Herman Cain: "I have a dream"

CBS News ^ | 6/17/11 | Brian Montopoli

[Kartographer]

"Americans are tired of feeling like our president is apologizing around the world," he said, telling the audience that "when we put the right person in the White house - moi - America's exceptionalism will be obvious again."

Cain called for massive tax cuts in his speech, including reducing both the top corporate and individual income taxes to 25 percent from 35 percent and reducing the capital gains tax to zero from 15 percent, suspending taxes on foreign repatriated profits, providing a payroll tax holiday for every worker and business in America, and making all of those cuts permanent, with the exception of the payroll tax holiday.

Asked by Hotsheet after the speech whether he was concerned that those tax cuts would exacerbate the deficit and debt problem, Cain said he is "not concerned that it's going to leave a hole." In reference to the capital gains tax, he said "there's a wall between people with money and people with ideas."

Cain made reference to his humble origins in his address, saying, "I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. We didn't even have a spoon to put in my mouth."

[C. Edmund Wright]

IF Sarah gets in she’d be very smart to tap Cain as VP. IF she does not (get in)
I’m a Cainiac all the way!>>

Lot of that going around. For all the talk about Perry and Palin and their relationship - I think Palin and Cain are actually much closer philosophically and both did a lot of tea party stuff all over the country over the past couple years.

[Venturer]

When you have a President who was born in Kenya and has been son and stepson to Muslin fathers, studied Islam and is a Socialist, what is a Muslim Secretary to Hillary Clinton.

[justsaynomore]

If I’m not mistaken, they can lie, but they cannot swear an oath to anything other than Shairia law.

[Avery Iota Kracker]

Cain has a dream.

The best O’Bummer could come up with—and I’ve seen the signs so I know—was a deram.