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Why is Herman Cain Running?
Nerds 4 Cain ^ | 6-8-11

Posted on 06/08/2011 8:38:23 PM PDT by Brookhaven

I ask him to tell me the story that moved the women of southwest Iowa to tears—the secret sign that got him to keep running.

“Nineteen-ninety-nine is when my first granddaughter was born,” he says. “Her name is Celena.” Cain was on a long trip and thought he might miss the birth, but he arrived at the hospital in the nick of time. “As soon as I looked at [Celena’s] face,” he continues, “the first thought that went through my mind was, What do I do to make this a better world?”

“I didn’t know what that was going to mean, Bryan. I didn’t know exactly what I was supposed to do. I didn’t say then, ‘I ought to run for president.’”

About a month ago, Cain was with his friend Joel, heading out on another grueling presidential-style exploratory jag. “He was taking me to the airport to go do another meet-and-greet somewhere in Iowa or New Hampshire. I don’t remember which one it was. And on the way to the airport, I said to my friend, ‘Joel, have I lost my mind to think about running for president? … I’m tired! You should be taking me home!’”

Then, like a bolt from heaven, Cain got the sign. “Five seconds later,” he says, “Celena sent me a text. ‘Love you, Pa Pa. You’re awesome.’ That’s all it said. Five seconds later.”

“That’s when I told Joel, ‘Take me on to the airport.’”


TOPICS: Campaign News
KEYWORDS: 2012; cain; hermaincain; nodistruptorsplease
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1 posted on 06/08/2011 8:38:25 PM PDT by Brookhaven
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To: Brookhaven

why not?


2 posted on 06/08/2011 8:39:29 PM PDT by ken21 (liberal + rino progressive media hate palin, bachman, cain...)
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To: Brookhaven

He’s running for the reasons he told Beck and because frankly, our nation and the G.O.P. needs a choice between also rans,’ establishment RINO’s and out and out KooK’s.


3 posted on 06/08/2011 8:45:16 PM PDT by Grunthor (Make the lefts' collective brain cell implode; Cain/Bolton 2012.)
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To: kingattax

The list — I am still sort of parsing this one... It could be just me being exhausted....


4 posted on 06/08/2011 8:45:27 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Herman Cain 2012)
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To: Brookhaven
Because walking is too slow.
5 posted on 06/08/2011 8:47:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If Sarah Palin really was unelectable, state-run media would be begging the GOP to nominate her.)
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To: Brookhaven

He is a welcome addition to the race.


6 posted on 06/08/2011 8:47:43 PM PDT by TChad
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To: Brookhaven

He was great on Beck today..Cain “delivered”!!!


7 posted on 06/08/2011 8:49:51 PM PDT by merryberry (In dog beers, I had about one...)
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To: Brookhaven

Why doncha know, any conservative besides Sarah Palin who has the audacity to get into the race MUST just be a stalking horse to get Mitt Romney the nomination, you betcha!


8 posted on 06/08/2011 8:50:40 PM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus ("Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home." - Cicero)
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To: Brookhaven

If he keeps this up, he just might win it all...


9 posted on 06/08/2011 8:58:22 PM PDT by RockinRight (Who is "Generic Republican" and why does he poll so much better against Obama than anyone else?)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

I thought it was Sarah’s birthright or something...like Prince William.


10 posted on 06/08/2011 8:59:50 PM PDT by RockinRight (Who is "Generic Republican" and why does he poll so much better against Obama than anyone else?)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
Oh, you're sick of that stuff too?

Personality cults get ugly.

11 posted on 06/08/2011 9:01:32 PM PDT by TChad
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

What brought about a Palin attack on this thread?


12 posted on 06/08/2011 9:03:01 PM PDT by ansel12 (Bachmann/Rollins/Romney=destruction for Bachmann, but it sure helps Romney. WHY?)
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To: Brookhaven

Herman is as good a candidate as anyone else running. Obama would have a stroke because Herman doesn’t need a teleprompter and actually created a lot of jobs. Obama was a community organizer and radical.


13 posted on 06/08/2011 9:07:25 PM PDT by Grey Eagle
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To: TChad
Personality cults get ugly.

Our last vice presidential candidate, who was the most popular Governor in America, with a 20 years powerful record in politics and elections including 2010, is a personality cult in a Presidential race? What you think of someone believing that their little known choice will go from never having been elected to anything, straight to President of the United States?

14 posted on 06/08/2011 9:13:27 PM PDT by ansel12 (Bachmann/Rollins/Romney=destruction for Bachmann, but it sure helps Romney. WHY?)
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To: Brookhaven

If Sarah Palin doesn’t run then Herman Cain’s got my vote.

Even more so after I saw last week or maybe it was the week before on Fox where they were talking about how Herman Cain was the catalyst that put an end to Hillary care back when Clinton was president.

If he could be the cause that killed Hillarycare then I can trust him to kill obamacare too.


15 posted on 06/08/2011 9:15:34 PM PDT by GloriaJane (Pro Choice = Pro Death - Pro Life = Pro LIFE!)
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To: Brookhaven

Presidents elected without any previous elected position:

G. Washington (OK, that’s a gimme)
James Madison
Franklin Pierce
U.S. Grant (OK, not the greatest example, but still...)
R. Hayes
J. Garfield
B. Harrison
D. Eisenhower

Herman Cain, an American success story:


I proudly accepted my degree in mathematics from Morehouse College in 1967 and my brother graduated from Morris Brown College. Both of my father’s American Dreams were achieved. Now, I set off to achieve mine.

One year after graduating, I married the love of my life, Gloria. And together, we started our journey to achieve our Dreams. This meant relocating to Indiana where I would begin my Master’s degree program at Purdue University, while working full-time as a mathematician at the Department of the Navy.

After earning my Master’s degree and six years working for the Department of the Navy, we returned home to Atlanta, where I began to climb the corporate ladder with the Coca-Cola Company. I faced challenges, but I always remembered the values my parents taught me. With enough faith and determination, I knew I could go as high in corporate America as I desired.

I enjoyed a successful career at the Coca-Cola Company and later moved to the Pillsbury Company. Within a short period, I rose to the position of Vice President. When I got there, I thought I had already achieved my American Dream on the 31st floor of the new Pillsbury Corporate Headquarters with a corner office. But I quickly realized I wanted something more.

I resigned my position and started on another path- the restaurant industry. I knew that in order to be successful, I had to start from “the ground up.” This meant broiling hamburgers at Pillsbury’s Burger King division. After nine months of a grueling restaurant experience, I was assigned to lead a low performing region of 450 Burger King restaurants. Within three years, we became the best-performing region in the U.S.

I could have been content with my executive role with one of America’s biggest corporations. Instead, after consulting with my wife, we decided to take one of the biggest risks of our marriage: picking up our young family, relocating yet again and accepting the call to become CEO and President of Godfather’s Pizza, a company teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.

In 14 months, we turned the company around and returned it to profitability, and I ultimately led my management team to a buyout of Godfather’s Pizza. The company never went bankrupt, and today, there are still hundreds of locations across the U.S.

My success at turning around Godfather’s got the attention of fellow restaurateurs around the nation who invited me to join the Board of Directors of the National Restaurant Association and later elected me its chairman. In 1996, they retained me as the full-time President and the CEO of the National Restaurant Association, working on behalf of thousands of small businesses and entrepreneurs.

In 1994, as chairman of the National Restaurant Association, I had the opportunity to speak with President Clinton during a nationally televised town hall meeting. Here, I challenged the President regarding the impact on businesses if his health care overhaul proposal were passed.

President Clinton attempted to assure me and the millions of viewers watching at home that his legislation would not harm American business owners and their employees.

I was skeptical. “Quite honestly Mr. President, your calculations are incorrect,” I said. “In the competitive marketplace, it simply doesn’t work that way.”

Through these and other appearances on behalf of the National Restaurant Association, I began working with business leaders across all sectors of the American economy. This led to my acceptance of a position on the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and I was subsequently elected their chairman.

Today, I host a radio talk show, “The Herman Cain Show,” on Atlanta’s WSB 750 AM/ 95.5 FM. I serve as a regular contributor on several broadcast networks and as a keynote speaker at conferences and events around the nation.


16 posted on 06/08/2011 9:16:25 PM PDT by repub4ever1 (Capitalism is not perfect, but it beats all other systems hands down.)
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To: ansel12
What brought about a Palin attack on this thread?

Not really a dig a Palin so much as a commentary on the mind set of the Palinistas on other candidates. For the last couple days, any non-Palin candidate, no matter how respectable, is being called some sort of Mittens spoiler through strange Rube Goldberg style logic. Just check out any random Bachmann thread lately.


17 posted on 06/08/2011 9:29:50 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: ansel12

Can someone who over 60% of the country says they will NOT vote for ever become President?


18 posted on 06/08/2011 9:32:15 PM PDT by RockinRight (Who is "Generic Republican" and why does he poll so much better against Obama than anyone else?)
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To: Lazlo in PA
Bahcmann has dug her own hole. In a way, that's alright. Better to see these people self destruct now versus later.

I went to your profile page and enjoyed seeing a picture of Don Novello. I got to meet his dad, Jay, a few times when he lived in Sherman Oaks (or studio City?). I don't know about the kid personally, but his dad was genuinely a class act.

19 posted on 06/08/2011 10:04:59 PM PDT by Rational Thought
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To: merryberry
Winning rule in 2012: Direct political attack on Obama!

Hopefully Zer0's massive incompetence will move more non-blacks to vote against him in 2012. We'll see.

cain-obama-people2
Obama is TOAST! The only question remains - regular or extra-crispy?

Countdown until Obama leaves Office: 590 days as of June 9, 2011.

20 posted on 06/08/2011 10:08:12 PM PDT by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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