!

 

[Kosh]

But the Tea Party thinks ignorant people make better leaders!

So you are saying the Tea Party got that far left drone Obama elected twice?

Actually, yes.

The Right worked double overtime to get Obama elected twice.

Yes I realize you worked double overtime to get Obama elected twice, but anyone that is not a far left drone would know to never vote far left..

 

[Kosh]

All these cheap shots at Carson and the left still pretends that they don't suffer from the racism that created the democrat party.

Correcting history isn't a cheap a shot. It is setting the record straight. He made a foolish comment, deal with it.

Where have you done this against anyone far left?

Oh my the far left drones are on their bashing train today, bashing anyone that does not conform to their far left religious hatred..

I hold zero love for the far left but you wouldn't know that b/c you're a blind partisan twat.

Only three 'far lefts' in that post!? You're slipping.

Says the far left drone that supports Obama's illegal wars..

Spamming so soon. That was easy. lol

This from a far left drone that continues to support Obama illegal wars..

 

[Vigilante]

People actually care about their ratings!? lol

It is very important to Vigilante for some reason.

If it was your ratings, we would never hear the end of it!

 

[mdk]

We have a bunch of career politicians.........30 to 45 years in the business...............They've done well haven't they..................

Spending like there is no tomorrow....................our jobs going over seas.................Perhaps it's time for someone outside the box to deal with it.....................As the PROFESSIONALS have failed us miserably...................

GO CARSON...............Yeah.........I'll vote for him..............

To those who don't like it.....

I like that Carson isn't a Washington insider. It is a major plus in my eyes that he is detached from the haughtiness of the Beltway. His comment about the FF not holding elected office is still incorrect though.

 

[g5000]

But the Tea Party thinks ignorant people make better leaders!

So you are saying the Tea Party got that far left drone Obama elected twice?

Actually, yes.

The Right worked double overtime to get Obama elected twice.

Yes I realize you worked double overtime to get Obama elected twice, but anyone that is not a far left drone would know to never vote far left..

Now you tards are working hard to get Clinton elected.

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

But the Tea Party thinks ignorant people make better leaders!

So you are saying the Tea Party got that far left drone Obama elected twice?

Do you ever write a post without using the phrase "far left drone"? It just distinguishes you as a far right unibrow.

 

[chikenwing]

This guy is starting to sound like he's doing satire,

of himself.

“Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no elected office experience.”

— Dr. Ben Carson, in a Facebook post, Nov. 4, 2015

Carson, a political novice running for the GOP presidential nomination, made this observation in a late-night Facebook post defending his lack of political experience. As he put it:

“You are absolutely right — I have no political experience. The current Members of Congress have a combined 8,700 years of political experience. Are we sure political experience is what we need. Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no elected office experience. What they had was a deep belief that freedom is a gift from God. They had a determination to rise up against a tyrannical King.”
...

The Facts
Let’s start with Thomas Jefferson, the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence. Years earlier, he had been a student at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg. As luck would have it, the House of Burgesses met there, and so Jefferson as a student was able to witness legislative debates.

The House of Burgesses was the first European-style legislative assembly in the Americas, having first been formed in 1619. And in 1769, seven years before penning the Declaration, Jefferson was elected to the House of Burgesses. As an online biography of the signers said: “It was there that his involvement in revolutionary politics began. He was never a very vocal member, but his writing, his quiet work in committee, and his ability to distill large volumes of information to essence, made him an invaluable member in any deliberative body.”

Now let’s look at the other members of the drafting committee: John Adams (Mass.) was elected to the Massachusetts Assembly in 1770, Benjamin Franklin (Pa.) had been elected to the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1751 and served as speaker in 1764, and Roger Sherman (Conn.) had been elected to the Connecticut General Assembly in 1755. Only Robert R. Livingston (N.Y.) had minimal political experience.

Of the other 51 signers of the Declaration, we count at least 27 as having at least some elected office experience, primarily in Colonial assemblies.


John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress, had been elected to the Boston Assembly and had participated in the Stamp Act Congress, a gathering of elected representatives (from Colonial assemblies) to craft a response to new British tax laws. Some states sent delegations with little political experience, but every member of the seven-person delegation from Virginia had been elected to the Houses of Burgesses."

Please.

Ben Carson’s absurd notion that the Founding Fathers had ‘no elected office experience’

It's very telling,when a person like the OP,starts a thread such as this,not in a million years would they ever vote for the object of their obsession.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Apparently you don't understand the difference between STATE and FEDERAL elected positions.... but don't let a little thing like that get in the way of a "Hillaryous" left wingnut rant!

The Confederation Congress under the articles of Confederation was the federal legislative body that preceded the House/Senate of the Constitution.

Thank you. Now do you understand that NONE of these men ever held elected (FEDERAL, NOT NEEDED as a modifier to anyone with brains) office!

Yup it does, because there was no federal office up to that time, so the inane Carson reference completely missed the reality of the colonial offices and the experience the men had.

This is Washington correcting Cain.

 

[NYcarbineer]

By Carson's reasoning, every member of the current Congress is an excellent brain surgeon.

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

But the Tea Party thinks ignorant people make better leaders!

So you are saying the Tea Party got that far left drone Obama elected twice?

Actually, yes.

The Right worked double overtime to get Obama elected twice.

Yes I realize you worked double overtime to get Obama elected twice, but anyone that is not a far left drone would know to never vote far left..

You are working hard to get Clinton elected.

Like a gerbil in a wheelhouse, but far less aware.