Herman Cain makes it offical; he is running for president
With the so-called frontrunners for the GOP nomination for the presidency being less than impressive I have decided to take a close, hard look at the “second tier” players, Herman Cain being among them. The early returns on Herman Cain I found to be impressive, but recent revelations about his involvement with the Federal Reserve and support of TARP has soured me on his candidacy, yet not enough for me to rule him out as my choice just yet–although I have to admit that I do not find him to be as attractive of a candidate as I did before I learned about this.
Yesterday Herman Cain finally made it official, he is running for president of the United States and I have to say that for the most part I found his announcement speech to be inspiring and he is on the verge of winning me back.
In an obvious dig at the current president–and speaking without a teleprompter and seemingly from the top of his head–he said that America needed a leader, not a reader and claimed that he would provide that leadership. But he did make one mistake towards the end of his speech that I cannot overlook.
While claiming that we should not rewrite the constitution, but reread the constitution-a statement that I agree with–he declared that while we were reading the constitution we should not stop at the part in the constitution which states that we have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness because the document continues on to say that when the government infringes on these rights we have the right to alter or abolish it and to institute a new government. The problem here is that these words do not appear anywhere in the constitution, they appear in the Declaration of Independence. He mixed up his founding documents, and it seems to me that somebody who is running for president should have his facts in order when quoting the founding documents.
However, as I stated above, he was speaking without a teleprompter and seemingly without notes, so if this was a one time slip I can live with it, however if this occurs more than once without correction–ala Michele Bachmann–I will have to look for another candidate to throw my support behind because I firmly believe that in order to know where the country is headed you need to know where we came from.
Here is the video of Herman Cain’s announcement:
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I’m good with this. I think he’ll bring something needed to the debate…common sense. Still doing my homework on him.
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I like it also, and will be doing my homework as well.
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I’ve haven’t counted him out either. Unfortunately, the msm, and many right wing pundits have. He has a high hill to climb.
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The right wing pundits do not want him because he is not part of the establishment, and that is one thing that I like about him.
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A refreshing change. I do hope he brushes up a bit with the Foreign Affairs thingy.He faltered a bit Sunday on Fox in this area. He will have to say more than, “I will get a team together”
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I did not see this interview but it does sound as if he is going to have to come up with a foreign policy plan if he hopes to win the nomination.
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I liked Cain before the first GOP debate and really liked him after. But, as you say, he has made a couple of mis-statements, that in my view are forgivable, but who knows how forgiving the media will be.
At this point though, barring a Palin entry, it would seem this is a Pawlenty/Romney race. That is unless Cain continues to impress like he did at that first debate 😉
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I think that Cain is going to gain some momentum as the debates heat up but I am afraid that the best the Republicans will have to offer is Romney and Pawlenty.
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Hmm. thx for the food for thought.
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This is a guy to keep your eye on if you are like me and are less than impressed with the so-called front runners.
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I think it’s good he’s running, will make for interesting news. I don’t think he can win but the GOP field seems to weird now anything is possible. OR VP candidate perhaps?
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In the end the establishment Republicans will do whatever it takes to ensure he does not win the nomination, but I think that Tea Party people are fed up with the establishment and will see through their attempts at blocking him.
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I’m delighted to see that Mr. Cain is running! 🙂 He will certainly wake up the electorate. Some of the people the GOP has been pushing in recent elections are real snooze-inducers. I really liked Bob Dole back when he ran against Clinton, but the simple fact is that his speeches put me to sleep. He never had a chance against young, energetic Clinton!
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If Cain is one thing he is energetic and I think that he will catch on with more people in the Republican party than anyone is willing to admit.
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He is somewhat Reaganesque in how he approaches things; simple truths trump the “complexity” that the left uses to justify controlling all aspects of human life. However, the Fed issue casts a shadow. I’m going to see how things work themselves out over the next few months. It might become more interesting.
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I agree, the Fed issue casts doubts as to whether or not I can support Cain and I will be watching him closely to see if I can support him.
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I must say that I’m surprised – from the content of this site, I would think the author(s) would support freedom.
There is a candidate that also supports freedom, has for the last 20 years. He also has a son in the Senate that is wiling to stand up for the constitution, and what it embodies.
Herman Cain is anything but an outsider, he worked on the Romney campaign, as a Fed Chairman and ran for office twice. I do agree he is a smooth talker, but doesn’t offer substance, only rhetoric.
If you want the true outsider(even members of his own party disown him), then I suggest you consider Ron Paul 2012. His ideas are straight from the founding fathers, and his voting record matches.
Please don’t allow the media to pick what candidate you will vote for, look at Ron Paul’s speeches, websites and voting records, and then decide for yourself.
Thanks for taking the time to read this,
Tim M – 51 – Missouri
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I was real high on Cain when I first heard him, but the recent revelations about his involvement with the Feds has me thinking twice. My problem with Paul is that he is a little too much of an isolationist for me. Howver, if no candidate comes forward who I can fully support I may just give my vote to Paul.
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Thanks Steve – I found this site when searching for more information on the new Obama website czar Lee.
I’m glad that you are open to a discourse on the matters that affect our nation, I know that we(Americans) will not always agree on everything, but I hope enough of us can agree on the important things.
Tim
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And thank you for the information that you have provided. I also hope that enough of us can agree on the important issues but so far that hasn’t been the case with the left. Instead of civil debate they have opted to attack those that disagree with them as racists. They have said that we oppose the old and want to see them kicked out of nursing homes. This is not a way to have a civil debate, it is an effort to scare people into supporting them and until they are willing to debate the issues and stop attacking us I see no hole for ever solving the problems that this country faces.
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