Cain Quits?

The quitter.

Prediction

If Mitt Romney is the Republican candidate for 2012, Obama wins another term in the Oval Office.

The press would highlight the *ahem* unique aspects of mormonism and play soundbytes of his flipflopping on the issues, and Romney the Mormon Flipflopper would be sunk. The members of the LDS cult in America would probably also take a hit on their reputations, but who cares - they're all just white flyover country hicks anyway.

Laura Ingraham said this morning "A conservative alternative has emerged . . . or has it?" No, it hasn't. Newt is damaged goods. I wouldn't LIKE to vote for him, but maybe I could hold my nose and vote for him if it looked like the polls were predicting a Democrat-controlled congress*. Romney - I just couldn't pull the lever for him. I'd have to stay home, and I would be part of the droves of Conservative Christians who can't vote for Romney, even if it means another term for the Dear Reader.

We'll see how it comes out in the end, whether Herman Cain really can snag the nomination or not. Until his official withdrawal from the primary contest, he's still my boy. Feel free to buy me a bumper sticker:



I was a listener when Herman Cain was a talk show host and he was considering running for the Presidency. It was a calculated move, and he saw the BS coming from a ways off. Now he's realizing that the shitstorm has finally landed on him and his family. We'll see how he takes it. He's been laying low for a while now (read: not attracting headlines in the national press outlets which hate him), but it will surprise me if he drops out of the race. If he does, probably everybody left in the race will be trying to get his endorsement.

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*The nation was designed to have as little unity in government as possible and still function. Gridlock was built in to the system ("checks and balances") and the system works great. It's harder to have 1930s Germany in the USA, because the whole thing is all bolluxed up for forcing big changes through in a hurry. That's the way it's SUPPOSED to be.

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Update half a year later, after Cain dropped out and Romney got the nomination: I switched! The vice presidential candidate made the difference, and now I am officiall on both sides of this race. No matter who wins, I won! Or something!

Can This Be Put To Bed Now?

Which is more credible?

Candidate 1: A man who was a giant of Capitalism for 40 years, but only ever turned into a monster for three years while he was the head of the (highly political) National Restaurant Association during the 1990s when sex harassment claims were a popular way for gold digging women to get paid to go away, then he turned back into a decent man again after he left.

Candidates 2 & 3: A woman who took a sex harassment settlement in the 1990s and then went on to make similar allegations at her next job, paired up with a woman who is in financial trouble, twice bankrupt, had 9 jobs in 17 years, filed and lost a paternity suit, etc., currently supported/represented by a lawyer who hates everything this man stands for

Well, if you trust voice analysis software that is reported as 95% effective telling a liar from a truth-teller, you will have to say Cain is more credible. Unless of course you watch the network news because you never heard of this story.

Quote of the Day 11/08/2011

"They could have picked a less-credible woman to pull out of the woodwork, but they would have had to try." -Me, today, re Ms. Buy-a-lick

Mr. Cain did exactly the right thing*. This is now a classic he-said/she-said and I am fairly certain one of the two sayers is way more credible than the other.

QOTD #2:

"Well, he says his wife said she doesn't believe it, that's good enough for me!" -Me, today, re: Cain talking too much during today's speech

On the way in to work this morning, I was listening to the local call-in talk show, and one female caller said Bialek instantly lost all credibility when she showed up with Gloria Allred as her lawyer. A few minutes later, I switched over to the national call-in talk show, and the hostess was saying she was in a bar when the Bialek announcement was being read by a smiling "victim." She said TWO women in the bar were shaking their heads at the whole thing and one said "why does she keep talking about her boyfriend?" Then the midday talk show guy said a fresh poll puts popular interest in this story way, way below anything else.

The people see right through this. There is an OBVIOUS push for women to come forward and claim Cain did whatever, and nobody is giving them any credence. Look me in the eye and tell me you don't think this is a politically-motivated hatchet job being played out. Then tell me you believe all the "accusations" including the ones supposedly behind confidentiality agreements with no names, faces, or specific alleged actions.

Shame on the "journalists" covering this story so eagerly. Your double-standard is showing.

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*Assuming he is the one telling the truth, that is.

Herman Cain and Troublesome Wymyn

Until you come up with something more substantial than un-named sources supposedly hiding behind confidentiality agreements, this is a non-story. If the story turns out to be some hag got her thong in a twist because she can't take a complement, this is a non-story. If the story turns out to be a mis-interpreted well-intentioned non-sexual ANYTHING took place, then Cain comes out the winner and Politico is (again) the Loser here.

If the supposedly offeeeeeeended female(s) involved took money in exchange for shutting up and going away, I hope they are forced to give up 100% of the money they received, if they come out from behind their confidentiality agreements. If they don't, the story is 100% dead and you can know for certain that the only reason any "news" agency reports on it is because they are terrified that Cain will actually win the White House. Need I remind you how President "Slick Willy" Bill Clinton got that nickname? Gee, I wonder which side of the political aisle the alphabet networks prefer.

I think we've all seen how little it takes to get a sexual harassment case brought up for serious consideration. Prove it is all I've got to say.

I Hope

That this man may win gives me hope. If Herman Cain does (and recent history says he will) get the Republican nomination, I think he can make it to the Office. The nation will be in the very best of hands, then.

It is not because he is black (WAY blackerer than President Obama)
It is not because he is a male
It is not because he has an R in the parenthesis
It is because he knows, and is not afraid to speak, the truth. Would that more men were willing to call a spade a spade like Cain.

This election will tell us very much about the future of our nation. "May your chains rest lightly" on your countrymen . . . may not come just yet. It seems that the Good People have let slip their (0ur) responsibility to care for our State. We may have woken up in time. Ask me again in three years.

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P.S. if the tea partiers are racist, how do you explain Cain?

YES! Time to Donate to the Cain Campaign!

In Ohio, they bus in people to vote in the straw poll. In Florida, the people voting in the straw poll are the people who will be nominating the candidate for Florida's Republican party. Herman Cain didn't do so hot in the Ohio poll.

Herman Cain DOMINATED the Florida straw poll. He got more than double the number of votes cast for Pretty Boy Perry or perpetually-losing candidate Romney.

Good.

Vote for Hermain Cain. Better yet, donate to the Cain campaign!

Yes, Communities SHOULD be Able to Ban Mosques . . . or Strip Clubs . . . Or Churches

IF all you wanted when you set up your subdivision was a nice place for people to vacate at eight and repopulate at six, sleep, and go do it again the next day, you may have zoned it for houses. Some places don't have zoning ordinances.

Then what happens when (fill in the blank) decides to erect a place to do their thing that does not fit in with your community's culture? A democrat (note the small "d") says: you get to ban it, as a community. The alternative is to not be able to ban anything. If we won't give official preference for religions, we should treat religions like other organizations: if the community doesn't want you as a neighbor, you're not allowed in.

The subdivision/bedroom community next to mine had a new neighbor announce they were going to move in. A strip club, less than a thousand feet from the nearest house. There was a huge protest from basically everyone within hollering distance, and the people behind the strip club took a hint. They weren't interested in controversy, they wanted profits (vs. years of legal battles to obtain said profit with controversy). No strip club there, next story. But in Tennessee, the neighbors are protesting against an adversary that doesn't give two cents about public sentiment. If you are willing to build a mosque over the objections of the local neighbors, that proves their point that you are in it for more than just a place to worship your made-up god, which is what Cain was trying to say on the Fox interview but he didn't get the right words out.

Not said (but reported): B4nz 4 m0sQ@s! zOMG!
Said perhaps less than perfectly well: Communities should be able to pick their neighbors. Once again, Herman Cain agrees with me and is right, although the easy line to demagogue makes him sound not only wrong but intolerant.

And of course, as the perceived slight in this case is against islam, it cannot be tolerated. Because tolerance means tolerating everything and everyone who agrees with you. Only.

Two Steps Away From Destruction. Sideways Steps.

Trump and Hucksterbee are both out of the running. Good. Scratch two names from the list of people you might have to hold your breath and vote for so as to vote against President Obama.

Support Herman Cain. Tell all your friends about Hermain Cain. Visit Herman Cain's website. And if you know Herman Cain personally, tell him to hurry up and announce already!

Vote for Herman Cain!

You never heard of him until today. Today he was trending on social media and dominating the most-searched ranking on Google. Herman Cain showed up at the Republican debate last night and walked away with 50% of the total vote, give or take a point depending on whose polling you look at. By being himself and speaking his heart on the spur of the moment, he swayed the voters.

He can win. I wish he would frikken announce already so I can support his campaign.

Herman Cain Can Win. Vote For Him. Support Him.

THIS is who should be the next President of the USA. If you don't know who he is, blame the MSM and do your homework. If you don't think a relative unknown can win the office, consider the 2012 Presidential Forum in Manchester, which voted 62% for Cain and the nearest contender was 17% Pawlenty.

Hat tip: Instapundit

(homework: begin with the links in the theothermccain.com article)

Great Good News For The Republic!

On the same day, I heard two possibly-astonishingly-good pieces of news.

"Wobbly" Kay Hutchison announced she will not run for re-election. Here's hoping she retires to a quiet ignominy. Now, Texas, let's see if we can get a gen-u-wine conservative in her spot.

Herman Cain announced the creation of his exploratory committee for President. I cannot tell you in one sitting how much better Cain would be than Romney, Palin, McCain, any of the Bushes, the Donald, or anyone else even remotely on the radar screen.

Herman Cain for President!

Donald Trump For President (?!)

SRSLY Donald Trump? I heard this recommendation from the mouth of a man who says we need to run the country like a business to get the finances of the nation back in order. With the latter I agree. With the former . . . how about we don't pick for our CEO a man who has gone bankrupt THREE times and narrowly avoided it twice more? Donald Trump has a habit of charging up a brazillion dollars in debt on unworkable schemes and then defaulting, or losing money on unprofitable ventures. Somehow he barely manages to cling to the top of the heap each time.

Those last two sentences are not something I want applied to America. Just say "No." to The Donald.

I told NP that Trump is apparently clearly going to run for President of the USA, and the first words out of his mouth were: "he's been bankrupt how many times? NP is no fan of Sarah Palin at all and he said he'd sooner choose Palin than Trump for POTUS. I tend to cuncur.

I heard Trump on a couple of radio interviews and the hosts seemed all rah-rah for him, but he sounded like a government-educated populist ignoramus to me - on both foreign AND domestic policy. Just perzactly what we DON'T need in a President. We need someone sharp AND knowledgeable, both canny and charming, and without a whole heaping CLOSETfull of skeletons waiting to come bursting out at the first opportunity. Besides which, Donald Trump strikes me as somehow slimy.

If the Republicans decide to nominate him, you can know that they have decided to either a) abandon principle and hope for a win based on name recognition or b) thrown the contest in favor of allowing the Dear President a second term. It would be possible for him to win, if Trump ran against Obama, but it would be yet another election where a plurality of voters hold their nose and vote anti-Democrat again. Again. Again.

If the Republicans pick Trump, I hope Dr. Savage does make good on his threat to start up a third political party based on conservative principles, as the Republican party will clearly have gone down the wrong road (at least) one too many times.

I reiterate my call: Herman Cain for President!

Herman Cain for President

I endorse Herman Cain as a candidate for President of the United States of America. No, he has not said whether or not he will run. He should, though. The conservative bench of solid Presidential candidates is awfully thin since . . . well, since after Reagan, honestly. Here is a* man I can vote for without reservation. I hope that he does run, because we need more like him running the show. If he does, I will donate to his campaign and encourage everyone to do likewise.

And I'm both broke and cheap, so that's saying something.

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*He happens to be "black." This makes no difference to me, but if it was Cain vs. Soetero Obama, that could do interesting things with the 92% of black voters who went with Obama the last time. . . .