That was a thoughtful post and I appreciate your not resorting to calling me a Perrywinkle.
I just think that too many people are putting total trust in a guy they don’t know much about.
He was a moderately successful business man, worked for the army, is obviously conservative and genial, was a talk show host that I never heard of, and has no record.
No record seems to appeal to people who want a blank slate to put all their hopes and dreams on.
This is his first foray into politics except for a failed senate run in which he didn’t even contend.
He’s never been vetted and, of course, there will be questions about him and to him, and he needs to be prepared to answer them.
His most well-known appointment so far is that weird guy who’s running his campaign. Is that the judgment he’d use in making political appointments?
See, we don’t know, and it serves us ill to be afraid to know.
It seems like people are looking for a kindly old grandfather to take care of them.
I want an experienced guy who’s got a record of the type of people he appoints, of the reforms he’s made and of the job-friendly atmosphere he’s created in a large state.
Although especially burdened with illegals and a large influx of poor Mexicans, legal and illegal, he’s still managed to keep Texas affluent and prospering.
Sorry for the riff on Perry which I’m sure will result in further insults but the difference in record is just so obvious to anyone who is not under some kind of bizarre spell.
Weird? According to whom? You?
I contend that you are weird.LOL
They are atop most of the polls for now.
We'll talk again on the night of January 3, 2012, after the Iowa Caucus.
I expect Sarah Palin to endorse Cain By Christmas.
If she waits to see who the establishment installs before endorsing, then she isn't a rogue, but another Rino.
I understand but to say we don’t know much about Cain is not true. The man has a history his written columns, been on the radio for some time. I also know his faults as I do all of the candidates. It is true we have no idea on who he would apoint but do we really know? There are two candidates I wouldn’t trust on the appointment front and those are Romney and Huntsman. I’d vote for Perry in a heart beat but it is pretty clear to me that what I worried about with him is coming to fruition. He has the best ads of any candidate and I like many of his ideas all of which are conservative but he unfortunately reminds people of President Bush and I think that more than anything is hurting him. I fully thought initially he would run away with the race but then he had his ‘have a heart’ immigration moment and things just seem to have fell apart.
Michelle Bachmann has sufferred too. Her team remade her into a plastic stepford wife. I still can’t believe it but for me I will support the strongest conservative. I really like Cain’s story because it is the American dream. Will he be the perfect President? No but he will move us a step in the right direction and that is what I’m looking for and to make sure we work end up going decades back and end up with a Gerald Ford. We have an opportunity in 2012 and I don’t want it thrown away. Right now Perry just hasn’t shown the staying power. That may change but Cain love him or hate him has shown he can weather a storm whether we think he did it artfully or not and that is something none of the others have shown and against Obama there is going to be a storm like we’ve never seen and we need someone who will step into that storm and use it against him. Cain did that and that is a pretty amazing thing.
Bears repeating — over and over.....
“That was a thoughtful post and I appreciate your not resorting to calling me a Perrywinkle.
I just think that too many people are putting total trust in a guy they don’t know much about.
He was a moderately successful business man, worked for the army, is obviously conservative and genial, was a talk show host that I never heard of, and has no record.
No record seems to appeal to people who want a blank slate to put all their hopes and dreams on.
This is his first foray into politics except for a failed senate run in which he didn’t even contend.
He’s never been vetted and, of course, there will be questions about him and to him, and he needs to be prepared to answer them.
His most well-known appointment so far is that weird guy who’s running his campaign. Is that the judgment he’d use in making political appointments?
See, we don’t know, and it serves us ill to be afraid to know.
It seems like people are looking for a kindly old grandfather to take care of them.
I want an experienced guy who’s got a record of the type of people he appoints, of the reforms he’s made and of the job-friendly atmosphere he’s created in a large state.
Although especially burdened with illegals and a large influx of poor Mexicans, legal and illegal, he’s still managed to keep Texas affluent and prospering.
Sorry for the riff on Perry which I’m sure will result in further insults but the difference in record is just so obvious to anyone who is not under some kind of bizarre spell.”
Good post.
I take exception to “genial,” however. He has a nasty temper, which appears if anyone questions his CEO status in anything.
He made a few rude remarks to Speaker Gingrich, who despite his weak points has a stature and learning and qualifications that dwarf Cain’s and deserve respect.