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Twinkles| 10.20.11 @ 11:36AM

Give him a break! After he finds something to replace the sales tax in the 9-9-9 plan, then maybe he'll have time to think through some social issues.

Frisbee| 10.20.11 @ 3:18PM

How can you get to his age and not have thought through some social issues? Come on. A billion dollars to Planned Parenthood every year? That would be a good place to start.

SassyFrass| 10.20.11 @ 12:11PM

The 999 plan is a mess, and now he puts a big foot in his mouth on a litmus test issue. I think even if he tries to walk this back it's going to hurt him badly.

I never thought I'd be saying this but more and more I'm starting to think of Newt as a viable candidate. He's been consistently good in the debates. For all his flaws he's much more conservative than Romney, and a better campaigner than Perry or Cain or Bachmann.

If Newt can't pull it off I might even start looking seriously at Ron Paul. Just kidding!

Simon Templar| 10.20.11 @ 12:26PM

Wow, do you sit there all day just looking for Cain articles so you can trash him with your lame, smarmy, and arrogant talking points?

Some more brilliant Sassy facts from the SassyFactory in your mother's basement?

Go away troll.

SassyFrass| 10.20.11 @ 12:48PM

Cain spend a lot of his media time trying to explain away his gaffes. This is a bad thing. You wouldn't be so touchy about it if you didn't know it was true.

He's got a lot of strengths and he'd still be a solid choice for a running mate. The Cain/Biden debates would be a lot of fun.

Margie| 10.20.11 @ 1:06PM

Say, uhm Sassy~ are you for Ron Paul per chance?

SassyFrass| 10.20.11 @ 1:20PM

Margie that's a very mean thing to say.

Margie| 10.20.11 @ 1:50PM

LOL.
I simply asked the question.. I take it you're not?

Simon Templar| 10.20.11 @ 12:21PM

Lawler,

Please, the guy has stated very clearly his position on this issue at other times and quite dramatically.

Perhaps, he did not really want to be taking up any more time with gotcha, loaded questions and liberal talking point traps. This issue has been used against conservatives since the day Rove vs. Wade was passed. It is so old, so predictable, so lame. The rape and incest aspect stance is very common even with pro-life people.

Right now, people are scared to death of the national security and economic issues we face. He is there to address what he has to offer as a candidate and not to be interrogated. This is obviously something he does not want to focus on right now.

Twinkles, maybe you could find something meaninful and intelligent to say rather than your smarmy little twinkling remarks.

Bumr50| 10.20.11 @ 12:30PM

Everyone knows Herman Cain is pro-life.

He needs to smarten up and quit talking to CNN.

They are no friends of his, and will continue to lay a minefield for him. Not all publicity is good publicity - if Herman's naive about anything, it's misplacing his trust in his fellow human beings.

Simon Templar| 10.20.11 @ 12:45PM

Bumr50, you raise a good point. There are two sides to this, however. I can see why he may think it might benefit him to go into enemy territory and do these spots.

On the other hand, one must be fully prepared for the cheap shots, manipulation, loaded questions, etc, if you are going to do it. He is not doing too bad so far, he has not been perfect but he handled the worst abuser, O'Donnell quite well.

Let us remember he and these candidates are just human beings, they make mistakes, and do not always do everything the way we think it should be done.

The overall point that seems to be lost on so many is the fact that we should not be judging our candidates worthiness, qualifications, or potential on what the liberal MSM media says, does, writes, or presents. They are not in any position to give any litmus test to anybody or judge anything.

SassyFrass| 10.20.11 @ 12:52PM

How prepared for loaded questions does he have to be to know that if he wants to run as a pro-life candidate he shouldn't answer an abortion question by saying things like: "So what I’m saying is, it ultimately gets down to a choice that that family or that mother has to make. Not me as president. Not some politician. Not a bureaucrat. It gets down to that family. And whatever they decide, they decide. I shouldn’t try to tell them what decision to make for such a sensitive decision."

Margie| 10.20.11 @ 1:16PM

Simon,

You are a Gem, young man. You speak the truth, and that's why I say that.

Here's my thoughts on this matter. I know that anyone with a reasonable mind is listening to Herman Cain, and is able to understand exactly what he means. They can see this punk, who came over from the good old UK, Piers whatever-his-name-is, interrupting Herman Cain and trying to trip him up like the jerk that he is, because he, Piersy-baby, can't stand the man, and is only there to try and make him look like a fool.

They (we) know that Herman Cain is against abortion, that he is a genuine conservative, and would make an excellent President.

Evil working through Piersy-baby, and all the other Leftist hacks can't change the facts about Herman Cain, and what he really believes.

I admire Herman for going on all of these stupid shows, it allows reasonable people, the country class folks, real conservatives, to read his spirit, which is excellent. We all know the games the Elite Media is playing, and reject them.

GO HERMAN!
Country Class Women for Herman Cain 2012!

Simon Templar| 10.20.11 @ 12:32PM

Lawler, you failed to perform your journalistic duty to report facts not assumptions and conjectures based on one interview that you did not even conduct. It appeared?

How about it and you disappearing?

W| 10.20.11 @ 1:07PM

Just saw the Stoessel video. Cain said he is pro life in that life begins at conception. Then he said that it is not the government's role to tell a woman whether to abort ( I am paraphrasing). He said it is not the government's role to be involved.
This is inconsistent and contradictory. If you believe life begins at conception they how can you say the government has no role in protecting that life. If you say it is the woman's choice then that is the current law.
He needs to think about this and state his position clearly.
This is the problem we have when we like a candidate because of his warm personality and likability, but we don't know all his views on the issues.
Cain needs to clarify this.

Mal_Content| 10.20.11 @ 1:19PM

"Leave Herman alone!"

-Former Bachmann supporters

Margie| 10.20.11 @ 1:19PM

No, he said that when confronted with the issue of Rape and incest. He said that the family has to make a decision as to what to do with a young girl when this happens.
Quit trying to put words in his mouth.
He said with his own words he doesn't believe in abortion UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

Sean| 10.20.11 @ 5:35PM

The family has to decide what to do with the "young girl?" So he leaves it up to the person to abort or not that is prochoice position. He has stated he personally is against abortion, but government should not prevent it. That is the current law. He is pro choice.

Bob| 10.20.11 @ 1:35PM

Dum De Dum Dum, Dum De Dum Dum Dum! Cain is pro-abortion, Cain is pro-abortion, the black cat is out of the bag. What happens now, his polls drop to zero? You Republicans are so confused, your front runner is pro-abortion said so in a debate with Ted and now your second banana the same. What do Tea Party do now?

CalMark| 10.20.11 @ 1:45PM

Are you a real person, or one of Obama's roving "Fake people by committee" whose job is to discourage conservatives for '12?

Earle Belle| 10.20.11 @ 5:06PM

Paul v Romney – Donations Show Stark Difference
Paul raised most from active military, Romney tapped big banks

LAKE JACKSON, Texas – A recent independent analysis of candidates’ campaign contributions reveals an interesting disparity between the Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign and frontrunner Mitt Romney’s campaign. Romney’s top supporters appear to be made up of big banks while, unsurprisingly, Paul’s top contributors were men and women serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.

“This fundraising analysis confirms Americans’ beliefs about Ron Paul and their suspicions about Mitt Romney. It is that Dr. Paul is extraordinarily popular and accepted by the everyman and by everyday heroes, while Romney relies almost exclusively on his big-business ties,” said Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton.

According to the analysis, the top three organizations that employ Romney’s supporters are Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse Group, and Morgan Stanley. Reflecting his popularity with the everyman and our uniformed service men and women, the top three organizations that employ Dr. Paul’s supporters are the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Army, and the U.S. Navy.

The study notes that the organizations themselves did not contribute. Rather, “the money came from the organization’s PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals’ immediate families.” The analysis suggests, then, that the use of PACs, bundling, subsidiaries and the like was not a feature of Dr. Paul’s grassroots fundraising.
Ron Paul Campaign Tops Others in Q3 Active-Military Donations
Outraises all other Republican candidates combined, outraises Obama

LAKE JACKSON, Texas – The Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign raised more campaign donations from active military than all other presidential candidates—Republican or Democrat—including having raised more funds from this segment than all other GOP competitors combined, and more than incumbent President Barack Obama.

Dr. Paul, an Air Force veteran, raised more than $75,000 from active military in the third quarter. This comes after Dr. Paul out-raised all GOP candidates – including all GOPers combined, and President Obama singularly – in the second quarter of this year. Dr. Paul also outraised his GOP competitors in a head-to-head comparison during his 2008 run for the presidency.

This determination was arrived at using an independent campaign analysis of FEC filing data focusing on contributors who listed their occupation and employer when contributing.

“Ron Paul is the only candidate with a plan to end the growing number of unconstitutional undeclared wars, having an unclear connection to U.S. national security, end costly overseas nation-building that pays no friendship dividends, and stop subsidizing global security. Instead Dr. Paul will bring our troops home, secure our borders and lead the nation in practicing a traditional Republican noninterventionist foreign policy,” said Ron Paul 2012 Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton.

“Let me also submit that Dr. Paul out-raising all candidates in military donations demonstrates that his ‘Plan to Restore America’ might sit well among voters who are active-military or veterans,” continued Mr. Benton.

To view the Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign’s latest veterans-themed ad, click here. To view its latest foreign policy-themed ad, click here.
Ron Paul’s Free Market Fix for Healthcare

Ron Paul on how we can substantively fix our healthcare problems:

Obama is just adding on more government…

Our problem is that we have too much government management of our healthcare…

If you want better competition and healthcare you should allow the American people to opt out of government healthcare…

When a government gets involved in an industry prices go up…

We need more competition in healthcare…

Let people have control over their own money…
Standing Above the Fray

Once again, it’s worth pointing out that all of these candidates are viciously attacking one other over each of their lackluster, big government records.

They all have them. Except one.

And that candidate continues to stand above the fray because there is nothing to attack.

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