I am still with Herman.
To see him so clearly under attack from both the Left, AND from the Establishment Republicans tells me that he is the right man at the right time.
In response to those who buy into the media meme questioning his preparedness and even his intelligence, I humbly offer BagCamAddict’s reply from the debate thread last night -
“”You know when you assign someone a project or a task to complete, and they come into your office and start giving you excuses about why they didn’t get it done:
“Well it’s not my fault the subcontractor didn’t show up on time. And the product he brought was sub-par, so we had to re-order the supplies, and then we had 3 days of bad weather, and then the Inspector didn’t pass the plumbing....”
And as the Boss or Manager, all you’re thinking is, “I don’t care who’s fault it is and I don’t care about any of these excuses, all I care about is whether the job got done or not.”
So you finally interrupt the guy and cut to the chase and say, “When can you get it done?”
Because the bottom line is, excuses don’t matter. What can you get done, and when?
I think with Cain, what you see (that some perhaps don’t like) is that he boils things down to their most simple elements. And he makes a decision based on that, and then he moves forward. As a CEO, he knows it doesn’t ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING to stand around and talk about the problems ‘till we’re blue in the face, giving excuses about why the project wasn’t done on time. All that matters to Cain is “What are we going to do about it, and when?”
So when you say that “Santorum,(and others) display a depth of knowledge on the issues,” I really think what you’re seeing is that Santorum (and others) can talk about these things all day long. They can talk and talk and talk. What good does it do to TALK? What does it solve to be a good talker? Cain wants to actually DO something, and he doesn’t want to waste his time or ours in talking about it.””
In a general observation on all of the candidates, I will offer something I wrote last night, and shared with a young lady who called from the RNC this morning -
I believe it is extremely important for the Republican candidates to amplify the message the American people have been sending since well before 2010. That the gravy train has jumped the track - for people who are looking for free rides, AND for politicians, (regardless of party), who want to pay for power, using our money to buy votes.
The upshot of that message SHOULD encourage freeriders here to leave, and give those who were considering coming something to think about.
IMHO “Constitutional” candidates who are advancing the idea that securing our borders is too difficult, and are telling us we need to accept these individuals who have broken our laws, are in no way Constitutional candidates. Neither are our “representatives” that are currently “serving” who are continuing to play shell games about “cuts” that are not cuts, and seem to believe that all of us are still quite easily fooled.
We cannot right this ship with the business as usual, good cop/bad cop politics, where the “two parties” are simply different sides of the same coin.
The good news is, that the RNC caller I spoke with just moments ago, said they are hearing the same message from a LOT of the people that they are calling. I pray that it is so.
Sorry for the length, but thanks much for asking FRiend, and giving us all a chance to sort this out in a, (hopefully), reasonable manner.
May God guide our course.
Tatt
On a different tack that I saw mentioned upthread, here is my short list, and boy, does it get scary as it nears the bottom : /
1.Cain.
2.Perry.
Battling it out in the lesser of the evils category in third place are Paul : o (his world view scares the heck out of me!), and Newt, who I simply cannot bring myself to have any level of trust in : /
Bachman and Santorum are conservative but I don’t think either is electable.
Huntsman and Romney are simply total and complete RINOs.
There you have it.
May God guide our course.
Tatt
P.S. Always remember that the only way any candidate (I am with you Herman!), can be defeated is if WE abandon him.