tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post5322905687480484744..comments2024-03-28T09:44:06.490-05:00Comments on Althouse: I get the feeling you might want to talk about Herman Cain.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40048120429767382462011-09-26T21:17:45.321-05:002011-09-26T21:17:45.321-05:00Carol,
I wish you could walk just one minute in t...Carol,<br /><br />I wish you could walk just one minute in the shoes of ordinary Americans and stop seeing everything with your disgusting racial goggles.<br /><br />If you haven't seen the viral video where Herman Cain spoke at a rally that brought a former marine to his feet singing and you didn't get goose bumps, then you just don't get it.<br /><br />How dare you say he's a racial token. How utterly depraved is that kind of thinking.<br /><br />You know very well Barack Obama is a racial token. You know very well he was chosen over Hillary because of his "cool, historic" features.<br /><br />And yet Mr. Obama is barely an American in his heart. Whenever he speaks about our history, he gets the facts wrong! My elementary-aged school kids laugh at him over "intercontinental railroad" and "Lincoln founded the Republican party" and his insistence that unions had anything to do with America's greatness.<br /><br />Herman Cain just has our soul in *his* soul. That's all.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508187195788782780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80972518146433468962011-09-26T07:54:06.535-05:002011-09-26T07:54:06.535-05:00kcom I wonder if she thinks someone coached (or pa...<b>kcom</b> <i>I wonder if she thinks someone coached (or paid off) the entire state of Florida to vote for Herman Cain?</i><br /><br />Well, lemme tell ya, since I was there as a delegate for Escambia County, who drove the 7 hours TO Orlando Wednesday afternoon with a Rick Perry song in my heart:<br /><br />No.<br /><br />I got told check-in for CPAC was at 8 a.m. Thursday morning, so I hot-foot it over to the Covention Center only to find out I've been lied to, it's 1 p.m., argh! BEAUCOUPS time to kill. 9 a.m., a dapper gent strolls through the front door with just a couple younger guys, heads straight to the big hall, stops to chat (big smiles the whole time) with everyone who stopped HIM and I'm wondering, "Is that Herman Cain?" He came out about 20 minutes later. I think, "what the Hell" and ATTACK. What a pleasant, genuine, accessible person and I sincerely wish him good luck.<br /><br />But I can't <i>wait</i> to see Rick Perry in action. Neither could most of my friends in the Escambia delegation, who are, for the most part, firmly in the Perry camp.<br /><br />The debate was a disaster. Unmitigated (and I'm willing to give the immigration thing a pass because we kept W's aspirations in check in that venue) disaster. But every time Cain opened his mouth was magic with substance. He built on that with his rock-the-house CPAC appearance after Perry's was appallingly lacklustre lead-off. Like, "yikes"? Didn't somebody tell him he needed to step it up?<br /><br />Saturday, almost all were going to give Perry one last shot, that third chance at redemption ("<i>Jesus, buddy...show us SOMETHING?!?!</i>") during the candidates' speeches FOR the P5 delegates. By that time, I was pretty firmly in Cain's camp, but still had an open mind/wanted to be fair. <br /><br />Herman Cain hit that podium like a house-afire. Not just empty platitudes/Greek Column charisma, either. More importantly, <i>he built on every single thing he'd said in the earlier appearences</i>. We found out about his Naval service as a ballistics analyst, what his energy (Oil ~ something NO ONE had mentioned for THREE days!) policy would be, foreign policy...on and on. The entire 2700+ of us were on our feet at least 7 times, if not more. Talk about winning hearts and minds! <br /><br />And Rick Perry scuttled out of town. As my girlfriend and fellow delegate, who flipped to Cain from Perry herself over the course of the event, said: "<i>To know him [Perry] is NOT to love him.</i>" <br /><br />Whatever the spin I heard on the drive home yesterday, the truth is that this was no vote to collectively spank Romney for not showing us our proper respect, or to take the GOP "establishment" candidates down a peg or two. <b>This was NOT an orchestrated Tea Party protest</b>. Belive me, TriCorn hats were few and far between in the sea of average folks.<br /><br />This was about a heartfelt surge of belief that Herman Cain is genuine, supremely competent, invested in this race, invested in this great country, a grand human being and a great American. <br /><br />Don't let anyone tell you differently.tree hugging sisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00757588102837479325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39595395152184889922011-09-25T22:57:35.577-05:002011-09-25T22:57:35.577-05:00I heard Cain discuss his head-to-head in DC over H...I heard Cain discuss his head-to-head in DC over Hillary care back in the 90s. (Including an audio IIRC.) <br /><br />He was challenged and asked to send his numbers that he used to rebut Hillary ... and never heard from the White House again.<br /><br />When he was involved with the Federal Reserve (KC?) it was and is the most conservative of the banks? (Not my area of expertise.)<br /><br />So he has more "experience" than Obama did in the Real World.JALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503869597362866878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27051454791121533102011-09-25T22:46:49.613-05:002011-09-25T22:46:49.613-05:00You want to make the Dems heads explode?
A Cain...You want to make the Dems heads explode? <br /><br />A Cain / West ticket.<br /><br />Ha!JALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503869597362866878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13909262689983577492011-09-25T22:22:57.804-05:002011-09-25T22:22:57.804-05:00You
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he...You<br /><br />are <br /><br />probably<br /><br />correct.<br /><br />I <br /><br />skip <br /><br />all <br /><br />her<br /><br />posts<br /><br />.Humperdinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765464624483404218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44439130721813254602011-09-25T21:45:30.882-05:002011-09-25T21:45:30.882-05:00Rick,
If you
could follow it
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wouldn&...Rick,<br /><br />If you<br /><br />could follow it<br /><br />you still<br /><br />wouldn't care.rcoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57392303857941072392011-09-25T21:18:13.844-05:002011-09-25T21:18:13.844-05:00Carol
Herman.
12
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...Carol<br /><br />Herman.<br /><br />12 <br /><br />sentences.<br /><br />12<br /> <br />paragraphs.<br /><br />It's <br /><br />hard<br /><br />to <br /><br />follow.Humperdinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765464624483404218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90553032883708061232011-09-25T20:03:10.750-05:002011-09-25T20:03:10.750-05:00Carol...Why stay stuck on stupid using Race as the...Carol...Why stay stuck on stupid using Race as the almighty issue of issues. <br /><br />Things are different since 30 years ago.<br /><br />Cain is a real candidate with competence that makes his skin color irrelevant.<br /><br />In fall 1944 nobody had heard of Harry Truman outside of Missouri and in Spring of 1945 he was their President for the next 7 years.<br /><br />Thank God it was Truman and not Henry Wallace.<br /><br />That difference gave us:<br />1) dropped A Bombs against Japan to save the lives of the USMC,<br />2) The Marshall Plan against the GOP to save western Europe from Stalin, <br />3)The integration of the US Military against the DixieCrats to save the conscience of a nation,<br />4) A UN action in Korea that Truman stood against McArthur from escalating into the Asian proxy war that JFK?LBJ 13 years later had no guts to keep us out of,<br />5) the Zionists under Ben Gurion recieving a UN granted Jewish State against the pro-Arab anti-semites in the State Dept.<br /><br />A strong man who wants to do the right thing is a wonder to behold when he slips into the Presidency.<br /><br />Yes we Cain!traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67643026503370536402011-09-25T19:54:46.693-05:002011-09-25T19:54:46.693-05:00What part of "George W." beating Ann Ric...<i>What part of "George W." beating Ann Richards...</i><br /><br />I'm pretty sure the W stands for Washington in this case, Shmendrik.Calypso Factohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01455217189407301218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55193057411410941092011-09-25T19:15:11.198-05:002011-09-25T19:15:11.198-05:00But collectively it seems like a very schizophreni...<i>But collectively it seems like a very schizophrenic party right now, probably not far from internecine warfare if someone doesn't take command and impose some discipline.</i><br /><br />Sigh. Another fascist lefty longing for a strongman-type. I'm very happy with the GOP jockeying and debating going on right now. It's healthy and constructive. Whoever emerges as the nominee is going to have to earn it, not get anointed by someone imposing 'discipline' (lefty euphemism for lefty worldview). When everyone's thinking the same way there ain't much thinking going on.Joe Schmoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16648976007708771203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62993004422483528772011-09-25T18:48:37.882-05:002011-09-25T18:48:37.882-05:00Let's clear something up.
I don't think H...Let's clear something up.<br /><br />I don't think Herman Cain is a viable candidate. I think he is a WHITE JOKE ... used by social conservatives ... <br /><br />It's UNREAL.<br /><br />Kapish?<br /><br />The elder Bush looked to replace Thurgood Marshall's seat (I think). Up on the supremes.<br /><br />He hunted all over the United States. And, he came up with Clarence Thomas. <br /><br />Then came an election.<br /><br />The elder Bush did not gain one single Black vote "extra." And, then he lost his bid to be re-elected.<br /><br />But go and try to teach the stupid party about the facts of life.<br /><br />Can't be done.Carol_Hermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16629820011087370488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16448220744784209292011-09-25T17:20:48.821-05:002011-09-25T17:20:48.821-05:00Too bad the media and the other candidates don'...Too bad the media and the other candidates don't clue in to Herman Cain's appeal. Every single debate so far Cain has hammered home his position on the issues with concrete ideas that are straight forward, doable and memorable. Simple formula. And very appealing. <br /><br />Da! <br /><br />If the dam media, especially the conservative media, would STOP covering the dam polls and focus on the candidates and their positions, we, the conservative, could run and end run around the mainstream media and actually elect our own nominee without media influence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17789796986119559742011-09-25T15:57:00.396-05:002011-09-25T15:57:00.396-05:00OldGrouchyCranky said:
@Hagar: I count 5-former p...<i>OldGrouchyCranky said:<br /><br />@Hagar: I count 5-former presidents who hadn't held elected public office before becoming president: George W., Jackson, Taylor, Grant, and Ike.</i><br /><br />What part of "George W." beating Ann Richards ( like a rented car) in 1994 to become Governor of Texas, did you miss?A. Shmendrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18437428548437784745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87449945886006580432011-09-25T15:37:30.781-05:002011-09-25T15:37:30.781-05:00By 1939, the USA army still had a cavalry with hor...By 1939, the USA army still had a cavalry with horses. Ike took charge of that army with no prior experinece in war.He was ranked as general to be able to do his job because in the wwi he was in an office. By 1942, the USA army was able to fight to wars, one against the technological supreme power and other against the most cruel and ruthless army of modern time(Nankin, Bataan) and support the URSS with tons of material.Jose_Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09719969512996039279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12224985057172809152011-09-25T15:30:05.960-05:002011-09-25T15:30:05.960-05:00If Carol Herman hates Cain, that only makes me lik...If Carol Herman hates Cain, that only makes me like him more. <br /><br />But I will not eat his chain pizza, unless he wins a primary. Then in his honor I will order a pie. If he wins the general I will have a big Godfathers pizza party. <br /><br />Oh and the Giants beat the Eagles today, in Philly. Which shows underdogs can win. I am sure Trooper is happy. I know I am.Fred4Preshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574159710712259945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75742085338247587972011-09-25T15:04:42.069-05:002011-09-25T15:04:42.069-05:00Romney promises a tea party VP? So what?
What goo...Romney promises a tea party VP? So what?<br /><br />What good will that do? The VP is the most useless man in Washington. I hope Cain and Ryan and Christie tell him no way and continue to do the work they need to do to solve the fiscal mess we are in.PatCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08920623662477828662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80850541569615503092011-09-25T14:53:39.548-05:002011-09-25T14:53:39.548-05:00Obama so lowered the bar for the Presidency that C...Obama so lowered the bar for the Presidency that Cain gets serious consideration because at least he ran a business well in an executive capacity while all Obama has ever done is run his mouth. If the GOP blows this election, I don't know what I'd do.showbiz111https://www.blogger.com/profile/09244712411680124158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80703013125343872802011-09-25T14:18:17.149-05:002011-09-25T14:18:17.149-05:00I agree with the implication that President of the...I agree with the implication that President of the United States is a bit high up to start learning how to be a politician. I like Herman Cain, and there's no way that he'd be nearly as bad as the present occupant of the Oval Office, but still ...<br /><br />It's a pity Perry and Rove are on the outs. Perry needs a Rove of his own, and badly.<br /><br />Perry's success in capping malpractice payouts has been a boon to his state in getting healthcare to its residents, especially those who don't live in or around trendy metropolises. "Loser pays" is a great step forward for small businesses, one that I wonder whether the Professor agrees with. But Texas long ago figured out how to cope with undocumented aliens, and Perry, like McCain and Bush before him, simply can't grasp that they are a net drag every place that isn't Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico.<br /><br />He's right about the impossibility of building a physical fence along the border with Mexico, though. But there <i>is</i> a way to block illegals using modern technology.<br /><br />As I've written before, Huntsman is the favorite Republican candidate of people who have absolutely no intention of voting Republican. Navarro's comments reinforce the notion I have had that Huntsman's entire candidacy is a major Democrat black op of sorts. The <i>Washington Post</i> might as well come out and admit that that's the only reason why he gets favorable nods in their columns.Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37413462932362156492011-09-25T14:06:04.701-05:002011-09-25T14:06:04.701-05:00For what it's worth, here in Utah, amongst my ...For what it's worth, here in Utah, amongst my republican coworkers, two are Paul supporters, the rest think Romney is a robot who flipped on Romneycare, but would be a decent president. They ALL mistrust Perry to a huge and surprising degree and see him as a complete phony. All reserve judgement on Herman Cain, but don't think he's electable.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450897654318345683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90518612298248296482011-09-25T13:51:39.095-05:002011-09-25T13:51:39.095-05:00It is time for a person who has never held office ...It is time for a person who has never held office to be President. Look at Obama. He held office, did nothing except collect a pay check, and is doing the same thing now.Peter V. Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209902525167395224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55598570821528610382011-09-25T13:15:27.702-05:002011-09-25T13:15:27.702-05:00Tea Party Hobbits love the singing, poetic types.
...<i>Tea Party Hobbits love the singing, poetic types.</i><br /><br />Meh on the 'singing;' Cain wouldn't make the first cut on Idol.<br /><br />As to poetic: if he gets Homer, Dante, and Chesterton, the guy is a better man than all the rest combined.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66510057803118267262011-09-25T13:14:56.939-05:002011-09-25T13:14:56.939-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8334176287222801952011-09-25T13:06:44.718-05:002011-09-25T13:06:44.718-05:00Besides, Herman Cain sings.
Just like Aragorn.
T...Besides, Herman Cain sings.<br /><br />Just like Aragorn.<br /><br />Tea Party Hobbits love the singing, poetic types.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508187195788782780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51062350639471624872011-09-25T13:05:03.595-05:002011-09-25T13:05:03.595-05:00NEIL CAVUTO: Morgan Freeman, the actor, has been v...NEIL CAVUTO: Morgan Freeman, the actor, has been very critical of Tea Parties, and said that what they’re doing is racist based, and going after and unseating Obama has at its underpinnings racism. I’m paraphrasing here, but what do you make of that argument?<br /><br />HERMAN CAIN: Well, first of all, I doubt if Morgan Freeman, with all due respect, who is a great actor, has he ever been to a Tea Party? Most of the people that are criticizing the Tea Parties, Neil, about having a racist element, they have never been to a Tea Party.<br /><br />CAVUTO: But wait a minute, wait a minute. He has played, wait, wait, wait. He has played a President of the United States.<br /><br />CAIN: Oh. Great, yeah, in a movie. This is real life out here on the campaign trail, man. This is not a movie.<br /><br />CAVUTO: So, are you offended by that?<br /><br />CAIN: No, I’m not offended by it. I just, I just think that it is sad that they’re so short-sighted in really understanding what the whole Tea Party citizen movement is all about. I’m not offended by it, because it doesn’t slow down my momentum. It doesn’t slow down the reaction that I get from people. They know that I bring my message from the heart and the head, and they’re responding to it. So, name calling is something that’s going to continue in this because they don’t know how to stop this movement. And this movement is making a big difference in politics, because a lot of the traditional Democrats are moving to the center or moving over to vote for conservatives. <a href="http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/09/25/herman-cain-takes-morgan-freeman-calling-tea-party-racist" rel="nofollow">They’re taking another look at a Herman Cain.</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80412742537115118352011-09-25T13:04:56.985-05:002011-09-25T13:04:56.985-05:00Conservatives just don't like Mitt, and they n...Conservatives just don't like Mitt, and they never will.<br /><br />They were squeamish about Perry, and then he blew it big time.<br /><br />Herman Cain has fire in his belly. He articulates the conservative position with force. The other "front-runners" just don't do that. Rick Santorum sheepishly said that Cain was an impossible speech to follow. <br /><br />Perry and Romney just fail at the ideas thing.<br /><br />It was Cain's speech, which received 7 standing ovations, that put him over the top.<br /><br />Who knows if he has the experience to back it up.<br /><br />But Ron Johnson beat Senator Feingold.<br /><br />May I repeat that? Ron Johnson beat Senator Feingold.<br /><br />Ha.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508187195788782780noreply@blogger.com