We need moral leadershipNot a policy wonk.
Øbama was not qualified and people voted for him. . .
I am far more knowledgeable about Iran than is Mr Cain. Many Freepers are, as well, so that is not an effort at self-praise.
I am extremely leery of Mr Cain’s commitment to life.
I am wary of his desire to give the feds a new revenue stream.
I am not satisfied at all by his selection of close advisors who have made erratic and destructive decisions in the last few weeks. Therefore, I’m less than hopeful of those he’d choose to be his closest advisors in the White House and in the Cabinet. I have no problem with a president relying on advisors, but I cringe when I think how many out there would be unacceptable advisors.
Perry and Cain...Liked them both, but the campaign process did it’s job and revealed who is able and who is not. Unfortunately neither is. Now would be a good time for a graceful exit.
Don’t whine at us, you are the one who made your posting a bad joke with your habitual lying about Cain. Impossible to take anything you post seriously now.
Same standard applies to your posts PF. You really though you two could lie non stop about Cain and NO one was going to notice and call you on it?
Sounds like you’re not ready for Cain. He’s ready to reset the country onto a new course, but I can understand that people like the old comfortable political system that they are used to.
Sara had far more experience in politics than little George Bush and I'll bet you tripped all over yourself running to the voting booth to pull the lever for George...
you'll have to come up with a far better argument than this to turn pro America Americans away from Cain...
Can AS name one President that was ever qualified?
Herman Cain is as ready as he needs to be for the office. Sarah Palin is as ready as she needs to be.
Was Obama ready, in your opinions?
It is management, character and leadership skills that make a good president.
Not intimate knowledge of every permutation of international issues.
Experience in politics is like experience in prostitution. One is not bettered, in most cases, by the experience.
When Americans learn this lesson then they will have begun to understand what our founding fathers feared in a professional political class.
Citizens with much integrity and common sense make better legislators and executives than elites with money, experience and charisma but neither wisdom nor morality.
Not our fault you are a shameless liar. You really though no one would notice and call you on it?
I would hope that the first qualification is someone who isn't lying to us, who won't change their tune the first day in office. That leaves out Romney.
Gingrich is out too, he might believe what he says on any given day, but it tends not to be what he believes and says a week or two later.
No one comes to this job 100% prepared. No one. All come to it with varying degrees of knowledge about different aspects of the job. I’m more concerned with a person’s ability to surround themselves with good, knowledgeable people who ARE experts in the area they’re lacking and how quickly they’re able to learn. IMO Cain has both. If not he certainly wouldn’t be able to turn companies around as fast as he did.
But the one question I’ve asked on thread after thread after thread is this: The founders required of the presidential candidate to be over 35 years old and to be a citizen of the US. No qualifiers. Why do you think that is? WE conservatives are the ones who are supposed to believe in this document as originally written. Could it possibly be because the founders thought it would be important to have a person who was a success in the non political world and who was willing to serve than someone with the “right” credentials who had made politics a career?
Surely they were aware that someone coming from the private sector who wanted to serve wouldn’t be aware of every single issue a president has to face and yet, that didn’t seem to be a big concern of theirs. AT what point did conservatives decide we should only follow the original intent of the founders’ original document of the parts we believe in but not the rest? Perhaps we need a new amendment that’s states a specific amount of time in government, perfect debater, never makes a gaff, has an particular IQ and/or is an expert of (name your favorite issue here).
And then we might as well admit the left is correct: It SHOULD be a living, breathing document. The world was different when the founders wrote the Constitution. Of course, Lincoln knew little about civil war. But that was different. No, a political neophyte with a string of successes has no business in the White House. A man who is a very quick study, has surrounded himself with excellent people (else he would’ve spent his time hiring & firing instead of turning a losing company into a winning one) and who has a history of righting a sinking ship. Today, that simply won’t do. What did a bunch of old white guys know anyway?
Cindie
Herman Cain continues to be an excellent candidate for president. He's a smart, black, successful, conservative "outsider." Mr. Cain is far more ready for the office he seeks than Barack Obama was four years ago, or even this day! He may lack some "polish" because he has not held public office. Meaningless "gotcha" questions should not be a decision variable. Cain is EXACTLY what this country needs to actually achieve fiscal responsibility, world respect and admiration, job growth, and pride in America and its accomplishments.
I believe that Mr. Cain understands our needs and priorities, and is quite capable of making foreign policy decisions that will advance our interests.
It is superficial and silly to project his performance on one incomplete comment. We are not looking for the best debater, but someone with the integrity of character, intelligence, and experience to lead us out of the cultural and economic hole we find ourselves in today.
Would it kill them to at least acknowledge their concerns?
His lybia answer made me wince.
All he needed to say was that Gadaffi was no threat to us and we backed al Queada and no there are 20k SAMs on the loose.
How freakin hard is that!