Why does everyone seem to want to jump on the Herman Cain bandwagon? He's a one trick pony with his 999 plan and has no specific answers for anything else. Some video of Cain's kool-aid moments. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5tUdkj80cA&feature=related"]Herman Cain Lies to Ron Paul's Face About the Federal Reserve at GOP Debate - YouTube[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPI8h79cunk&feature=related"]Herman Cain Flip-Flops on Raising Debt Ceiling - YouTube[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTUseC3-Q8E&feature=related"]Herman Cain Flip-Flops on Federal Reserve Audit - YouTube[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPiSzCDChX4"]Herman Cain on Occupy Wall Street - Extended - YouTube[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KvZjdEh2k0&feature=related"]Another Embarrasing Moment by Herman "Race Card" Cain (Elliot Spitzer CNN) - YouTube[/ame]
In the last video, he couldn't come up with one specific answer on anything LOL. How can someone running for POTUS speak in general terms without having any single thing to base them on? Every other candidate can list specifics when asked. It all reminds me of the old saying..."If you can't dazzle 'em with your brilliance, baffle 'em with your bull(*)(*)(*)(*)".
That's a simple question to answer. The fact is, he's the best the Republicans have. There's no big mystery here. All the rest of them sound like politicians who will do or say anything to get elected. At least he isn't that obvious...
I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT 999, HE JUST THE "Real" conservative who was in the Military of the bunch & not a Former Democrat .
"The best the Republicans have", or "the best black man the republicans have"? I think it is terrible that we have digressed so far in our racial barriers. I love the thought that we could have a black president, but it is so sad that it was someone who came out of nowhere, who had no prior history. It would have been special had he done something spectacular first, maybe been a war hero, or even just a veteran, defended freedom in some kind of unique way, even written some type of exceptional legislation that gave us a background story to work with. Nothing. He came out of nowhere, with no experience and no resume, and people supported him because he is half black. I see the same things in the Cain community. I ask them why they think it is OK that Cain supported TARP and I get a blank stare. These people know nothing about the man, his history, him telling us in 2005 that we were ignorant if we thought the housing market was going to collapse. They're clueless. They're supporting the man because they think that his blackness trumps Obama's half blackness. America has plummeted into trendy politics and it is wreaking havoc on our nation. It is a tragedy that racism has come full circle, and we are no better off today. These "hipsters" can't see that supporting a candidate based on his skin color is every bit as racist as opposing him for the same reason. Cain's biggest blunder, the number one reason why I can't see how anyone on the right side of the isle can support him, libertarians, conservatives, republicans of all walks, is his complete and utter failure on the whole economic collapse. In 2005, when people like Ron Paul were warning Americans and our government about the coming financial crisis, Herman Cain said, that kind of ignorance makes homeowners fear that their most expensive possession could turn worthless overnight. That wont happen. MSNBC: Cain Admits He Missed Housing Bubble Economic Meltdown But when it did happen, and homeowner's most expensive possessions turned worthless seemingly overnight, Cains response was to support the democrat's TARP bill and bail out the bankers. Not the homeowners, the bankers! "I thought TARP was going to be an opportunity for the government to allow any bank that needed to to restructure its balance sheet," Cain said. "But it didn't. It only picked its friends. That's when I turned against TARP." This was after he served on the Federal Reserve committee! TalkingPointsMemo.com: Herman Cain "My Support for TARP Could be A Problem Are you seeing a trend here? Could it possibly be argued that Cain's judgement may be, perhaps, slightly skewed? [sarcasm] These aren't "Oopsie-daisie, my bad" mistakes, these are monumental FUBAR failures! We're talking about an epic economic collapse, and a 750 BILLION TAX dollar bailout of bankers. They want to make this man, who can't see a tidal wave on the horizon, captain of the ship? Yet his supporters are praising his 9-9-9 plan as if it were drafted by the man who created economy. But Herman Cain isn't even the author of the 9-9-9 plan! The plan came from Rich Lowrie, who Herman told us is an economist, but we know he's a banker from Cleveland. LA Times: The Banker Behind Herman Cain's 9-9-9 Plan And their ace in the hole, Art Laffer, the "investment broker" who has endorsed Cain's 9-9-9? Yah, some investment broker/economist he is too. This must be where Cain got his advice on the housing market "not collapsing", but he wasn't smart enough to distance himself from Art. Peter Schiff Predicts The Economic Crash, Art Laffer Debates It is a clueless bunch of kids in the Caindy store, and I can only bring myself to one logical conclusion; this big businessman, the banker man, this Federal Reserve man, he is the GOP's token black man. They're riding the wave. "9-9-9" is German for "NO-NO-NO"!
See, this is the exact type of ignorance I'm talking about with Cain supporters. They don't know anything about this guy Uhm, Cain was never in the military. Cain worked for six years as a civilian employee for the Department of the Navy, so as close as Herman ever got to actually being "in the military" is having been in the same room as other people who were actually "in the military". There is only one candidate currently running (from any party) that has any military service, and that is Ron Paul (Air Force). Ron Paul was a flight surgeon from '63 to '68 during the Vietnam War. He is the only candidate on the stage who has earned veteran status. As a veteran myself, serving twice in OIF/OEF/GWOT, once under the command of GW Bush, and once under Obama, I ask you to please not go around and falsely credit Mr Cain with a veteran status. We veterans find it very offensive. Thanks.
Maybe Romney, already the biggest flip-flopper in history, will VP Cain't and they can lie themselves to the nearest curb.
No, Cain is not the best. He's just the loudest. Ron Paul is the one candidate that stands out above the rest. He doesn't flip flop. You can watch video of him from 30 years ago and he's the same guy as today. He voted against the Iraq war resolution and has more support among active military than all other candidates combined. He also predicted the housing bubble, something no other candidate did. There are many Independents that support Ron Paul and also there is a movement of 'Blue Republicans', Democrats registering as Republican so the can support him in the primaries. Ron Paul is a candidate for all Americans. @ Buckeye Seabee. Thanks for the links. They further illustrate why Herman Cain is not qualified to be President.
Allow me to correct myself; Rick Perry is also a veteran, but Monroe already discredited him when he said, "not a former Democrat". I'd forgotten about Perry because he arrived late to the party and was a flash in the pan.
