Posted on 10/25/2011 9:01:39 PM PDT by Randy Larsen
This "Cain Train" took off right after Sarah Palin decided she would not run for the Republican nomination for president.
Since then I've noticed that Herman Cain fears no one to the right of him and seems to cherish the fight with those he considers to be to his left(politically speaking).
Do you think that Herman Cain is the (CAIN+PALIN) express because of his conservative values?
Can Herman Cain win if Palin won't endorse a candidate in the primaries?
Do you believe Herman Cain has proven to be equal or better than Palin as a conservative?
Finally, Why as Herman Cain risen so fast while Perry has plunged in the polls?
Well stated!
Except for the record of two interviews. I discount the CNN/Morgan interview because you can sense the antagonism in Morgan, even in a transcript, and he did try to twist the question into another issue. But the Stossel and MacCallum interviews demonstrate that Cain is either ignorant of the clear semantics of decades of discussion of the topic, or he's fence-straddling and pandering, or in the clinches some of his own contradictions slip through, or they're his true feelings. Any way you slice that pie, I don't care for it.
And lest anyone say I am passing on "smears" -- here are the interviews for your own eyes and ears to judge:
Stossel interview discussed here, with transcript: http://theiowarepublican.com/2011/vander-plaats-on-cain’s-abortion-stance-“sounds-like-john-kerry-in-2004”/
MacCallum interview here: http://www.lifenews.com/2011/10/21/herman-cain-in-new-interview-abortion-should-not-be-legal/
Reagan was a two-term governor of our most populous state, and had been a well-known spokesman for conservative positions on a wide range of issues (both domestic and foreign) for many years before he entered electoral politics. Reagan had a crystal-clear vision for the US at home and in the world, and devoted forty years of his life to seeing that that vision materialized.
Palin was a half-term governor of one of our least-populous states, who left office when the going got tough. She doesn't have the executive experience, single-minded determination, and political instincts that Ronald Reagan possessed when he first ran for the Republican nomination in 1976. As much as I liked and campaigned for her in 2008, while holding my nose for the top of the ticket, she has been a terrible disappointment since then.
Wouldn’t surprise me in the least if Palin endorsed the nominee, even if it’s Romney. She’s already said, ABO.
Does Palin have Palin’s conservative credentials?
I'm not doubting his patriotism, and I'll be more then glad to say, he is a true American success story. However, how has his views on gays been tested ? How have his views on on environmental versus jobs been tested ? How have any of his views been tested ?
On abortion, if I give him the benefit of the doubt, he misspoke badly and sounded like he was trying to impersonate Mario Cuomo, on muslims, he backtracked and apologized, what if he does this same thing, while he is in office with regulations ? As for the root of fiscal conservatism, I'm sorry, but the fact that he was the senior economic advisor for Bob Doles presidential campaign, really hurts his case, along with having been chairman of the board for the KC Federal Reserve. I also don't like how he answers questions on it, and I hate his justification of TARP.
Its funny, but yes, he is light years ahead of the current occupant in the white house, but thats such a low standard, that, it actually is unfair to Mr. Cain, he should not be compared to Obama, he needs to be compared to other conservatives, which is impossible, because they h ave records where push has come to shove, and he doesn't.
Have you seen the videos of her debating for the AK guv race?
She was formidable.
To suggest that Cain was ...as good or better than Palin????
OUTRAGEOUS
To suggest that Cain was ...as good or better than Palin????
OUTRAGEOUS
AND YOU SUCK!
“the current occupant of the WH.” After seeing their best I have this gut feeling that Mr. Cain may go tribal and get sucked in by the evil entitlement brothers.
Cain’s ascendency began after his win in the Florida Straw Poll which was probably a month before Palin announced that she was not running but if it makes you feel better to think these things by all means continue.
Florida Straw Poll was on September 25th. Palin’s announcement was on October 5th.
Pretty clear from the RCP polls that Perry’s fall started with Florida but Cain didn’t overtake Romney until after Palin’s announcement.
There is no reason for you to shout or to make a personal attack, which (in case you forgot) is against FR policy.
It simply isn't credible to compare her to Ronald Reagan. It does a disservice to her genuine accomplishments.
I was hoping for a Palin/Cain ticket.
Me too.
I’m still PO’ed over her letting the conservatives down in our time of greatest need!
Then I assume you do not support no-term-anything Herman Cain.
So very sad.
New Site: Reagan-Palin Conservatives for Newt Gingrich, http://t.co/oJAmLh9a
As a Reagan-Palin conservative, I cannot justify supporting any of the others.
Newter Obama!
Newter the Progressive Movement!
I was hoping for a Palin/West ticket. I am now hoping for a Newt/Palin ticket. [Only because she will not run for the top of the ticket this time around.]
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