[fightinJAG]

Herman Cain is a political neophyte. He has no executive experience in government and no record for folks to judge him on.

Kinda like George Washington, eh?

And President Eisenhower.

#402 from another thread:

Love the Hermanator, but the last person elected President with NO elective office experience was Eisenhower, and he only, y'know, won WWII

Actually, your example proves the opposite of your conclusion!

Spousal unit and I were talking about this today while reading something about the "Corrupt Bargain" that put Rutherford B. Hayes into the White House.

We got on to Herman Cain and the fact that he had no elected experience and that last time that happened was probably Ike.

Then I said (my point here, finally!) - the thing about the presidency is that there is no fixed resume that the person should have. There are times when the president MUST have an unusual background, precisely because it is necessary to have a President that is unique for the times.

Ike was elected this way. He wasn't elected because he was a popular general. He was elected because the United States still had a lot of mopping up to do with the WWII, including figuring out our new military-industrial posture in the world (the U.S. had not been a Superpower until WWII), figuring out occupied Europe and Japan.

Ike had run a large organization -- the U.S. military -- and after the war the U.S. needed a President who knew how to run things, "move, shoot and communicate" as they say in the Army. Ike had helped transition from war to peace in the military and had helped stand down the wartime machines. Likewise the country now needed to make the transition from wartime to peacetime, all the while still having considerable mop-up duties around the world.

So Ike was elected because he was the right man FOR THE TIMES. He had the skill set and experience to address the unique issues facing the country at that time.

Cain is an accomplished, experienced, successful businessman who is also a great communicator and someone who CAN (unlike Obama) shift the topic of race, finally, into the 21st century. We need someone who knows how to run a business, who understands from experience the real economy. Sure, it's not WWII-level experience, but we don't need someone with Ike's skills now. Business, financial, real economy experience and skills are what we need NOW.

We may just be at one of those relatively rare points in history where there is a man who should be elected because, like Ike, he's right for the times he lives in.

[Reagan Man]

Say what?

>>>>>>He wasn't elected because he was a popular general. He was elected because the United States still had a lot of mopping up to do with the WWII, including figuring out our new military-industrial posture in the world (the U.S. had not been a Superpower until WWII), figuring out occupied Europe and Japan.

You contradict yourself in this one paragraph.

Go away!

[goat granny]

Ike's experience in the war also caused him to start the interstate highways. He knew how hard it was to move military equipment and troops without proper roadways. We would have a hard time moving from one part of the country to the other without that highway system....A man for the times is correct...

A man with business experience like Cain would also be a man for the times....he knows what makes an economy work and no democrat does. Romney is a has been that didn't make it last time, so 20th century. I dont think he knows what makes an economy work either, plus being liberal to the bone, hes definatly a NO Way...

Perrys mouth, insults and calling those that disagree with him (mostly conservatives) "heartless" took him out early...kissing up to La Rasa also was a bad national move. Might have been good for Texas with its large hispanic population, but not in the rest of the country...He needs to stay where he can do his best, as governor or Texas...

[Scotsman will be Free]

Poor Cincinatus. He wouldn’t have been popular with some around here at all.