I don’t hate Cain. I think he’s a decent person, but he simply has NO governing or legislative or political experience. As for his conservative positions, he doesn’t have a track record to judge them by. Ronald Reagan was an actor, but he had been governor of California for quite some time before he ran for President and he had a track record.
I think it’s unlikely that Cain will get the nomination, unless as Romney’s VP, and I think then he would just be a source of some good one-liners - and lots of stumbles during the campaign. But the GOP head honchos probably hope that he’d liven it up, because he is at least likeable, unlike Romney. In any case, I wouldn’t vote for anybody associated with Romney, so this is all immaterial anyway.
I didn’t say you hated Cain. I said it’s hateful, in light of his life experiences and accomplishments, to call him inexperienced and glib. Being a politician is not the only way to get experience, and who are you to write Mr. Cain off as glib? Those who know him best agree that he means what he says and says what he means.
Otoh, I agree w you. Cain doesn’t have the experience of bouncing around on a sofa w Pelosi, nor does he have the depth required to back a Dem loving Rino [Scozzafaza] over a good, solid tea party candidate. In both those senses, Gingrich is way ahead of Cain.