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Old 10-05-2011, 02:11 PM
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The mote with alligators comment was a metaphor.

The mosque comment has been trumped up and twisted by the mainstream media. Read his book.
There's no denial he said those things. Now whether "mainsream media" has twisted his words by reporting them, or now your opinions that they were metaphor . . . aren't you just spinning it as well?

The man said what he said and should take responsibility for them. That's what a proper candidate should do, no?
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One of my favorite things that Herman Cain was saying a few weeks ago was when someone commented about him having not held public office, he would respond with something like: "Washington DC is full of people who have held office for years. How's THAT working for you?"
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Title from the LA Times -

Herman Cain: The GOP's flavor of the month sours early

Here's Cain's failing:

"I don't have facts to back this up, but I happen to believe that these demonstrations are planned and orchestrated to distract from the failed policies of the Obama administration. Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks, if you don't have a job and you're not rich; blame yourself! ... It is not someone's fault if they succeeded; it is someone's fault if they failed."

And the Times explanation of his faults, "Cain's answer speaks to the seeming inability of today's Republican candidates to defend free-market capitalism and curtailing government regulations on the private sector without sounding crass and insensitive. "

Good thing they are there to help us mere mortals discern what's what.

Yep, where would we be without the brilliant idiots in the press to tell us how we are supposed to think. The problem is that we have a country FILLED with sheeple who let the liberal media do their thinking for them.
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Exactly.
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Old 10-05-2011, 09:17 PM
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Oh, you mean you didn't have to be the son of a powerful political family to get a deferment? Who knew?
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Old 10-05-2011, 10:19 PM
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Golly, if we only get NYT and Washington Post to tell us not to vote for him he will have hit the trifecta!

This is great!
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Old 10-06-2011, 09:34 AM
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There is plenty of stupid, lemming-like behavior on both sides of the political spectrum, most of it is concentrated at the far extremes . . .

Unfortunately, we are now barraged so constantly with information (and mis-information), that it is difficult for the average person to sort it all out. However, it seems to me that if you exercise common sense, attempt to stay reasonably well informed, that you can have a fairly sound opinion about all of these things.
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That's right! Her statement was very close to the point of voting for it. That's why she MADE the statement, she was railroading them into voting for something that they had yet to read.

Just that much more evidence of the people in congress being a bunch of IDIOTS! We are taught from the time we're kids or certainly at least young adults, that we should NEVER sign anything that we don't read first. It's not difficult to see that this should also apply to something that we will vote on.

They all should be run out of town on a rail. Her for proposing such a preposterous thing as voting on it before you know what's in it, and the rest of them for being stupid enough to vote on it! All of them are crooked, self centered, idiots on both sides of the aisle.
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Unfortunately, elections thee days seem to be a lot like choosing teams on the play ground in elementary school. Except the other team got to pick all their players first. All we have left is those kids that nobody else wanted. Often times it seems we're happy just to get a player who can actually hit the ball, never mind getting a run . . .
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Unfortunately, elections thee days seem to be a lot like choosing teams on the play ground in elementary school. Except the other team got to pick all their players first. All we have left is those kids that nobody else wanted. Often times it seems we're happy just to get a player who can actually hit the ball, never mind getting a run . . .

Yes, the media attacks alone in many cases are enough to keep many good people out of politics.

Herman Cain doesn't have much of a chance of being President, but if he were to succeed, it will drive him nuts working with such incompetents. Within a few months he would know the meaning of the old saying "be careful what you ask for, you might get it."

He is a proven go getter. It's been a long time since anyone with drive, intelligence and an aggressive attitude toward doing a job well has taken up residency in the Whitehouse.
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Didn't Cain supposedly say in one of his speeches or interviews that he would veto any bill that was longer than three pages? I heard him criticized for saying it, at least. After I thought about it, I thought maybe that's not so crazy after all. Think of all the crap that gets foisted upon the American public because it was buried deep within some fairly reasonable-sounding Congressional bill.
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Didn't Cain supposedly say in one of his speeches or interviews that he would veto any bill that was longer than three pages? I heard him criticized for saying it, at least. After I thought about it, I thought maybe that's not so crazy after all. Think of all the crap that gets foisted upon the American public because it was buried deep within some fairly reasonable-sounding Congressional bill.

That's what Pork Barrel Politics is all about. They bury everything under the Sun in those bills. I'm sure that his three page comment was simply a figure of speech. What he was saying was that these 2,000 page bills have got to go.

The fact that he's a Washington outsider and can see the inefficiencies, is one of the things that makes him a great candidate. He not only can see the inefficiencies, but has a very long track record of dealing with such things and correcting them.
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I voted for Dubya. I voted for Obama. I'd love to have somebody decent to vote for for a change . . .
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I voted for Dubya. I voted for Obama. I'd love to have somebody decent to vote for for a change . . .
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So it's all your fault!
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