Is Ben Carson's real reason he is running for President backfiring? Selling books?

[Quixote1818]

November 8, 2015 By Allen Clifton

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In fact, I’ve long had a theory that Ben Carson isn’t running to actually win, he’s running to boost his name recognition and set himself up to make millions once he abandoned his campaign. After all, what better way to sell more books, get paid larger fees for speeches and make a whole lot more money than you already were than by getting all the attention that a presidential candidate receives?

Think about it. He releases a book just as he decides he’s going to run for president, even taking time off his campaign to go on his book tour. Then there were reports that, at least early on in his campaign, he was still being paid to give speeches. That’s highly unusual considering doing so could potentially lead to a candidate violating campaign finance laws.

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I honestly don’t believe Ben Carson was prepared to reach this level of popularity with conservative voters. If my theory is correct (and again, it’s just my theory), his “plan” to use his presidential campaign as a money-making scheme is backfiring as his many lies and insane comments from the past are now being exposed on a national stage. That doesn’t bold well for someone who wanted to become a more mainstream fixture after his campaign ultimately folded. After all, it’s really difficult to negotiate new, more lucrative book deals and speaking engagements when your past books have been exposed for being filled with blatant lies and insane comments you’ve made in the past gain national attention.

Link: http://www.forwardprogressives.com/ben-carsons-presidential-plan-backfiring/

[Gothmog]

1. Carson is not running for POTUS but is just trying to make money

[COLGATE4]

2. I generally agree but wonder if Dr. Sominex hasn't

convinced himself that Jesus wants him to actually BE President?