Do you know Herman Cain?

[Crow]

Not a real candidacy. Like Rachel, I too had my suspicions when there was a bit of controversy a while back involving Herman Cain quoting a "Pokemon song" during the debate, but I dismissed it (thinking that it was merely the work of one of his young staff aides).

No, it's so much more than that... This performance has layers:

[Darwin]

It's hardly surprising that a long time businessman would "support" the banks. If by support one means approving of responsible banking institutions as a necessary condition for a healthy economy then yeah of course he would. I do doubt however that a successful businessman would approve of financial institutions that abrogated their fiduciary duties as some have bigtime. Really bigtime in some cases as is obvious by the enormous economy throttling messes some institutions find themselves in because of hubris run wild, woefully wrongheaded political pressures, or even outright crookedness.

It's fair to say though that government, that is to say political, pressures of various kinds hugely helped create the meltdown caused by the weirdness and complexities of derivatives trading. It's also true to say that derivative instruments of sundry kinds are little more than gambling of a completely irresponsible nature and would have sundered under the weight of economic realities sooner or later. That said the enormous credit default mess caused by the government's push for "affordable" home lending made that sundering not only come sooner but also made it far worse than it might have otherwise been. Trying to advance social goals by government fiat is one (bad in general) thing but dragooning the nation's big financial institutions into advancing such goals virtually guaranteed there would be seventeen kinds of hell to pay. The nature of politicians being what it is those who are currently vociferously denouncing the perfidy of big banks are studiously ignoring their own role in that hell. All of which makes some progressive politicians' embrace of the Occupy Wall Street anti-capitalist nimrods a fall down roll around floor pounding hilarity.

[Bigblue1]

[Mikko]

i like how they use Allegations or alleged .. if it hasnt been proven why bring it up ?

I have Allegations that Eric lives in walmart .. yet to be fully proven tho :P

^this


Also,



1000x better than Obama's 'HOPE' campaign, I haven't heard of Cain up until about a month ago when an American friend was talking about his economic prowess. Like Valentino Rossi I have no political views whatsoever but I love economics and he seems like a great man in that respect.

[RobsanX]

He is another stooge for the Koch brothers. The Koch's don't support true leaders who can think for themselves. They support rubber stamps who submit themselves to the Koch agenda which is written by ALEC.

Don't take my word for it. Do some research on the Koch bros. and ALEC, and inform yourself.

[clint404]

Flavor of the month. Herman cain syrup pancakes.

Newt Ging'rich buttery biscuits.

If a candidate isnt for ending the fed, cutting 1 trillion+ dollars from the federal budget, and getting rid of unneeded bureaucracies. Then he wont get my vote.

And if an allegation isnt true then why do you have to pay someone money to keep quite?

[Roo]

This guy is a ****ing joke. If you aren't familiar with very recent military actions in Libya, and if you don't know how to pronounce "Uzbekistan", let alone know or even care who the President is, you are not even close to being an adequate candidate for the US Presidency. Plain and simple. Give it up, faker.

At the interview in Milwaukee, after he was asked his thoughts on Mr. Obama’s handling of Libya, Mr. Cain leaned back and appeared to search for an answer: “O.K., Libya,” he said.

“President Obama supported the uprising, correct?” he said. “President Obama called for the removal of Qaddafi — just want to make sure we’re talking about the same thing before I say ‘Yes, I agree,’ or ‘No, I didn’t agree.’ ”
Mr. Cain said he disagreed with the president’s approach “for the following reasons” — then changed course.
“Nope, that’s a different one,” he said. “I’ve got to go back and see.”
He added: “I’ve got all this stuff twirling around in my head.”

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BRODY: Are you ready for the ‘gotcha' questions that are coming from the media and others on foreign policy? Like, who's the president of Uzbekistan?…CAIN: I'm ready for the ‘gotcha' questions and they're already starting to come. And when they ask me who is the president of Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan I'm going to say, you know, I don't know. Do you know?

[truthwolf1]

[sgreger1]

This guy is a ****ing joke. If you aren't familiar with very recent military actions in Libya, and if you don't know how to pronounce "Uzbekistan", let alone know or even care who the President is, you are not even close to being an adequate candidate for the US Presidency. Plain and simple. Give it up, faker.


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Yah he's just winging it clearly. The main job of the executive branch is foriegn policy issues and to not only be so uneducated on the matter, but to actively claim you don't give a **** about any other countries is just in blatant disregard for every credential a president should have before even thinking about running for the highest office in the land.

[Sami123]

Who buys the suits for these jokers? How can the biggest economy and the biggest military power in the world year after year have these clowns as a legit candidate or in the running for presidency... Have been following quite closely the politics of USA for years and every day I'm more disgusted and baffeled.

[RobsanX]

Who buys the suits for these jokers? How can the biggest economy and the biggest military power in the world year after year have these clowns as a legit candidate or in the running for presidency... Have been following quite closely the politics of USA for years and every day I'm more disgusted and baffeled.

Because the people who are really running the show prefer to stay in the background...

[texastorm]

Because the people who are really running the show prefer to stay in the background...

+1... finally I agree with Rob on something

[wa3zrm]

Cain and Women
A former receptionist comes forward to dispute the allegations.

In 1983, Eva Vachal, then 24 years old, was hired by Godfather’s Pizza. She began in the information-technology department. By 1986, when Herman Cain became president of the company, she was the corporate receptionist.
For the next decade — Cain’s entire tenure at the Omaha-based firm — she continued in that position, answering phones and assisting executives with various projects.
Vachal worked closely with Cain. They became friends. When he was profiled by Ebony magazine in April 1988, she was featured in the spread, chatting with Cain from her desk.
She was close with other young women in the office, especially the assistants to Cain and the rest of the Godfather’s brass. They frequently huddled over lunch and coffee, discussing, among other things, their bosses, including the company’s gregarious chief executive.
And never once, she says, did a woman raise an eyebrow about Cain’s conduct. In fact, in an interview with National Review Online, Vachal says that during her entire career at Godfather’s Pizza, she never heard about any improper conduct, harassment, or inappropriate behavior by Cain, even in the form of water-cooler gossip. “Believe me, receptionists know everything,” she says. “They see everything.”
After watching Cain work closely with young women for years, Vachal says she was shocked to learn of the sexual-harassment claims made by former Cain associates at the National Restaurant Association, the organization Cain led after he left Godfather’s Pizza.
The allegations have rocked Cain’s presidential campaign. With numerous allegations hovering over the candidate, many political observers have wondered whether Cain is a viable contender.
Vachal says she is speaking out because she does not believe Cain’s accusers. She also wants to shed a little light on his personality, to help voters understand who he is. She notes that she has not been in communication with the campaign or with Cain.
As she sees it, Cain was likely misinterpreted by the women who received settlements. At Godfather’s Pizza, within the executive suite, he was always a professional, she says. But he did enjoy complimenting staffers, be it on their work or on their sharp outfits.
“He had a very teasing attitude,” Vachal recalls. “He reminded me of my father and me. We’re both little rascals; we love to tease people.”
“Once in a while, he would tell me how attractive I looked in my pantsuit, or whatever, but I liked it,” she says. “I get it. I understand teasing. I don’t mind compliments.”
“People have become overly sensitive about things,” Vachal says, reflecting on the nature of the allegations. “Maybe people lack the confidence to say they’re uncomfortable, but I’ve always been able to say, ‘You’re standing too close.’ But with Herman, it was never like that.”
“I was a young girl in the Eighties,” she continues. “I was married and I had young children. He helped me to believe in myself even more.” His comments — to her and other young women, and employees of both genders — were meant to “boost people, period,” she says.
“I never felt uncomfortable,” she says. “We had many lunches together alone and worked together on many issues. His door was always open.”
And about Sharon Bialek, the Chicago woman who has accused Cain of groping her? Those are serious charges. “Putting his hand up her dress and forcing her head down? No friggin’ way,” Vachal says. “There is no way. No way. I bet my bottom dollar it’s false.”
“Nobody ever came to me and complained about him,” she says. “And trust me, they would have. We talked. There was nothing like what you see on Sex and the City, or those other shows. We were pretty boring in Omaha, Nebraska.”
“Women, especially then, had a lot to deal with in corporate America,” she says. “I knew of other things that went on, but there was never anything with him.”
“He was a true gentleman, always.”


— Robert Costa is a political reporter for National Review.

[spinyeel]

If he and Ron Paul had a baby...


Would it be the second coming of Jesus?

Jesus was Caucasian? Crikey!!

[wa3zrm]

Herman Cain 'Enthusiastically' Endorses Newt Gingrich For President

Herman Cain 'Enthusiastically' Endorses Newt Gingrich For President By Andrew Rafferty and Alex Moe
-- Former presidential candidate Herman Cain, who last week endorsed "the American people," announced his support on Saturday of another entity -- this time a Republican hoping to win the White House.
"I hereby officially and enthusiastically endorse Newt Gingrich for president of the United States," Cain said at a GOP fundraiser. Speaking to supporters on the day he left the race last month, the former head of Godfather's Pizza said he would be making an endorsement. But at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in South Carolina last week, he announced that his official endorsement would be of "we the people."
While Cain publicly promoted his endorsement last week, the one he made Saturday night came with little warning. The announcement was a surprise to Gingrich staff, and the traveling press who most frequently cover the former House speaker were not in attendance after boycotting the price the campaign was charging for chartered flights.
Gingrich vows to go 'all the way to the convention' "There are many reasons, but one of the biggest reasons is that I know that Speaker Gingrich is a patriot. Speaker Gingrich is not afraid of bold ideas, and I also know that Speaker Gingrich is running for president and going through this sausage grinder," said Cain. "I know what this sausage grinder is all about. I know that he is going through this sausage grinder because he cares about the future of the United States of America."
Cain abandoned his presidential bid amongst accusations from women claiming he sexually harassed them while heading the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. Describing the accusations as false attacks from the media and rivals, Cain's campaign sought to slog through the scandal.

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