Herman Cain’s WSB Radio show on hiatus; Erick Erickson takes over
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Herman Cain, after three years on AM750 and now 95.5FM News/Talk WSB, aired his final show Tuesday night so he could pursue a possible presidential bid.
Program Director Pete Spriggs dubs it a “hiatus.”
“Depending how it goes and what he decides and how successful he is,” Spriggs said, ” it could be a very long-term hiatus from the air. He has the exploratory committee to explore the possibility of running for president. It’ s been impossible to do that as it needs to be done across the country and do his talk show.”
Beginning Thursday, Cain will be replaced in the 7 to 10 p.m. time slot by Erick Erickson, who joined WSB Radio last month and whose show had been airing from 9 p.m. to midnight.
Financial expert Dave Ramsey, who left 640/WGST-AM at the end of 2010 and joined WSB Radio, will cover 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. He had been airing from midnight to 3 a.m.
Cain, a conservative businessman who also subbed for Neal Boortz over the years, will talk with Erickson from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday night, according to Erickson on his website www.redstate.com.
Erickson has been contributing to CNN’s “John King, USA” for the past few months from 7 to 8 p.m. Erickson did not say how he will reconcile that responsibility but said he will remain with CNN, as well as run his website.
Because of Federal Communications Commission equal-time provisions, if Cain runs for office, it would complicate his ability to air a radio show because an opponent would have the right to request “equal time.”
Spriggs said that is not an issue yet since Cain has not officially declared he was running for office.
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183 comments Add your comment
James
February 2nd, 2011
9:59 am
Who didn’t see this coming when Savage was dumped and Ramsey put on at midnight. Ramsey’s agreement probably hinged on the fact that eventually he would get pushed up after Cain started his bid for the White House.
Now at least I get to hear Dave at a more reasonable time.
Jay
February 2nd, 2011
10:40 am
So now in WSB am you can get opinions from both sides. You know, conservatives and ultra conservatives.
Steve
February 2nd, 2011
10:43 am
I can’t believe this guy is serious.
Damon Evans
February 2nd, 2011
10:44 am
Is he running for dogcatcher, because that is the only office he can win. Herman you should have called me and I would have told you the truth. You don’t have a chance buddy.
Bryan G.
February 2nd, 2011
10:46 am
I suppose if you can’t win a statewide race in Georgia, the natural thing to do is run for President. I’m a conservative, but Cain is insane if he thinks he can get the nomination much less win.
No shot
February 2nd, 2011
10:46 am
He has no chance to win anything—save the millions and stay on the radio with the blowhard boortz.
NH
February 2nd, 2011
10:48 am
I was taught at a very early age, if don’t have anything good to say about anyone, be quiet!
I will press my mute button concerning Mr Cain.
William
February 2nd, 2011
10:48 am
I am surprised that this didn’t happen months ago. I don’t know if this was a sack of ol’ Uncle Humon by WSB or not, but I do know that he had the most boring, predictable, ‘always the same topic’ show in the annals of talk radio. I am by no means a political conservative, but at least Ericson is not boring.
Of course, anyone with even half a brain knows that what ol’ Herm is really doing is not running for President, but rather making a move to get more publicity so that he can jack up his speaker fees and gt more speaking engagements. (’Herman, you sly dog you. Just like Sarah Palin, really’). All I can say is that if one is going to be the biggest Uncle Tom around, you might as well get paid for it. See ya Humon.
bob from account temps
February 2nd, 2011
10:53 am
cain, like palin, could be a great fund raising force for the repubs, however, cain could not even carry georgia for any office .
edinatlanta
February 2nd, 2011
10:53 am
He needs to start his campaign now. He talks so slow that if he starts his declaration speech today, he should have it completed by Feb. 2012.
Roekest
February 2nd, 2011
10:59 am
Why, when some black conservative makes the rounds, other blacks call him an “Uncle Tom”. Can you all not accept it when some of you stray from the dogmatic approach of the “black community”? Oh well, why bother asking. It’s just another form of black-on-black violence. I guess you all like to cannibalize each other. It is quite pathetic though….and self-defeating.
NH
February 2nd, 2011
10:59 am
Mr Cain I think you are a……………. ( damn, that little voice is telling me to be quiet!)
bobo
February 2nd, 2011
11:01 am
Man, the racists are out in force this morning.
February 2nd, 2011
11:02 am
Go Herman, go!
At least some of us aren’t overly negative and actually support you.
Naw Man
February 2nd, 2011
11:04 am
Herman, surely you haven’t let Boortz hoodwink you into thinking you should run for President. He’s the same guy that told Evander Holyfield it would be a good idea to get into the car business. While I don’t always agree with your politics, I assumed you were smarter than that.
NH
February 2nd, 2011
11:04 am
Yeah Roekest, I bet there are millions and millions of “your kind” just lining up to donate to Mr Cain.
The sad part is, he actually believe you like him.
Ted
February 2nd, 2011
11:05 am
Herman has more experience in running something than the current occupant of the White House did when he started his bid for President, so I don’t know what everyone is bitching about. Herman is the ultimate outsider, and an outsider is exactly what Washington needs right now.
ed
February 2nd, 2011
11:06 am
Comments here should be “exploratory” enough for anyone with a rational mind. Sentiment for Cain can be summed up thusly: “Who cares?”
Naw Man
February 2nd, 2011
11:13 am
C’mon Herman, you get some love from the Tea Party crowd after doing a couple of dog and ponies for them and now thoughts of the Oval office? C’mon Herman, you obviously haven’t spoken to Michael Steele lately about the perils of being the token brother of the month.
HDB
February 2nd, 2011
11:14 am
Roekest
February 2nd, 2011
10:59 am
To answer your question, read this:
http://www.blackcommentator.com/154/154_thindwa_black_conservatives.html
Tommy Gunn
February 2nd, 2011
11:17 am
I have and will be a supporter of Herman Cain. Call him names if you will, but his politics are sound. I will vote for him, and had been running for gov., would have been a MUCh better choice than we had!
Good Grief
February 2nd, 2011
11:18 am
Just out of curiosity, why do so many of you have such a negative view of Herman Cain?
I’ve heard the man speak on a couple of occasions, and he makes a lot of since to me. Plus, he’s got more experience (not just political) than most of the candidates the two big parties have thrown up the last few elections.
Chess
February 2nd, 2011
11:18 am
Roekest
Your answer is my point. He actually thinks he can politically connect with demons who would never drink from the same cup. Yet you call me savage.
BitterEXdemocrackkk
February 2nd, 2011
11:19 am
I think he would make an incredible, ACTUAL, first black President.
Prez Obozo
February 2nd, 2011
11:19 am
Herman Cain would make a lot better president than another 4 years of what we are stuck with now!
Get It Right
February 2nd, 2011
11:21 am
Herman has as much right – and a great deal more experience – to run for president as does PrezBo. While he may not win, I think you find much of what he has to say will resonate with the people. You will also have the added benefit in knowing that he will say the same thing, using the same accent, to any group he addresses. We all know we won’t hear that from the incumbent.
alesure
February 2nd, 2011
11:24 am
Running for President, REALLY? Mr. Cain has as much chance as I do… ZERO!. He his trying to get his name out there to raise his price for speaking fees. I wish him well and he will not be missed on WBS. Boring show.
JoMoss
February 2nd, 2011
11:30 am
What do you mean his politics are sound, TommyGunn? Admittedly I only listened to him a few times, but it seems to me he just parrots the standard conservative bumper-sticker ideas: lower taxes (even if it adds to the deficit), cut government spending (but not the bloated defense industry), drill baby drill, etc.
The guy is a tool, and he doesn’t stand a chance for a presidential nomination.
Finally
February 2nd, 2011
11:32 am
Herman, you do know if you run you will split the black vote do you?
I mean blacks only voted for Obama because of the color of his skin so you being black
will hurt his chances…..isn’t that right????
Good Grief
February 2nd, 2011
11:33 am
JoMoss -
So it’s bad to parrot conservative talking points, but parroting liberal talking points is okay? (Hillary, Obama, Reid, Pelosi)
Finally
February 2nd, 2011
11:37 am
I mean don’t you
Herman is Dreamy
February 2nd, 2011
11:38 am
this has nothing to do with getting elected. This is a year-long commercial for his radio show, which he will return to with higher ratings. Not that we need more conservative talk radio – they all just repeat the same talking points over and over again, regardless of how far from the truth they are.
Hey conservatives: DEFICITS DON’T MATTER, remember?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Hetero Hal
February 2nd, 2011
11:39 am
Herman Cain = The Anti-Obama
ME LIKEY!!!
Whacks Eloquent
February 2nd, 2011
11:39 am
As for Herman’s lack of political experience, that’s what he’s running on. What good has Washington experience done us in the last 2…10…20…years? You get the picture. Besides, he ran Godfather’s Pizza for a decade and a half.
As for his losing the 2004 Senate race, frankly that was a different time. GOP had captured the White House 4 years earlier, was looking at a wartime situation and a strong GOP upswing (which would be their last). Back then the old GOP guard ruled the roost, and those who associate themselves as Tea Partiers were not strongly united yet. In Post-9/11 days, there was still hope that the GOP would turn things around, but alas they went the opposite direction and were rightly shown the door in the next 2 elections. I think the state and the country are much more ready for a Herman Cain now…
NH
February 2nd, 2011
11:40 am
Finally and you voted against him only because of the color of his skin.
snickers409
February 2nd, 2011
11:40 am
My cat is more qualified to run for POTUS than this dummy. Of course he’s probably just interested in all the donations even a fool like himself could rake in from people even dumber than he is. And believe me there is a LOT of stupidity in this country.
Tim
February 2nd, 2011
11:41 am
Herman could be the Reagan of this generation. I also believe he could unite all races in a manner not seen to date. There is not a gray area bone in his body which is great. I am tired of elected leaders who promote “DRFDP”= Different rules for different people.
HDB
February 2nd, 2011
11:44 am
Good Grief
February 2nd, 2011
11:18 am
To be honest…..Herman Cain stands ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE!!
One: Everything he states is a talking point….no original thought processes there!!
Two: He won’t garner support in the black community because he is another Clarence Thomas: cut the same programs that allowed HIM to succeed!
Three: Cain has forgotten where he came from; his version of self-reliance is to forget who helped him get to where he is!!
Four: Cain tends to marginalize anyone whose experiences runs counter to his; he is in denial (yes…even “up the river”) that others’ experiences differ from his…and neglects the fact that his progression occurred in a rather LIBERAL state, Minnesota (home base of Pillsbury).
When more issues come forth, I’ll relate them…..
Chess
February 2nd, 2011
11:47 am
Cain needs to drive through Powder Springs and check all the stars and bars flying high…..Look away…look away…
- Josey Wales
Come on son
February 2nd, 2011
11:49 am
Our current President is doing a better job than the “experienced” President before him. It really does not matter, the GOP does not have anyone who can win a national election over President Obama. Palin, “our allies in North Korea”, Gingrich, “serve my hospital-ridden wife divorce papers”, Rhomney, “I’m a Mormon so the GOP base will never support me”, Huckabee, “At least I can win the deep south”, everyone else does not even have regional appeal outside of their home state. Just plan for 2016.
Murry
February 2nd, 2011
11:49 am
Keep him off the air!! Thank You…
Ned
February 2nd, 2011
11:50 am
Conservatives suffer from a collective mental illness.
DawgDad
February 2nd, 2011
11:52 am
I enjoy Herman Cain’s radio show, as do many of my friends, and will miss him on the air. Wish him well. I’m very pleased to see he’s so effectively riled up the leftists.
JeezLouise
February 2nd, 2011
11:53 am
People like Roekest absolutely love guys like Herman Cain, because he does the bidding of the ideology and people who relish his contributions to their propanganda campaign. Much like we prop up leaders around the world (like Mubarak), the modern day Conservative ilke props up the Herman Cains and Michael Steeles of the world and tells Black folk we should feel bad for not running up behind these non-threatening negroes. Step outta line and become a perceived threat though (Michael Steele) and see what it gets you. Do I say that minorities should trust the Democratic establisment? No, because ultimately they are complicit in perpetuating the proganda as well. They provide the fuel for the other sides’ fire. Ultimately, it works out the way it should. The oppressor stays so with power, money and influence and the oppressed remain oppressed through division, misinformation and dependency.
Finally
February 2nd, 2011
11:55 am
NH, you missed the point
gm
February 2nd, 2011
11:59 am
Roekest: You guys are going to treat him the way you did Richard Steele’
We considered him a token because he has no credibility in the black community.
The Rep party have never elected a black Sen or Gov in Georgia, at least the Demo elected a black President, please stop playing these games with these tokens, whites are not going to vote for this man, you are pushing him out there for failure.
A Listener
February 2nd, 2011
12:01 pm
Check yourself, folks. The man has a right to follow his own heart and express his own thoughts. Don’t be so quick to knock him down. Remember the Golden Rule…
ALdC
February 2nd, 2011
12:01 pm
For a gentleman who has demonstrated a stunning level of ignorance on everything from the US judicial system to macroeconomics, Herman Cain is simply not suited for any elective office. His factless pontifications on WSB have demonstrated that he is ignorant about many of the core subjects on which a presidential candidate should be an expert. I won’t speculate about the real nature of his supposed run and “hiatus,” but the impossibility of his gaining the nomination is glaringly obvious.
A Listener
February 2nd, 2011
12:03 pm
Also, I am white and I would vote for this man.
Browncoat
February 2nd, 2011
12:11 pm
Cain’s no less qualified than the current occupant of the White House, although that’s not saying much.
Jeanette Ray
February 2nd, 2011
12:12 pm
A President who can not speak grammatically correct English after Obama is a natural porgression…don’t you think?
GM
February 2nd, 2011
12:21 pm
You GO HERMAN…..and the rest can either get on the wagon or Get Out Of The Way!
TLamar
February 2nd, 2011
12:28 pm
Please, he is kidding. He should call Michael Steel and ask him how the Repubs throw him under the bus. He was on Bill Mahar last week and I’m sure he felt he was used by the Repubs to get African-American votes and when he could produce the kick his A@@ out. Also, Herman I think you are one of those Scratching your head and Shuffling your feet kind of people and I’m sure he would get my drift. His announcement will be laughable at best.
Drew
February 2nd, 2011
12:30 pm
I like Cain a lot (after hearing Hannity on WSB, Cain at least seems to be genuinely nice), but what does a guy who started a pizza place know about being President of the USA? It’s like asking Papa John’s to run for governor of his state.
Still, Cain can’t be any worse than Newt Gingrich.
fedupw/thestatusquo
February 2nd, 2011
12:32 pm
Sadly, I will miss Herman Cain each night on WSB, I look forward to the possibility of him running for POTUS. He is far more qualified than the community organizer. Take a look at Herman’s bio and he definitely has the quals, much than the present person taking up space in DC. Unlike Prez Bo, Herman doesn’t need his handy teleprompter and uses common sense. Damn, what a concept. Herman may not win, but at least he has the nerve to try to make a difference. He’s got my vote.
Donna P.
February 2nd, 2011
12:32 pm
Herman’s talents would be better suited as a Vice President or in the President’s Cabinet instead of being the President. It is sad when African-Americans berate another African-American who isn’t a Democrat. Democrats have done an excellent job of keeping blacks in their place and under their control; it’s pathetic really.
Sick of childish behavior
February 2nd, 2011
12:34 pm
Why do people use this forum to childishly bash the cr@p out of someone?? If you disagree/dislike the man then put it here in a professional and educated manner. If you agree then do the same. Why the need to act so hatefully?
Will Stockdale
February 2nd, 2011
12:34 pm
In 1992 it was said Bill Clinton had no chance….. He was elected 42nd POTUS. The same about George Bush in 2000. He became 43rd POTUS. I say Good Luck Mr. Caine.
Whacks Eloquent
February 2nd, 2011
12:36 pm
A glimpse at Herman’s Experience:
President of Godfather’s Pizza – Pillsbury Co. – 1986-87
President and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza – 1988-2002 (that’s right they went independent!)
Board of Directors, National Restaurant Association – 1988-95
Chairman, Board of Directors, National Restaurant Association – 1994-95
President and CEO, National Restaurant Association – 1996-98
Founder, President and CEO, THE New Voice, Inc. (leadership consulting)
Board of Directors, AGCO Corp. – 2004-current
Board of Directors, Hallmark Cards Inc. – 2005-current
Board of Directors, Whirlpool Corp. – 1992-2003,2005-current
and more, way too many to list…
“…stunning level of ignorance…”
If this man is a picture of ignorance then we as the human race are screwed!
Chairman, Board of Directors, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City -
Amy P
February 2nd, 2011
12:38 pm
Good luck Herman, you have my vote!!! Haters can go pound sand.
Whacks Eloquent
February 2nd, 2011
12:40 pm
heh, that last one went out of sequence:
Chairman, Board of Directors, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City – 1995-96
so much for him not understanding economics either. they don’t give those posts to ignorant businessmen…
I’ll post a corp. profile link if Rodney will let me. Suffice it to say I have zero concerns about Mr. Cain’s ability to lead this country…
MeaneyMouse
February 2nd, 2011
12:40 pm
Good dayyuumm riddance. I never listened to this loser anyway. He dosen’t stand a chance!!
GIVE EM HELL MR.PRESIDENT OBAMA
OBAMA2012
Whacks Eloquent
February 2nd, 2011
12:41 pm
This is his profile from Whirlpool website – not even close to his most significant accomplishment. But no doubt they think they have something here!
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=638159&ticker=WHR:US&previousCapId=314515&previousTitle=WHIRLPOOL%20CORP
Carla
February 2nd, 2011
12:41 pm
Oh my gosh…the same people who couldn’t WAIT to vote for no nothing, do nothing Obama cause of the color of his skin are after Hermon for the same reason? He has more real world experience, more business experience and he talks to the PEOPLE everyday…he is way more connected to what we the people want than obama ever was. All that man has done is pass legislation that half the country doesn’t want…sometimes more than half…he is as ineffectual as many of us knew he would be. But here comes a NON POLITICIAN…someone we really need right now and all you gonna hate on him without even looking to see if he is qualified or valuable to our system of government. shame on you!
Beowulf
February 2nd, 2011
12:45 pm
Move over, Chris Matthews! It’s my turn for the “tingly leg”!
Run, Herman, run!
Good Grief
February 2nd, 2011
12:50 pm
Drew @ 12:30 -
If we keep electing only people that have “political” experience, we’ll keep ending up with people like Obama, who assembled the least experienced cabinet (as far as private sector experience is concerned) in history. If you look at the Republicans who were elected to the House in 2010, you’ll see a fair amount of small business experience. That’s what a lot of voters are looking for now.
You Distort/We Deride
February 2nd, 2011
12:53 pm
Just another shill for the Republican Party polluting the airwaves on a daily basis. Is he an entertainer or is he a politician? Why doesn’t WSB put a centrist on the radio instead, so at least the line of demarcation is not as obvious? Whether it’s the paranoid delusions of a riffing ranting Savage, the arrogant and self-promoting Neil “I’m Not a Republican but I love to kiss their azzes” Boortz, or the Candidate himself, WSB is a bastion of one-dimensional drivel.
Jim G.
February 2nd, 2011
12:59 pm
I can’t stand Herman Cain…and Erik Erickson??? really…???
Please put Dave Ramsey on at 7 and keep Erickson where he is at 10…
Kem
February 2nd, 2011
1:04 pm
Jeanette Ray– No we don’t. It’s nap time for you!
AudreyinGA
February 2nd, 2011
1:11 pm
Cain is on the board of the Whirlpool Corp., the latest company to OUTSOURCE jobs.
Really?!?
WAR EAGLE
February 2nd, 2011
1:12 pm
The only people who are against Mr. Cain are those who are afraid to work and those who don’t want to work but prefer a governemnt check. unions are afraid of him b/c their cushy agnedas won’t be heard and Al and Jesse are scared that he will educate the africans as to how those two clowns were scamming them all those years.
Dave in Marietta
February 2nd, 2011
1:12 pm
I would sooner vote for Herman Munster.
Good Grief
February 2nd, 2011
1:13 pm
You Distort -
Just for a point of cmoparison and contrast to your post, I’ve never found Boortz to have any particular love for Republicans. Does he like them better than Democrats? I’d say that’s marginal at best. And how dare there be a station that has mostly conservative views? Don’t they know that CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, Headline News, NPR, and most newspapers are “fair and balanced” and always present an opposing point of view? {/sarcasm}
You Distort/We Deride
February 2nd, 2011
1:15 pm
Um, War Eagle, I’m a gainfully employed professional, as is my wife; we have never in our lives asked for one penny of entitlement money, never belonged to a union, and we stand steadfastly against Herman Cain and his divisive, one-dimensional, unrealistic agenda.
You Distort/We Deride
February 2nd, 2011
1:21 pm
Good Grief. Surely you remember Mr. Boortz’s trip to the White House and his visit with Mr. Bush in the Oval Office. It was the one time that Boortz had an opportunity to use his big Mouth to speak directly to the source of our chaos at that time, and yet he cowered and engaged in false reverence. What an absolutely hypocritical buffoon.
I don’t know where your diatribe against the networks emanates from; my point was that WSB is a one-dimensional source of information that divides our people and offers none of us a possibility of common ground. Sounds like you’re quite content thinking that way. How sad and utterly un-American.
NH
February 2nd, 2011
1:26 pm
I think Mr Cain graduated from Morehouse. Do all of you good people know why he went to Morehouse ? As Whacks has posted, he’s obviously an intelligent man. According to Mr Cain, UGA refused him because of his darker pigment. History and the present have shown being intelligent doesn’t count as much if your pigment is that of Mr Cain. Mr Obama graduated from Harvard Law and was president of law review. Yet, all you hear is prez bo, telepromter, community organizer. Hell, why not criticize him for using a computer, ipad, iphone. I can hear Boortz complaining, prez bo uses an iphone to check the latest polls.
gm
February 2nd, 2011
1:28 pm
WAR EAGLE: Yeah the same way you did Richard Steele.
You can fool most tokens but you can not fool the blacks that live in reality, WAR EAGLE its just as many whites rep that are on gov programs, they are just a bunch of hypocrites.
Al and Jessie have marched and rallied what has your drug user Rush Limbauh done? sit behind a mic and pimp poor misinformed whites.
Good Grief
February 2nd, 2011
1:29 pm
You Distort-
I was merely turning your argument about one-dimensional news sources on its head. CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, Headline News, are mostly left-of-center.
As for your comment about being “un-American.” I’m getting tired of this crap. Yesterday I was told that I was a traitor and unpatriotic because I did not support the health care law. Now you call me “utterly un-American” because I don’t support your hypothesis. Is this what the argument will be now: when you disagree with someone label them un-American or a traitor and walk away?
gm
February 2nd, 2011
1:30 pm
NH
Tell the truth”
MediaHead
February 2nd, 2011
1:32 pm
I don’t think Herman can win but he is more qualified than the fool in office now that only can give a good speech and BS the public with his Chicago style politics. Fool, fraud, fake is Obama. A empty suit that the founding fathers are turning over in their graves, not because he is black, because he is an idiot/socialist/Marxist/liberal/semi-dummy!
Air Wave
February 2nd, 2011
1:33 pm
Steele’s just an uncle tom looking for votes from rich white people. He needs to come back to the African-American community.
You Distort/We Deride
February 2nd, 2011
1:36 pm
No, Good Grief, I shouldn’t have called you un-American. That was not meant as a personal insult. In truth, I find Americans in general guilty of viewing all issues through the lens of their political affiliation without allowing themselves an opportunity to consider the points of the other side. We have become a nation divided, lacking common ground. It means that when a Democrat is elected President, or the Democrats win a majority in the Congress, we are then inundated with cries of their “ineffectiveness” when in truth they are simply carrying out the principles of the people who elected them…and vice versa, of course.
Why, if talk radio is indeed “entertainment”, can’t WSB offer a program from a centrist or (God forbid) a liberal perspective? It’s always the same old same old…which could be said of ALL the local radio outlets. No wonder conservatives think they have to hate liberals. It’s all they hear, day in and day out.
ALdC
February 2nd, 2011
1:41 pm
@Whacks Eloquent: If you had heard his “Statistical State of the Union” show last week, you would understand why I feel that this man does not understand macroeconomics. He continually remarked about the level of unemployment “under Obama” while ignoring the fact that the sharp rise in unemployment started under the previous administration. Furthermore, if he was educated on macroeconomics, he would know that unemployment continues to rise temporarily even after an economy exits a recession (this has been the case for EVERY recession since the BLS started tracking figures several decades ago). I never said he was stupid or someone utterly incapable; I noted his lack of knowledge in rudimentary, fundamental tenets of macroeconomics. In either case, being able to successfully run a business and manage a $15 trillion economy are not the same. I am sure Mr. Cain is honorable and intelligent person, however, I do not feel that he has the practical knowledge needed to govern a nation of 310 million people. As soon as he began to claim that the “American court system is for American citizens only” (even after I phoned his show to correct him), I knew that he lacked the necessary understanding to be the leader of the free world. I wish him the best in the future, but I do not support his candidacy.
NH
February 2nd, 2011
1:41 pm
Hey War Eagle, is deer season over?? Just saying……
Good Grief
February 2nd, 2011
1:47 pm
You Distort-
Thank you for the clarification. The person who called me a traitor yesterday would never have said that. I thank you for it.
And I agree that Americans view issues from their own political viewpoint. But they also view issues from their own religious POV, and socio-economic POV. It’s all part of being who you are. I’m one of those people who blieve that if you’re open to everything you’ll fall for anything, as cliche as that sounds. That said, I’ve changed my mind on many issues. I was raised in a fairly Democratic household that started to trend Republican. I started out voting a nearly-straight Republican ballot. Now, having been seasoned by college, a few years in the private sector, and my own research, I find myself pretty squarely in the Libertarian camp, although I differ from them on a number of issue. I’m not ashamed by the fact that I view political issues through the spectrum of small, limited government. That’s who I am.
Have a great day.
MoreRightthanLeft
February 2nd, 2011
1:56 pm
I dont hate liberals but i do disagree with alot of their stances on running a country.
Hermain Cain is bringing common sense, business sense and will be a new voice, and if nothing else, will bring a positive approach to politics. Why do most think that professional politicians are the answer.. And i guarantee if he ever gets a chance to debate our current administration …woooo!!! you might just learn something. So quit bashing the man….if youre so much better…jump in …dont be skerd!!!
MrJimboolee
February 2nd, 2011
1:57 pm
I like Herman. No, he won’t win. If he gets 10% of the total vote, consider it good. Erick Erickson just sucks. He really does. Not because he’s conservative, he just sucks. He’s boring. Dave R? Hey, sick of hearing about people making a 100K/yr with financial problems. Those people need to be living in a tent in a ditch.
WAR EAGLE
February 2nd, 2011
1:58 pm
Heman Cain is a people’s President with ideas that only a Business man would think of. The Gov’t needs to be run like a buisness. Not like it is now. The current ayatollah is pro radical and is against American ingenuity. His parents were radicals, not of this country but from kenya. And the dems want to pass laws without regards to the law or to the constitution. Once again, we are living in the era of Jimmy C. Laughing stocks. And all the ayatollah wants to do is bow at the alter of the radicals. Do you not see that THIS is his form of reparations? course not-and that woman who claimed to not have to worry about having to pay for gas or her mortgage, yeah she ain’t got no job now so she don’t have to worry no more about those two things.
Wiz Dumb
February 2nd, 2011
1:59 pm
Herman got tired of pimping for Boortz, I guess. Hint for Cain: even Evander finally wised up and dumped dumped that phony.
Whatever
February 2nd, 2011
2:03 pm
I for one will work for Cain. Its time we actually get a President who knows how the American System works. Who has business experience, who sets himself up with the best and will work for America. Yes he is black but he has never called himself black. He has worked and given and worked some more.
I (a white conservative) will be working to help save this country. I can tell you the blacks do not like Cain because he feels they should be standing on their own two feet and educating themselves to make their lifes better. You know, he believes what DR MARTIN LUTHER KING preached. Only problem is not to many people know that KING was a great Conserative who believed in rising up and taking care of yourself and being productive in society. The I HAVE A DREAM speach. Go read it and then go look at what Herman Cains vision is. It is America and he loves this country. IF we dont fina President who does love this country and the freedoms it offers,, we may not have a country left for our kids and grandkids.
MoreRightthanLeft
February 2nd, 2011
2:04 pm
ALdc
were you this hard on Obama…what experience in macro-econ, business operations,governing, managing, and practical knowledge did he come from. i bet you’re a pretty good arm chair quarterback too….
Let the man run….lets see what happens…would you consider him a lesser evil than the other candidates that pop up…or does a fancy slogan do it for you….Change you can believe in…anybody!!! anybody…
NH
February 2nd, 2011
2:04 pm
Hey War Eagle, I see that UGA has signed the top prospect in the state. Why don’t you go over there and bless that blog with your intelligence.
wow
February 2nd, 2011
2:08 pm
Uncle Herman:
I listen to you quite often and very seldom if ever agree with you. You always talk about businessmen being uncertain: Uncertain is being shot at in combat every day all not knowing whether the next sniper bullet will kill you. And you have the nerve to talk about uncertain.
We have one thing in common: Neither one of us will be elected President of the US.
At least I was not beaten by a drunk alcholic.
dre
February 2nd, 2011
2:09 pm
Hard to believe so many of you don’t think a successful, conservative businessman would be a good choice as our leader. Weird. And Good Grief is making the most sense out here, pay attention.
Mo Schreibman
February 2nd, 2011
2:11 pm
Just remember what happened with Charles Foster Cain ran for office the last time there was a presidential election. There may be truth in things happening always in threes.
Up and Running
February 2nd, 2011
2:12 pm
I dont care what color a mans skin is, I care about how he lives and where his values are. I care about his experience and knowledge and if he lacks some knowledge, what he will do to gain it.
I see Cain as a very reliable person who is true to his word. He has said over and over what he believes and what has to be done to save this country.
This country elected Obama on lie after lie and with no experience, he hired tax evaders to make sure we pay our taxes, he has slammed general business and has no idea what it takes to create employment. He has set to regulate just about everything while giving his friends and cronies high paying jobs. Obama’s administration has 2% business experience.
Cain knows what this country needs and he knows how big this government is and where the waist is. He knows national security is a huge issue and he does not want China to own us. Well they do already, but its time to stop that. He knows that regulation takes jobs away from americans and puts them overseas in the hands of India or wherever you go when you call customer service to Metro PCS or Sprint or all the other companies who outsourse our jobs to lower countries to get rid of high wage Union takeovers.
Yes go Herman. Its time to educate these americans. Start speading the truth.
ALdC
February 2nd, 2011
2:13 pm
@MoreRightthanLeft: This thread of comments has absolutely nothing to do with Obama or political slogans; the question before us is: “What are the qualifications of Herman Cain to be President?”. Mr. Cain the one claiming to be an expert by railing on about a “Statistical State of the Union,” therefore it would serve him well to make sure that he’s actually spot-on with his analysis; he demonstrated that night (and many others) that he fails to grasp the fundamentals.
Of all the leading Republican contenders, I think Mitt Romney is the best perspective candidate to date. I probably would not vote for him (for various policy reasons), but he has the depth of experience that would rival just about any candidate from any political party. Ergo, if I *had* to choose a Republican for which to vote, Romney would be it. That said, I’m fairly confident the Tea Party movements (which currently has the Republican Party in a stranglehold) will likely not allow a formerly moderate ex-governor of Massachusetts who is a Mormon be the GOP nominee.
david
February 2nd, 2011
2:13 pm
Erickson is a nut job and boring! He will not last.
False Evidence Appearing Real (FEAR)
February 2nd, 2011
2:14 pm
Although I can only take him in 10 minute increments, Cain seems a better entertainer than potential presidential candidate. I mean, seriously? The guy simply lacks real credibility.
He finally lost it with me during 2008 when he fervently insisted, on a near-daily basis, that the US economy was SOUND, and that we were definately NOT in recession. This despite all the foreclosures, bank failures, layoffs, pitiful stockmarket, etc. He carried the GOP water instead of appealing to his own presumed common sense. I guess he’s chasing after the Palin/Bachmann/Alan West crowd. More power to him.
Bob
February 2nd, 2011
2:14 pm
Herman Cain is a business genius who has contributed much more to American as a whole than any “community organizers” I know. Go Herman… follow your dream!
JeezLouise
February 2nd, 2011
2:17 pm
@YDWD
I’m with you. Some people just DO NOT get it. I make well over $100k/yr and have my hand out for NOTHING EXCEPT the compensation that I EARN. They can only speak to the proaganda that is perpetuated. The truth of the matter is, people who are not of the Black community that operates in the mindset of people like you and I cannot seem to wrap their minds around the idea that we possess a knowledge BASED UPON OUR EXPERIENCES that they just cannot relate to. So for us to be able to see through people like Herman Cain, Michael Steele and the like totally misses them. Because it escapes them, they can only resort to what’s comfortable – the proganda. They fail to understand that we see the big picture of our people’s condition and who is responsible for what. They however do not give us credit for having this understanding though because they have bought into once again, the propaganda. They just operate from the standpoint that we just became a certain way and ARE in a certain situation because we want to be..or that it’s just somehow our nature. They have not a clue. So with this they have no idea that there is an historical context that these guys are framed in. They have always been with us, serve a purpose, and fortunately have always been able to be sniffed out and exposed for what they really are.
RAISING CAIN 2012
February 2nd, 2011
2:24 pm
taken from this great article regarding Blacks and Republicans.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/04/post_11.html
“…There was a vigorous two party system in the South in 1876, but by 1896 there were hardly any Republicans elected to any state or federal offices at all. Why? Republican whites left the South and Republican blacks joined the Democrat Party instead. Many black men, supported by strong black women who could not vote but who could speak, resisted as long as they could, but when medical care for their families and purchasing supplies at stores was even denied to them, they relented. Black women had a name for men who quit the Republican Party and became Democrats – this process was known as “Crossing the Jordan” – and that name was “Uncle Tom.”"
So technically, if this article is true then wouldn’t calling a black man “uncle Tom” be a compliment??
jack
February 2nd, 2011
2:29 pm
Run Herman run! Herman is not a hollow suit he knows what he is talking about and can back it up. The worst thing that can happen is he looses and then he goes back to radio and becomes nationally syndicated.
DHD
February 2nd, 2011
2:32 pm
It’s funny how the Right gets accused of hate speech. Just read these posts by Libs.
Herman Cain has the right to run for president. He is a successful business man. He doesn’t quit just because he loses a local race or a statewide race. He is not a quitter. Have you ever heard of Abraham Lincoln? Did he ever lose a race? It is NO indication of future success.
Go Herman!!
Gman
February 2nd, 2011
2:35 pm
Everyone in the state of Georgia knows that Herman Cain doesn’t stand a snowballs chance in hell of even winning Georgia (his own state) in the primaries. And you all know why!
MR164
February 2nd, 2011
2:39 pm
Herman says “THERE ARE SOME NUTS OUT THEEEEERE!”
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Beowulf
February 2nd, 2011
2:44 pm
ALdC, how long does precious Obama continue to get a pass? It will always be “Bush’s fault” in some eyes. Notice that Herman Cain did not say it start under Obama, in fact he talks about it on his show. Bush did not help, but the underlying housing bubble began during Clinton years. Too many people getting houses they should not have. But how is he to convey all of that information into a simple speech? Point is, now is time for Obama to start getting some accountability for the state of the nation…
Chuck
February 2nd, 2011
3:04 pm
Herman, you are not in the same class as the President. Be for real. You can’t hold this mans jockstrap! What a joke.
Michael Beard
February 2nd, 2011
3:08 pm
Herman Cain cannot win anything. He is just wasting time and money. The republicans don’t give a doggone about African-Americans. That include Herman Cain as well as Clarence Thomas.
Whacks Eloquent
February 2nd, 2011
3:09 pm
I’d like to see President Obama try to run a corporation when he gets out of office…
Charles
February 2nd, 2011
3:11 pm
Hey HDB, Thats not an answer thats the rhetoric of people who want to keep you on a new plantation. I’m a black libertarian and I don’t think that idiotic. Maybe the author of that article has hasn’t a one sided point of view like most liberals or progressives. I can’t forgure out why these two parties can’t see how too many American people are tired of both parties.
Black Conservative
February 2nd, 2011
3:13 pm
Run Herm Run!!!! It will be interesting to see who will support him with their $$$$. It IS unfortunate that there are large populations of both whites and blacks who vote republican or democrat, respectively, solely because it is status quo for them to do so.
It will be interesting to see if Herm does authentically approach the black community for support. If he does, he may be surprised by the response. However, his timing is wrong as 2012 will be a big Obama win.
My recommendation to Herm, stay away from the Hannity talking points and challenge Strawberry Short Cake head-on.
Black Conservative
February 2nd, 2011
3:16 pm
Hey Whack – you voted for Bush and he ran every corporation he touched into the ground. In fact, you have a lot of people who vote and support republicans running corporations into the ground. So what is your smart a$$ point?
Whacks Eloquent
February 2nd, 2011
3:18 pm
“Strawberry Short Cake”? Now that’s funny!
I like her enthusiasm, but let her be a cabinet appointment. Sec of Interior right up her alley I think.
If Herman can stick to his guns on fiscal responsibility, it will totally resonate with the “new” voters that came to the polls this past November. Call them tea partiers or whatever, but they will like Mr. Cain…
Black Conservative
February 2nd, 2011
3:19 pm
@M Beard – I concur! Call it the Cam Newton affect. Auburn folks loved him when he was on the football field….but let him show up at daddy’s house in E. Cobb with his daughter and see how hard he cheers…
Black Conservative
February 2nd, 2011
3:22 pm
@DHD – walk a week as an African American man and you will face a different reality.
gdubs
February 2nd, 2011
3:25 pm
Lets not forget that about this time last election cycle the name Obama was no where near a household name. While Obama had held political office it was for a miniscule amount of time before he started campaigning for President. Cain has some real-world business experience and success that shouldn’t be looked over. Is he gunna be the nominee, probably not, but don’t count him out, Id put money down he lasts alot longer than you all think
Demetrio
February 2nd, 2011
3:26 pm
BryanG, losing state elections and running for president has happened before. But then again, you were probably playing hookie the day they talked about Abraham Lincoln in your government school.
Whitey
February 2nd, 2011
3:35 pm
Unlike the current occupant of the White House, Herman Cain is a Black man that has actually accomplished things in his life, solved problems and hired/employed people.
He will get my vote in the primary and I will send his campaign money.
Herman Cain / Michelle Bachman in 2012 !
gdubs
February 2nd, 2011
3:36 pm
whitey your not helping the cause, your comment does nothing to convince the other side. thanks though
TrishaDishaWarEagle
February 2nd, 2011
3:38 pm
Democrats, aka those people I would watch choke to death rather than lend a hand with the heimlich, dare think ANYONE is less experienced than Dolemite Hussein? Anyway, good luck to you , Mr. Cain..you would make a great VP nominee and split the black vote against the kenyan. It doesn;t much matter who the GOP nominates, as long as food and fuel price inflation continues..and it will..19+% real unemployment which won;t be cured in the next 5 years, much less 1 1/2 years, dooms hussein-o to one term.
Whacks Eloquent
February 2nd, 2011
3:39 pm
Black Conservative,
I actually voted for Gore first time around, though I liked McCain in the primaries in 2000. Never a Bush fan, though he won some respect for me in his handling of 9/11. Kerry made me sick, what a pompous man, so that was a no-brainer. 2008 was difficult, did not like McCain nearly as much. Huckabee was best choice left by time I went to primaries, but initially I liked Fred Thompson. What a disappointment he turned out to be…
Democrat but Independent thinker
February 2nd, 2011
3:40 pm
@Roekest….
I am a African American tax paying, gainfully employed man that believes that Herman Cain has more listeners that are against him than he believes. I worked in corporate america for 15 years and I was a successful executive because I fit in and didn’t buck the system, but as soon as I ran across several caucasian executives who thought I would kiss their butts because i was in the position because I was supposedly the favored Black Man and I didn’t kiss their butts. They made life miserable for me until I decided enough was enough.
Point Being… Im not racist but im a black man in a white’s mans world. And as long as i exist with mediocre power Im good but if i get into a position of power in a white man’s world. Im TOAST. Herman thinks he can beat Obama because he is black and he was successful in turnaround a pizza business. Crickets………………………………………………………………… Morever…..Godfathers Pizza????????…..
There are many smart people in the world but that doesnt qualify them for President. And Herman has a BAD TEMPER. Anyone that comes at him with a valid argument he raises his voice and starts Yelling at them. And you say u’d vote for HIM. Crickets……………………………………..
Whacks Eloquent
February 2nd, 2011
3:40 pm
oops…should have said Bush “won some respect from me”
TrishaDishaWarEagle
February 2nd, 2011
3:41 pm
BTW I will buy WGST a shiney new 9 volt battery if they need it, which hopefully will double their signal strength after 6pm and allow me to hear George Noori..just let me know..
Democrat but Independent thinker
February 2nd, 2011
3:45 pm
@TrishaDishaWarEagle
Every time you comment on any political blog..your comments stink with racism. Start educating yourself on the facts. And PEOPLE..the president of these United States name is President Barack Obama.. not Barack…not Obama…not Kenyan… Not Hussein….
I pray your kids have a wider view of the world than the tunnel/racist approach you all take in this life.
Whacks Eloquent
February 2nd, 2011
3:45 pm
Democrat @ 3:40
I respectfully ask you to look at my list I posted at 12:36 – his resume is much more than turning around and buying out a pizza company. He has literally 3 decades of the Midas touch in business…
Bad temper did not stop John McCain from being candidate, and he turns dang bright red too!
Herman has my vote today!
RParker
February 2nd, 2011
3:49 pm
Herman Cain could be a great candidate for the White House and for our country b/c philosophically he understands America better than many of the other candidates and better than the current occupant of 1600. I look forward to hearing what the man has to say.
Democrat but Independent thinker
February 2nd, 2011
3:54 pm
@Whack
I am well aware of Herman’s complete resume. And yes..John McCain has a temper as well and he is not the POTUS. Michael Steele was the Republican Chair ironically elected after Obama’s nomination to the Democrat Party. What was the ALL about??????? Anyone reading this comment knows what I’m speaking of without saying IT. Crickets>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Democrat but Independent thinker
February 2nd, 2011
3:57 pm
Being as opened minded as I am…. I would welcome a Herman Cain nomination for the GOP and a Pres Barack Obama political vote. I would welcome the debates and the best man wins. BUT that will never happen. 2 Black men in America running for President at the same time. Not in my lifetime.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
February 2nd, 2011
4:01 pm
@DBIT
I do not respect your opinion, because you think a black man should be immune from riddicule..and I do not buy into the idea that a collectivist piece of sh*t has to be respected just because idiots elected him to office..but to be fair, I hate obama voters as much as I hate Hussein-o himself..and HUSSEIN is his name..like it or not.
To keep it topical, I do think anyone with a successful private sector track record beats anyone with a simple public sector grifting background, thus Herman Cain will be a good candidate, and Tarballs(oil, not color) Hussein is a very bad president.
The Big Cat
February 2nd, 2011
4:06 pm
This will be interesting. I like to sit back and watch how moronic liberals prove themselves to be when a Black man dares to leave the Liberal Plantation and have a different view on things. The Democratic Party has done more to hold Blacks in economic slavery than anything that the KKK, White Power, Skinheads, etc. could ever do. The KKK should give the Democratic Party a lifetime achievement award at thier next gathering.
missingRoyal
February 2nd, 2011
4:06 pm
This should have been Royal’s time….. Just damn….
Cletus Dooley Earnhardt SR.
February 2nd, 2011
4:12 pm
I will vote for him whennever he getts rid of that aweful tan!
-GO UGA!
Democrat but Independent thinker
February 2nd, 2011
4:12 pm
@Trisha… your problem is you have hate in your heart for the wrong reasons. And get your facts straight. I didn;t say a black man shouldn’t be without ridicule. Your one of millions of people that do not believe in Equality.
Success is not measured by private or public status. Success is measured by one accomplishing one’s personally goals. The problem with the world, GOP, Democrat Parties is selfiness and greediness. What would Jesus had done ? Would he have blessed all the rich people and left the poor people to fend for themselves.
Eric
February 2nd, 2011
4:16 pm
Herman Cain off the air is a good thing, plain and simple.
gdubs
February 2nd, 2011
4:17 pm
air america is off the air is a good thing, only difference is one chose to be
Democrat but Independent thinker
February 2nd, 2011
4:18 pm
Some of us are in the middle…most of you all or too far to the right and too far to the left. Were actually the swaying vote. Come join us…
Kunfoosed
February 2nd, 2011
4:19 pm
Frankly, I don’t want politicians running private companies and I don’t want business owners running Washington. The free enterprise system operates completely differently than the constitutionally-mandated political system that we pride ourselves in. Besides, have you noticed how many companies have FAILED or continue to bilk us? As if that’s what we want in Washington.
My, how easily “you people” are cowed into believing something just because the guy on the radio tells you to.
Black Conservative
February 2nd, 2011
4:20 pm
@ Trisha – u r very simple in your thinking and emotions. Hate is very un-Christian, therefore you must be struggling in your own mess.
@Big Cat – you are mis-guided…much of what young blacks do to themselves (you know the negatives) have just about put the Klan out of business.
Black Conservative
February 2nd, 2011
4:26 pm
@Kunfoosed – LOL!!! People seem to forget the these radio heads (Hannity, Limb, Cain, etc.) do what they do because it is profitable!!!! They provide political entertainment, while hoodwinking and bamboozling their “believers” all the way to the bank!
Incredulous
February 2nd, 2011
4:26 pm
Talk about delusions of grandeur!!!
Eric
February 2nd, 2011
4:29 pm
Black Conservative, I couldn’t agree more. Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, Cain, etc. are laughing all the way to the bank. They could care less about the average guy on the street.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
February 2nd, 2011
4:29 pm
@BC, I’m very deep and nuanced..I don’t value things just because a old book of fables tells me to…that would be simple and programmed.. I’m not christian precisely because I can’t think of anything more idiotic than loving ones enemies..you wind up nailed to a cross doing that..and yes, those who want to tax me more to pay for the poor damn downtrodden(who always seem to be downtrodden..maybe they are just failures..ever think of that?) that I could personally care less about, are my enemy.
Eric
February 2nd, 2011
4:32 pm
TrishaDisha – Your compassion for your fellow man is touching.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
February 2nd, 2011
4:32 pm
Item: Rodney Ho…track down why on I-285 east between i-20 and i-675 , there seems to be AM radio disruption of the mexican mariachi variety..and it’s regardless of frequency…and only AM band
Black Conservative
February 2nd, 2011
4:37 pm
@Trisha – then you should excuse yourself from the US and it’s Constitution. I will take the Judeo-Christian values of this country over anything you can dream up. You seem to be more of a dictator or fascists. LEAVE NOW!!
Morehouse College, Class of 1991
February 2nd, 2011
4:37 pm
I won’t toss out the “Uncle Tom” card, which, point of fact, is used incorrectly if you read Tom Sawyer (Uncle Tom was actually a hero). But, as a Morehouse College graduate, I am ashamed to have Herman Cain as an alum and member of my school’s board of trustees.
This is a pure publicity stunt and an effort to further promote Cain as the “African American Sean Hanity.” He is nothing but an ideologue. Case in point:
Last year on his show, “Mary” called. From the sound of her voice she was an elderly Caucasian woman. Long story short, she went on a long rant about President Obama being “un-American,” “a Muslim,” and a Muslim plant “sent to undermine our country.”
Instead of kindly correcting her — as John McCain famously did to a similarly misguided white woman during one of his campaign rallies during the presidential race — McCain just said “uh-huh, uh-huh, Mary, you’re right.”
I lost all respect for him after that. At least McCain, in the midst of a hotly contested race, had the character and manhood to step up and correct a potential voter. I’m positive that his actions that day cost him at least a couple hundred thousand votes. Cain, however, in his zeal to be “the national Black conservative voice,” couldn’t bring himself to be professional and do what he knew was the right thing.
Democrat but Independent thinker
February 2nd, 2011
4:41 pm
@Konfussed and@Black Conservative…… DITTO..my sentiments..
TrishaDishaWarEagle
February 2nd, 2011
4:42 pm
Hussein-O IS a muslim, under indonesian law..
I have no doubt obama is happy with the muslim brotherhood taking a larger role in egypt now..
Jimmy carter(2nd worst president ever)..lost Iran to the pedophile mohammed’s minions
Hussein-o (worst president ever)..lost Egypt to the pedophile mohammed’s minions
Token?
February 2nd, 2011
4:44 pm
For an individual who professes to have been an “executive”, you seem to lack basic English skills.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
February 2nd, 2011
4:46 pm
@BC
Other peoples needs do not constitute a duty upon me, to pay. Never have, Never will. I exist as a free individual, first and always..the Free state of trisha, regardless of the geopgraphy I may share with the needy leeches existing within the country,
Trisha, Trisha, über Alles
TrishaDishaWarEagle
February 2nd, 2011
4:47 pm
Auf Weidersehen!
Black Conservative
February 2nd, 2011
4:52 pm
@Trisha – remember to take down that Cam Newton poster on your way out….
RDDB
February 2nd, 2011
4:56 pm
Eric Eric is AWFUL! Bring back Savage! I can’t get any reception after 6pm on 640 where he is on now!
TruthSayer
February 2nd, 2011
4:58 pm
Let’s get serious here. After Obama, there will probably never be another black man elected as president. Obama was an “experiment”. People expected him to wave a magic wand and make all of the problems of the last 8 years vanish overnight. It wasn’t to be. He was just a fresh face offering change and hope to a nation which was dangling at the end of a rope. Now, people realize that he is not Jesus Christ , but just a man doing the best that he can. Let’s face reality. This is still America and Herman would have to be able to walk on water while tossing corn cobs to flying pigs to win the nomination. Herman, old buddy, use your remaining years wisely and take up time with your grandkids. Take them to the movies, fishing, or on picnics. You will be wasting your time on a bid for the presidency.
Democrat but Independent thinker
February 2nd, 2011
4:59 pm
@Token
Knowledge is power and Ignorance is Bliss…. you took time to critique my language skills but you didn’t comment on the issues of discussion. And this is a blog…not an English class. If precise correct grammer was a requirement then this blog would not exist.
Democrat but Independent thinker
February 2nd, 2011
5:02 pm
@Trisha
If Cam Newton wasn’t your Heisman quarterback what kind of impression would you have of him now.
TRUTH
February 2nd, 2011
5:02 pm
Wait a minute, (laughter), now…, (more laughter), this guy thinks he has a chance. Operative word, thinks. I think I can play Major Leauge Baseball. I think I could be a neurosurgeon. But I couldn’t get wood on a fastball and my degree is in History. Operative word, think…until reality sets in. I know that’s what Herman Cain needs at this point, R-E-A-L-I-T-Y…
Token?
February 2nd, 2011
5:02 pm
“If precise correct grammer [sic] was [sic] a requirement then this blog would not exist.”
We can all cling to hope. : )
Democrat but Independent thinker
February 2nd, 2011
5:11 pm
There are a few adjunct english professor jobs at The University of Phoenix that meeting Token’s level of expertise.
Eric
February 2nd, 2011
5:11 pm
Ha! Presidential bid. Cain, Palin and Gingrich should all run together. What clowns the republicans have.
Vashtai
February 2nd, 2011
5:22 pm
This is a terrible thing to have to say, but Herman will never win a national election. It is mostly because his lack of proper pronunciation and enunciation when he speaks makes him sound very ghetto. Yes, Herman is very smart, but he says fitty, unka and ax for fifty, uncle and ask.
I adore Herman, but....
February 2nd, 2011
5:28 pm
Herman is awesome but:
1) Didn’t he get in trouble for not paying taxes once? Like, A LOT of taxes? Maybe I am confused – I hope I am. I was thinking Herman Cain was in trouble for something a while back….and I thought it was not paying taxes. Does anyone know?
2) I love him, but…..shouldn’t we have him doing a show that covers both slots, and have Dave Ramsey running for President? I would LOVE to have Ramsey or Clark Howard running and would vote for them on any ticket – party wouldn’t even matter.
He does??
February 2nd, 2011
5:29 pm
He DOES say “fitty” and “axe?” No, you can’t do that and be President!
over O
February 2nd, 2011
5:31 pm
But I WOULD vote for him over Obama!
producer
February 2nd, 2011
5:37 pm
i wonder if mr. erickson will be as nasty on his new radio show as he is on his blog. it’s one thing to put it in print, you are distanced from it. it’s another to vocalize ugly, nasty commentary. we’ll see.
Eric
February 2nd, 2011
7:14 pm
Cain should find himself an island smack dead in the middle of the Atlantic and retire.
SMH
February 2nd, 2011
7:57 pm
@Whatever. You are not in any position to tell us what Dr. King’s dream was about. You cannot relate as you stated your are White Conservative. If your ancestors were enslaved and couldn’t each at the counter with other whites then I retract my statement.
SMH
February 2nd, 2011
7:59 pm
Am I the only person that thinks Erick Erickson sounds like he’s talking out of his noise???
This is Mrs. Norman Maine
February 2nd, 2011
8:40 pm
First of all, Herman Cain makes a terrible pizza. For that reason alone, he should be disqualified from holding any public office. Secondly, don’t you have to be at least a little bit likeable to win a public office?
Terry
February 2nd, 2011
10:23 pm
I am sooo glad he is gone. Wsb radio ratings should get a boost. How can he run for anything when he is mostly a divider not a uniter. He is making money for himself. I get tired of these so call conservative trying to capitalize. Call it what it is! Waste of time and money. Go help create more jobs if that is your role and not the government!
The Engineer
February 3rd, 2011
5:13 am
I wonder if he has a birth certificate….
Snoopy
February 3rd, 2011
7:30 am
I think this is wonderful news!
Truthpaste
February 3rd, 2011
11:05 am
I wish him the best of luck because he truly believes that he wants to fix this country, but he can’t blame the “lamestream media” when his plans go awry. His own people are going to trip up, not black people, but these so-called conservatives who will get bored talking about the issues and begin to nitpick. Just like they did with Romney, because he was a Mormon.
Rusty
February 3rd, 2011
12:09 pm
Even if he doesn’t get the nomination he will make a splash in the GOP.
Art Stone
February 3rd, 2011
11:45 pm
As you hear or read Mr Cain’s biography, it’s important to understand he didn’t create Godfather Pizza – it was a division of Pillsbury needed a place of use Mr Cain’s talents. He had been supervising operations of Burger King in Philadelphia, and they put him in charge of turning around Godfather Pizza. Godfather Pizza was mostly a franchise operation, not a company operated chain. Pillsbury got out of the pizza business within 2 years because it wasn’t making enough money – and Herman Cain led a buyout group funded by CitiBank… After the spinoff, many of the franchisees left the chain.
http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/20/business/godfather-s-pizza-sold-by-pillsbury.html
Free Thinker
February 4th, 2011
7:37 pm
It’s funny how most of you are so negative about Mr. Cain. This is fine but it’s the (hater) tone of a majority of you that’s caught my attention. It’s likely that those select people are the same Government hacks trying to get your hands into everybody’s pockets because you don’t have enough intestinal fortitude or self accountability to get up off your ***** to make a difference for yourselves, your families or this country. Instead, you would rather sit on your couch and tear anybody down the first chance you get because they have decided to step up to the plate. Many of you probably make a career out of it. So keep that followers mentality folks. Maybe one day, some of you might decide to break the mold and actually lead.
Whether he wins or loses is not the point (it doesn’t matter to me personally), the point is that he is attempting to make a difference unlike a majority of you commenting. That is what matters.
Elizabeth
February 5th, 2011
9:42 am
Herman Cain 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shannon
February 5th, 2011
8:21 pm
Go for it Herman, this listener is 100% behind you. I have already told out of state friends and family to watch for you name and get on the Cain Train!!! Whooo Whooo!
Jessica
February 6th, 2011
1:05 pm
Herman, sit your deceived butt down. Black folks don’t like Republicans and Republicans don’t like black folks. You don’t stand a chance in hell of winning the nomination. I feel sorry for you!!
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February 7th, 2011
7:19 am
Thank goodness this ignorant CRAP is off of the airwaves. Hopefully the “hiatus” will be permanent.