Your morning jolt: Herman Cain and the power of ‘9-9-9′
The topic of the morning is the mnemonic device – that little trick of memory that allows us, or forces us, to associate a little thing with a larger thought.
GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain, derided as a pizza salesman with little political experience, may be demonstrating that he knows something more important than policy – at least as far as campaigns go. Cain is proving himself to be a master marketer.
Take a look at the video clip below from Channel 2 Action News. This is a catch-up piece – Cain makes no news. But after he and reporter Lori Geary are booted from the Four Seasons Hotel in Atlanta, a sidewalk interview turns up two passers-by who are able – 13 months before a general election – to connect a recently obscure candidate to his “9-9-9” policy:
The idea is easily understood: A 9 percent corporate tax rate, a 9 percent personal income tax rate, and a 9 percent national sales tax.
The implications of Cain’s pitch – selling a new, 9 percent sales tax in a general election? – haven’t been fleshed out. But for now, the Stockbridge resident has to be satisfied that voters are making the connection.
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The previous GOP king of marketing today is re-launching his 1994 success – a new Contract With America. The Des Moines Register has been given an early copy.
Shannon McCaffery of the Associated Press’ Atlanta bureau previews the unveiling, and the former U.S. House speaker’s fortunes, with this stark lede:
A floundering presidential bid has fractured what was once a rock star Republican image. Not long ago, Newt Gingrich sat atop a lucrative political empire, the sought-after intellectual guru of the GOP.
Now, all but broke, he’s traveling coach. His vaunted political operation, American Solutions, has gone under. And he’s finding himself fighting for air time — if not respect — at Republican presidential primary debates.
Gingrich has become an asterisk in the race.
On Thursday, he will try to prove he’s still a player by rolling out a “21st Century Contract with America” — a campaign manifesto he hopes will evoke the glory days, when he stood at the helm of the Republican revolution in the 1990s as the GOP won the House and he won the speakership. Aides cast the new Contract with America as the start of a discussion with the American people about the direction the country is headed.
Is Gingrich still running for president? Or simply seeking to repair his brand, damaged by a campaign that imploded almost as soon as it began?
Maybe both.
Gingrich insists he has his eyes on the White House and argues that the campaign overcame a key obstacle simply by surviving the summer.
“Now we have to see if we can break out or not,” he said recently.
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The seven-member Georgia Immigration Enforcement Review Board, charged with ensuring compliance with immigration-related state laws, meets for the first time at the Capitol today.
Thousands of people have signed petitions delivered to Nathan Deal urging the governor to rescind his appointment of Phil Kent to the board, calling his views on race and culture “extreme.”
Kent serves as national spokesman for Americans for Immigration Control, which calls for deporting all illegal immigrants and opposes any amnesty or guest worker legislation.
Rascals in building claim tickets for the entertainment are going for as much as $150 per head. We counsel against paying more than $25.
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State Democrats continued on Wednesday to press for a Senate ethics inquiry into an $80,000 settlement with an African-American secretary, allegedly for racial discrimination.
Walter Jones of Morris News Service was finally able to catch up with the two Republican senators who supervised the secretary, Ethel Blackmon, for three weeks during the special session. Barry Loudermilk of Cassville and William Ligon of Brunswick, both freshmen, say they know nothing about the matter:
“I have never discriminated against her or anyone else,” Ligon said. “The individual did work for my Senate office for a very short time, but she never raised these issues – or any other ones – to me.”
Loudermilk expressed his frustration in a telephone interview.
“I feel like I’ve been dragged down the street, and that’s all I know,” he said. “I don’t get a choice of my secretary. That’s above my pay grade.”
Loudermilk, by the way, is marketing a new book, called “And Then They Prayed,” – a collection of anecdotes from U.S. history. A description from the website:
Stories of these fascinating events which were once quite commonly known among Americans have, for the most part, been forgotten. Stories that were once prominent in our school textbooks, have been removed due to their references to God. As a result of this censorship, these inspiring and true events that shaped our nation have been nearly purged from our national remembrance.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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RustyHinges
September 29th, 2011
9:29 am
@Galloway – ” Cain is proving himself to be a master marketer.”
Funny, but that description should be reserved for Obama. A former community organizer, with ZERO business knowledge or work experience, and less than 2 years as a (do nothing) senator who makes it to the White House? Now, that’s the definition of master marketer.
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Michael Marr
September 29th, 2011
9:35 am
The news loves a horse race.
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
9:36 am
I dont think none of these republican candidates are qualify ..What does cain know about foreign policy. The only thing he keep saying 999 I wondering why God Father pizza didnt survive.
Please find a good candidates for the republican party.
Will
September 29th, 2011
9:40 am
Please, all republicans, listen to this.
Please, please send your contributions to Herman Cain today. If you have already contributed, contribute again. And again. And again. Every dollar sent by republicans to the pizza salesman is one less republican dollar available for the eventual nominee and only helps the President’s re-election.
If you cannot contibute to the pizza salesman, please send as many dollars as possible to either Bachmann, Santorium, Paul or Gingrich.
This is probably asking too much but also please consider sending a few dollars to the “Draft Palin” campaign. The only thing better than wasting republicans dollars on fringe candidates who cannot appeal to the swing vote in America is wasting republicans dollars on the former Alaska governor who quit that job after a few months in order to make millions of dollars. She is not going to run (cannot afford the pay cut) but she will take your dollars and add them to her financial empire.
Al
September 29th, 2011
9:45 am
Note to Jim “Pops” Galloway….At least Cain is presenting ideas that will work. What is your stooge Obama doing other than destroying the economy? Oh yeah…..constantly talking about raising taxes.
R U Kidding Me?
September 29th, 2011
9:50 am
Here’s the problem with the State Senate. In order for Tommie Williams, the Troll from Toombs, to wrestle the power away from the statewide elected Lt. Governor, he must rely on the blind loyalty of knuckle draggers like Loudermilk. In return, the Troll from Toombs will cover-up the inappropriate behavior of his followers. It almost sounds like some kind of a cult going on here.
This one is pretty simple. If Loudermilk and Ligon have nothing to hide because they have done no wrong, then let’s open up the records for everyone to see. Let’s see why the Troll from Toombs authorized a secret $80,000 payment and let’s see who the guilty party really is. After all, the Republicans SAY they’re all about open government and transparency.
Frederick Douglass
September 29th, 2011
10:01 am
With all due respect to Mr. Cain as an American success story, christain, great family man, and all around good guy. It’s a sad commentary on our political system when this man can be considered a viable occupant of the Oval office. Go ahead with the Obama bashing, after all that;s been there from day one of his presidency, but the fact remains,whatever the question is, Herman’s not the answer.
Justin
September 29th, 2011
10:01 am
@ Independent voter
I totally agree with you 100%
Cain’s only platform is the economy. He has no foreign policy platform.
findog
September 29th, 2011
10:01 am
Kent being appointed would not be an issue if there was even one minority appointed.
Rusty, are you saying that only coke or pepsi can do marketing well?
Corey
September 29th, 2011
10:03 am
“Independent Voter”… Uhh last I checked Godfathers is the number 5 pizza chain today.
And nobody is fooled by your attempt to be an “Independent Voter” … You drive a Prius with a save the whales bumper sticker and surf websites like the daily KOS and huffington post. You are not fooling anyone.
The progressives are absolutely terrified of Herman Cain becoming the nominee. Every single story about Cains meteoric rise they pump up the comments section with ridicule about a very successful American dream story because they know Obama’s qualification is ZILCH, NADA, ZERO
They are terrified he will rip Obama up during teh debates and on the campaign trail.. He’s already doing a good job. How can you tell?? Look at all the comment sections of any news sites, they are desperately trying to discredit a self made man like Herman Cain.
RustyHinges
September 29th, 2011
10:06 am
@ Findog – “Rusty, are you saying that only coke or pepsi can do marketing well?”
Nope – many companies and individuals do great jobs at marketing their products/themselves. However, the adjective, “master,” in politics belongs to Obama – whose only claim to fame is community organizer.
RustyHinges
September 29th, 2011
10:11 am
While Mr. Cain is not my first choice for the Republican nomination, I will enthusiastically support him if he receives the nomination.
gman
September 29th, 2011
10:19 am
And the name calling begins in 5…4…3…2…1…
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
10:25 am
Herman Cain has promised not to sign any bills from Congress that are longer than 3 pages.
3 pages???? The details of his 9-9-9 plan are very vague at this point. Why can’t Cain come up with 3 measly pages? THREE PAGES!!! How long does it take to fill three pages???
And just how does Cain fit his 9-9-9 plan into only 3 pages???? That’s only one page per 9.
jd
September 29th, 2011
10:33 am
turn the page upside down — 6 6 6
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
10:40 am
I am not on here to call people name I am speaking for me and I dont see Cain having a chance beating president Obama. Cain keep saying 999 do he have anything say that would protect america and what is his qualification on foreign policy. Have he visit the troops in the middle east.
I seen Cain said the black people are brainwash why does it have to be a about race.
I dont see any of these republican candidates have experience in foreign policy.
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
10:43 am
I never ate God Father pizza and where is God Father pizza at in Georgia no wonder people dont know who is Cain and what he stand for in the economy. I am going to check to see the top pizza franchise and I hope Cain pizza want be one of the tops.
cartoon
September 29th, 2011
10:45 am
That’s easy, pizza boy, vote for Cain and the only relevent question is: what do you want on your tombstone?
bwa
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
10:48 am
here goes the top 10 pizzeria places in America.
01. Great Lake (Chicago)
02. Lucali (Brooklyn, NYC)
03. Pizzeria Delfina (San Francisco)
04. Pizzeria Bianco (Phoenix)
05. Bob & Timmy’s (Providence, R.I.)
06. Sally’s Apizza (New Haven, Conn.)
07. Tomato Pie (Los Angeles)
08. Co. Company (Manhattan, NYC)
09. Tacconelli’s (Philadelphia)
10. Totonno’s (Brooklyn, NYC)
I dont see any God Father pizza listed.
Mid Ga Retiree
September 29th, 2011
10:54 am
A poster commented about Herman Cain’s lack of foreign policy experience. It doesn’t seem like our current president had OR HAS any more that Mr. Cain.
Ordinary American
September 29th, 2011
11:03 am
Can any of you please tell me some reason I should vote for the current president in 2012?
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
11:03 am
Well Mid Ga Retiree you wrong on that why President leadership capture Osama which Bush couldnt capture Osama. Why president Obama keeping America safe. Who voted to go too war in Iraq which we never suppose to be there in first place.
Thank You President Obama for capturing Osama
History Will Teach Us If We Will Learn
September 29th, 2011
11:05 am
Mr. Iv: Rosa’s Pizza on Broad Street in downtown Atlanta is a cut above (or slice) most of your top 10 pizzareas as well any Godfather pizza. Alsso, as Ronald Reagan proved, you don’t have to be smart to be president, you have to be able to surround yourself with smart people, and have an agenda that appeals to the masses.
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
11:06 am
Ordinary American could you tell me why should you vote for Cain and the rest of the republican candidates that does not listening to the American people.
President Obama is for fighting for working class and middle class people and he also wants to bring jobs back to america. He want to keep teachers employe instead of laying them off.
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
11:07 am
“But when he came on the Factor a few weeks ago, he had no clue about foreign affairs. None.”
Bill O’Reilly- Fox News on Herman Cain
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
11:10 am
Cain does have no idea on foreign policy only thing he know is how to cook a pizza.
Have Cain ever work in government office or has been involve as a politician because i never knew who he were throughtout the years.
The republican putting Cain out there to make hisself look like a fool.
Billy bob from Cobb
September 29th, 2011
11:12 am
I would rather have a man that tries to good and fails than one who tries to destroy this country and succeeds
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
11:14 am
Bush destroy the country 8 years and President Obama trying to fix the problems that Bush created.
Could everyone agree that Bush destroy our country.
It going to take 2 terms to fix the problems that Bush created.
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
11:19 am
Could I ask question where was the teaparty doing Bush days and now you see them pop up everywehre since Obama became president and also why did the republican tell president on his first day in office that he going to be one term president.
Ordinary American
September 29th, 2011
11:25 am
Independent, I been told those things about Obama, “fighting for working class and middle class people and he also wants to bring jobs back to america. He want to keep teachers employe instead of laying them off” , any politician, dems or pubs can say those things. But what has he done so far, please no excuses. If you can’t I understand. Thanks for trying.
Ordinary American
September 29th, 2011
11:27 am
If you can’t *answer, I understand
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
11:29 am
It’s been 2 hours and no one has made fun of Newt.
“Now we have to see if we can break out or not,”
The answer is no, Newt is toast. Lets make it official, lets call it, 9:29 am, its over. The lack of Newt ridicule on this blog proves it.
Newt you may want to sell your new Contract on America to one of the other losers, maybe you could get a diamond ring out of it.
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
11:30 am
Ordinary American who the party of NOOOOOOOOO he cant do anything if the party of NOOOO stoping him for helping the ordinary american. That why the american people are realizing that the republican party are not for the middle class and working class.
gm
September 29th, 2011
11:34 am
Uncle Hermain, says blacks are brain wash for being Dem, hey uncle Hermain, if that is true, why after you won the straw poll in Florida your own party of bigots said it was a backlash against Perry.
When will you wake up and get a reality check, these tea party klansmen are not going to let you win, the nomination”””
Beastly
September 29th, 2011
11:34 am
he can’t fool me…turn 999 upside down…its his mark
Ordinary American
September 29th, 2011
11:37 am
Independent, again, I heard that too. But sounds like an excuse. But if he can’t get anything done why should we vote him back in?
Frederick Douglass
September 29th, 2011
11:37 am
Independent voter @ 10:48
Godfather’s ranks right behind Papa Leoni’s Pizzeria and Tackle shop in Queens, just thought I’d clear up any confusion.
Ace
September 29th, 2011
11:40 am
Cain is more qualified than Obama ever was. At least he has private sector experience, which is what we as a country need right now. Someone who can right the economy. I am really warming up to Cain and right now would vote for him (former Perry supporter, not anymore)
bucket
September 29th, 2011
11:41 am
@ Independent voter – you might want to search pizza chains and not pizzerias. Godfather’s pizza is in the top 10 (9) for 2010 on that list. It seems incredulous to me that Herman Cain would not be a person that all Americans would want their children to imitate, let alone black Americans. Everyone talks about how Cain doesn’t have political experience as if that is such a negative but like Cain loves to say, “How’s that working out for you?” Career politicians are the problem, not the solution. President Obama is never going to be able to bring any changes that help because he is totally dependent on the votes of people who are totally dependent on the government.
Ordinary American
September 29th, 2011
11:46 am
I’m not sure I understand gm, your 11:34 comment didn’t make sense to me. I didn’t read or hear anything like you stated, could you point me toward your source?
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 29th, 2011
11:47 am
“Ordinary American who the party of NOOOOOOOOO he cant do anything if the party of NOOOO stoping him for helping the ordinary american”
Umm, didn’t King Obama have the majority in the House and Senate for 2 years?
Hmmm
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
11:47 am
show me the list where godfather pizza rank. Ordinary American dont you see it all the time that the teabaggars/republicans are saying NOOOOO to president Obama agenda to create any jobs.
Why does American think the congressman is causing our country to fall apart.
President Obama is trying his best to get the counrty back where is use to be doing Reagan days.
I whether have Obama my president then these unqualify republican my president.
Now if Collin Powell was running for president I vote for him but perry,romney,cain, bachman, does not have a clue on running this country.
Look at the republican party booing a soldier who serving over in iraq and also they believe in letting people die without helping them if they dont have medical insurance.
I hope american wake up and see where the republican leading us
bucket
September 29th, 2011
11:47 am
If you supported President Obama for president in 2008, then you have lost any credibility to argue that someone else is not qualified to be president. President Obama has no private sector experience and has not had a job that was not tax-payer funded. Of course, he is going to believe that government is the answer to every problem with that kind of work history.
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 29th, 2011
11:51 am
“When will you wake up and get a reality check, these tea party klansmen are not going to let you win, the nomination””””
and where did the Klan come from?
Ah yes, the Democratic party.
Hows that fire down below Robert Byrd?
Frederick Douglass
September 29th, 2011
11:52 am
So what if the freaking guy ran the top pizza chain in the universe, how’s that going to prepare him for handling the ripple effects of a global recession? It’s just a waste of good air even discussing this man as some kind of cure all for what ails the economy, let alone anything else.
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
11:52 am
Like I said again it going to take 8 years to fix Bush problems and 2 years want fix 8 years of republicans bush problems.
Bush/ Cheney had 8 years in office what have they accompolish
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 29th, 2011
11:52 am
“Look at the republican party booing a soldier who serving over in iraq”
Yup all three of them. Nice big brush you got there.
bucket
September 29th, 2011
11:52 am
Great point Ramble On!!! The Democrats had the white house, a fillibuster-proof margin in the Senate and an ungodly majority in the house FOR 2 YEARS and they could not pass the legislation that would turn the country around. If they couldn’t do it with those odds they are not able to effectively govern!
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
11:54 am
Maken pizza does not fix foreign policy, maken pizza does not bring million of jobs, 999 does not fix the economy, fix healthcare.
Which republican have experience bringing million good paying jobs.
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
11:54 am
“Of course, he is going to believe that government is the answer to every problem with that kind of work history.”
Is that how that works? The same kind of work history as say Nathan Deal? You know, the career politician who is personally BANKRUPT and keeps running to DC begging for federal funds? The Governor who has a very well protected no-bid government contract?
Is that why Georgia ranks last in everything?
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
11:55 am
“a fillibuster-proof margin in the Senate and an ungodly majority in the house FOR 2 YEARS”
Now you are making stuff up!!!!
Obama 2012
September 29th, 2011
11:57 am
4 more years, please prove me wrong. (you can’t)
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
12:00 pm
Atlanta worst metro area for job loss because of republican nathan deal is putting in good ole boy in his office. That why Georgia is one of the worst poverty state and red state under the republican party. 8 years of republican running Georgia in the ground. Perdue and Nathan are the worst governor Georgia ever had.
bucket
September 29th, 2011
12:01 pm
No sir I am not. Beginning in January of 2009 check the stats. The Dems held 59 seats until the Minnesota election was settled and then they had 60. BTW, I didn’t vote for Nathan Deal, but nice try to bring up something totally unrelated to Obama’s inexperience and futility in turning around the economy. The way a true debate works is that I say someone is inexperienced and then you tell me why I am wrong. Since you can’t do that you bring up unrelated topics and challenge the facts.
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
12:03 pm
I dont see Nathan Deal is trying to fix the poverty and bring jobs to Georgia.
Where is Nathan Deal you never see him out trying to fix the issues Georgia has especially with the unemployment.
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 29th, 2011
12:05 pm
“Atlanta worst metro area for job loss because of republican nathan deal is putting in good ole boy in his office.”
Umm, he’s the Governor of the STATE OF GEORGIA.
I’m sure the MAYOR OF ATLANTA has nothing to do with any of this.
honested
September 29th, 2011
12:08 pm
Luckily, the Country doesn’t hide it’s head under the same bucket as GA…..
So, Obama supporters need to show up at the primary and vote heartily for cain, or perry, or bachmann, or failin, and help free up plenty of money for Congressional races. We have to wrest the country back from the DoNothingHouse before there is no Country to wrest.
Putting somebody like cain in place to run hard for second place frees up huge amounts of money for the General Election while providing huge comic relief along the way.
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 29th, 2011
12:08 pm
Maybe Danny X has been in a coma for the last 3 years.
Do you know who Nancy Pelosi is?
If you said the Wicked Witch of the West, your wrong, but good answer.
Ordinary American
September 29th, 2011
12:13 pm
Independent thanks for trying. Consider this though, I believe the majority of people voted conservative this past mid-term for a Congress to tell our President “No” to all his big government agenda he had pushed through. I agree Bush had done enough already, but do we need even more?
findog
September 29th, 2011
12:14 pm
ramble, you miss one important difference, Obama is following the 60 vote rule in the senate while Bush just had to have 51 for his big items like the tax cuts
Tea Party Hobbit
September 29th, 2011
12:15 pm
Independent Voter…yeah right. Georgia has been one of the bottom states for many decades. Well, since Reconstruction, honestly. Especially when looking at the public education system and poverty levels, this state suffers from the same fate as many southern states. A poorly educated electorate is a hard thing to overcome, especially when the national Dept of Education has done nothing (under Dems or GOP) to improve or even somewhat equalize education in the South. It has become a cultural paradigm, and several groups within southern society even try to play on education as being useless. Until those thought patterns are changed, there will be little progress here.
Atlanta is actually somewhat of an exception. A large influx of people from other areas of the country, where public sentiment towards education is higher, brought demands that somewhat improved at least certain parts of the metro region to having competent public education.
As for politics, there is basically no difference in the type of people representing us in Georgia politics. It has been and remains a good ol’ boy club. They abandoned the Democratic party after their skew to the left during the early Clinton administration, and the shift finally completed a few years back when the GOP completed their takeover of the Georgia legislature. But make no mistake, most of the reps would easily have had a D next to their name had they been elected 15 years ago.
findog
September 29th, 2011
12:15 pm
bucket, wrong again the first tea party senator is from Mass, so he had it for maybe a year
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
12:16 pm
“No sir I am not.”
Yes sir, you are wrong. The election of Senator Brown ended the Democrat filibuster proof Senate. Democrats had a filibuster proof majority less than a year.
And RAMBLE ON, I have heard of Nancy Pelosi, her district is about 100x richer and more prosperous than any of the Georgia House Republican districts. By far.
findog
September 29th, 2011
12:17 pm
bucket, only half right, after MN they had sixty until Kennedy died and was replaced by Brown
try again
Radly
September 29th, 2011
12:18 pm
We don’t need any more politicians….that’s the problem NOW!!!!!!!! We need men…with character who have: business acumen, a desire to lead this country, represent it’s people, and protect /practice Constitutionality!!!!!
Obama Supporter
September 29th, 2011
12:18 pm
Obama is doing a great job!!!
Stimulus spending has saved our economy.
Change we can believe in………………..
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 29th, 2011
12:20 pm
findog, Yup. So?
Are you trying to blame the THREAT of a filibuster as King Obama’s failed Presidency?
Another proof of a man who can’t lead.
Weak excuses for a weak leader.
AT
September 29th, 2011
12:20 pm
Here’s a link for the Godfather’s Pizza story. It illustrates leadership, something this country desperately needs. I like Cain’s matter of fact speech and ideas. There’s no class warfare or catch phrases or plastic political speech that is rampant in Washington these days. Agree with his ideas or not, he comes across as genuine and trustworthy.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2011/jun/10/did-herman-cain-turn-around-godfathers-pizza/
Tea Party Hobbit
September 29th, 2011
12:23 pm
findog, tax cuts are big items? what about a bloated, unconstitutional overhaul of the free-market health care system? The only way that passed is by the 60 vote majority in the Senate and a strong majority in the House. It would utterly fail in both chambers today. Tax cuts, esp back in early 2001, were popular and got some bipartisan support. I don’t remember a filibuster against them, and if there was one in the end it did not succeed. Also, don’t forget that he had to change his Supreme Court nominees a couple of times because he knew he did not have the 60 votes to shut down a filibuster. And while the GOP did not argue against Sotomayor or Kagan all that fiercely, ultimately they would have lost that battle, because they only held 39 seats.
findog
September 29th, 2011
12:23 pm
ramble, maybe you could stick to your own line of logic that he controlled everything, check with bucket on how a debate works…
Ordinary American
September 29th, 2011
12:24 pm
Obama 2012, prove to me he should continue, I need a reason to vote for him, not against republicans.
Democratic Plantation Dweller
September 29th, 2011
12:25 pm
Obama be the man. He has saved our country. The stimulus is working. Unemployment is declining, housing is improving and school are seeing gains in test scores.
Radly
September 29th, 2011
12:27 pm
Hey Danny X…….most of those idiotts in Washington don’t either. Honoring our friendships with allies, and not selling out, or being bought by the highest bidder….annnd, doing the next right thing…is all the Foreign Policy we need.
Jon Lester
September 29th, 2011
12:28 pm
Are people really anxious to see their sales tax jump to 16%? You’re out of your mind if you think Georgia or any other state will reduce their rates just because a national sales tax might come along.
And is Augusto Pinochet really who we want to emulate with tax policy? Look it up and ask yourself what other fascist ideas Cain might be open to.
honested
September 29th, 2011
12:28 pm
Ordinary
Because he is not a fully sold out mouthpiece for the top 1%?
Because he has presented proposals that do work and have worked for the lower 99%?
Two reasons for a start.
findog
September 29th, 2011
12:29 pm
tea party, wrong on the house vote, they had to violate their own rules for the hammer to twist enough arms to get it through. If you consider Zig Zag Zell as bipartisian support then you got it for the tax cuts; however if we had not passed them then we could have afforded at leasty one war
The supreme nomination Bush changed was because his personal lawyer was pro choice and the GOP fought him, not a filibuster threat by democrats. Remeber the nuclear option the GOP sentae proposed? Remeber one of the gangs they created to keep filibusters from stoping supreme nominations?
Jon Lester
September 29th, 2011
12:31 pm
@AT: how would you grade Cain’s leadership at Aquila?
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/05/herman-cain-aquila-lawsuit-2012
honested
September 29th, 2011
12:32 pm
jon lester
Now you will have to explain to the mis-guided masses who pinochet was and why his deplorable policies might appeal to a certain small segment but would be abhorrent to a clear majority.
Alabama Communist
September 29th, 2011
12:32 pm
at least as far as campaigns go. Cain is proving himself to be a master marketer.* Doug
Are you kidding? He should be arrested for Consumer Voter fraud and banished from the Planet into a Republican insanity Paradise………
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 29th, 2011
12:35 pm
findog, is that how we got Obamacare with those debates?
Ordinary American
September 29th, 2011
12:35 pm
Danny X , And Pelosi’s area is vastly liberal, I thought republicans were the only rich people, how do liberals become rich ? Why are some liberals richer than others? Are you rich Danny X?
bucket
September 29th, 2011
12:36 pm
Some of you guys are correct and the death of Senator Kenndy affected the majority for the Dems for awhile, however, the 60 margin was restored until Senator Brown was elected several months later. Also, their were plenty of moderate R’s around to help when needed and if his “common sense solutions” had been so common sense he had a great enough majority to accomplish whatever he wanted. The greater point is this: President Obama had all the cards stacked in his favor a long while and he blew it. He blew it because he lacked the business experience and managerial experience to lead through a crisis.
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 29th, 2011
12:38 pm
“Because he has presented proposals that do work and have worked for the lower 99%?”
BHAWHWHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!
Please, oh please tell me some of these things that have worked for the lower 99%. And no, free abortions don’t count.
Ordinary American
September 29th, 2011
12:40 pm
honested, the mouthpiece thing I’m not sure about, but what are these proposals that are working or do work?
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 29th, 2011
12:43 pm
Bucket you left out one big thing too.
He blew it because he spent 787 billion dollars paying back his union cronies and big campaign donors (see Solyndra).
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
12:51 pm
“And Pelosi’s area is vastly liberal”
That whole area of liberal thinking is destroying our country!!!
The liberal universities out there are cranking out grads that are feeding brand new mega corporations. The new, envy of the world corporations are are creating thousands of new jobs.
Google, Apple, Ebay, Yahoo, Intel, Adobe, I could go on and on. What are the liberals thinking!!!!
We have a new KIA plant!!!!!!!
Ron Mexico
September 29th, 2011
12:58 pm
9-9-9, that’s how much my pizza cost!!!!! they left off a couple of toppings. I see why they went out of business. If Liberal thinking is destroying the country, what did republican thinking for 8 years do? Destroyed the entire WORLD!!!!!!!!!
Cain is the ONE!
September 29th, 2011
12:58 pm
Talk about Cain not having any foreign experience…. LOOK at ALL the OTHER experience, this MAN has!!! He has MORE experience in managing, accounting, in taking RESPONSIBILITY, etc in his ONE HAND than THIS man, called the President, in the White House NOW!!! BESIDES, Cain knows HOW/take responsibility to select EXPERIENCED people in foreign policy and OTHER cabinet members, etc. Obama didn’t have ANY experience in foreign policy EITHER PLUS he selected “tax cheat” to head the TREASURY, ETC.
To me, it shows Obama not ONLY didn’t have ANY experience for presidency… He showed NO RESPONSIBILITY in selecting “his cabinets, etc”!!!!!!!
Go GET ‘EM, CAIN!!!
kreedham
September 29th, 2011
1:14 pm
It’s been years since HC was head of Godfather’s Pizza. Now they may have been successful under his run but they’re an also ran now! Only 3 in Georgia and not listed in the top 15 chains in America. Now HC may have got out while it was still going well knowing it was fixin’ to slide or he was a good CEO.
Bottom line, he won’t get the nomination. That might just be Christie or Palin….whomever gets in last, as the last person to jump in seems to rise to the top. HC has raised his profile and will now make plenty of money on the lecture circuit and probably a raise when he returns to radio or joins Fox as an analyst.
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
1:15 pm
The Teaparty going to make the republicans lose because american people fear that the teaparty are racist and they dont want the world to look at american as a racist country.
Collin Powell will be a great president and he got my vote
Ordinary American
September 29th, 2011
1:42 pm
Danny X, why are they keeping all that money for themselves, they should be sending it all in to run the government programs? How can that be , they are allowed to do that? And why to they require such large salaries, shouldn’t they just donate their time? Why is their stae in such financial hardship and people are leaving?
UGA 1999
September 29th, 2011
1:42 pm
Independent….Racists? What a tired worn out word. It has no meaning anymore.
AT
September 29th, 2011
1:43 pm
Lester,
I had not heard of this before, so I looked it up past the uber-left Mother Jones take on it. There was never a court case only alleged allegations against the company in general. The plaintiff settled for pennies based on the millions that they said the company was responsible for stealing. Enron took down plenty of companies with them that did nothing wrong. The Mother Jones story tries to connect the dots, but it’s a pretty weak argument.
Wikijunkie
September 29th, 2011
1:49 pm
Independent voter, we all can clearly tell you were educated in the Atlanta Public School System. What horrible grammar your have. Can you not complete a full complete sentence. With every post you make your arguments just seem to get more and more ignorant. You have no proof that the Tea Party is a racist group, this is what you have been told by various media outlets and I am guessing your monthly liberal newsletter. If you want to see what real racist look like watch this video and you will discover what true political racist look like, it may surprise you.
http://www.hapblog.com%2F2011%2F09%2Fcbc-attendees-say-tea-party-is-racist.html&h=AAQDrKEePAQCR3kuSz7SfG9SCXE6yBaFlPDtteA3yu5MXXg
Lib in Cobb
September 29th, 2011
1:54 pm
It is really remarkable that the GOP is at this place with about 14 months to go before the next presidential election and the best bet you have is Romney. Herman Cain like Perry is a pan flash and no more. Those who drop in behind Cain are the same people who were screaming in 2008 that President Obama had no experience. Cain has no political experience and private sector experience does not translate very well into the public sector. Perry again is a pan flash, with too much Texan and too much of a dirty past to get elected. The rest of the field has no chance at all especially Newt, the only reason Gingrich continues is because he is gathering dollars for more gift buying trips to Tiffany’s which majically turn into BJs. So unfortuntely the GOP is back to Romney, his past will certainly come back to haunt him, especially the MA Healthcare Bill, which is very similar to the bill introduced by President Obama. Romney’s religion will also hurt him in a national election, especially here in the southern conservative bible thumping states. To all the bible thumpers out there, you have realized by now I am the “Poster Child for Heathens”. I will say at this point to all the conserves, good luck. To all the Progressives out there I will say, “vote early and often”.
Uga123
September 29th, 2011
2:02 pm
“Independent Voter” you are an idiot….never posted before, but felt compelled to state that.
UGA 1999
September 29th, 2011
2:03 pm
Lib…..hahaha…”much to Texan” that is great! Please tell me what you think Obama is going to run on? HOpe and Change garbage will not work this time. The truth is any of those candidates could beat Obama right now.
Progressive thoughts
September 29th, 2011
2:05 pm
Funny how people think a pizza salesman is more qualified than a community organizer. The community was the southside of Chicago. He was able to bring that community together which is what this country needs. People working together as one. Funny how people say Obama is ruining the economy. Wasn’t it bad when Bush was in office? After all Bush did sign the first stimulas and when he took office from Clinton we were in a surplus and when he left office we were in a deficit. If Obama is so bad then why is it so hard to find a candidate who all Republicans feel can beat him. Face it the Republican party has no direction, everyone is for self. Some want Christie, Some want Cain, Rommney is a mormon so the bible belt dosent want him, Paul this, Perry that. Your true colors are now obvious to the independent voters. To all Republicans would you vote for Regan today? Keep in mind how often he raised taxes and he also passed the immigration bill. Those who argue Cain is good for the private sector isnt that what got us in this mess? The private sectors on wall street. Banks were bailed out and sat on the money and you still depend on the private sector to do whats good for the common man. Obama is awful!!! Ok fine, where is your candidate that can beat him? It shouldn’t be that hard. Watch Fox news and you will see the lack of confidence in the candidates. Remember my fellow Republicans you need the independent votes to win. Which candidate offers something good for the country is the question. The rest of America is not in the south so your true thoughts about, Jews, gays, blacks, latinos and hispanics don’t appeal to those independent voters in the midwest, west coast and upper east coast. They vote based on politics not on race or class. GOOD LUCK MY SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS!!!!! The rest of America listens to your concerns and can see you are hiding your true feelings behind politics.
Ordinary American
September 29th, 2011
2:14 pm
Danny X – Explain how liberal thinking made those companies successful? World corporations, not American? Explain please. Creating thousands of new jobs, how many in this country?
Ordinary American
September 29th, 2011
2:26 pm
Progressive Thoughts- Appropriate name, progressive thoughts alright, Amazing! Have you met Independent voter?
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
2:33 pm
“Danny X – Explain how liberal thinking made those companies successful?”
All those liberal colleges with their liberal professors have been cranking out highly qualified individuals for years. All the liberal graduates are all working for their liberal new companies, with all their liberal benefits, and all there liberal policies. The silicone valley workforce is almost all blue. Facebook is building a huge new headquarters in high tax California, why not low tax Georgia?
Conservatives LOVE liberals. Music, technology, tv, movies, fashion are all dominated by liberals. Of course conservatives only see the liberals as poor, ignoring the liberal log in their eyes.
In the meantime…..Georgia welcomes KIA to Alabama!
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
2:34 pm
progressive thoughts I agree with you 100% the southern states are still the racist states and they would never vote for president obama. Georgia is the worst of all and look they so busy bashing Obama instead of getting georgia out of poverty.
UGA 1999
September 29th, 2011
2:36 pm
Danny….by far the most ignorant comment of the day. Congratulations.
UGA 1999
September 29th, 2011
2:37 pm
Independent….Georgia never lead in unemployment and poverty until the state became the “black mecca” of the U.S.
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
2:42 pm
“Facebook is building a huge new headquarters in high tax California, why not low tax Georgia?”
Here’s your chance UGA 1999, what do you got?
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
2:43 pm
Wow..They think I went to public school in Georgia I am sure the republicans fell the poor children of Georgia out of there education. The republican are the party of name calling.
UGA 1999
September 29th, 2011
2:44 pm
DannyX……..NCR moved their headquarters to Gwinnett County…..your thoughts?
UGA 1999
September 29th, 2011
2:44 pm
DannyX….Primerica has their headquarters located in Georgia and they are moving their international headquarters to Duluth, Ga. Your thoughts?
UGA 1999
September 29th, 2011
2:46 pm
UGA 1999…..Coca Cola has their global headquarters in Atlanta…..thoughts?
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
2:51 pm
“NCR moved their headquarters to Gwinnett County”
LMAO!!! You had to go way back 5 years! Since then Georgia has slashed corporate taxes!
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
2:55 pm
I wonder why they move NCR headquarters to gwinnett county
Wikijunkie
September 29th, 2011
2:57 pm
Independent Voter…. You are the problem with the United States. First of all, you are clearly either uneducated or just have poor grammar skills. Secondly, instead of trying to better yourself with education and hard work you choose to blame other people for your short comings. Are there racist people in the south? Yes there are still some racist people in the south… of all ethnicity’s. Those people are ignorant, much like yourself. Before you pull the race card on why Southerns will not vote for Obama, you may wanna check who they voted for before he got into office. I am pretty sure the South turned conservative long before Obama came into the picture.
Tea Party Hobbit
September 29th, 2011
3:07 pm
NCR…they consolidated their operations, and Georgia’s tax structure is less oppressive to business than it was in Dayton, Ohio. Also Georgia is a right-to-work state, which means NCR no longer has to worry about unions! Makes sense to me.
Jay
September 29th, 2011
3:09 pm
999 = 9 inch pizza with 9 toppings for 9 dollars
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
3:12 pm
Back when Democrats were in charge of Georgia giant, prestigious companies were re-locating to Metro-Atlanta all the time.
Stopped cold almost hasn’t it. What happened?
Tea Party Hobbit
September 29th, 2011
3:13 pm
DannyX, your last post made no sense. NCR’s consolidation was in 2009, that’s when they officially moved to Duluth. And lowering corporate taxes, as Deal wants to do, will help in luring companies here, although our rates are already among the lowest in the nation. So, despite not being quite as friendly as Florida or Tennessee in having no personal income tax (they make up for it with higher sales taxes), Georgia has focused on keeping the corporate rates low. Personally I’d like to throw out the personal income tax in lieu of a higher sales tax as well, but the legislature seems deadlocked on that issue at least for now.
Lib in Cobb
September 29th, 2011
3:15 pm
UGA: Your comment about GA being “a black mecca” is truly distasteful. There should be no wonder why so many feel the south is filled with those like you who still hold on to the old ideas of racial inequality. Shame on you.
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 29th, 2011
3:25 pm
DannyX, why is most of Hollyweird moving and filming more and more in Georgia and Lakewood?
can’t wait for this one.
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
3:25 pm
Tea Party Hobbit, California has high taxes and has added 250,000 jobs since the peak of the Bush Depression.
In the meantime Metro Atlanta has lost more jobs than any other region in the country in the last year.
What on earth is going on in Georgia??? Exactly when do we see this “low tax” payoff?
Tea Party Hobbit
September 29th, 2011
3:29 pm
Lib in Cobb, not sure who originally coined the term “black mecca”, but it became a popular term for Atlanta from a 2002 issue of Ebony magazine. Unless there is something about that magazine that I’m not aware of, I can pretty safely say it wasn’t meant in a racist context.
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
3:29 pm
“DannyX, why is most of Hollyweird moving and filming more and more in Georgia and Lakewood?”
It sure is showing up in the employment stats RAMBLE ON,
Hollyweird has gained 20,000 jobs the past year, Metro Atlanta has lost 31,000.
Progressice Thoughts
September 29th, 2011
3:30 pm
@UGA1999 Atlanta is the black mecca not the state of Georgia. There are more black millionaires living in metro Atlanta than anywhere in the world. Last time i checked the test scores and poverty is worse in north and south Georgia than it is in metro Atlanta. Metro Atlanta is the black mecca. North and South Georgia is mostly white. Georgiia along with all southen states have been a poverty state since the south lost the civil war. While the south was trying to preserve it’s heritage nothern states were progressing. Miami, and Atlanta or the most prgressive cities in the south. North Ga, South Ga, Miss, Alabama, Tenn are all still trying to preserve their southern ways. One guy in the town owns everything and he has everyone else thinking blacks and others are the reason the middle and lower class whites can’t get ahead. Poor and middle class whites protect and defend big companies who send jobs oversees while they get laid off and blame Obama. Take a stand against big companies not the government. If the government is not responsible for job creation then stop blaming Obama or any president and blame the private sector for laying off people while making record profits.
Tea Party Hobbit
September 29th, 2011
3:32 pm
DannyX, California is also nearly bankrupt. Georgia has their budget troubles too, but we’re not in danger of default from having added thousands of people to the government payroll (that’s what Cali did). Meanwhile, the economy has been rough on Atlanta in particular because of the construction sector. We were rapidly growing up until the recession, and of course that’s the first thing to go. A good chunk of those jobs are either directly or indirectly related to the construction industry. Unfortunately, I don’t see that picking up again for a while either, unless Georgia tries something more revolutionary with its tax code.
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 29th, 2011
3:33 pm
“Tea Party Hobbit, California has high taxes and has added 250,000 jobs since the peak of the Bush Depression. ”
Oh sure, and Cal. and Ga. are equal in population and cost of living too. Isn’t that right DannyX?
250K new jobs huh, how many lost DannyX?
Sounds like DannyX is making a very credible case that Texas is being run better than anyone.
Never would have known DannyX is that huge of a Perry fan.
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
3:37 pm
“DannyX, California is also nearly bankrupt.”
Really? Then why did S&P raise California’s rating to “stable” from “negative” just this past June?
Wikijunkie
September 29th, 2011
3:40 pm
DannyX…. Your job numbers are wrong. Georgia actually has a lower unemployment rate than California. California actually has the second highest unemployment rate next to another liberal state of Nevada. Quite frankly you can also stop calling it the “Bush Depression”, it wasn’t Bush’s policies that lead to the sub prime mortgage fiasco or the housing bubble burst. Does he incur some of the blame yes, but these series of depression came at the end of his administration and so far no policies of either party has helped to spark the economy.
Furthermore, Metro Atlanta’s job problem has nothing to do with taxes or other policies but the lack of educated or qualified candidates. The APS scandal hurt more than any tax structures ever could and if I remember correctly is Atlanta not run by majority democrats?
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
3:50 pm
My numbers are not wrong, I never said California has a low unemployment rate, I said California is adding jobs. Texas has also been adding jobs and also has higher than average unemployment rate. California is adding more jobs than it loses right now.
Georgia on the other hand is still losing more jobs than it gains. There has been no progress here, worst in the country.
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 29th, 2011
3:54 pm
worst in the country DannyX, ever heard of Detroit Michigan?
City and state run by Democratic for many of moons now.
Wikijunkie
September 29th, 2011
3:56 pm
How can you be adding jobs when your unemployment rate continues to rise? In January, California had 15,904,603 employed workers in August they had 15,830,249. To me that looks like a loss of 74,354 jobs. Once again check your numbers.
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
3:58 pm
Georgia have a high poverty rate and the southern states are ran by the republicans which all the southern states have the most poverty.
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 29th, 2011
3:58 pm
“How can you be adding jobs when your unemployment rate continues to rise”
cause the Daily Kos and MSNBC says so.
Tea Party Hobbit
September 29th, 2011
3:58 pm
I think DannyX may be just looking at government employment numbers…hey isn’t that what we all aspire to!?!
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
4:00 pm
Hey Teaparty could I ask you question. Where was the teaparty doing Bush days?
Wikijunkie
September 29th, 2011
4:09 pm
Independent Voter.. You are saying the only evidence you have that the Tea Party is racist is because it was formed during the presidency of a multi-racial man who grew up in a middle class white family. Yeah if that’s the case then yeah, Tea Party is definitively racist.
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
4:09 pm
“worst in the country DannyX, ever heard of Detroit Michigan?”
Yes I have, in fact Detroit added 24,500 jobs in the past year, metro Atlanta lost 31,000.
You guys might want to update your talking points.
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
4:13 pm
“I think DannyX may be just looking at government employment numbers…hey isn’t that what we all aspire to!?!”
If I wanted a government job I would move to Texas. Texas has added 125,000 government jobs since 2011, 47% of all the new government jobs in the country.
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 29th, 2011
4:14 pm
Independent voter,
Umm, unemployment was 7% when he left office and averaged 5% for his 8 years.
The bank bailout’s didn’t happen till the last month of his Presidency. Where would you like for us to have been?
I’m no English major and can use some improving on my grammar, but dear Lord, could you please proof read your nonsense and get a spell checker?
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 29th, 2011
4:15 pm
DannyX, would you please provide us with these links you keep getting your nonsense from?
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
4:16 pm
DannyX Georgia is a backward state which the governor dont have any clue why georgia needs more job.
Georgia about to cutt half million people unemployment check who can live on less then $330 a week. I wonder if these republicans can live on $330 a week in Georgia. I wish they cut they pay check to help the economy.
85% of American think teaparty are racist people.
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 29th, 2011
4:20 pm
Independent voter,
Sorry, hate to use the phrase, but you are a useful idiot.
Ordinary American
September 29th, 2011
4:22 pm
Danny X – Thank you for your response, it was very entertaining. Can you sing too? Liberals poor? never thought that….very funny one and weird.
So what are they doing so well that this current president can’t understand and apply to the rest of the country?
You seem to be down on KIA. Wonder what those folks(especially liberal) who work there are thinking about you down grading them like that. Not very liberal-sensitive are you? Now give some more entertaining liberal views.
Wikijunkie
September 29th, 2011
4:25 pm
Danny…. Detroit Jan 2011 Employed- 721,841
Aug 2011 Employed- 720,391 Net loss of 1450.
How many times do you have to be proved wrong. Change our talking points, how about you chose a talking point on which you can actually produce some accurate numbers.
Independent Voter… Really 85% of American’s think they are racist. I don’t know where you would get such a bogus number, maybe Jesse or Al, but that number isn’t right either. Last time I checked to I think Walmart, Lowes, and McDonalds are all hiring.
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
4:41 pm
http://www.ajc.com/business/atlanta-top-metro-area-1190904.html
I’m right yet again. This has been all over the AJC, do you Tea Party people read?
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
4:48 pm
Why does these teaparty think people are not looking at them as racist. Thanks danny for pointing that out about the jobless rate in atlanta. Atlanta is part of georgia so that tell you what the government is not getting people back to work in georgia.
Wikijunkie
September 29th, 2011
4:53 pm
Look at the statistics yourself. You can clearly see that Detroit had 728,505 employed workers in August 2010 and 720,391 in August 2011. That is still a loss in jobs. Atlanta on the other hand had 2,384,066 in Aug 2010 and 2,392,157 in Aug 2011. To me that looks like a net gain. I guess you Liberal never do your own research, too much work I guess.
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LAUDV26198006?data_tool=XGtable.
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LAUMT13120606?data_tool=XGtable
Independent voter
September 29th, 2011
4:58 pm
Goodbye everyone I am going to a independent voter meeting in Cobb to get out the vote for president Obama and also to see how we going to brings jobs back to Georgia without the republicans running our country in a disaster.
Independent Voters all the way for president Obama/Biden 2012
Vote the republicans/teabaggars out the office.
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
5:08 pm
You prove with every single post Wikijunkie that you don’t have the slightest idea what you are talking about. Unemployment rates and job gains/lost are two completely different stats as I have already pointed out.
Now go to the AJC article I just linked you to, it spells it out for you.
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
5:17 pm
Btw, here are the stats you have been trying to find on Google the past hour, from an official State of Michigan website that backs up my numbers. They are exactly the same as the AJC article.
http://milmi.org/admin/uploadedPublications/946_detaetmm.htm
reganomics
September 29th, 2011
5:20 pm
Actually unemployment rates and job gains/losses are related. I assume you think if you add jobs then your unemployment rate won’t change? Danny you are an idiot!
DannyX
September 29th, 2011
5:30 pm
“No other state has added more jobs than Texas over the past year, but the state’s unemployment rate in July still was the worst it’s been in nearly a quarter of a century.”
(From San Antonio.com)
clem
September 29th, 2011
5:44 pm
if many contend that obama did/does not have enough experience to be prez what does that say about cain…..never held public office, better than average business man does not make him a leader in politics….it just the tp crowd supporting this marginal candidate aided and abetted by his radio notoriety….my goodness!
sho'nuff
October 2nd, 2011
7:51 pm
Put him up. We will see what he is made of. By the way is the Repo primary open or closed? we want to know. This race is going to be a show stopper if I have ever seen one. Rivaling Chicago of 1968 Democratic Convention, Next closet is the Dem’’s ‘64 Convention where the Mississippi delegations were refused their seats.