Or you just realize the process sucks and you’ve got better things to do with your time. Remember the old Douglas Adams joke, the political process guarantees that the people you want to be in charge never even try. Cain was a fairly anonymous fellow before starting this run, now he’s done, and will probably go back to being fairly anonymous. It was a fun few months, now we get to pick from the usual assortment.
Cain had zero chance at the presidency, and while a affiable enough fellow, folks who latched onto him did so more out of projecting onto him what they wanted him to be, than what he really was.
Had he been the candidate, the election would have been over before the confetti hit the floor of the convention hall at the RNC convention, and another 4 years of Obama would have been guaranteed.
Hopefully folks will learn from this.. You don’t send in someone with NO EXPERIENCE in the field, to do the biggest job their is in the field, EVER. Why folks would ever argue otherwise shows complete ignorance to fundamentals and history. Never won an election, no relative experience, there was a reason he’d never won an election, and it became blindingly clear in the debates, and with his repeated debacles on softball questions by the press.
Whether or not Mr Cain fooled around, who knows, though my personal opinion is, you are paying a woman $$ behind your wife’s back, you are most likely up to something.. and when you say “well the allegations are about a private consentual adult relationship, but nothing happened, so don’t investigate further.” you sure don’t sound like you are innocent.
However, that issue had zero to do with why Cain is gone, he showed repeatedly he was not remotely ready for prime time, he couldn’t handle softball questions, and then lashed out at the folks who asked them and tried to portray it as they were playing gotcha... It was beyond amateur hour. His campaign was a fustercluck and only existed because of folks who were desperate for something that wasn’t there, not because of clear organized leadership within it. etc etc etc.
Cain has not been “silent” He has written three articles, has made many appearances across the country and has been on Hannity 3 times, plus other shows (TV and radio)
Cain isn’t “hiding” behind anyone. Gloria Cain was very much behind his efforts and launched the “Women for Cain” effort the day before he suspended his campaign.
He is still fighting the accusations with L. Lin Wood.
The fact is, he planned to make the announcement on Saturday to stay in the race, but received a phone call that he was getting death threats to his grandchildren. That was the final straw.
Some people think he should have pressed on in spite of the threats to his family. Others think he did the right thing.
He had threats from every side, even the side that was supposed to be his own - fellow conservatives. NO ONE stood up for him. Even some working close to the campaign sold him out. I’m sure could trust NO ONE. It’s becoming clear now who the traitors were.
The liberals didn’t have to work very hard. All they had to do was set a rumor in motion and let conservatives do the rest.
Many of you played right into their hands. It must have been great fun for them to watch. And now FR is throwing their support behind a RINO. They must have tingles going down their legs by now.
Congratulations, everyone.
I had the same feeling toward Cain. But I would just ask that you “KEEP THE FAITH,” the words Tony Snow wrote on his autographed picture before his death. We have some good candidates still standing. Listen and pick one you can support. Stay strong and involved, we need you. Let’s do it together.
IMHO, the accusers are quiet because they did their job and they were well paid for doing so.
You ask a man to stand and fight but you do not see the cost to his family and loved ones. Slimy lies perpetuated by anyone with the “where there is smoke...” mantra would not stand and hold his arms up when he was tired. Blame yourself for not standing with Herman and saying fight on
On one of the Sunday shows, someone likened Cain’s withdrawal speech to a “reality show.”
But that got me thinking - is it too crazy to think that Herman Cain’s run was nothing but a shoot for a reality show?
All of the “dirt” on him seemed basically known from the git go - perhaps his wife already knew about the affair years ago. His run would be doomed. And it would all be edited down to a 8 episode mini-series reality show.
“Runnin’ With Herman - The Darkside of Presidential Politics” will be shopped around to networks soon.
One of his staffers posted on Facebook he didn’t drop out because of the floozies but because his grandchildren had started to receive credible death threats. Remember he had gotten secret service protection a few weeks before as well because of death threats.
If true, he may have decided it was best to protect his family. It looks like he was willing to fight it out when it was just his reputation on the line and when he was being threatened but when it was his grandkids, things changed.
It is because they’ve been paid off by whoever wanted Cain out, and the damage is done. Any further accusations or harassment could be libel/slander bait, and subject them to lawsuit action. They rest easy knowing their evil work is done.
Cain said,’as he was coming to make his announcement, he was staying in the race, on the way he heard his grandchildren had received a death threat.'
So ... that is unacceptable for all concerned.
...or politicians will continually disappoint you.
Sorry to sound like a stuck record, but:
My basic premise is that if one wants that particular office (POTUS) and one bows out due to “impact on one’s family” (which BTW includes not just wives and offspring), then one has ABSOLUTELY NOT ONE IOTA OF BUSINESS running in the first place, because one is basically a COWARD.
Again, if one allows their campaign to be derailed by innuendo, name calling and rumors, then how can we expect such a person to stand up to the REAL THREATS like A-Q, HAAMAS, Muzzie B’hood, John Hinckley etc, etc etc, ALL of whom would be happy to inflict SERIOUS Bodily Harm on ANY POTUS and those close to him/her.
If there is worrisome crap in one’s background, and having seen the extermination process before, why raise false hopes in the population, unless of course the whole thing is very well planned and orchestrated (KGB/Alinsky & company)?
What is that old saying? Something like (expanded after further consideration):
>Once is a random event (Barry Goldwater)
>Twice is a coincidence (Ross Perot)
>Three times kinda implies a trend/plan (Sarah Palin)
>FOUR TIMES pretty much says (at least to me) “THE PLAN IS READY FOR PRIME TIME and will work as expected each time it is implemented” (Herman Cain)
Hence my belief that any CONSERVATIVE OUTSIDER making it to the General POTUS Election is forevermore a wet dream. Look at some recent offerings by the nation’s “CONSERVATIVE” party - BOB DOLE and JOHN McCAIN. Now look at the field we will have to choose from:
ROMNEY, GINGRICH, PERRY, PAUL, BACHMAN, SANTORUM, HUNTSMAN
This cast now consists of people who are either a “lesser of two evils” candidate when compared to Obama or doomed to SERIOUS trouncing by Obama in the General Election.
I think what happens goes something like this:
“Pssst, Hey POTUS Candidate from the outside, you have a choice:
(a) get relentlessly, personally decimated by our media
(b) QUIT and either enjoy a VERY profitable career as a political pundit/author/well paid speaker (Palin & Cain) or just go back to your old pre-campaign existence and fade away into the dust of history (Goldwater & Perot)”
To paraphrase one of the greatest movie script lines of all time:
“TRUTH???? We don’t need no stinkin’ TRUTH!!!!”
It is over why waste time?Keep your eye on the goal of getting Obama out of the WH.