Cain is one of those guys that has core values, sticks to them, expresses them honestly, and tries to convince people he’s right. You can choose to vote for him or not based on whether you agree or not.
Romney, Perry, et al, are politicians. They may have core values, but they’ve been trained not to offend anyone, so they never express those core values out loud and try to “nice” as many as possible into voting for them.
Then, we get to the general. A leftist could NEVER honestly express his core values, because he’d get about 15% of the popular vote, because leftist core values are abhorrent to most decent people.
So true!
Every once in awhile, though, even the trained politicians let one of their core values slip out. Just as Perry did with the "heartless" comment.
Once this becomes a Cain-Romney contest, I think Cain wins easily. There won't be enough cross-over independents and democrats to drag Mitt over the finish line, save possibly in New Hampshire where the RINO wing holds sway.
THAT is their core value. They ARE politicians. Simple as that.
Cain has been my pick from the start. I heard him speak last year and was impressed then. And, mostly I agree with you in the above statement. However, Rick Santorum is probably the most forthright expressing his values. I think he would be good in some high level position when Cain is elected. And I would love to see Cain with a strong VP like Gingrich. Gingrich's knowledge and experience on foreign issues would be a good balance. For once we could have two men in the top positions who know something about business AND international relations. A businessman and a statesman...much better than two dumb, life long politicians who know nothing of the world outside of the DC beltway.
Are you sure about that?
Apart from listening to the great sound bites he threw out at the debate, how much do most voters really known about Cain's political posturing?
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Cain, May 5, 2011, Regarding the killing of al-Qaeda terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki
"He should be charged. And since he's an American citizen, he should be tried in our courts," Cain said of al-Awlaki. When asked if he considered it legal for President Obama to order al-Awlaki killed, Cain said, "In his case, no, because he's an American citizen. If he's an American citizen, which is the big difference, then he should be charged, and he should be arrested and brought to justice."
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Cain, October, 2011, Regarding the killing of al-Qaeda terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki
"Asked why he had backed off his opposition to the U.S. military's targeting Anwar Awlaki, the al Qaeda terrorist and American citizen who was killed Friday by a drone strike in Yemen, Cain denied that he had ever opposed taking out Awlaki. “I never said that [President Obama] should not have ordered [the killing]. I don’t recall saying that. I think you’ve got some misinformation," Cain said. "Keep in mind that there are a lot of people out there trying to make me sound as if I am indecisive."