Cain: Where's Johnny?

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[NewLand]

April 20, 2004

Following a debate hosted by the Cobb County: Republicans, Young Republicans, Black Republicans Council, Republican Women’s Club and the Kennesaw State College Republicans, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herman Cain issued the following statement:

“At the Cobb County debate, my first question was, ‘Where’s Johnny?’ I believe the people deserve to hear from all of us. That was my first question and nobody was at the debate to answer it. Georgia’s next United States Senator will be chosen by the people and Georgians deserve to have all of us side-by-side to hear where we stand on issues and hear our differences. I hope that Rep. Isakson will not make excuses to miss another debate. Georgians should have a United States Senator who will stand openly before them and answer their questions.

“No one in this race should feel that he can just coast into the United States Senate. I have been traveling around the state, going door-to-door and business-to-business, meeting individually with voters, so I can listen to their issues.

“There is a clear difference between me and my opponents: I am not a politician, I am a problem solver. I have served as Chairman and President of the Tax Leadership Council for Americans for Fair Taxation. I testified before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures in 2002 about replacing the tax code with the Fair Tax. My 35 years of business experience taught me that to first solve a problem you have to recognize it, understand it and then attack the problem head-on.

“I want to fix the big issues facing this Nation, not tinker around the edges and just work on the symptoms. We need to replace the tax code with a national sales tax, and I support John Linder’s Fair Tax legislation, H.R. 25, which has already been introduced in the House. We need to restructure Social Security using personal retirement accounts, while at the same time keeping our promise to our country’s seniors. We need to stop out-of-control government spending and get this country back on the road to a balanced budget.

“People need to believe in their government, because if they lose hope in our government, they lose hope in this country. This is still the greatest country in the world and as Georgia’s next United States Senator, I will keep it that way.”

The debate, held at the Cobb County Civic Center Theater, began at 7 p.m. The Master of Ceremonies was Martha Zoller, radio host for WDUN 550 AM, Gainesville.

[NewLand]

Johnny-boy proved himself to be a bigger chicken than The Big Chicken itself!

[Dan from Michigan]

He chickened out in Cobb County? Isn't he from there?(or do I have that wrong)

[TheBigB]

Go Herman! Go Herman!

[NewLand]

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[Lancey Howard]

Is this race like the Georgia version (or vice versa) of the Specter/Toomey race in Pennsylvania, where it is liberal vs. conservative Republican?

[NewLand]

He chickened out in Cobb County? Isn't he from there?(or do I have that wrong)

As Lynyrd Skynyrd sang..."You Got That Right!"

[NewLand]

Not quite. Isakson gets an 84 rating from the ACU, but he's not a conservative with ideas and conviction like Cain. Johnny will go with the flow at best.

Also, neither is an incumbent like Spector. This is the seat being vacated by Zell Miller. It's definitely going to the (R), just a matter of who. Isakson is the insider, Cain is exciting.

Go Herman Go!

[Dan from Michigan]

As Lynyrd Skynyrd sang..."You Got That Right!"

How sad is that. I'd love to debate for a statewide race on my home turf.

Instead it sounds like "Gimme three steps"....

[JohnnyZ]

I'm here, Herman. Sorry, I've been a little busy lately. Thanks for thinking of me!

[Lancey Howard]

Johnny will go with the flow at best. Isakson is the insider, Cain is exciting.

Sometimes a predictable "insider" works better than a McCain-style "maverick". But as long as neither of these guys threatens to become a McCain-style "maverick", you may as well go with the one who more adamantly wants to get the stinking filthy government out of our wallets. Sounds like that would be Cain.

[NewLand]

Instead it sounds like "Gimme three steps"....

LOL...next tune may be "Ooh, That Smell!"

[Veritas_est]

Thanks for the ping.

I think the cry in the land should become, "Wheeeeeere's Johnny?" I'd like to see at least one sign like that at every political function in the state of Georgia from now until the Primary Election. It would be great to see pictures in the papers of mayoral candidates with someone in the background with a sign that asks, "Wheeeeeeere's Johnny?" HAW HAW!

[antaresequity]

Sounds like your state and country would be lucky to have Cain...I say all the power to this guy.

[The Old Hoosier]

Yes, except there are two conservatives. Fortunately, there's a runoff if they hold liberal Johnny Isakson under 51%.

[SittinYonder]

The predictable insider, in this case, isn't a conservative. Or if he is, he's barely a conservative.

Cain, on the other hand, is a true conservative who wants to enact meaningful change: national consumption tax; private retirement accounts to eventually replace social security; competition in healthcare through Medicare reform. He's a powerful speaker and a Godly man. And he has the potential to shake up Washington DC.

I think he's going to win big and I think it's going to come as a shock to a lot of folks. But I don't understand how any conservative can look at these two candidates - Cain and Isakson - and not vote for Cain.

[SittinYonder]

The belief in Georgia is that Isakson has some kind of machine that's going to put him out front. Outside of name recognition, I don't think he's got anything.

I was talking to Cain two weeks ago and he told me he's going to the businesses in Isakson's district (metro Atlanta) and they don't care for Isakson.

I know it sounds unrealistic, but I'm really beginning to think there may not be a runoff. Isakson and Mac Collins may split some of the old-party vote and Cain may slip past them both. July 20 is still a long way off.

I do know that in the three counties I live and work in Cain is probably going to carry all three. I think it's like that in many other places. Of course, I'm not in metro Atlanta and that's where the decision will be made.

[Lancey Howard]

Well, all I have to say is:

GO HERMAN!!!

[The Old Hoosier]

I have to disagree, although I really hope you're right.

I wonder if a significant number of black Democrats down there will vote in the GOP primary and support Cain--like the Republicans did for Cynthia McKinney's opponent last time?

[SittinYonder]

My wife is very involved in his campaign in our county. I've never been so excited about a candidate or seen so many people get excited. I frequently attend GOP meetings in other counties, and anyone who hears him falls in love. He's like the entire 1992 House and Senate Contract With America crowd all rolled into one person.

Two weeks ago he told me he's been to 90 of our 159 counties (some of them numerous times) and he's busy from morning to night, but I've seen him speak to large crowds four or five times and he's not lost anything.

He'll be great for Georgia, but he'll be great for the country.

[SittinYonder]

I don't see the blacks coming out for him in any meaningful way. The black community throughout Georgia is staunch democrat.

I understand why you disagree, and with four in the race there's almost surely a runoff. But his campaign really has momentum like I've never seen. In the last couple of weeks I've had an opportunity to talk to folks well connected in their county parties from several counties, and I've been shocked at the people who are supporting him - people I would have thought to be Isakson's folks.

This is all anecdotal, but I really think July 20 will be a shock, even to Cain's supporters. Maybe not 50 percent plus one, but I think it's already foregone that Cain will garner the most votes.