Ben Carson Is Not Running For President

[Yallow]

On Lawrence O'Donnell they pointed it out.

He is trying to build a list of folks to market to. He wants to be rich!!!!!

He is working them Jeezus people like there is no tomorrow.

And they are buying!!!!

[procon]

1. He's the pitchman for that snake oil seller, of course

he's in it for the money. He's got a book to peddle, and his speeches will rake in big bucks, and proselytizing is very profitable. He's following in the footsteps of all the other money grubbing Republican grifters who use the presidential primary campaign to kick start their slush fund and boost their big brand name earnings potential.

[hollysmom]

2. well, taking time off from his campaign for book tour was kind of a hint.

[Gothmog]

3. Carson is a grifter like Herman Cain out to make some money

[SunSeeker]

4. Exactly. He is spending almost all his campaign money on building marketing lists.

Carson is doing a lot of things that seem puzzling for a presidential campaign, but quite logical for a brand-building exercise. He is taking weeks off the campaign trail to go on a book tour. His campaign itself is structured much more like a scamming venture than a political one. An astronomical 69 percent of his fund-raising totals are spent on more fund-raising. (Bernie Sanders, by contrast, spends just 4 percent of his intake on fund-raising.) In addition to direct mail, Carson seems to have undertaken a massive phone-spamming operation. Spending most of your money to raise more money is not a good way to get elected president, but it is a good way to build a massive list of supporters that can later be monetized. Perhaps it is a giveaway that the official title for Armstrong Williams, the figure running the Carson “campaign,” is “business manager,” as opposed to “campaign manager.” It does suggests that Carson is engaged in a for-profit venture.

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