Posted on 12/17/2010 2:46:09 PM PST by Publius772000
Herman Cain for President in 2012
A short comparison of Mr. Cain and President Reagan, along with Glenn Beck's comments about Mr. Cain's RightNation speech, all set to the theme from "The Patriot." This video was made for my AP Government class for the day when Mr. Cain spoke to us for an hour and gave us an idea of his vision and plan for the near future. Please support the movement to bring Herman Cain into the presidential race!
Why?
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Great man. And he’d make a great president, no doubt.
Who?
I wonder about Herman Cain the President.
I fear the GOP will put up a black candidate or a woman candidate just to show we are diverse as well, rather than putting up the BEST candidate.
Not to say Herman Cain couldn't BE the best candidate, I don't know enough about him to make that decision almost 2 years out. I will however keep him in mind.
I’ll be posting my presidential campaign video ad soon. /sarc
Herman’s the shit, that’s why.
Herman ROCKS
Herman Cain ran against Isakson in the Senate Georgia primary and at the time I didn’t know much about either of them but it was a heated battle here on FR with each having dedicated supporters swearing up and down one was the real conservative. Isakson won the primary.
I’ve watched them both since. Wish Cain had won.
Yeah, there is the possibility because of race everyone could jump up and down and say he is the one. Except this is a guy who has been very active in conservative circles and in the emerging tea Party movement near the start. Unlike Obama, he even had a credible resume though he lacks a state wide politial office to his credit. However his business resume demonstrates he has the qualification to run a large enterprise very well.
I’m keeping my options open but Cain would be a worthwhile candidate to add to the list. He’d also fit that out of the box unforeseen candidate I’ve expected to emerge this cycle. There may be one or two more that come along too. I’m not convinced people are satisfied with the known choices and if ever someone new was going to enter the fold this would be the election for it to happen.
I wanted to say Cain lacked the political experience to run for President, then I thought better of it. Maybe what we need is a real American citizen to be President and surround themself with people of good character and hands on experience in their cabinet, instead of a good politician.
When he spoke to my students last week, one of them asked him why he felt he was qualified to be president. His answer was great... he listed his experiences as a CEO and leader of large corporations, and then he turned the question around and asked the students how well being a governor or a senator had prepared the last few presidents. “How’d that work out for us?” I believe were his exact words. I think this election cycle will be a bit different than ones in the past—or at least that’s my hope. I have no doubts that, if elected, he would choose the best possible advisors to work on the general agenda, just as Reagan did.
Of all the people thus far mentioned, Cain is head and shoulders the best of the field, but I don’t think the American people will vote for an “unknown.” They lack the willingness to study candidates and issues, even if they could understand.
Mr. Cain is certainly on my radar. If he jumps in, I hope he stays in unlike my early choices last time, being left with Romney or McCain in the end.
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