Posted on 11/06/2011 8:19:43 PM PST by LesDowrey
If you’re a Herman Cain fan, or as I’ve heard some people say a self-described Cainiac, you know it’s been a hard week for our beloved Hermanator. To make matters worse, Mr. Cain’s response to the quote-unquote “sexual harassment” charges has not been exactly cogent or consistent. With all that being said, make no mistake about it, all of us in the Herman Cain movement know a few things to be true.
First, Herman Cain is still the best contrast to Obama the GOP has, and truly might be the Tea Party’s last chance to stop a Mitt Romney nomination. Secondly, because Mr. Cain’s support comes from a true citizen’s movement and not from the establishment, Herman Cain represents a true threat to both the Democrat and Republican parties. Thirdly, the real reason that Mr. Cain’s response has been a bit muddled is because unlike all the other politicians in the race, Herman Cain is just an average American without a rapid response team or a political answer to every question. He hasn’t poll tested every response he can give, he doesn’t have a team of hired professional consultants who can go out on every talk show as surrogates defending him, and he doesn’t have anyone else telling him what to wear, how to think, or what his position should be on the issues. Herman Cain is just Herman Cain, and that’s why he still has the support he has, and it’s also why the media wants to take him down so badly.
Make no mistake about it, this attack on Herman Cain was perpetrated by Republican establishment figures (read Rick Perry and Mitt Romney), The Media, and the Democrat Party (read Rahm Emanuel) who have teamed up to stop this “outsider” and “interloper” from messing with their shell game. You really think the establishment cares that much if it’s a Romney, Perry, or Obama administration? I can assure you that each one of those presidencies would be more of the same!
Now with all that being said, I know the debate on November 9th is coming, and despite his desire to get “back on message” Herman Cain will still need a clear consistent answer he can deliver every time he is asked, and that’s something he just doesn’t have yet. Since the “Smoking Man” seems to be his only real adviser, and since Herman Cain seems more interested in what the people think, I present to you (in my humble opinion), what that answer should be.
“I know the past few weeks, there has been a lot said about me. I also know and admit that at times my answers and my responses were not as clear as they should have been, but let me tell you why. Like you’ve heard me say before, I got into this race for my grandkids, and I’m still in this race for them. I am not a politician, I have never been elected to public office, and I am damn proud of that fact. I am just a businessman. That is it. I have spent my life coming up with solutions and helping businesses solve their problems and grow. That is the experience I bring to the table and that is what I want to do for this country. I don’t have a rapid response team with a perfectly polled answer for everything. I don’t have a staff of highly paid political consultants whose job all day is to deflect, defend, and ensure that at the end of the day I stand for nothing else than being electable, and most importantly I don’t have a long list of big money donors who I have made promises to that I can’t keep. I am just a regular guy, who is innocent as charged, and who thinks he has a few common sense solutions that could help the United States once again become that shining city on a hill. Currently our military is engaged in three different conflicts around the world, our economy is slipping into another recession, and our deficit is growing at such a fast pace that there seriously may not be a United States of America in existence for our kids and grandkids. Don’t you think there are more important things to worry about than baseless accusations against Herman Cain? Because I sure do.”
I know I’m not a highly trained speechwriter with a degree in Political Science, but I have been thinking about this ever since the Politico hatchet job came out last week. This is also just one man’s opinion, but I really feel like this is the answer Herman Cain needs to give from here on out. If you know of someone involved in the Herman Cain campaign, please pass this along. And if you are a Herman Cain fan, please continue to support this great man and his campaign. The media is counting on you giving up on him, and if you do…they win!
Speaking of support, I recently launched a conservative cartoon called The Les Dowrey Show and we could use your support! If you haven’t done so please take a moment to watch the latest episode of the Les Dowrey show and give us your feedback!” It involves Occupy Wall Street and a Zombie Nancy Pelosi. What else do you need to know?
“Mr. Cain’s response to the quote-unquote “sexual harassment” charges has not been exactly cogent or consistent.”
His response was the truth.
Funny how we can’t even recognize that when we see it, nor de we know how to respond to it.
Anonymous charges by anonymous sources, pretty hard to be cogent when the twinkle dust off of unicorn shit is what you are supposed to defend against.
Les, keep your opinions, send Herman money.
Pretty hard to fight hear say, innuendo, unnamed sources & unnamed charges.
If it were me, every time they asked me about this I would tell them nicely that I was wondering if they could tell me why the obama administration gave Solyndra $535 million dollars when they knew the company was not sound.
And if they asked me another question on this subject I would come back with a question about fast and furious, why did holder mislead the investigation. And why hasn’t obama asked him to resign. Things like that.
And if they got testy with me asking why I wouldn’t answer their questions, why did I keep coming back asking about obama, I’d ask them if they were trying to cover up for obama, why they didn’t want to answer the questions. What was it that they don’t want the American people to know about obama.
Unfortunately he has told a number of ‘truths’ that don’t match previous statements or facts. The story Rush talked about on Thurs. was very disturbing. I hope there is nothing to these and he will move on but it has to be resolved now..
I’m sure he’s at least as consistent as Mitt R0mney...
No one is perfect, man, and we ain’t gonna find a perfect candidate no matter how long or how hard we try.
I agree. We just need to get this done now. It would have been much more damaging if it came out in 2012 if he was the nominee. Did you hear the story about a 4th woman that Rush talked about on Thurs?
Cain’s refusals for furthur comments should be couched around urging tort reform .
No, and I do not care.
Do men say things that offend overly sensitive women? Yep.
Do men hit on women? Yep.
Was he running for president 15 years ago? Nope.
If this was a democrat, would this be a resume enhancement? Yep.
I’m done playing this double standard bullsh!t.
I am just going to say this-
What better person to defeat a plantation negro slave driver than a self made black man who came from nothing?
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