Posted on 10/03/2011 6:42:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I sure haven't seen any of that, only over the top "interpretations" of the misnomered "attack" by Perry supporters. Cain is kicking their boys butt and they don't like it. Such is the way of politics.
“How’s that workin’ out for you?”
I wake up and realize that today is another day in Obama’s America. Pretty damn lousy.
“Most of us will grumble about our constrained choice, and then select from the realistic options and Cain isn ‘t one of those options.”
Balderdash. He’s outpolling the other two nationally, and that’s bad news for them because he started way behind them.
Sure, 2 weeks ago, I could see your position, but it’s a 3 man race now. Looking at the numbers against Obama, tells me that he’s still lacking in his name recognition among independents and republicans.
So still lots of work left, but I see no reason he can’t make up the ground.
Love it! bttt
Cain just won over 48% of the vote, of the National Federation of Republican Women’s convention in Kansas City -
http://www.nfrw.org/documents/convention/2011/pollresults.pdf
He also won TeaCon (in Obama’s backyard), Dekalb GOP (GA), Orange County GOP (NC) and many other polls this week
“Well, I gotta say ... he was third on my list but now he’s off it altogether.”
Seeing as neither of your candidates are actually running, that speaks volumes.
What are you going to do when you actually have to make a choice?
Wallace Interview:
Wallace: I want to ask you, there was a troubling story on the post today, about Rick Perry, The Governor of Texas and it indicates for years his family had a hunting camp in West Texas. And the name of it, written on a stone, was “N”- head, but obviously it wasn’t just “N” head.
Cain: Right
Wallace: And he was part of that camp, even as Governor. Your reaction.
Cain: My reaction is, that’s just very insenstive. There isn’t a more vile, negative word than the “N” word, and for him to leave it there as long as he did, before, I hear, they finally painted over it, it’s just plain insensitive to a lot of black people in this country.
Then the interview went on about 9-9-9
Based on that Perry supporters are comparing Cain to Al Sharpton and worse.
He has had a positive intensity rating on Gallup for 18 out of the last 19 weeks. The only thing missing was name recognition, but that is increasing steadily. How is that a “fad”?
So far he is the only candidate that hasn’t dropped off in support.
He’s also picked up some endorsements like Dennis Miller, COL Michael Steele, and just added JD Gordon (Pentagon spokesperson) as his communications director.
But he can’t win! He has no organization! He is inexperienced! He is a fad...but, but, but...
“Ninety-two percent of the elected officials in Washington are sitting for their second or more term. Clearly, there’s plenty of experience in the current Congress. How’s that workin’ out for you?”
That is the exact right answer. Career politicians, those with Washington experience and knowing “how things get done” have led us to 14 TRILLION dollars in debt.
A better question to ask is why ANYONE assumes those same politicians are capable of getting us out of this mess when all evidence points to the opposite!
Outside of Newt and Huntsman, who on the Republican ballot currently has foreign policy experience?
Foreign policy is almost always a learn on the job task for a new President.
My thoughts exactly. Cain had the opportunity to be a post-racial leader on the Perry matter. Cain could have issued a cool and measured statement.
But instead Cain played the race card. His goal, obviously, was to damage Perry any way he could.
Cain is still very high on my list. But as you said, I've cooled off quite a bit.
The second he becomes a serious contender Herman will be confronted in the media with legions of former Godfathers Pizza employees, all claiming that he ran a sweatshop.
I used to be management in a retail business. We had no shortage of hourlies who would have given up sex (and possibly even drugs) for a shot at taking down the CEO.
He was until he allowed the media to bait him into playing the race card.
Illinois Tea Party poll this weekend:
10. Johnson 0%
10. Hunstman 0%
8. Obama 0.2%
7. Santorum 1.4%
6. Paul 1.8%
5. Romney 2.6%
4. Perry 3%
3. Gingrich 3.8%
2. Bachmann 9.4%
1. Cain 77.5%
That so called race card is a non-issue that will quickly be forgotten. It was an off the cuff remark and Cain never insinuated that Perry was racist.
It will only be an issue if people keep bringing it up ( like George Allen’s Macaca remark) in order to derail his candidacy. Other than that, we all know that Cain never was a Sharptonian or Jesse Jacksonian race baiter.
RE: Cain is still very high on my list. But as you said, I’ve cooled off quite a bit.
Somewhere out there, Christianne Amanpour and her CNN schemers are laughing and giving each other high fives saying to themselves — IT WORKED.
They’re probably going to work on the next GOP candidate in their next interview, knowing how people will react when they fail to give an answer to a gotcha question that they don’t like.
Of course he isn’t. But if he is naive enough to fall for that trick from the media, he is too naive to successfully run. When dealing with the media, NEVER ACCEPT THE PREMISE.
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