not only "D's" vote present.

https://dailycaller.com/2015/02/12/why-did-this-republican-vote-against-the-keystone-pipeline/

As a State Senator ,,Barack Obama voted "present" 129 times ....129 times ?

He used " present "to duck tough votes...In 1999, Obama voted "present" on SB 759, a bill that required mandatory adult prosecution for firing a gun on or near school grounds. The bill passed the state Senate 52-1.

He showed a failure of leadership even back then for not being willing to make a tough decision and standing by it. ( red line Syria ) etc ..etc.

During the 2008 primaries Hillary Clinton said about Obamas' voting "present " That's not 'yes.' That's not 'no.' That's 'maybe.'"

So the uninformed low information public voted him in twice...twice and that's how we ended up with President Present who claims to not be accountable for anything....except. of course.. things like Al Qaeda is on  “on the run”, “ decimated”, “on their heels "and on the path to defeat” ..

Voting "Present" in a vote in the Senate means that that Senator is making no vote on the issue, either for or against. He or she is registering on the record that he or she was there when the vote was taken.

A 'present' vote is not 'maybe,' says Tribune columnist Eric Zorn, after consulting Democratic and Republican state legislators. Because bills need "yes" votes to pass, "present" translates to "a soft no," as Deputy Republican Senate Leader Christine Radogno of Lemont put it. "One use for it is when you favor an idea, but you think the bill has a fatal flaw of some sort," she said. "Another is when you have a conflict of interest. And another is when you want to play both sides of the fence . . . or to avoid casting a vote that your next opponent will try to take out of context." Across the aisle, Sen. John Cullerton, a Chicago Democrat, defined "present" as "no with an explanation." Cullerton said another use of the seemingly squirrelly vote is to "signify displeasure with the process, but not the concept." He added that you'd be hard-pressed to find members of the General Assembly--including key allies of John McCain--who don't use it from time to time for various reasons.

Nice avatar ..........

But, the discussion of "present" votes has to do with the Illinois legislature. It has nothing to do with the U.S. Senate. Period.

Here is who we need to run,Obamas greatest nightmare

Dr. Ben Carson Announces Presidential Exploratory Committee

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/dr-ben-carson-announces-presidential-exploratory-committee-n316306

Ben Carson, the world famous pediatric neurosurgeon, now known in political circles for his advocacy of conservative principles, has announced that he has formed an exploratory committee for the 2016 Republican nomination for President.  In a tweet sent out today, Carson stated his intentions:

Dr. Carson is a revered figure amongst the many patients and families whom he has helped, black families who admire his rise from the streets of Detroit to the top of his field as a much heralded brain surgeon, as well as a growing coalition of  conservatives for his calm, reserved demeanor and strong value system.

His inspirational autobiography, “Gifted Hands” describes his ascension from a broken family to the pinnacle of an intense medical specialty which even the best and brightest cannot easily achieve.  For the past 20 years, teachers and parents have encouraged disadvantaged children to read his story; today, conservatives outside of the political world see Carson as their champion — an intellectual social conservative.

The famously soft spoken Carson stated Thursday at the recent CPAC conference, ““If you’re white and you oppose a progressive black person, you’re a racist.  If you’re black and you oppose the progressive agenda, you’re crazy.”



By the time he was 8, his parents had divorced, leaving his illiterate mother to raise him and his older brother Curtis. Carson’s mother, Sonya, who had only a third grade education, insisted that her sons read two books and watch no more than three TV shows per week.  Carson went on to graduate third in his high school class and won an academic scholarship to Yale University, where he majored in psychology.

When Carson arrived at the top ranked Johns Hopkins Hospital as a neurosurgery resident in 1977, he said that he was sometimes mistaken for an orderly, who were often the only black hospital employees at the time.

The late Dr. John Freeman, an internationally renowned Johns Hopkins pediatric neurologist, wrote of Carson in his self-published memoir . “He could walk into the patient’s room the evening before surgery, meet the parents for the first time, speak to them for a few minutes, and it was as if God had entered the room.”   Freeman went on to say that Carson is one of the very few individuals that I can honestly say ‘walks on water.’”

Carson’s caseload was enormous for a neurosurgeon, operating on 400 patients per year. What’s more astonishing was the challenging nature of his cases: He dealt with the most feeble patients, with the most severe conditions imaginable.  He gained national notoriety when he successfully separated twins conjoined at the cranium in 1987, a feat which had never been accomplished previously.  

Since retiring from his position as Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins, Carson’s star has risen amongst those who have felt abandoned by today’s political class.  His intellect, combined with a certain calm eloquence, and no nonsense Christian values make him a favorite amongst social conservatives.  At a recent Tea Party Conference in SC, he came in 4th in a straw poll, besting possible Presidential hopeful, Jeb Bush.

Carson first turned many political heads at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast, at which he cooly lambasted progressive taxation and the Affordable Healthcare Act, all while President Obama looked on from 10 feet away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHxJK_xSpcg

Dr. Benjamin Carson Wipes The Smile Off Obamas Face At The National Prayer Breakfast

Zelo, I just can’t support Ben Carson. Carson is the republican version of Obama. This country needs someone who adheres and subscribes to the values of the founding fathers.

Sorry Zelo123,,,.but Barack Hussein Obama as president has guaranteed, that we will not have another African-American in your lifetime.