Posted on 10/18/2011 10:58:42 AM PDT by NationalSpotlight
Herman Cain, the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza, is on the rise in the 2012 Republican presidential field. We shouldn't pay attention to the polls just yet, but most of them show Cain ahead of or close to Mitt Romney. Is Herman Cain the anti-Romney candidate that we have been looking for? He might be. Herman Cain has been able to raise $2 million in 2 weeks! That is incredible! If he continues putting up these numbers, he is going to be tough to beat!
One of the reasons Herman Cain is on the rise is because of Texas Governor Rick Perry's blunders. Perry's terrible debate performances and recent attacks by the liberal media have damaged his candidacy. Perry's poll numbers have dropped to the low teens to under 10%! Herman Cain has taken advantage of Perry's downfall by articulating his 9-9-9 tax reform plan. The 9-9-9 plan takes away all of the federal taxes and replaces them with a 9% corporate tax, 9% income tax, and 9% sales tax. We will dissect his plan in the near future. Herman Cain also has never run for office. He has a strong record of business experience that our country desperately needs.
This past Sunday, Herman Cain was on Meet the Press with liberal David Gregory. It's nice to see that a liberal didn't try to paint Cain as someone who hated African Americans and skipped the draft for the Vietnam War. I still cannot get over how repulsive the interview socialist Lawrence O'Donnell gave to Herman Cain. Back on subject, Herman Cain is finally the one who has the guts to say that the liberals are destroying the country on purpose. Cain states, "The objective of the liberals is to destroy this country. It is their mission. Because they do not believe in a stronger America, in my opinion. Yes."
The Tea Party needs to make a decision soon about who is the anti-Romney candidate. Is it Herman Cain, Rick Perry, or someone else? Herman Cain seems to be the guy. If he remains one of the top tier candidates in the polls by late November, he has a great chance of winning the nomination. However, Herman Cain cannot win without full Tea Party support. When the Tea Party states that they cannot endorse, this is false. They were instrumental in the victories of Senators Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Pat Toomey, Ron Johnson, and Mike Lee. Now, the Tea Party needs to step it up and endorse the right anti-Romney candidate to represent the Republican ticket in 2012. America cannot afford someone who represents Wall St. and big corporations. It is a long campaign and anything can happen, so who will be the anti-Romney candidate? Time is running out!
Your point re: not ruling someone out based on one comment is well taken. But it would take alot for Cain to overcome that comment. Esp here in Texas. I do not speak for all Texans by any means. But it was not well received here.
“I was going for Cain until his comment on the electric fence. He lost my vote. He can no longer claim to be pro life, can he?”
Hmmm. That’s strong logic I never considered.
Look, Perry he has not backed down on his positions. He hasn't made light of them.
That is another difference between Perry and Cain, Cain has no record to stand on. While people put his bio up, they do not include that he has run for office twice before.
He's a politician. He just has not had the pleasure of serving yet. Someone here said, oh he has a record, you are just not informed of his talk radio show?! LOL...now that's funny.
Well if they stay away from the fence, what's the problem? They have a choice, unlike a baby in the womb.
Perry provided Billy Jeff the cigars.
“You made me laugh. Electric fences kill people?”
Well, what’s the sense in having them and going to the expense? We had them too to keep the horses in. I thought he was talking about something powerful. What’s all the hype from him? Just words? He’s just leading people on or something? We have people all over the country thinking he’s going to “electrify” the fences. I’m disappointed. Right.
So he is kinda sorta not really maybe if it will get him elected but only for some and not for all and not all the time and not really but maybe and maybe not pro life with a caveat. Okay. I get it. Man of his convictions. Isnt he?
Perry disqualified himself for me. Even if Cain does so as well, I am not moving support to Perry. Taking away a choice for those who already decided Perry was not for them is not going to help Perry. Sure, he will get some percentage of those who think he is OK. Most of the Cain supporters are more likely to move to others, in my opinion. Perry has alienated those he most needs and they are too heartless to support him now.
I just cannot subscribe to the “all life is precious....in certain cases”....belief. His comment was thought provoking instantly
Yes, and I am too humorless according to Mr. Cain to take him serious.
Anita Perry, the wife of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, said she sympathized with the unemployed Friday because her son resigned from his job at Deutsche Bank to campaign for his father, reports CNN.
"He resigned his job two weeks ago because he can't go out and campaign with his father because of SEC regulations," she said at a Pendleton, S.C. diner, in response to a middle-aged voter who lost his six-figure job and now works as a handyman. "My son lost his job because of this administration," she added. CNN reports that the SEC recently adopted stricter rules for investment advisers undertaking political activity.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/14/anita-perry-rick-perry-son-job_n_1011632.html
Conservatives were willing to forgive a lot, but I truly believe he lost us at "you're heartless."
Wasn’t it the electric fence & moat thing that was suppose to be a joke? That clearly WAS a joke.
Who cares anyway?
Mnay pro lifers who support protecting innocent life in the womb don’t have the same feelings for criminals breaking the law.
Anyone concerned with a potential nominee that keeps talking out of both sides of his mouth.
He says it is a joke two months ago, and then goes out and says it again to rabble rouse. People believe him, and then he says it is a joke again.
It's the same with the no sales tax, sales tax. No VAT, tax we won't call a VAT for a few years. Cap and Trade, no global warming.
He needs to be vetted on his stances. You want to stay on that train, then you should care too!
Cain is just trying to be everything to everyone. No political record allows that to happen. He can always say that his “kill illegals” comment was a joke, but if he voted for something that option is not possible.
Unfortunately, many have fallen for the act. Too bad.
Herman Cain is solidly conservative on both issues.
I think Rick is a nice enough fellow, but I've seen the same governing style in our last president from Texas. We'll get nice rhetoric out of him, probably good supreme court picks, but little or no border enforcement or fiscal restraint.
Cain was my choice until he made that comment. My Texas vote is not the only Texas vote he lost with it.”
Well he certainly didn’t lose my vote or any of my friends with the comment re the fence and we all live in Texas. Anyone with any snap at all knows that there will never be an electric fence or mine fields along the border - although in some areas it might be a great idea. You really need to lighten up and not take everything so literally.
As far as Perry on immigration, I believe his record has been greatly distorted here. The fact is, he is realistic and honest about it.
He is not telling people he will build a fence just because that is what they think is best, while he had a military report done that clearly advises otherwise.
I am all for capitalism. You want to call knowing how to attract business and how to play the game cronyism, then so be it.
Cain's success as a CEO puts him in the crony capitalism category. IMHO, it is lack of depth/record, seriousness, and consistency on the issues that is cause for greatest concern.
All I have to say on W. is thank God he was president on 9-11 instead of Obama.
At least he seems to want to offer a solution for border security I have been suggesting for years. If the illegals stop crossing the border illegally, they don’t get hurt. Simple.
I said I do not speak for all Texans. But I do know many who are upset with what he said. That includes Big Dawgs out of Austin ...Of course there will never be an electric fence. That is beside the point. Completely. And there are no areas where it or mine fields would be appropriate. And I do not need to “lighten up” when choosing for whom I will vote. Depth of character means alot to me. It does to most I know. And it was said “literally”.
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