Posted on 11/09/2011 10:37:04 AM PST by Cecilia Trent
On Fox News’s Red Eye, Wednesday morning, The Daily Caller‘s Tucker Carlson made a blunt analysis on Herman Cain‘s abilities to govern as president.
“Come on, can we just stop pretending?” Carlson remarked. “I don’t know what happened with these women, the ‘he said, she said, she said, she said’ thing. He is not qualified to be president, and we are all pretending he is. He’s a nice guy. I know him, I like him. I think he’s a great guy. He would be a better president than the current president, but he can’t explain his own economic plan.”
“Isn’t that all we need — is somebody better than Obama?” asked host Greg Gutfeld.
(Excerpt) Read more at mediaite.com ...
Seriously, why bother having any election at all. Hussein or mittens? Not a lick of difference between them except in the 'looks' department, and most Americans will vote for the best smile. (hint* it wont be the old robotic white guy)
“Is Carlson suggesting we need an uber-intellectual lifelong politician to win?”
No, but we’ve never had a president who hasn’t held elective office of some kind, or at least military command experience. I don’t think it’s too much to ask
“That’s funny, because that exact type of garbage who got America into the problems it faces today.”
Yeah, and I want to say this time is different, the paradigm has exploded, yadda, yadda, yadda. But I still want Tea Party candidates who know what they’re doing. That is, have SOME experience in government.
Same way I wouldn’t want a guy who went from law school to community organizing to the state senate to take over Godfather’s Pizza. They wouldn’t know what they’re doing. You can’t just waltz in and overturn everything. The State bites back.
Look what it did to Reagan, who had been chief executive of a large state government and knew what he was doing, more or less. They talk about the Reagan Era like he was FDR, leaving his personal influence not just on government but on everything from ‘80 to ‘92, including Rambo, the Lakers-Celtics rivalry, hip-hop, glam metal, the crash of ‘87, crack, the homeless “epidemic,” Jersey mall hair, hostile corporate takeovers, pop rocks, and so on.
But looking back, what of him can we say truly lasts (leaving out foreign policy, for convenience’s sake)? Periodic marginal cuts in the tax code. That’s about it. Can you say you have any more faith in Cain’s potential, given that he faces a much bigger problem with much less experience? I can’t.
I hate to say this about Tucker Carlson but he’s not qualified to be a MAN and we’re all pretending that he is. I saw him throw his hissy fit yesterday and was disgusted by this Romney supporting castrato.
Hypocrites always mention Mitt’s - Olympic Games success (was he a marathoner?) his Governor of Mass. (RomneyCare) Bain investments (family money) Born with a silver spoon.
Never mention the vast range of Herman’s accomplishments. Only CEO of Godfather’s Pizza - the subliminal “mafia” nomenclature.
We are not stupid - but they think we are.
Tucker...can you EXPLAIN the ECONOMIC PLAN that we have now??
My economic plan is simple: 10% income tax on everybody. 10% on American made income (things produced in USA or Canada), 15% on Mexican made income (also Western Europe), 30% on Chinese Made profits.
People like Carlson who so rabidly oppose Cain on grounds that he is not up to their personal and obviously very subjective standards of ‘qualification’ for the Presidency ought to remember the kind of equally biased and unwarranted criticism that Harry Truman took from HIS opponents, both during his vice-Presidency and at the outset of his Presidency. All sorts of attacks were made on him personally on his experience and on his fitness to lead.
In the end... Truman turned out to be one of the brightest stars in the entire constellation of American politics.
Oh, by the way, I should add, nevermind all the insider-outsider stuff. Why should we place all the Tea Party hopes in Cain just because he’s an outsider. That the other type is what got us into this mess in the first place is no answer. For Cain not being one of the messers does not mean he’s the right outsider. Nor does his being the only viable outsider left make him the right outsider.
WTF is going on with these Fox people, just STFU if you can’t say anything positive!
That's not an economic plan -- it's a tax plan.
An economic plan would include the dismantling of the tyrannical regulatory agencies and the stabilization of the currency
I'm just sayin'
I’m not for Romney either.
So is Tucker afraid that Cain will clean up Washington? Clean out the good ole boy’s club and make Washington work for the people instead of stealing from them?
Going to the professional political class to fix the bankrupt US political system is like hiring a drug addict to save your bankrupt pharmacy business.
Oh, dear friend-please don't take this personally, but Cain is very good at pandering and throwing out platitudes and key phrases like: "tea party" and "solutions" and "999" or "909".
Scratch Cain's surface, get past his deer in the headlights look and LISTEN to what he actually says -- what he actually plans to do. I have found Cain to be either deeply confused or patently wrong on many, many issues. LISTEN to all he says--and take note of what he leaves out.
I warn you--if you perform this listening exercise honestly, you will be very, very disappointed.
I was.
I am not a Cain supporter, however I don't dislike the man or resent his presence in the race. My point was only that Tucker was one of the few on Fox being honest about what they really believe. Pretty much none of them take Cain seriously, yet they half pretend they are being fair to him only because they don't want to piss off Cain's Tea Party supporters. In truth, not only do they not support Cain, in their attitude, expressions and mannerisms, I believe they genuinely look down on him.
I don’t expect any single person, even a President Cain, to fix the bankrupt US political system. That’s beyond the power of mortals.
After Obama got elected I said we might eventually need a Pinochet to get rid of him and clean up the marxist mess he’ll leave behind. That could still happen. But it would be drastic.
Hey Tucker Carlson, what happened, it appears you got BOUGHT FOR A PRICE?
Why ya raisin Cain?
Let me guess. You probably think 0bama compared to Mr. Cain has far more ability to lead this country and create jobs, eh?
Cain did not say he would be romney's vp. A reporter asked Cain if he would consider being romney's vp. And from what I remember, Cain answered the reporters question by saying he would consider it but only if romney views had changed because from what he'd known of him in the past they had different views. And then Cain strongly added that he himself was running for president not vp and that's what he wanted to talk about.
The greatest pretender in America’s history is Zer0. My nickname says it all.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.