[tvtimeout]

What do you think about him? I don't think that Fox News likes him very much because he is not part of the Republican establishment? Take for an example Bill O'Reilly's poll asking about potential GOP presidental nominee... all all are from the establishment. Brit Humm dismisses any except for the establishment, at least that is my feeling from watching FOX News. Also, did you watch Herman Cain on Fox News Sunday

I point this out because I like Herman Cain. I think his common sense approach is what is needed on both sides of the aisle. I also like that he is completely honest. Look at his answer from Hannity last night.

Anyway thoughts?

[Stardust]

Never heard of him

[nky]

He is starting to gain some traction
Herman Cain has run a pizza chain, hosted a talk radio show and sparred with Bill Clinton over health care. He has never held elected office.
http://www.hermancain.com/
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[Stardust]

^ Anyone who would spar with Bill Clinton brings me joy

[LWC]

Hey it's the Godfathers Pizza guy! Cool.

[Hoot Gibson]

I love the Hermanator but he is a longshot to get the GOP nomination. Besides being a former Pillsbury executive, CEO of Godfather's Pizza, and a popular talk radio show host in Georgia, Cain is also the former Chairman of the Kansas City Federal Reserve. In a nutshell, he is far, far more qualified than our current president was when he ran in 2008. Best of all, he is not a socialist and his sympathies in the Middle East are with the right side.

I have been listening to Cain sporadically for many years because he is the favorite guest host for my favorite talk radio host, libertarian Neal Boortz. Cain communicates with plain talk and will not try to dazzle you by pronouncing words like Pockistahn as you might here it pronounced on the streets of Lahore. But if you listen to him for awhile, you will realize that Herman Cain is very bright and he is an effective communicator.

I would love to have somebody as president who has worked very successfully in the private sector and did not come away believing that the experience was "working behind enemy lines."

I have been on the "Friends of Herman Cain" mailing list for the past several months. If Cain begins to look like a viable candidate, I plan to send him a check. I think that he will do very well among conservatives in the primaries.

[TheRealThing]

What do you think about him? I don't think that Fox News likes him very much because he is not part of the Republican establishment? Take for an example Bill O'Reilly's poll asking about potential GOP presidental nominee... all all are from the establishment. Brit Humm dismisses any except for the establishment, at least that is my feeling from watching FOX News. Also, did you watch Herman Cain on Fox News Sunday

I point this out because I like Herman Cain. I think his common sense approach is what is needed on both sides of the aisle. I also like that he is completely honest. Look at his answer from Hannity last night.

Anyway thoughts?

I don't neccessarily think that Fox News has an establishment attitude concerning candidates. Occasionally I think Bill O'Reily sort of overreaches trying to be totally without bias. I agree with you that there is a general overall consensus among the power brokers within the republican party to nominate a groomed candidate. Carl Rove, Brit Hume, Carl Cameron all don't mind being obvious in their opposition to candidates they deem unworthy. I've heard Carl Rove slam Christine O'Donnell and Donald Trump with a barefaced hypocracy that would make any liberal proud.

[BillyB]

Flash in the pan.

[vundy33]

I like him, alot.

[nky]

He's showing why a non politician has a hard time in National elections. He is an outsider and other established politicians are dominating the medias attention

[SKINNYPIG]

What do you think about him? I don't think that Fox News likes him very much because he is not part of the Republican establishment? Take for an example Bill O'Reilly's poll asking about potential GOP presidental nominee... all all are from the establishment. Brit Humm dismisses any except for the establishment, at least that is my feeling from watching FOX News. Also, did you watch Herman Cain on Fox News Sunday

I point this out because I like Herman Cain. I think his common sense approach is what is needed on both sides of the aisle. I also like that he is completely honest. Look at his answer from Hannity last night.

Anyway thoughts?

I would be proud to have Herman Cain as our President. There is a lot to be said about common sense, it promotes good decision making skills. I believe someone outside of the "establishment" is just what this country needs right now. Wow, I can't believe I would support Cain, just two years ago I was labeled as a racist by democrats. I wonder if I'm no longer considered a redneck gun toting bigot?

[SKINNYPIG]

He's showing why a non politician has a hard time in National elections. He is an outsider and other established politicians are dominating the medias attention

That's why we need to listen to the candidates then turn the channel when the media and pundits start flapping their jaws. Too many voters let the media steer them...So sad.

[TheRealThing]

I like Rick Perry, then maybe Herman Cain. I love his candor. I need to hear his views more to make sure he's not going to turn out wierd for some reason. That's going around these days. Take Ben Stein for instance, up until last night I thought he was a smart guy. Now he's backing Obama's postition on increasing taxes on the so called rich to lower the deficit. If one were to tax these guys at 100% that would only net 98 billion a year, and that assumes that these rich folks would be stupid enough to keep working for nothing from now on. Our deficit is 14 trillion each year. If we would just back off increases and just stop the madness for a couple years we could reel this situation in. So if the rich gave all it wouldn't be a drop in the bucket.

Fundamentally changing the face of America is at hand. If we sit by passively and just let this happen I believe we will slide into socialism very soon. Then everybody will be suffering lack of everything from food to health care we hear so much about. Vote out Obama or the cascade of loss of rights and substance will continue until it's too late IMO But, I would take Herman Cain right now over Obama in 2012 sight unseen.

[SKINNYPIG]

I like Rick Perry, then maybe Herman Cain. I love his candor. I need to hear his views more to make sure he's not going to turn out wierd for some reason. That's going around these days. Take Ben Stein for instance, up until last night I thought he was a smart guy. Now he's backing Obama's postition on increasing taxes on the so called rich to lower the deficit. If one were to tax these guys at 100% that would only net 98 billion a year, and that assumes that these rich folks would be stupid enough to keep working for nothing from now on. Our deficit is 14 trillion each year. If we would just back off increases and just stop the madness for a couple years we could reel this situation in. So if the rich gave all it wouldn't be a drop in the bucket.

Fundamentally changing the face of America is at hand. If we sit by passively and just let this happen I believe we will slide into socialism very soon. Then everybody will be suffering lack of everything from food to health care we hear so much about. Vote out Obama or the cascade of loss of rights and substance will continue until it's too late IMO But, I would take Herman Cain right now over Obama in 2012 sight unseen.

Ben Stein backing a tax increase like that shocks me. Bummer.

[Wildcatk23]

I would be proud to have Herman Cain as our President. There is a lot to be said about common sense, it promotes good decision making skills. I believe someone outside of the "establishment" is just what this country needs right now. Wow, I can't believe I would support Cain, just two years ago I was labeled as a racist by democrats. I wonder if I'm no longer considered a redneck gun toting bigot?

Democrats labeled you a Racist? Or Ville?

[SKINNYPIG]

Democrats labeled you a Racist? Or Ville?

A lot of democrat leadership along with democrat (liberal) forum posters were playing the racist card before and after Obama was elected, simply because you disagreed with or didn't vote for him. As far as Ville goes, not 100 percent sure.

[Hoot Gibson]

Having been the Chairman of the KC Federal Reserve, Cain understands the damage that this administration is doing to our own currency. Obama, who had never run anything before the keys to the White House were handed to him, is either totally clueless or is deliberately trying to wreck our economy. Either way, the joke is on us and nobody should be laughing at this point in his first term. I'll bet Jimmy Carter never thought that he would live long enough to see a bigger fool than himself elected president.

[TheRealThing]

Having been the Chairman of the KC Federal Reserve, Cain understands the damage that this administration is doing to our own currency. Obama, who had never run anything before the keys to the White House were handed to him, is either totally clueless or is deliberately trying to wreck our economy. Either way, the joke is on us and nobody should be laughing at this point in his first term. I'll bet Jimmy Carter never thought that he would live long enough to see a bigger fool than himself elected president.

Boy, isn't that the truth! Carter looks like a gold plated genius compared to Obama. I think the financial and social wreckage is deliberate. The machinery of the "fundamental transformation" in motion. And as for his foreign policy disasters, I can't remember any president calling out all these regimes that have supported our own foreign policy interests. We have always been in favor of "stability in the region", last I heard toppeling governments in wholesale fashion was a no no. He just uses chaos to tear down existing power systems and governments so that the resulting void can be filled with people that share his vision.

[BillyB]

World domination by Barack Obama. He may look like a bumbling fool that needs 2 teleprompters and thinks there are 57 states, but he is orchestrating the best rope-a-dope seen in the history of the world. After he takes down the US he'll move to other countries.

[TheRealThing]

World domination by Barack Obama. He may look like a bumbling fool that needs 2 teleprompters and thinks there are 57 states, but he is orchestrating the best rope-a-dope seen in the history of the world. After he takes down the US he'll move to other countries.

That would be funny if not for the fact that the most powerful man in the world is the president of the United States. Even if he does run things like Mel Brooks, he still has enormous power and it will take a lot of effort to clean up the mess. Don't forget, in the last year only 3 oil drilling permits have been issued and of those 3 two went to George Soros. He, if you haven't been keeping up, is the world's richest ultra liberal. He also has an 820million dollar investment in the Brazilian Oil Company known as Petrobras. As fate would have it, by a querk of utter coincidence, the United States and in paricular President Obama himself, personally assured Brazilian President Lula that we would begin with 2 billion in guaranteed loans to fund his joint business venture with billiionaire George Soros. Of course as I said, there is nothing fishy here, pure coincedence.

By the time we get through letting Mr Obama "fix everything" there won't be much working around here. No telling how much a gallon of gas will cost. Let alone electric and natural gas bills. When it gets to the point that people have to choose between food or keeping the utilities on then maybe eyes will finally be open. At some point in time desperation will cause even the hardest case democrat to see the inevitable cure is to vote out the progressives and liberals. We are going to invest in Brazil instead of the America. Nothing against the folks in Brazil but, I want my tax dollars developing oil interests in the US not Brazil. Anybody else think that would be a better investment of your tax dollars? That's job creation, I'm against job exprtation and at our expense, no less!

[BillyB]

Don't forget, in the last year only 3 oil drilling permits have been issued and of those 3 two went to George Soros.

Really . . .

[INDENT]Ongoing permitting: facts and figures (Please note that these numbers are updated daily)

Shallow water: To date, 62 new shallow water well permits have been issued since the implementation of new safety and environmental standards on June 8, 2010. Permits have averaged more than 6 per month over the past 8 months, compared to an average of 8 permits per month in 2009. Just 3 of these permits are currently pending; with 7 having been returned to the operator for more information.

Deepwater drilling applications fall into two categories for the implementation of our new regulations. To clarify these differences, we have included the narrative below. The deepwater moratorium was lifted on October 12, 2010, and is the reference for inclusion of new rules in applications:

Deepwater permits requiring subsea containment: Since an applicant first successfully demonstrated containment capabilities in mid-February, we have approved 59 of these permits for 17 unique wells, with 27 permits pending, and 22 permits returned to the operator with requests for additional information, particularly information regarding containment.

Deepwater activities not requiring subsea containment: Since the implementation of new safety and environmental standards, 41 of these permits have been approved, with 3 currently pending. These activities include water injection wells and procedures using surface blowout preventers.[/INDENT]

http://www.gomr.boemre.gov/homepg/offsho...rmits.html

[TheRealThing]

If you really know anything about the oil drilling industry you know the Obama administration is blocking Profitable drilling ventures right now. I stand by my post.

[BillyB]

If you really know anything about the oil drilling industry you know the Obama administration is blocking Profitable drilling ventures right now. I stand by my post.

Despite the facts?

[TheRealThing]

Despite the facts?

You need to offer your services to the president if you really think you have proven your case. He's been getting a world of heat over this matter. I'm talking about oil reserves rich enough to make a difference