IF Cain makes it out of the primary, I’ll gladly campaign for him. If it’s mutt romney, I’m writing in Palin.
I believe the establishment is pushing romney, which would just about guarantee the resident reelected. Mutt’s former work with bain capital would be too easy for the media to repeatedly use in today’s environment setup from the ows pansies to help the resident.
Sad, but found this interesting list below (regarding Cain):
1. He supported TARP
2. He endorsed Romney
3. He is a flip-flopper on abortion (numerous times)
4. He is a flip-flopper on gay marraige
5. He is a flip-flopper on killing Al Awlaki
6. He donated to Democrat politicians in Nebraska
7. He has no voting record, so we don’t know which way he would on anything
8. He worked for the Fed
9. He has high praise for Alan Greenspan (Andrea Mitchell’s hubbie)
10. He ripped people who opposed TARP as “free market purists”
Sources:
1. http://004eeb5.netsolhost.com/hc133.htm
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXUz1gscEnM
3. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/herman-cain-and-abortion-flip-flop-flip/2011/10/24/gIQAZ16NDM_blog.html
4. http://theweek.com/article/index/220679/herman-cains-lastest-flip-flop-a-federal-gay-marriage-ban
5. http://rt.com/news/blogs/contrarian-view/al-awlaki-killing-obama/
6. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/herman-cain-explains-past-donations-democrats-162526044.html
7. - (no voting record speaks for itself - no link)
8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain
9. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/herman-cain-praises-greenspan-at-risk-of-tea-party-support/
10. http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/05/flashback-2008-herman-cain-praised-tarp-chided-free-market-purist
Your post deserves an answer because education & knowledge make better voters.
“1. He supported TARP”
TARP became necessary since banks were allowed to gamble on derivatives. Bubba Clinton & Robert Rubin were behind removing Glass-Steagall Act which separated investment and commercial banking activities. If so many major banks were allowed to implode, we would all be in a deep depression. It is akin to contacting a serious disease, when serious remedies is the only way out. It is of course better to avoid getting the disease in the first place. But once you contact the disease, you can’t just sit on your fanny because getting the disease was a bad thing.
“2. He endorsed Romney”
Endorsed for what? Cain is in it to win it. So your claim makes no sense.
“Issues 3,4”
Cain has explicitly stated “Life begins at conception”.
Cain backs DOMA 100%
“5. He is a flip-flopper on killing Al Awlaki”
Cain’s opinion is irrelevant since he did not have access
to CIA intelligence. I can’t recall Cain ever saying he is unhappy about Alwaki killing, unlike Ron Paul.
“6. He donated to Democrat politicians in Nebraska”
Welcome to the real world of Main Street. Every successful business donates to politicians who can affect their business. To do otherwise is both stupid and suicidal. I have to assume you never owned a large business.
“7. He has no voting record, so we don’t know which way he would on anything”
Any thinking person can surmise how Cain will act as president based on his thousands of speeches and his web site.
“8. He worked for the Fed”
That is good, so he is quite familiar with banking issues.
My hero is Paul Volcker who saved this country from galloping inflation and thus facilitated Reagan’s economic success. Volcker was Federal Reserve Chairman.
“9. He has high praise for Alan Greenspan”
The economy during Greenspan’s term was working just fine. Unemployment was low, dollar was strong, and Fed acted with much more transparency. If Cain had praise for Bernanke or Geithner, that would be a huge negative for me.
“10. He ripped people who opposed TARP as free market purists”
Read my explanation to item 1.