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Herman Cain on Why He Supported Mitt Romney for President in 2008
YouTube ^ | May 5, 2011

Posted on 05/07/2011 11:03:19 AM PDT by EternalVigilance

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To: mnehring

Well, I don’t think you have to worry about the Republican Party being too “ideologically pure.”


61 posted on 05/07/2011 12:12:48 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ('We hold these truths to be self-evident...' Are you still part of that 'we'?)
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To: EternalVigilance
Well, I don’t think you have to worry about the Republican Party being too “ideologically pure.”

Nor do we need to worry about the American Independent Party ever accomplishing anything positive. I would rather choose the train that gets half way to the definition than one that sits in the station doing nothing but being covered with graffiti.

62 posted on 05/07/2011 12:16:01 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: org.whodat

You are being ridiculous. and as for your Karl Rove comparison to me, it’s laughably ignorant. My anti Karl Rove articles across the internet have gotten rave reviews for years from folks named Coulter and Limbaugh and others.

Besides, I never said I was for it.

The fact remains that TARP is mostly paid back (yes, I agree the AIG Goldman foreign bank part is stinky as hell, but that was not how it was sold) but that’s beside the point. It was not a clear ideological issue and many conservatives of great economic esteem were in favor of it as a necessary evil.

Many more credentialed than you will ever be - many who helped craft Reaganomics.


63 posted on 05/07/2011 12:17:38 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (American Thinker Columnist / Rush ghost contributor)
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To: mnehring

I don’t think you’ll ever see Herman Cain out of the front lines of the fight against child-killing. At least I never have in twenty years of activism. But, even if he said the words, what would it matter when he supports pro-abortion socialists? Actions test the reality of words.


64 posted on 05/07/2011 12:17:55 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ('We hold these truths to be self-evident...' Are you still part of that 'we'?)
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To: mnehring

Depends. If the destination is Romneyville, with its socialized medicine, taxpayer-funded abortions, homosexualized public schools, gay marriage, and gun bans, I’d rather sit still and wait for a train that’s going somewhere other than to hell on a fast track.


65 posted on 05/07/2011 12:22:18 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ('We hold these truths to be self-evident...' Are you still part of that 'we'?)
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To: ViLaLuz

Does it ever occur to anyone around here that maybe choosing Romney over McCain is not exctly “pro Romney?”

Does it ever occur to anyone that as an ex CEO of a large company, that maybe being pro TARP meant he was worried what might happen to the equity market thereby detroying the retirements and wealth of all of us?

Just because you choose pigs knuckles over chitlins, it doesn’t mean you are necessarily FOR pigs knuckles.

I hope you folks can get God on the ticket, or stay home on election day and be part of the problem.


66 posted on 05/07/2011 12:22:56 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (American Thinker Columnist / Rush ghost contributor)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

ROFLOL, guess all those hours I spend taking those MBA courses years ago were a waste.


67 posted on 05/07/2011 12:26:57 PM PDT by org.whodat
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To: EternalVigilance

I don’t suppose you know enough about the Constitution to understand the difference between Romney Care and Obama Care.

Now they both stink, but they are not the same for one very important CONSTITUTIONAL REASON: One is the very constitutional concept of using “one of the several states” as a laboartory. The other is socialism for the entire country.

But go ahead, be a single issue closed minded guarantor of Democrat rule. But feel GOOD about your self.


68 posted on 05/07/2011 12:27:16 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (American Thinker Columnist / Rush ghost contributor)
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To: org.whodat

Apparently they were, yes.

And BTW, the pro TARP crowd is FULL OF IVY LEAGUE MBAs.


69 posted on 05/07/2011 12:28:44 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (American Thinker Columnist / Rush ghost contributor)
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To: dirtboy
As opposed to Keyes, who has his own “L” next to his name - chronic Loser?

Wait, are there really Keyes supporters around?

Alan Keyes isn't just a chronic loser, he may take the cake as the ultimate loser. Has this guy ever won anywhere, ever? From what I know he lost 3 Senate races, 3 Presidential races and somehow even managed to lose the nomination to for the entirely irrelevant Constitution Party in 2008. And Keyes doesn't just lose, he loses in spectacularly humiliating fashion. I remember him getting less than 30% of the vote in his Senate bid against Obama and he was equally shellacked in his 2 bids in Maryland. Keyes has such negative charisma that the GOP probably could have a run a tree stump in all those races and done better.

I didn't realize there were people around who took him seriously anymore.

70 posted on 05/07/2011 12:30:07 PM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Like it matters. Even when we elect Republicans these days we get “Democrat rule.” The only thing is that it’s masked behind an “R.”


71 posted on 05/07/2011 12:35:06 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ('We hold these truths to be self-evident...' Are you still part of that 'we'?)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

You’re right. The outright LIES being told about Cain are disgusting.

I liked Cain long before I found out *gasp* he’s black. He’s NOT an “affirmative action” candidate for me, as some racists around here are calling him. He’s my choice out of the current possibilites. Bachmann is my other favorite.


72 posted on 05/07/2011 12:37:33 PM PDT by Politicalmom ("We are an 'entitlement' society and we need to move towards being an 'empowerment' society"-H. Cain)
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To: SumProVita

SO DID MOST OF US!!!!!!!


73 posted on 05/07/2011 12:41:01 PM PDT by GoMonster (GO)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Let me ask you a question: Do you think any Democrat, even in Massachusetts, could have pushed through an agenda so radical as to include gay marriage, socialized medicine complete with $50 co-pay taxpayer-funded abortions, homosexualized state government and public schools, and a gun ban? Or was all of that only made possible because of the protection of an “R” by the Governor’s name?


74 posted on 05/07/2011 12:41:24 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ('We hold these truths to be self-evident...' Are you still part of that 'we'?)
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To: EternalVigilance

You have a hard time staying on subject. The point is not whether Romney Care is good or bad — I think we all agree it’s bad. The point is not whether a Democrat version would have been even worse. It mostly likely would have been.

There are only two points here of relevance: Cain’s support of Romney over McCain has nothing to do with Cain’s like of Romney Care (which he does not) ...and a state program is simply not the same thing Constitutionally as a federal program.

Now, change the subject again since you can’t touch these two arguments.


75 posted on 05/07/2011 12:59:02 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (American Thinker Columnist / Rush ghost contributor)
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To: EternalVigilance

Romney was the most conservative of the lot once Fred Thompson bowed out, which isn’t saying much. I voted for Romney in the primary and didn’t like it at all.

Cain is awesome.


76 posted on 05/07/2011 1:24:24 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Nutritionally, you are what you eat. Politically, you are what you endorse. How much more on point do you care to be?


77 posted on 05/07/2011 1:24:35 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ('We hold these truths to be self-evident...' Are you still part of that 'we'?)
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To: cotton1706

So, you voted for the most liberal Governor in the history of the republic.

Not something to be proud of, no matter what your excuses might be.


78 posted on 05/07/2011 1:27:02 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ('We hold these truths to be self-evident...' Are you still part of that 'we'?)
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To: EternalVigilance
LOL.

Great answer.

I was leaning towards Mitt in 2008. It wasn't like there were a lot of choices.

79 posted on 05/07/2011 1:33:02 PM PDT by Tribune7 (We're flat broke, but he thinks these solar shingles and really fast trains will magically save us.)
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To: C. Edmund Wright
I agree. And Obama Care is litmus test. Stimulus is a litmus test ..., RBKA is a litmus test, and cap and trade is a litmus test.
80 posted on 05/07/2011 1:54:04 PM PDT by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
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