Posted on 10/10/2011 12:21:03 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross
Herman Cain refused to wade into the controversy over whether it is accurate to call Mitt Romney a Christian or not.
“I’m not running for theologian in chief,” he said on CNN’s State of the Union this morning. “I’m a lifelong Christian and what that means is one of my guiding principles for the decisions I make is I start with do the right thing. I’m not getting into that controversy. He’s a Mormon. That much I know. I’m not going to do an analysis of Mormonism vs. Christianity for the sake of answering that.”
When CNN host Candy Crowley pressed him, saying it appeared he was dodging the question, Cain remained adamant. “If that what it looks like, I’m dodging it because it’s not going to help us boost this economy and you know that’s my number one priority,” he said.
Asked about comments that no one lacking political experience could win the White House, including those made at Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball site (“A Cain nomination would be an aberration of historic proportions: American political parties typically don’t nominate people without previous officeholding experience for president.”), Cain pushed back.
“Get ready for an aberration of historic proportions, and here’s why. I give dozens of speeches a week,” Cain said, noting that he had been to Iowa 24 times and that the idea he was ignoring Iowa was simply a “misperception.”
“When I give speeches to rallies, town hall meetings, whatever the audience, no matter how big or small, and I get to my lack of having held public office, I get a spontaneous applause. I’m saying this, the people who are criticizing me because I have not held public office, they are out of touch with the voters out there,” Cain argued.
“People are saying they like the fact that I have not held public office and they love my concrete, specific ideas about how we need to fix this economy and the other problems,” he said.
He also struck back at the stories that he was ditching his campaign temporarily to promote his book This is Herman Cain!
“I can promote a book and campaign at the same time,” he chuckled.
Exactly. Read post #54 for the confirmation of this fact.
Jesus was not a socialist. He was all about personal responsibility and making the right choices.
Eisenhower never held elective office prior to running for President.
Really it’s not a big deal.
unfortunately, lost on too many Cain defenders
No more battle of wits here, too many unarmed oppponents in the Cain camp
Bullshit. You got caught pimping a non-quote as a direct quote and now you are ducking under the cover of satire and shifting the blame to the stupidity of Cain folks.
At least one is unarmed and doesn't know how to hit spellchecker, nit wit.
If it were satire, you wouldn't have to explain it.
Friend.
How dare a capitalist CEO of a corporation do what’s right for the corporation (closing unprofitable stores and firing excess employees). He should have subsidized the unprofitable stores and kept the workers on, even if they were not needed. After all, everyone knows that a corporation only exists for the benefit of its employees. /s
“Get ready for an aberration of historic proportions” .... Herman Cain
Post #1
Yes, friend, what nitwit ever would have (mis)read THAT as a Cain quote?
Now, I really must get back to my other pimping ...
Obviously your missing the point. He LIED to them. Exactly the same way Ken Lay did to the Enron employees.
He told them a 3 hour lie? All you say is that he lied to them...why don’t you post the “lie” and allow us to judge for ourselves whether what you say is true?
What in the world are you talking about?
What the leftie said? I mentioned he/she was over the top. But the point is that Cain was big on claiming Jesus would not be for Gov. programs etc. The FACT is that Christ was not a politician and that Christ didn’t NEED a Gov. program to feed the poor or heal the sick. He was the Son of GOD and had the power to provide miracles. To use CHRIST as some sort of Political tool is WRONG. And forbidden in the Bible.
His logic that somehow Pilate was a LIB representing Big Government is illogical.
I think the last two were Eisenhower (General) and before him Wilkie (businessman)
Guess what, Marty60?
That’s what corporations do with unprofitable, underperforming stores. They close them and yes people lose their jobs.
We have a massive, bloated Federal bureaucracy and yes, people should lose their jobs as we downsize.
Don’t you get it? We WANT that, not someone who is going to grow government or maintain the status quo. IT’S NOT WORKING!!
Your propensity to quote lib hit pieces and apparently advocate a position that corporations and governments owe someone a living makes me think you’d be a great fit to go “occupy” something.
Your advocacy against Cain is backfiring. This is precisely why we like him!
Can. You. Even. Read?
Sabato posted that “A Cain nomination would be ‘an aberration of historic proportions’ “ and he agreed.
You’re trying to twist this into arrogance? Imagine that. A candidate who actually expects to win.
Would you rather he said “Sabato’s right I have no intention of winning and I’m just scamming all those people who are donating their hard earned money to my campaign”?
How stupid can you be?
Word...
We need to change the lyrics...
Getting ready for ( fill in the blanks..)
No serious money donors and fundraisers would give him a penny. His money has to come from the RED MEAT crowds but it would not be enough for him to compete in the primaries let alone the general elections. A person who has not been elected to any government position before is not going to be nominated let alone be elected President. He appeals only to the RED MEAT crowd who only care about red meat bumper sticker rhetoric but there are not enough of them to give him the nomination let alone the Presidency.
Thereby acknowledging the distinction. Good for him.
I don't love his 9-9-9 plan but it's great that he has a plan at all and realizes that the I.R.S. plan is totally out of whack.
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