He has said a lot of good things. His “record” of saying things looks like a conservative’s dream.
Of course, he was a conservative talk show host. Rush Limbaugh also has a “record” that would be a conservative’s dream.
The question is, can we look at what he DID as a president of a company, or as a director, and see how he actually applies his principles?
For example, we know that he is a strong supporter of the FairTax (something I am at best lukewarm about). But he’s pushing 9-9-9. It’s because he says that is what he can accomplish now, and he can work it into a FairTax at a later time. The 9-9-9 imposes a national sales tax while we still have an income tax, something a lot of conservatives are extremely nervous about. Cain wins, gets 9-9-9, then an Obama wins next, and it’s a 15-15-15, or worse, they bring back the full income tax “for the very rich”.
But more interestingly, why is it that Cain is pushing this compromise plan? Because he thinks it is what he can pass in the short term? Because he really likes it? Because it can get more support among voters than the plan he actually wants? Is this a sign of political waffling? He is a smart man, but we know smart people often think that compromise is a great idea (see Gingrich for example).
Running a company under the auspices of a parent company also involves making many compromises. It’s not a place where you really can see how a person applies principles.
I think Cain will stick to what he says, although his record of saying things isn’t all that long. For example, do a google search, and find the oldest quote you can from Cain about his pro-life position.
Maybe there are people who would tell us he was pro-life in the 1990s. Or maybe not. We KNOW Romney was pro-choice in the 1990s, because we have him on record. How do we know if Cain used to have a different position, when he has only been making public comments recently?
I can prove I have been pro-life my entire life, because I was actively involved with pro-life organizations while I was still in high school. I can cite my correspondence trying to get into the Latter-Days Ministries program, I attended walk for life rallies, I passed out leaflets.
Do we have a record of Cain that would include anything like that? It would be helpful, since he hasn’t been a public official so we don’t have a voting record, to see how in his private life he acted out on his convictions.
Maybe his book has some evidences from his private life. I’ll have to read it.
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