Herman Cain doesn’t take the presidency seriously
Did I mention that Herman Cain is not a legitimate candidate for president?
Last week, you may recall, Cain refused to reveal what his policy would be toward Afghanistan. We’ve been fighting there for almost a decade; more than 100,000 American soldiers are putting their lives on the line as we sit here, and Cain, a man who criticizes President Obama for not having a clear foreign policy, says he doesn’t want to “shoot from the lip” by suggesting what course this country should take next.
He says that once elected, he would talk to the experts and generals and come up with a plan about what to do. As I noted at the time, it’s the kind of answer Miss South Carolina might give in the beauty pageant Q&A. In fact, such a lack of preparation is downright disrespectful. Cain is offering himself as a potential commander in chief and asking people to take him seriously, yet the issue of American troops fighting and dying in a far-off land for almost a decade simply hasn’t been important enough to him to justify study and thought.
And then there’s this:
In his announcement speech Saturday, Cain accused President Obama of “throwing Israel under the bus.” On Sunday, Fox News put Cain on the air, sitting him down for an interview with Chris Wallace:
Cain has clearly never encountered the term “right of return,” a phrase familiar to anyone who has done even 20 minutes of research into the Middle East conundrum. He does not know that the Palestinian claim of a “right of return,” if implemented, would mean hundreds of thousands if not millions of Palestinians now living elsewhere would be allowed to return to live in what is now the heart of Israel. He proudly claims that he would offer the Palestinians nothing, yet in saying that the right of return is something to be negotiated, he offers them everything, right down to the destruction of Israel. Yet in that ignorance, he feels qualified to assert what he calls “the Cain doctrine” regarding the Middle East.
I’m sorry. You forfeit any claim as a legitimate candidate if you do not even know what the term “right of return” means. As with the Afghanistan issue, it reflects not merely a lack of knowledge, but even worse, a basic lack of interest and respect for the high office that he seeks and for the voters who support him.
Cain talks a lot about his business career. Well, any job candidate who walked into an interview as proudly ill-prepared as Cain would be bounced out the door immediately.
– Jay Bookman
UPDATE: Cain has issued the following “clarification”:
“Stockbridge, GA)- In an interview this morning on FOX News Sunday with Christopher Wallace, Herman Cain addressed the issue of “right of return” for the country of Israel. In clarification of these remarks, Mr. Cain released the following statement:
I have long been a vocal and unwavering supporter of our friend and ally, Israel.
All Israeli governments have rejected the “right” of large numbers of Arabs or Palestinians to return to what is now the state of Israel. Such an en masse return would unbalance Israel’s demographic makeup as the world’s sole Jewish state.
In this light, should the “right of return” “be negotiated,” as I said, “if that is a decision that Israel wants to make”? Certainly, and to reiterate, it’s Israel’s call. Israel has a long record of being more gracious to its enemies than its enemies are to it, and this would be yet another example of that. But is the “right of return” a moral imperative? Is it something Israel must grant? Is it something the United States ought to encourage?
The answer is no on every count.
Our policy on Palestinian affairs must be wholly a function of our policy on Israeli affairs. Israel is a friend. Israel is an ally. Israel shares common values with us. Israel shares common interests with us, especially in the eradication of terrorism and the need for bringing peace to the region. As President, I will never lose sight of these basic facts. Any aspirant to the Presidency must have the unshakable US-Israeli alliance at the core of his or her strategic vision in the Middle East.
As your President, I would. “
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Paulo977
May 23rd, 2011
10:47 am
USinUK
Fairness of Israelis?
What about this?
http://www.olivecoop.com/stage/articles/fairtrade-in-an-unfair-world-the-case-of-palestine/
cosby smith
May 23rd, 2011
10:47 am
Ahh Jay, Hreman is a Republican so all you want to do is discredit him. At least he thinks and analyss a situation which is more than we get from Barry Soretoro. And you jumped on Barry’s bandwagon as if he was the second coming of Christ, yet no one checked his background, up bringing and work experience. I learned from that election that a community organizer was a career path…guess next colleges will be adding a degree for that. but then, anyone can read from a script, but then he is a democrat.
USinUK
May 23rd, 2011
10:47 am
dB – “GLL, what were the top income tax rates when JFK made those speeches? ”
is it me, or are your fingers getting cramped from having to type the same stuff every single day in response to their brainless talking points???
Granny Godzilla
May 23rd, 2011
10:47 am
GLL
yep truth is a THE billiant liberal argument
while all you can manage has been epic fail after epic fail just in the last few hours….
Mick
May 23rd, 2011
10:48 am
gll
Posting all those quotes from kennedy proves what? Is there anything remotely similar about the early sixties and now, economically? I think not, especially the national debt…
jm
May 23rd, 2011
10:49 am
DDR – since you’re so clueless, I’ll spoon feed it for you
Obama to Break Promise, Opt Out of Public Financing for General Election
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/06/obama-to-break.html
poison pen
May 23rd, 2011
10:49 am
The Great Health Care Bill now has over 1,000 deferments, given as political favors.
Adam, you are correct, they were mostly given out to union employees, no political favors there, snark.
Bosch
May 23rd, 2011
10:49 am
Joe Mama,
Good point — it appears Cain by-passed the obvious steps to the White House.
USinUK
May 23rd, 2011
10:49 am
Paolo – preaching to the choir!
DebbieDoRight
May 23rd, 2011
10:50 am
jt:They adhere to the silly and dangerous belief that “federal law” trumps “state law”.
Psssst hey jt…..it does! That’s why the US Supreme Court “trumps” all lower courts! Sorry.
Adam
May 23rd, 2011
10:51 am
Don’t Tread: I think Newt is taking the candidacy seriously, by having his own thoughts on different subjects. But that doesn’t work well when you have to pay the crazy tax. He may be taking it seriously, but he’s not very good at it right now
jm
May 23rd, 2011
10:51 am
I hope Daniels gets a slot in the Republican administration. Treasury Secretary perhaps…..
Adam
May 23rd, 2011
10:51 am
straitroad: The election of Bush proves that this nation will elect anyone…
FYT.
Bosch
May 23rd, 2011
10:51 am
GLL,
You might want to call Leon and tell him that — see Debbie’s post at 10:38.
USMC
May 23rd, 2011
10:51 am
“DDR – I was referring to Obama’s promise to adhere to the federal matching funds process for campaigns which implicitly limits the amount that can be raised. Which Obama threw out the window before he was 1/2 through with his 2008 campaign”–JM
Here is Obama Lying 7 Times in 2 Minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfu1_Scgyow
Granny Godzilla
May 23rd, 2011
10:51 am
jm
Obama’s promise to adhere to the federal matching funds process for cam
medium stinking lie
The truth is:
In November 2007, Obama answered “Yes” to Common Cause when asked “If you are nominated for President in 2008 and your major opponents agree to forgo private funding in the general election campaign, will you participate in the presidential public financing system?”
You’ll note McCain did finally (after much dancing and hand wringing)
went with private funding.
USinUK
May 23rd, 2011
10:51 am
“They adhere to the silly and dangerous belief that “federal law” trumps “state law”.”
wow. that’s gotta win today’s prize for the scariest ignorance of how our government works.
Adam
May 23rd, 2011
10:52 am
GLL: I wasn’t talking about the NUMBER of waivers. The lie is that they were given as political favors.
poison pen
May 23rd, 2011
10:53 am
Hey everyone, quit picking on our Irish brother.
Good little liberal
May 23rd, 2011
10:53 am
USinUK
We have been going in the right diection for two years and we still have a 9%unemployment rate. And now inflation is setting in.
“and you have proof that they were given out as favors???”
People request a wavier. I’m pretty sure that people wouldn’t request a punishment.
Waterboarding? It depends on who you talk to. Whoopie Goldberg? No way.
Leon Pineta, absolutely.
Your article from the BBC is a year old.
USMC
May 23rd, 2011
10:54 am
“Good point — it appears Cain by-passed the obvious steps to the White House.”–Bosch
“Community Organizer?” is an obvious step to the White House???
Bosch and Cynthia McKinney; two peas in a pod!
Uncle Neal
May 23rd, 2011
10:54 am
I would not support anyone who, on live radio, refers to Neal Bortz as “Uncle Neal.”
What a disgrace!!!!
poison pen
May 23rd, 2011
10:54 am
USMC, that was awsome, 7 times in 2 minutes, loved it.
Mick
May 23rd, 2011
10:54 am
usmc@10:51
Again??????????????? Give it a rest, it’s really a bit silly if put in context…
Good little liberal
May 23rd, 2011
10:55 am
Mick
Business is business. Make the US a friendly place for business and our economy will recover. Demonizing business and they leave. Why is that so hard to understand?
Bosch
May 23rd, 2011
10:55 am
USMC,
Can you guys just not admit that Obama wasn’t a community organizer one day and POTUS the next? You forgot College Professor, State Senator, U.S. Senator, then POTUS.
DebbieDoRight
May 23rd, 2011
10:55 am
DDR – since you’re so clueless, I’ll spoon feed it for you
Soooo Obama changed his mind about that. Not being over “dramatic” here but I would’ve too if I’d out-raised my closest opponent by 1 million dollars. It would’ve been like Venus Williams deciding to stick with her option of playing tennis with one arm tied behind her back just so some silly European girl could win. Or an even better analogy would be Michael Jordan foregoing his legacy with the Bulls to sign with the Clippers in LA in order to get a better tan.
USMC
May 23rd, 2011
10:56 am
“I would not support anyone who, on live radio, refers to Neal Bortz as “Uncle Neal.” What a disgrace!!!!”—R@cist
jm
May 23rd, 2011
10:57 am
Granny G “medium stinking lie” at least you admit it was a lie….. I’ll admit, its not the worst transgression in the world, but they all start to add up, in particular with those that have longer memories.
BehindEnemyLines
May 23rd, 2011
10:57 am
Easiest way to note who the rabid left fears is to watch who they attack. Thanks for the heads up.
The Leg Lamp is a “major award”….
May 23rd, 2011
10:57 am
Maybe Herman needs more time to form a strategy for Afghanistan much like Obama did for those many months when he didn’t send in the requested troops.
Mick
May 23rd, 2011
10:57 am
**Demonizing business and they leave**
Please show me some concrete proof that is what this administration does…
jt
May 23rd, 2011
10:57 am
Progressive reasoning? ……the Supremes “trump” ONLY if you agree………..Thank God the good people of Milwaukee disagreed———————
“..I sympathize with the rescuers of Glover and rejoice at his escape. I rejoice that, in the first attempt of the slave-hunters to convert our jail into a slave-pen and our citizens into slave-catchers, they have signally failed, and that it has been decided by the spontaneous uprising and sovereign voice of the people, that no human being can be dragged into bondage from Milwaukee.”
Come and take it.
The Leg Lamp is a “major award”….
May 23rd, 2011
10:58 am
I say we let the citizens of all “57 states” determine whether or not Herman is a legitimate candidate.
USinUK
May 23rd, 2011
10:58 am
GLL – Unemployment takes more than 2 years to recover from a regular recession. From a recession as severe as the one we just experienced, it’s going to take longer.
“People request a wavier. I’m pretty sure that people wouldn’t request a punishment. ”
yes. people requested a waiver. and they got it. just like the law allows. even that bastion of liberalism, Cracker Barrel.
again, unless you can show PROOF that it was done as a favor – or that Republican-leaning companies didn’t get one – it’s just you being a blowhard.
Leon Panetta said it wasn’t waterboarding that did the trick. you might want to reboot.
as for the BBC study – that’s the best you got – it’s a year old??? it’s still valid and completely disproves your point.
F-L-A-I-L – you wear it well.
Adam
May 23rd, 2011
10:58 am
57 states, community organizer, WORST PREZ, etc…
You guys have NOTHING.
jm
May 23rd, 2011
10:58 am
DDR “changed his mind about that”
Well, is that the dismissive comment you used with Bush finally figured out there weren’t any WMD’s in Iraq? I guess he changed his mind????
Oh, yeah, I can understand the decision and desire to win, forsaking your morals for pure political gain. But then again, I can understand why Bush made the decision he did on Iraq too.
Difference between you and me: you don’t (understand).
Don't Forget
May 23rd, 2011
10:59 am
Wow, over 300 posts in about 2 hours. Poor Jay workin his butt off while Kyle is kickin back with 62 comments in about 4 hours.
USMC
May 23rd, 2011
11:00 am
“Again??????????????? Give it a rest, it’s really a bit silly if put in context…”
I know Mick, it doesn’t feel very good getting BEAT over the head with the truth, does it?
This ones for you Mick; your favorite
Comrade Obama’s “Drunken Sailor” Spending is the most in the history of the U.S.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5yxFtTwDcc
jm
May 23rd, 2011
11:00 am
30% fewer publicly listed companies in the US than there were 30 years ago. Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus says HD could never have gone public under the new rules.
America: the best home for capitalism, now destroying it (under multiple administrations)
Adam
May 23rd, 2011
11:00 am
Leg Lamp: Oh really? Where am I sticking to talking points, exactly?
poison pen
May 23rd, 2011
11:01 am
USUCK, well, oh heck it’s just USUCK.
Joe Mama
May 23rd, 2011
11:01 am
USMC — “Good point — it appears Cain by-passed the obvious steps to the White House.”–Bosch
“Community Organizer?” is an obvious step to the White House???”
My point was — and is — that if Cain’s so great and fantastic a candidate, then y’all missed a golden opportunity in not drafting him to run for GA Gov last year. The GOP field was full of waste cases (Ray McBerry comes to mind; I won’t repeat some of the things I’ve heard him called) and we ended up with a Governor who bailed out on Congress in a screaming hurry to get away from an ethics charge with legs.
Y’all could have had Cain as governor — who y’all seem to like an AWFUL lot — instead of Nathan Deal, who barely squeaked out the nomination against Karen Handel.
What I think is going on here is that y’all really don’t like Herman Cain all that much (which is why y’all didn’t really consider him last year), and y’all are desperately reaching for a gimmick to beat President Obama. If y’all REALLY liked Cain so much, you’d have run him last year and he’d now have some governing experience for an eventual run for the White House.
I think y’all DON’T like him all that much, but instead look at him as more of a gimmick than anything else.
If you think that Obama was inexperienced and shouldn’t be President, then you should think the same thing of Cain. The fact that you don’t apparently think that makes me think that your criticism of Obama is insincere and your lionizing of Cain is, too.
I’m Joe Mama and I endorse this message.
Independent
May 23rd, 2011
11:01 am
The most important part of leadership is building a team and taking the advice as well as utilizing the strengths of the team. I would much rather have someone that knows how to build a team and has a successful business background to prove it than an academic that runs around looking clueless most of the time.
The Leg Lamp is a “major award”….
May 23rd, 2011
11:01 am
Adam
May 23rd, 2011
10:58 am
And you, sir, cling to the democrat talking points much like we conservatives “cling to our guns and religion”.
USinUK
May 23rd, 2011
11:02 am
The torture apologists are wrong. There is no credit to be given to the Bush White House for allowing the use of torture. There is no evidence that the use of torture helped U.S. agents locate bin Laden. Whether it is called “torture” or “waterboarding” or “enhanced interrogation techniques,” it did not lead to the Navy SEALs raiding the al Qaeda leader’s compound in Pakistan.
In fact, there is evidence torture may have delayed the delivery of justice to the world’s most wanted terrorist. According to CIA Director Leon Panetta, intelligence analysts had to sift through false information acquired from detainees who were subject to enhanced interrogation techniques. In a letter to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) obtained by The Washington Post, Panetta took great pains to correct the record on the enhanced interrogation question:
“We first learned about the facilitator/courier’s nom de guerre from a detainee not in CIA custody in 2002. It is also important to note that some detainees who were subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques attempted to provide false or misleading information about the facilitator/courier.” Panetta went on to say: “In the end, no detainee in CIA custody revealed the facilitator/courier’s full true name or specific whereabouts. This information was discovered through other intelligence means.”
This is not a matter of opinion — it is a matter of fact.
http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/juan-williams/162563-torture-did-not-lead-us-to-bin-laden
jm
May 23rd, 2011
11:02 am
Daniels: for Treasury Secretary! Even though in many ways that will be a step down / backwards….
poison pen
May 23rd, 2011
11:02 am
Geeze, even Gene Simmons is sick of him.
jm
May 23rd, 2011
11:02 am
Bosch – “So why do you constantly blame it on Obama?”
I don’t. But Obama is the current President. I prefer to look out the windshield rather than the rear view mirror (constantly). At some point, this is Obama’s economy, and he owns it, for better or worse. I know Dems would like to give him 8 years to get it right. The rest of us can’t wait that long.
GG – “there is very little beneath liars….”
Well, now you’re changing your tune on lying. I guess Obama is the rottenest of the dirties scoundrels, eh?
The Leg Lamp is a “major award”….
May 23rd, 2011
11:02 am
Joe Mama
May 23rd, 2011
11:01 am
“The GOP field was full of waste cases…”
And the dems offered Roy Barnes.
Bosch
May 23rd, 2011
11:02 am
” (under multiple administrations)”
jm,
So why do you constantly blame it on Obama?
Granny Godzilla
May 23rd, 2011
11:02 am
jm
ineffective dodge…
but apparently not beneath you –
there is very little beneath liars….
jt
May 23rd, 2011
11:03 am
USinUK -
Remember………………….the Supremes have deemed torture………………legal.
.
That’s how we roll……..dawg.
poison pen
May 23rd, 2011
11:03 am
USUCK, since when did the CIA include you in their briefings?
USinUK
May 23rd, 2011
11:03 am
poisson – they let you out of school early today, did they? because if USUCK is the best you got … well … it’s rather middle-schoolish.
USMC
May 23rd, 2011
11:03 am
General Secretary Obama and his GOONS digging up dirt on Christie:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/research_destroy_yhiecoqPgh4cpbgEZ4gmmM
Chicagoland Style!
Peter
May 23rd, 2011
11:04 am
Cain and Palin..there’s a winner HA HA HA !!!!!!
DebbieDoRight
May 23rd, 2011
11:04 am
jm: Well, is that the dismissive comment you used with Bush finally figured out there weren’t any WMD’s in Iraq? I guess he changed his mind????
OK you’re comparing campaig funding with a surge for the buidup of a WAR!! HAAHAHAHAHAHA — Too funny!! OMG please, please…stop with the comedy man!! You’ve made me squirt cofee all over my monitor!
Difference between you and me: you don’t (understand).
Oh no I understand. I understand that you need a loooooonnnnnggggg vacation. And maybe a little time away from your computer and from your radio…….
jm
May 23rd, 2011
11:04 am
Bosch / GG 11:02 – annoying. see my response at 11:02 at the bottom of page 7, courtesy of queue jumping, Blog Monster time warp
USinUK
May 23rd, 2011
11:04 am
poisson – scroll up, dearie. read a bit. you might educate yourself.
The Leg Lamp is a “major award”….
May 23rd, 2011
11:05 am
Granny Godzilla
May 23rd, 2011
11:02 am
“ineffective dodge…”
That’s why I don’t buy Dodge products anymore.
Tom
May 23rd, 2011
11:05 am
Ok, one guy is a former CEO of a successful company and the other guy is a former CO(Community Organizer)? Which do you like best? Also, I am sick and tired of my taxes going to aid middle eastern countries, when it should be going to help the people in this country where floods, tornadoes and natural disasters have occurred!!!!!!! This really pisses me off!! Also didn’t Pres Obama just talk about forgiving a billion dollar loan to Eqypt, that’s ridculous!! Our country needs that money, make them pay it back!!
The Leg Lamp is a “major award”….
May 23rd, 2011
11:05 am
So Obama wants to go back to the ‘67 borders?
Sounds like barry is running for president of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Uncle Neal
May 23rd, 2011
11:06 am
@USMC
Far from a racist…..I just worry if Cain is elected he will follow the Bortz doctrine..!
Sandra
May 23rd, 2011
11:06 am
Obama did say 56 states…..and he still got elected……some people do not listen at all to the news. They just vote because they look like them. Oh wait…if Cain wins the GOP ticket….what will people do?
Mick
May 23rd, 2011
11:06 am
usmc
Your version of the truth is a bit warped. You don’t have to dig very deep to find dirt on the big, heavy, bully boy of jersey. Another big flash in the pan, he is wearing out his welcome…
USinUK
May 23rd, 2011
11:06 am
poisson – VERY grown up of you.
stands for decibels
May 23rd, 2011
11:07 am
Soooo Obama changed his mind about that.
if you dig a bit and read the “promise” he’d made, especially this part:
“My plan requires both major party candidates to agree on a fundraising truce, return
excess money from donors, and stay within the public financing system for the general
election.”
obviously he left all kinds of doors wide open to back away. Film at eleven. Whoop de freekin do.
Vito Blatch
May 23rd, 2011
11:07 am
Hey Jay… I’m well read, have an MBA and yadda yadda yadda… I may not have known what “right of return” means either if put on the spot live. Which may be good.. it sounds like some liberal hippy drivel talking point anyway. Look – you, me, Obama, Hillary, whoever… we can all be stumped looking directly into a TV camera. It’s a gotcha game that we’ll see a heck of a lot of between now and November 2012. Obama was the least experienced candidate elected to be POTUS in quite a while… that’s speaks volumes about the available candidates both left and right, and even more about the electorate. But the good news for the GOP is that the “lack of experience” dog is sitting under a shade tree and he ain’t gone hunt.
Mudfoot
May 23rd, 2011
11:07 am
“Tax Cuts to SPUR the economy”
Yeah, just like Ronnie and George W would do, and we all know how well (NOT) that worked out. That whole “philosophy” of “trickle-down” is such an obvious fecal display it truly blow’s my mind that the GOP is STILL able to market it to their base. Yes, conservatives abhor open-minded people and avoid new additions to their thought processes, but COME ON! This is clearly an avenue for removing wealth from the middle-class and poor in America and giving it to those that are already wealthy and powerful… and IT’S WORKING… and yet middle-class conservative voters not only support it, they become advocates, because this is the “family values” and “morally superior” party in their eyes. Hint: screwing yourselves and the majority of others financially in order to get your “leaders” more money is not morally superior and does not demonstrate good family-values. It boggles the mind
Joe Mama
May 23rd, 2011
11:08 am
Leg Lamp — ““The GOP field was full of waste cases…”
“And the dems offered Roy Barnes.”
Fine. All Democratic candidates for GA Gov sucked last year. That doesn’t change the fact that the GA Gov GOP field was populated by waste cases AND y’all COULD have run Herman Cain, but didn’t. NOW you all want us to believe that Cain’s like this incredible talent, but for some reason, he didn’t even REGISTER on y’all’s radar last year.
I think y’all are being very, very disingenuous about Cain, and I think he’s going to either drop out or flame out spectacularly on the campaign trail at some point.
But by all means, get him nominated and run him against Obama. I can’t wait to see that.
papajoe
May 23rd, 2011
11:08 am
If it were not for double standards liberals would have no standards at all. JB you don’t know crap! You wonder why the ajc can’t give away papers anymore!!!!! It’s people like you!
Bosch
May 23rd, 2011
11:08 am
“and the other guy is a former CO(Community Organizer)?”
Tom, why did you purposefully leave out College Professor, State Senator, and US Senator?
Themistocles (a.k.a. Left Wing Mgmt)
May 23rd, 2011
11:08 am
Adam: “The election of Bush proves that this nation will elect anyone….”
And the election of that man a second time shows that sometimes the only thing to do in response to a stupidity is to cover it over with an even bigger stupidity.
Jay: I’m sorry. You forfeit any claim as a legitimate candidate if you do not even know what the term “right of return” means. As with the Afghanistan issue, it reflects not merely a lack of knowledge, but even worse, a basic lack of interest and respect for the high office that he seeks and for the voters who support him.
I see it as another step in imperial decline. As I’ve suggested before, I can easily imagine a situation in a couple of more decades where we’re literally unable – like Rome of the late empire – to find people capable of a basic intellectual grasp of the issues confronting the nation.
jt
May 23rd, 2011
11:09 am
USinUK and DDR————————–
You must put aside your silly morals.
SCCJ Roberts will supply them.
.
USinUK
May 23rd, 2011
11:10 am
poisson –
the last gasp of the desperate “oh, yeah … well, you’re blogging at WORK!!!”
next thing, you’re going to point out that I live here, not in Atlanta, so why don’t I blog HERE …
Corey
May 23rd, 2011
11:11 am
I do recall a certain president that called out the Cambridge police department acting stupidly before even knowing a single fact… hey did you know there is 57 states in America??? But did you look at around and see all the marine CORPSE men…. that wouldn’t have been the guy who said he will sit down with dictators without preconditions would it??
Sorry Cain is still a more serious candidate than Obama…. I think 99% of America cares more about jobs and the economy then anything going on in the middle east… Americans might feel like getting involved in the middle east process after they find work and have money again.. Obama is toast on economic issues, do you really think the electorate is going to give Obama a mulligan on the economy!? sorry he gave us the stimulus that didn’t stimulate, he owns this economy come 2012, lock, stock and two smoking barrels.
Bosch
May 23rd, 2011
11:13 am
Oh and Tom, I also forgot POTUS on Obama’s resume…..funny you should forget that job title as well.
Granny Godzilla
May 23rd, 2011
11:13 am
“Obama’s record, no matter how you choose to evaluate it is a failure”
ah, nope.
Adam
May 23rd, 2011
11:13 am
Corey’s 11:11 wins Most Talking Points in a Single Post award for today’s blog.
The Thin Guy
May 23rd, 2011
11:14 am
If Jay Bookman were a serious journalist he would know that Herman Cain is a totally serious well qualified presidential candidate. He doesn’t show up for his job interview with a teleprompter. He knows how to solve problems and unite real people. All of you libs are totally feckless. So if you are a lib go feck yourself.
Mighy Righty
May 23rd, 2011
11:15 am
Joe Mama
May 23rd, 2011
9:50 am
Jack — “Cain is as qualified to be president as Obama.”
Obama’s held the job and has experience in it.
Cain has done neither.
Consequently, Obama is *far* more qualified to be President than Cain.
Joe: Doing a job poorly gets one fired not rehired. Obama’s record, no matter how you choose to evaluate it is a failure. Yes Obama has two years and three months experience. Plenty of time for we his employers to judge his performance. Right now most of us will not rehire him.
The Leg Lamp is a “major award”….
May 23rd, 2011
11:15 am
Joe Mama
May 23rd, 2011
11:08 am
I never said Cain was a great candidate. Let him run. The voters will decide how effective they think he will be.
jm
May 23rd, 2011
11:15 am
I think Rick Perry would be fine. But the “Perry Drafters” are completely stupid if they don’t think the TX sized state budget deficits won’t be a political liability in the Presidential race.
USMC
May 23rd, 2011
11:16 am
At least Christie doesn’t have to waste money digging up dirt on Obama — the evidence on the most corrupt administration in living memory is already out there.
(Well said from David Jack smith)
ex: Obama’s Lack of Transparency and Backroom deals:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu15Rr8SD7w
Herman Cain
May 23rd, 2011
11:17 am
Well now. If Jay and friends aren’t afraid of me, why do they keep talking about me? Eight pages of posts in a couple of hours isn’t too bad for an unqualified candidate.
willie lynch
May 23rd, 2011
11:18 am
poison pen
May 23rd, 2011
10:41 am
I don’t think the people of Uganda found Idi Amin to be the a benevolent ruler. Nor is Moshe Dayan cosidered a hero by Arabs. Augusto Pinochet was one of the most murderous leaders of the last 30 years. Each of these men enjoyed American support.
It’s been said one man’s terrorist, is another man’s freedom fighter. There is no lie in that observation.
Joe Mama
May 23rd, 2011
11:19 am
Righty — “Joe: Doing a job poorly gets one fired not rehired.”
Disagreeing with how a man does his job does not = “(d)oing a job poorly. I disagree with how some CEOs run their businesses, but that doesn’t mean they’ve done a poor job.
“Obama’s record, no matter how you choose to evaluate it is a failure.”
I disagree. I see quite a few successes; we would no doubt disagree regarding whether they represent successes or failures.
“Yes Obama has two years and three months experience. Plenty of time for we his employers to judge his performance.”
I suspect you’d made your judgment before he was even inaugurated, so I’ll disregard your assessment. K?
“Right now most of us will not rehire him.”
Given current polls, I don’t believe that’s true.
Scooter (The Original)
May 23rd, 2011
11:19 am
I guess it is better to tell the electorate what they want to hear, then do what the situation requires later. Seems that is what The Obama did. I prefer honesty over blatant lies or misstatements born of naivety and overinflated ego.
GBO
May 23rd, 2011
11:19 am
“Right to Return”…never heard of it. But I remember the 1967 War very well. If the middle east powers have heartburn over lost territory maybe the next time they won’t be so quick to pick a fight like they did 40 plus years ago…and got their backsides kicked good. Bookman, you should read more military history and less liberal, pinhead, academic ivory tower talking points.
The US (read Obama) is a fool for even suggesting they give back the Golan Heights and Obama shows a total lack of military awareness to even suggest such. From the Golan Heights the Palestinians could and would rain down missiles on Israel daily just like they did then.
Bosch
May 23rd, 2011
11:19 am
“Right now most of us will not rehire him.”
Except for the fact that your wrong….
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/president_obama_vs_republican_candidates.html
RIGHTISWRONG
May 23rd, 2011
11:20 am
The truth is that we are headed in the “right”(correct..lol) direction and the American people will ratify that when they re-elect President Obama.
Herman Cain and the rest of the Right’s traveling political circus will crash like dominoes as we get closer to the election and folks realize that they do not want to follow the Republicans off of the cliff. The republicans are always slick and sneaky so they will have parachutes (for them, their friends and relatives), jet-packs, and other ways to save themselves while the average American tumbles thousands of feet to their demise.
Sorry your voucher only paid for that treatment, not this one your gonna die soon.
Sorry all the money you paid into the system (for 40 years) is gone, no Social Security for you.
Sorry your granddaughter was raped and impregnated, she MUST have the baby.
Sorry, WE RICH, are not paying anymore taxes!
Sorry that I make MILLIONS, and pay less % taxes than you do!!!!
These republicants are just plain: SORRY…. very narcasistic…..ewwww….
Themistocles (a.k.a. Left Wing Mgmt)
May 23rd, 2011
11:20 am
The Thin Guy: “If Jay Bookman were a serious journalist he would know that Herman Cain is a totally serious well qualified presidential candidate. He doesn’t show up for his job interview with a teleprompter. He knows how to solve problems and unite real people. All of you libs are totally feckless. So if you are a lib go feck yourself.”
Teleprompter? That the best you got?
“All of you libs” you say?
Just what is a “lib”, Thin Guy?
jm
May 23rd, 2011
11:20 am
Jay, how can you roast Bush all day long on Iraq, and give Obama a free pass on an unauthorized war? Or have liberals just become complete prostitutes?
Mighy Righty
May 23rd, 2011
11:20 am
Corey
May 23rd, 2011
11:11 am
TRUE, TRUE
Joe Mama
May 23rd, 2011
11:21 am
Leg Lamp — “I never said Cain was a great candidate.”
I never said *you* did. I was making a larger point when you chose to respond. I posted in response to you to clarify.
“Let him run. The voters will decide how effective they think he will be.”
They certainly will. Assuming he even gets that far, which I do not think he’s going to do.
USMC
May 23rd, 2011
11:21 am
“Herman Cain doesn’t take the presidency seriously”–Jay Bookman
More “GOTCHA” slander politi(k)s from the Left-wing Liberal Socialists
Granny Godzilla
May 23rd, 2011
11:21 am
USMC
Most corrupt?
Did he sell arms to contras?
Did he lie about WMD?
Did he do the nasty with an intern?
Did he cover up a break in?
no babycakes, he’s clean – you just hate him – and that makes you dirty
Tom
May 23rd, 2011
11:21 am
1,200 at the Centennial Olympic Park announcement Saturday?
Jay, could you take over the annual estimation of my property taxes?
DebbieDoRight
May 23rd, 2011
11:22 am
jm: I don’t. But Obama is the current President. I prefer to look out the windshield rather than the rear view mirror (constantly).
In other words, “I REFUSE to blame Bush for the things he did wrong!!! Instead I’ll put ALL the blame on Obama and will never, never, never, ever, ever admit, even under direct torture, that Obama is actually doing a good job. So. Help. Me. God!”
jm: Remember………………….the Supremes have deemed torture………………legal.
LOL!! Still with the jokes I see!!! The Supremes have NOTHING to do with Addendums and conditions of War, OR with treaties that were signed by the US with other nations. Dude, stop with the comedy man!! Someone is going to think that you’re actually serious!!!
Sandra:Obama did say 56 states…..and he still got elected……some people do not listen at all to the news.
Hmmm Sandra did you happen to hear this one from Bush or what about this one:
“So I analyzed that and decided I didn’t want to be the president during a depression greater than the Great Depression, or the beginning of a depression greater than the Great Depression.” –George W. Bush, Washington D.C., Dec. 18, 2008
And can you believe people actually VOTED for him? TWICE!!