Herman Cain leads by 20 points!

mhaze said:
Cain is the best orator of the Republican candidates, and he has a positive can-do attitude.

He is an actual American black, whose parents worked hard and were poor.

There are negatives in his 999 plan, but at least he's got a plan, something that could be discussed and worked over.
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Another unintentionally-entertaining post. I do enjoy them so!
 
mhaze said:
He is an actual American black,
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Are you implying that Obama is not an actual American? An actual black?

Have you seen Cain's long form birth certificate? If not, how do you actually know he's an actual American black?
 
mhaze said:
Cain has American black parents, knows intimately the inner city and slum issues and the history of American racial relations. Briefly, he's lived it.
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Are you suggesting that there was no racism in Indoneisia in 1968?
 
Ladewig said:
Am I missing something here? Don't all the 2011 Republican candidates have a positive, can-do attitude?
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Yes, but they're not all actual black Americans!

Are Texas and Massachusetts even still part of the Union?

Expiring minds want to know!
 
mhaze said:
(A) Cain is the best orator of the Republican candidates, and (B) he has a positive can-do attitude.

(C) He is an actual American black, (D) whose parents worked hard and were poor.
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The original question was not why is he a good candidate; the question was why is Mr. Cain "the Democratic nightmare." Do all four points contribute to the nightmarishness of Mr. Cain's campaign, or are some more important than others?
 
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Ladewig said:
The original question was not why is he a good candidate; the question was why is Mr. Cain "the Democratic nightmare." Do all four points contribute to the nightmarishness of Mr. Cain's campaign, or are some more important than others?
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Because it'd be hilarious to see Cain and Obama fight it out to the bitter end.

That'd be a television and media drama of high order.

Contrast this with say, Romney and Obama. Dull.

Lots of coverage of Cain/Obama would benefit Cain.
 
mhaze said:
The fact is that Gingrich has showed far more intellectual depth and issue comprehension than any of the other candidates in the debates.
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Sad, isn't it, that the Republican with the greatest intellectual depth and issue comprehension is such a repulsive human being.
 
mhaze said:
My choice of words may have been poor. I'm thinking about who as President could possibly motivate the US population to get back on track with a positive, can-do attitude. Particularly say in business affairs, who can instill confidence in the future, such that a business man would hire people and create jobs?

Romney does not do this for me or anybody else I know. I have no doubt he's a good administrator. He actually has an outstanding record in business, look it up.

Cain is the one that seems to have this ability.
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Sad, isn't it, that the Republican candidate who could possibly motive the US with a positive, can-do attitude may well turn out to be a more repulsive human being than Gingrich.
 
mhaze said:
Because it'd be hilarious to see Cain and Obama fight it out to the bitter end.

That'd be a television and media drama of high order.

Contrast this with say, Romney and Obama. Dull.

Lots of coverage of Cain/Obama would benefit Cain.
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Thanks for the prompt responses.

I'm going to have to retire to ponder how much was leg pulling and how much wasn't.
 
I am confused. Can a candidate get away with charisma over substance in the US? I have heard this man talk, and he spews bull crap. Even I as an outsider can see how patronising he is and panders on the assumption than his audience are idiots. Perhaps he selects this kind of an audience more carried away by empty rhetoric and fist thumping and flash. I am immensely surprised that a "scandal" (however silly it seems) is required to topple him.
 
Susheel said:
I am confused. Can a candidate get away with charisma over substance in the US? I have heard this man talk, and he spews bull crap. Even I as an outsider can see how patronising he is and panders on the assumption than his audience are idiots. Perhaps he selects this kind of an audience more carried away by empty rhetoric and fist thumping and flash. I am immensely surprised that a "scandal" (however silly it seems) is required to topple him.
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Consider that there IS a part of politics that consists of catering to the average voter.

It's extremely easy to hear that from someone not of your own political idiotology, and impute negatives.

But the poll numbers I think do indicate that the electorate finds him interesting.

fishbob said:
Sad, isn't it, that the Republican candidate who could possibly motive the US with a positive, can-do attitude may well turn out to be a more repulsive human being than Gingrich.
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Sad that liberal elitists are so full of hate, bigotry and prejudicial attitudes.
 
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mhaze said:
But the poll numbers I think do indicate that the electorate finds him interesting.
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The poll numbers shows that a minority of a minority would vote for Cain, right? (Granted it's roughly equal to the biggest minority of that minority for any other candidate.) That's not "the electorate"! At best, likely GOP primary voters find him "interesting" (whatever that means).

Or has someone conducted a poll of all likely voters in a hypothetical election between Cain and Obama?
 
JoeTheJuggler said:
The poll numbers shows that a minority of a minority would vote for Cain, right? (Granted it's roughly equal to the biggest minority of that minority for any other candidate.) That's not "the electorate"! At best, likely GOP primary voters find him "interesting" (whatever that means).

Or has someone conducted a poll of all likely voters in a hypothetical election between Cain and Obama?
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Obama by 7.4 points.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_cain_vs_obama-2003.html
 
Piscivore said:
You ask this after Reagan happened?
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Disregarding the fact that Reagan had both charisma and substance.

Obama made it with just the manufactured illusion of charisma. As we all now know, the absence of charisma wasn't matched by a presence of substance.
 
mhaze said:
Consider that there IS a part of politics that consists of catering to the average voter.

It's extremely easy to hear that from someone not of your own political idiotology, and impute negatives.

But the poll numbers I think do indicate that the electorate finds him interesting.

Sad that liberal elitists are so full of hate, bigotry and prejudicial attitudes.
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The electorate finds Cain interesting in the same way that the TV viewing public finds the Kardasian saga interesting - in a can't take your eyes off the train wreck sort of way.

Yeah, us elitists taking marraige vows seriously and respecting our female co-workers is so hateful and bigotted and prejudicial.

Is that all you got? Really?
 
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