Rupert Murdoch took to Twitter Saturday morning to praise Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson. According to the conservative media tycoon, Carson might be “the one to beat” in the 2016 election.
Ben Carson polls improving every week. Maybe the one to beat. Irreproachable on background, achievements, character, vision.
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) September 5, 2015
Carson’s ratings in national and primary polls have steadily risen since the first GOP debate in August. A Monmouth University poll of likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers released Monday showed the retired neurosurgeon tied with Donald Trump at the front of the Republican field. While each candidate received 23 percent of likely cacusgoers’ support, Carson’s 81 percent approval rating soared above Trump’s rating of 52 percent.
Earlier in the summer, Murdoch criticized Trump, the GOP frontrunner, for “embarrassing” the country. He and Trump have since cleared the air.
Trump will receive this as a slam.
I hope he runs third party because his fee fee’s are hurt.
Rupert (the Third), you really don’t understand how racist the GOP is do you?
PSSST, don’t tell him, but, IN YOUR DREAMS…CONs say the dumbest things. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Hell, I’m enjoying the whole spectacle. Trump has made the Republicans interesting to watch, as he’s taken the whole crew to full reality television mode. Since they’re all Neanderthals who vary about an inch on the issues from each other, you might as well enjoy them when they go full buffoon to try to match Trump.
I don’t think Carson has an icicle’s chance in Hell of getting the nomination, but if by some bizarre happenstance he was the nominee, he’d go down in flames worse than Goldwater did. Barry was a reactionary nut in 1964, but even at that he was vastly more qualified to hold the office than Carson will ever be.
Murdoch is either trolling or senile.