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Dr. Ben Carson
Dr. Ben Carson
"Are You A Republican? - Dr. Ben
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1:48 video, July 10, 2014.
TEXT Are You A Republican? Dr. Ben
Carson
Dr. Ben Carson, M.D.: I am actually an
independent. Ah, there was a time when I was a pretty left-wing
Democrat, and there was a time when I was a Republican, but I actually
find being an independent works very well for me. I do tend to be
more conservative, ah, because I tend to belong to what I call the
logical party or the commonsense party and conservatism tends to lean
more towards commonsense than progressivism does. For instance
conservatism says you don't spend what you don't have; progressivism
says it doesn't matter just keep spending because somehow that'll make
things better. Well, you know, to me that doesn't make sense, and
I've never found anybody who can explain how it makes sense in a way
that sounds reasonable. But you know I actually would favor a
voting system in which there were no political designations on the
ballot, where you actually had to know what the person believed, you
had to know how they voted in the past rather than just going and
looking for a D or an R or a name that looks familiar. That's one
of the reasons that we're in so much trouble now. People don't
invest the appropriate amount of time in studying the people who
represent them. So we need to become much more responsible voters
if we intend to have a country where they actually represent our views.
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