He led that company from the 5th-largest pizza company to the 11th-largest pizza company.
But yes, it is a type of leadership, just not the type of leadership that was being discussed in this arena. The manager of a baseball team is a leader as well, but not the type that translates into being President.
Cain was appointed to that position, and he reported to the parent corporate management.
But you know, I’ll take your criticism. He’s certainly a better leader than I am, and yes, there are leadership qualities involved in what he did, and I apologize. I’m looking for presidential leadership, and don’t see it, but he does have leadership aspects. And he certainly has a lot of followers.
First time I've seen that stated anywhere. I've been reading about Cain for some time now, and from what I know, he darn near rescued that company from certain doom.
Listen, I would much prefer that Cain was a past Governor of a state. That's the sort of experience I like to see in a prospective president, but I just can't vote for the current ex-Governors in the race. The one Governor I want for president has decided not to run.
That's forced me to give Mr. Cain a second look, and weigh him against the other candidates. He is the only bare-knuckled reformer with the right ideological views, and the requisite executive experience, in my view. He's also the front runner at this time, which means he's also stirring the hearts and minds of most of my fellow conservatives. Altogether, that's enough to earn my support.
OK, I’m now on the part of the re-broadcast where they are talking about unemployment insurance. And I think both of them faltered in this discussion, although what they said was red meat for the audience.
Realise that “unemployment insurance” has been corrupted by this administration, and a lot of what they said dealt with that corruption of the plan.
But “unemployment insurance” is exactly that. It is an insurance plan, funded by money paid by employeers for each employee. It is meant to provide payments to those employees if the employer has to lay them off for any reason, so they have money while they look for a new job.
There’s no reason what a person collecting THAT form of unemployment insurance should be forced to jump through federal government hoops to keep collecting. And Cain said the “2nd time around” they should only get 13 weeks — but it’s not the employee’s fault if they get a job with another employer, and then THAT employer has to lay them off. So why should each subsequent layoff provide less for insurance?
I wish one of them had pointed out that they were talking NOT about basic unemployment insurance, but the special extra money the federal government threw at the problem.
I did love Cain’s comment about people sitting around waiting for Obama to create a job for them.