Herman Cain

[krill]

Sticking strictly to what should be his strength due to his business background, 9-9-9 makes 0-0-0 sense to me.

 

Herman Cain's 9-9-9 Plan in one very large graph

[Malth]

Read an interesting article today. I'm pretty wary of Herman Cain. As much as I like the idea of non-politicians operating at high levels of government, he may be turning into a male Sarah Palin right before our eyes.

 

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Where to begin. Several thoughts come to mind:

 

1. Imagine how Drudge or, ahem, the Weekly Standard would have handled such a quote if it had been uttered by, say, Barack Obama in 2008.

 

2. Let’s say Cain was just joking, which is his all-purpose excuse on the myriad of occasions where his ignorance erupts into public view. Let’s say he actually knows that the name of the country is Uzbekistan. Does a prospective President of the United State really want to make fun of that? I mean–and I hope, Herman, you’re listening–there is a major airport in southern Uzbekistan that NATO has been using as a crucial transfer point for troops and materiel headed into Afghanistan. Wouldn’t want to tick off the Uzbek president, Islam Karimov…because it might make life significantly tougher for our troops over there. Not the sort of thing one jokes about, Hermanator.

 

I know what I’m about to say is impolite, but Herman Cain strikes me as something of a jerk and an ignoramus. He has made absolutely outrageous statements about Muslims, immigrants and homosexuals; he takes the most extreme position imaginable on abortion. Indeed, I have never, ever seen him acknowledge the idea that complexity exists in the world…or that an ability to weed through complex issues might be a qualification for the presidency.

 

No, the guy is a marketer. He had other people handle administration and finance at Godfather’s; he was all about the pies. Hence, we have his 9-9-9 plan, a truly rancid scheme to benefit the rich at the expense of the rest of the country, a scheme that would tax a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread.

 

Would it be too much for the Weekly Standard–a journal of strong, and occasionally intemperate, opinions–to acknowledge that this guy is a snake oil salesman? That he’s an embarrassment to the Republican Party? That his momentary strength is a four-alarm cry of Republican desperation?

 

Once again, let me state my interest here: I’d like to see the Republicans nominate a plausible President, since he could very well win and, at the current moment, we can’t afford amateur hour.

 

Read more: http://swampland.tim.../#ixzz1bFO8dBDJ

 

I'm starting to suspect that Cain isn't really running for president.

 

http://2012.talkingp...c-1.php?ref=fpb

http://2012.talkingp...uch.php?ref=fpb

 

 

And good luck with that finding of a plausible republican candidate. If you're a repub, surely you've noticed that the tea party has essentially hijacked the gop. You guys are f'd if you don't start cleaning house.