The 'Lamestream' media, the rino's, inside the beltway boys and political pundits of all stripes have NEVER saw Cain as a viable candidate. There has been nothing but a solid stream of reason coming from them since he announced as to why Cain couldn't be taken seriously, why Cain can't win, and as those reasons grew thinner in substance or fell apart all together they have been forced again and again to find more and different reasons as to why Cain can't win.
Why do they continue to derail Cain even as he defeats their arguments against him?
There are any number of reason, he is not a member of the insiders club for one, hes not a known career politician for another, but mostly these people just dont understand a man like Herman Cain. Not that it is entirely their fault, because men like Herman Cain are so rare these days, men of real integrity. These people who for the most part never work a day in their lives who scoff at the narrative of the American Dream, now are the first to express derision over the qualifications of Herman Cain.
Its been at least 30 years since these people have had to deal with some of Cains stripe and they are completely out of their depths in trying to understand him, just as much now as they were then. I am not saying Herman Cain is the next Ronald Reagan, but he and Reagan share common traits and characteristic, which are far beyond these types to understand.
Herman Cain who truly was until recently a virtual unknown had faith enough in himself to decide to run for President of the United States on his own. There was no Media hype/pressure/build-up about a possible run, there was no urging by members of the Party, no words spoken into his ear by party players, elites, beltway boys or pundits, not even a word of encouragement from the Republican Party of his home state only faith in himself.
And time and time again Herman Cain has shown just what kind of man he is. Is he without faults? Hardly! No man is without his faults, but one measure of a man is how he faces his faults and Herman not only faces his faults, but admits to them, learns from them, teaches others from then and lastly he laughs at himself over them and it takes a man who is truly sure in himself to be able to laugh at their own mistakes.
Considering the great numbers of skeptics on this forum I am sure there will be a good number of FReepers who will find this post funny and stupid, but here goes: I think one of the reasons people support Herman and why so many skeptics cant see Cain for what he is can be summed up in the following lines from the 2003 movie 'Secondhand Lions'
Hub: "Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in."
In Herman Cain we see a good man, an honorable man, a man that has made his mark through his own effort and owes no one other than God and his Parents for his success. We see a man who did not seek money and power, but achieved them and a yet they clearly hold no sway over him.
Maybe we are foolish and gullible, maybe we have all seen Mr. Smith Goes to Washington one to many times and now think that Good really can triumph over evil. The skeptics, naysayers, elitist,'Lamestream media types dont believe in anything, but there are still some of us, many of us that choose to believe, because those are things worth believing in, just as the American Dream is still worth believing in.
PING!
God bless him and protect him from the vicious slings and arrows the Democrats will throw at him.
“There was no Media hype/pressure/build-up about a possible run,”
Makes me relieved Palin didn’t run. What a circus that would have been.
I gought my ticket on the Cain Train just a week ago, and am ready to ride all the way....to the White House, Herman.
And then there’s Mitt Romney. Rich kid who has never needed anything, heck you can’t even tie him to war hero, POW like we did to the last RINO.
Catching American Dreams;)
The story or legend of the dreamcatcher is as follows, It is believed that each carefully woven web will catch your dreams in the night. The bad spirit dreams will get caught in the web and disappear. Any bad dreams that may linger in the web will be trapped by the prayer beads which are woven into the web and evaporate from the web. The good spirit dreams will find their way to the center of the dream catcher and float down the sacred feather.
The good dreams will then rise up to meet the Great Spirit with the morning sun.
YEsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!
http://www.bearlanderstradingco.com/dreamcatchers.html
An excellent article to read and become familiar with Cain’s background and thought processes. He’s truly an accomplished leader and a winner. Go Herman Cain—a REAL Man for President. May your dream become reality.
But if you want to be president of the United States---no relevant experience is necessary! Don't worry about running for lesser office, say, Governor of somewhere. A proven record? You don't need one! You just need the votes! Is this a great country or what?!
I read the Parade article, but I couldn’t find any adversity.
He clearly isn't. Reagan had a record to run on before he was elected president. He had served as governor of a large state, proven his abilities to be an executive in a republican form of government. That ain't just running pizza joints.
So this article is 15 years old...and it sounds EXACTLY like the Herman Cain of today.
Let’s look at another person running for president 15 years ago, shall we. The year is 1986, and Ronald Reagan and Phil Gramm (along with many others) have already seen the writing on the wall and switched from being Democrat to Republican.
And what’s Rick Perry doing? Trying his BEST to get more DEMOCRATS elected...starting with Al Gore two years later.
Herman Cain - America is Ready AWESOME AD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbwR7aSTcGY&feature=player_embedded
The song could win him the election by itself.
Great post, Kart.
I’ve been with Cain from the get-go, hearing time and time again “he can’t win”. Well, now those same people are sitting up and taking note. Many are planning to vote for him.
We need a man like Herman Cain in the White House. Someone who can lead and inspire. He’s not a politician, I say, “great!”.
I like Newt and Rick Perry too and wouldn’t mind seeing either of them in the White House, but I truly believe that Cain can and will win and that he is the best choice for the nomination at this time.