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Cain names Jim DeMint, Paul Ryan as possible 2012 vice presidential picks
http://thehill.com/ ^

Posted on 10/13/2011 12:45:39 PM PDT by jakerobins

Herman Cain named Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) as potential running mates should he secure the Republican presidential nomination for the 2012 election.

Speaking Thursday on "The Steve Gill Show," Cain outlined the qualities he would like in a running mate, and then, unprovoked, offered specific names.

“There are some people in Congress that are very, very good, that I respect and admire and that I would love to have on my team,” Cain said. “Whether that would be in a V.P. slot or in a key Cabinet slot … I’ll give you a name — like Representative Paul Ryan. I’m not saying he would be the V.P. pick, he might be, but that’s the type of person I would want in my Cabinet. He’s the type of person. Sen. Jim DeMint — people who are not afraid to challenge the system

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KEYWORDS: cain; cainsvp; demint; hermancain; nocainnogain; ryan; theherminator; vp; yeshecain
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To: silverleaf
Why would DeMint or Ryan leave powerful jobs in Congress/Senate and sign on to be a VP (bucket of warm spit) for a novice who has never won an election and knows nothing about how to work around govt bureaucracies?

So you want another beltway insider?

Quite frankly, I don't want anyone who has that kind of infectious disease. I want a businessman.

If we had principled people in DC for the last 60 years who believed in our Constitution, understood economics, accounting, finance, and business, we wouldn't be in this mess.

121 posted on 10/13/2011 4:04:34 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Too many people are incapable of critical thinking. Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: TheOldLady

ZOT WATCH
See post 117


122 posted on 10/13/2011 4:11:53 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty (Yes We Cain ! "A Republic if you can keep it."-Ben Franklin)
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To: parksstp
"I still think the ultimate, liberal-head exploding ticket would comprise of Herman Cain and Allen West..."

That WOULD be the ULTIMATE....to see conservatives voting for 2 African American's would blow the RACISTS out of the water...and maybe end the idiocy of affirmative action....doubt it will happen, but we can dream.

123 posted on 10/13/2011 4:12:34 PM PDT by goodnesswins (My Kid/Grandkids are NOT your ATM, liberals! (Sarah Palin))
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To: sgtyork

Zot Watch.
Just cleaning up the place a bit....again.


124 posted on 10/13/2011 4:14:16 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty (Yes We Cain ! "A Republic if you can keep it."-Ben Franklin)
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To: BwanaNdege
Do a bit of research!

None of us know how he would vote...not even you. He doesn't have a voting record...so far, just talk about what he would do.

125 posted on 10/13/2011 6:06:27 PM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: Nervous Tick

No, we should stab him with a pointy stick until he drops out so that Perry might, maybe have a chance. /s


126 posted on 10/13/2011 6:24:14 PM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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To: jakerobins

Good names, Herm. He just keeps saying the right things.


127 posted on 10/13/2011 6:25:51 PM PDT by Antoninus (Take the pledge: I will not vote for Mitt Romney under any circumstances. EVER.)
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To: Netizen

>> No, we should stab him with a pointy stick until he drops out

Well, that’s certainly one option.

Or we could love him unconditionally until he doesn’t actually *gain* the nomination. Then the FR thug clique could switch to the *next* mutually agreed upon “conservative” candidate.

Hey, it worked with Sarah, right? :-)


128 posted on 10/13/2011 6:35:42 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: paudio

Newt and Callista bought a home and have lived in Virginia since 2000!


129 posted on 10/13/2011 6:36:05 PM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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To: Jean S
Wow, you sure have a smartass mouth for a newbie. I suggest you back off a bit.

I think some if not all of the newbies are retreads or multiple accounters. jmo

130 posted on 10/13/2011 6:39:22 PM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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To: parksstp
Cain has been strong on the Economic issues, he’s also viewed as a social conservative,

Where are you getting this from?

He is staunchly Pro-Life, against queer marriages, he wants an amendment to protect the sacred institution of marriage, and he's against affirmative action.

131 posted on 10/13/2011 6:54:10 PM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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To: jakerobins

Solid, intelligent picks. Carry on, Mr. Cain.


132 posted on 10/13/2011 7:18:14 PM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: jakerobins

Paul Ryan
http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Paul_Ryan.htm

Jim DeMint
http://www.issues2000.org/senate/Jim_DeMint.htm

Herman Cain
http://www.hermancain.com/the-issues
http://www.hermancain.com/999plan


133 posted on 10/13/2011 9:28:50 PM PDT by Mozilla
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To: parksstp; jakerobins

Allen West
http://west.house.gov/
http://www.allenwestforcongress.com/issues
http://www.ontheissues.org/FL/Allen_West.htm
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/allenwest/index?tab=articles


134 posted on 10/13/2011 9:51:48 PM PDT by Mozilla
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To: South40

In 2010 Paul Ryan had a 96% rating for the year. 92.67% for lifetime rating.

In 2010 Jim DeMint had a 100% rating for the year. 98.67% Lifetime rating.

Meanwhile Michele Bachmann has both a 100% rating for 2010 and for lifetime.

www.conservative.org/ratings/ratingsarchive/2010/House-Senate-combo.htm


135 posted on 10/13/2011 10:01:21 PM PDT by Mozilla
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To: South40

http://www.conservative.org/ratings/ratingsarchive/2010/House-Senate-combo.htm


136 posted on 10/13/2011 10:04:44 PM PDT by Mozilla
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To: Mozilla

Cain/Bachmann? I like it!


137 posted on 10/13/2011 10:13:19 PM PDT by South40 (Reject the pro-ILLEGAL Alien candidate. Vote conservative -- vote for Herman Cain!)
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To: silverleaf
All your points are well-taken.

That said, he had shown a great deal of cool and has on many occasions handled himself with aplomb (I refer to the Larry O'Donnell attack/interview).

We will have plenty of opportunity to see how he handles himself because the attacks have just begun.

Regarding the painted rock...that is the one time when he really blew it IMO. He could have come out looking like a giant among men--a real racial healer--but he blew it.

In the final analysis, Cain has plenty of faults--he is certainly human--but he is still an excellent candidate and, so far, has been able to generate some genuine excitement and enthusiasm...and that is an essential ingredient if we are to win in 2012.

138 posted on 10/14/2011 2:23:40 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: silverleaf
Who is he going to “fire”?

Just waking up and haven't had my coffee yet...but re: firing, Cain might start with the Dept of Ed and the EPA, and then move on to an almost limitless number of other useless agencies.

139 posted on 10/14/2011 3:07:40 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux
So, you believe a President can act alone on abolishing Cabinets and the EPA, and accomplish it speedily (as in within a 4 yr term where this is not his only responsibility)?

Unlike the false dilemma arguments of many Cainiacs on this site, my doubts about the realism of this type of comment does not infer I want a beltway insider as a potus

But I do wish people would temper their enthusiasm for this relative unknown man with realism about his role and responsibilities as a US president.

The structure of the US government is not the same as Godfather's pizza and it never will be. Period. Like it or not.

Cain would not have management flexibility and control to abolish cabinets and the EPA without the virtual neutralization the RINO elites and the entire democrat party and probbaly the help of the USSC to boot.

I have NO hopes this will happen because the rot in the soft underbelly of the GOP (McConnell, Boehner and many of our other entrenched RINOs) will take a generation to undo....if ever.

A guy like Perry was probably our best hope to take on the establishment. That is why they pushed on the emotion buttons of conservatives to destroy him on immigration, over policies any GOP president is going to accept, anyway. Newt Gingrich? Look who stumped with Kennedy over social issues. Newt got the catholoic religion along with the social guilt complex.

So with Cain conservatives are going to waste a whole lot of energy and political capital on a guy who already admitted he'd take VP to a RINO taxachusetts wanker like Mittens.

Not that Mittens needs a VP with business experience, since since that is about the only claim Mittens has on why he would do a better job than obama.

Mittens doesn't need Cain. He needs an acceptable #2 conservative with foreign policy and military experience to balance his domestic credentials and Cain's job as a military shoe clerk (ie, analyst) doesn't quite stretch into someone who can out-bluff Putin and China, and build meaningful alliances against a nuclear Iran and North Korea. But... a black VP "might" be useful once the MEdia starts reporting the quotes of the Founders of the Mormon religion on race. Which will be an hour after Mittens is nominated.

Sorry to rain on your parade. I was not a complete Palin fan but in retrospect I would have trusted her judgment during crises and her executive abilities much more than Cains.

140 posted on 10/14/2011 5:53:32 AM PDT by silverleaf (Common sense is not so common - Voltaire)
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