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'Blame Yourself'

By Joseph Lawler on 10.6.11 @ 10:27AM

Herman Cain weighs in on Occupy Wall Street:

"Don't blame Wall Street. Don't blame the big banks. If you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself."

Although I appreciate hippie-bashing as much as the next guy, I don't think that Cain intended to demean the OWS protesters. His comments certainly have been taken as though they were antagonistic (Rod Dreher: "His is a pure example of the Republican Id"), but in context it sounds more as though they were intended as personal advice. He proceeds to talk about his own experience overcoming poverty: "I was blessed to have had parents that didn't teach me to be jealous of anybody, and didn't teach me to be envious of somebody. It is not a person's fault if they succeeded, it is a person's fault if they failed." Sounds like he's just offering helpful advice.

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Wally| 10.6.11 @ 11:11AM

I'm really starting to like this guy.

Simon Templar| 10.6.11 @ 11:47AM

Demean the protestors? These protestors are demeaning our Republic, our economic system, our institutions, and our beloved New York city.

They parrot the claptrap they hear, have no idea what they are talking about, have no clear idea what they want, have no solutions, sponge off the city, disrupt lawful common activities of daily citizens, aggravate the police force, and threaten and spew hatred.

Now, you have a President who identifys and supports this behavior and thinks it represents the frustrations of the American people while he decrys, ridicules, and makes fun of the Tea party movement of Americans.

In the midst of all of this, you find it necessary to have to explain an apologize for Mr. Cains comments. Stop apologizing for traditional, conservative principles and start pointing out the truth. This article should be putting focus on this socialist president and his asinine and dangerous support for this ridiculous pile of mess in New York.

Casey Abell| 10.6.11 @ 2:13PM

Gotta love the quoting of left-winger Rod Dreher. Why is this guy taken seriously any more by the conservative media? I read his linked article, and it's just more leftist boilerplate about evil bankers.

Dreher has no clue on how wealth is created or the hard work necessary to produce the high standard of living he takes for granted. He's just another redistributionist, itching to take money from people who have more of it than he does. Of course, hands off Dreher's own cash. What's mine is mine, what's yours should be mine.

Forget about him.

NotPropagandized| 10.6.11 @ 5:14PM

NEWS FLASH: HermanCain OK as Romney VP, but not as Perry VP?!

So it seems my love affair with HermanCain was one way. He’s a Romney plant to help Mitt get the nomination. What a sap I’ve been! I feel betrayed like Braveheart by Robert the Bruce. The Establishment always wins. What the hell!

Now it seems the only way, the only real hope is to keep pouring in TeaParty purists into the House and Senate and into state legislatures and create a new constitutional establishment.

TeaPartiers! Listen. One election a revolution does not make! Rise up, stay awake. Do not rest until your will is reflected in your political leadership, top to bottom.

Yes, it looks like you WILL have to vote for MittRomney, but do it with faith that there is a new future ahead after a few, or several voting cycles. Do not faint, persevere and do all you can to deny any vote you can from going to a Democrat. Tranforming the Republican Party will take much more than the one election that is already past.

Never give in. Do your duty for 2012 and be prepared to reload for 2014, 2016, etc and in between.

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