“IMHO...Cain is nothing but a spoiler....similar to Palin. The difference is...he declared. Is his following real?? Not sure because a HIGH majority of Repub voters are still not committed. That makes the poll...a $3 bill.”
I’m not sure what you mean by “real.” If you mean “committed”... perhaps not. But all the polls aren’t lying.
I mean, look at our choices (if you can stand it).
1. Mitt Romney... NO. Slick robocandidate who stands for nothing.
2. Michelle Bachman... NO. Pandering Mom (hey did you know she adopted children?) who just doesn’t seem either bright or charismatic enough for the office.
3. Ron Paul... ABSOLUTELY NO. Should be down on the street with the “Occupy” crowd somewhere.
4. Jon Huntsman... HAHHAHAHA. Yeah, right.
5. Newt Gingrich... NO. Brilliant man. Unfortunately, we’re not dumb, and we’re not going to forget him cozying up to Nancy Pelosi or the global warming idiots. I don’t trust him. You shouldn’t either. And even if we did, he’s unelectable because he’s HIM.
6. Rick Santorum... NO. Looks like a boy scout who stumbled into the Republican debates. Reminds me of a bland Dan Quayle. Ick.
7. Gary Johnson.... NO. A candidate so forgettable that I had to go look up his name because I forgot it. This is the guy who likes to make lame jokes just to get attention... and that doesn’t work EITHER.
8. Rick Perry... NO. The debates exposed him as not only a crappy debater, but inarticulate, unlikeable, and not very bright. It’s not for no reason that his numbers have gone down into single digits.
So... that leaves Herman Cain, doesn’t it?
Things I don’t like about Cain....
1. His 9-9-9 plan. Michelle’s right. Let the Government get another foot in the TAX door, and we’re just going to have another tax that will never go away... while all of the taxes that have supposedly been “cut” WON’T be, or will creep back up. End result... even less of our money in our own pockets. NO THANKS.
2. I suspect he had no serious expectation of winning, and wanted to run to promote his new book.
3. He’s obviously a bright man, but really messed up some really simple questions in the debates (referring to the people at Guantamamo, for instance as “hostages” at one point).
4. No political experience. While our gut reaction is “GOOD! There’s a reason 95% of American hate politicians...” it’s also true that the President will have to work with a pack load of smarmy, scumbag politicians (a.k.a. the Senate and House) in order to get whatever he wants through.... through. Suddenly political experience is looking like a desireable thing, to me...
So (whew)... all that said. Yeah. I support Cain (at the moment)... but I support him because there’s no one else I CAN support (thanks again, Sarah! >:-().
BADA BING-O!
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“1. His 9-9-9 plan. Michelle’s right. Let the Government get another foot in the TAX door, and we’re just going to have another tax that will never go away... while all of the taxes that have supposedly been “cut” WON’T be, or will creep back up. End result... even less of our money in our own pockets. NO THANKS.”
One thing to keep in mind is that while he imposes one tax, he gets rid of 5 other taxes. The payroll tax alone is a huge revenue stream that he is getting rid of - 15.3% of every individual. The best part is = he gets rid of five hidden taxes in favor of one visible tax.
And Bachmann was not being very honest in the debate - because she has long been a Fair Tax proponent which is 23% consumption tax. Cain’s 9% consumption tax is the bridge to the Fair Tax, the other two taxes go away in phase II of his plan (Fair Tax)
You summed up exactly how I feel.
Didn’t Newt also get in trouble over comments pertaining to Obama-care? I’ll have to look it up...
Although I agree with much of your post #56 I haven’t given up on Gingrich.
To me, right now, there are only 2 serious anti-Romney’s in the race: Cain and Gingrich.
Perry has a lot of money so he’ll stay in. The others will probably start to drop out fairly soon.