Baloney. The elites will do all they can to ignore him. They want Romney or Pawlenty, or Huntsman or any of the other liberals they can find to trot out. Cain is conservative. Cain is TEA Party. I don’t know any elites who will have anything to do with conservative TEA Party people.
As for targeting with his language, he has had a radio program for years. His language did not change when he decided to run for office. He has been hammering Obama and talking about conservative methods of solving problems for years. Rush Limbaugh says Cain sounds just like him. That didn’t just happen overnight. He’s been conservative. That puts him light years ahead of anyone who has currently announced their intention to run.
Unlike those who really are establishment clowns, Herman Cain is a conservative and has been for some time. I have no idea why you’ve decided to attack him with this specious argument, but I do suspect some ulterior motive. Stop drinking the Ron Paul bong water, stop trying to cloud the issue, stop trumping up ridiculous reasons to dismiss him, and give Herman Cain a chance to show the world who he really is.
When we decide to eliminate for the silliest reasons those who really do think like us, we should not be surprised when we end up with nothing but RINOs.
There are some who try to twist Herman Cain into an apologist for affirmative action (an invention which is contrary to Constitutional Conservatism). As far back as 2004, Mr. Cain put that to rest. Like you, I think he's the real deal and is now and has long been true to Conservative principles, both fiscally and socially.
Furthermore, his accomplishments in both business and in academics put him far above the smooth-talking professional politicians. I'll admit to only recently becoming aware of Herman Cain (thanks largely to FR) but what I've seen and heard so far has been impressive.
This is not an argument about who the “elite” likes.
I’m talking about establishment republican voters and what kinds of things establishment republican voters tend to like on their resume. Country Club Republicans, a portion of the Republican electorate.
Cain has elite credentials. There is no disputing that. Establishment Republicans like elites. Cain was the Chairman of the Kansas City Fed. Fed Approved. Establishment Republicans look for those signs of approval of the elite and they think positively of these things.
Maybe this'll throw some light: White House Adds New Position to Deal with Unfavorable Online Media - and we all know which party the left's useful idiots belong to.