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The worst president I ever lived through was Jimmy Carter..until now. Time will tell which is determined as the worst, Carter or Obama. I know that this Obama presidency has been sort of Carter dejavu. I was too young to have been as adversely affected by Carter or to realize it I guess.
I don't really think that is it at all. I am not sure what 'it' is, but it's not that. Conservatives would never support a candidate to 'get the black vote' any more than they would support a woman to get 'the female vote'. It's just not part of the make up of conservatives. Herman Cain has a spark about him that just makes people like him. I really think that might be it. He is well spoken but people can relate to him. He speaks their language and they like that. Rick Perry probably has some of that too, but in these debates he doesn't come across with it. He is usually too tense and too defensive. He doesn't do any of the talk show interviews much so people are not seeing his personable side. He really needs to do some interviews and such in more relaxed settings.
I think this is spot on. I found myself underwhelmed, even disappointed by Perry's performance in the debates. I had wanted to be blown away by him, but that just didn't happen for me.
In contrast, I found myself agreeing with Cain. The more he talked the more I liked him. He talks to people, not down at them which is just an unusual quality in a politician these days. When he's wrong, he admits it - what a thought.
He has a real past that has not been air brushed. He's not a perfect man but he doesn't pretend to be. You get the sense that he learns from his mistakes, though.
Is he the one? I don't know, the night is still young. But he is a real possibility - that I can say for sure.
I basically have my own reasons to criticize Herman Cain (being a bigot himself for one).
But there is some truth to some of the criticisms of the left and in particular, the democratic party. I think there is a feeling that black Americans somehow 'owe' allegiance to the democratic party and to left-wing causes. I get that to a point, but I can also understand how some blacks are re-thinking their politics and, in some cases, deciding that it makes more sense to vote and think like a Republican.
Truth to tell, I think that if the Republican party were to return to the center and marginalize this content of insanity, I think that the Democrats would be in real trouble. But until people like Michelle Bachman, Andrew Breitbart, and Glenn Beck get sidelined, I think that blacks are going to find their home mostly in the democratic party. Not, contrary to common right wing belief, that they're looking for democrats to give them handouts, but because they're afraid of the Republicans being a haven for those who would take away everything that blacks have earned.
What exactly have blacks earned that can be taken away?
I think this is spot on. I found myself underwhelmed, even disappointed by Perry's performance in the debates. I had wanted to be blown away by him, but that just didn't happen for me.
In contrast, I found myself agreeing with Cain. The more he talked the more I liked him. He talks to people, not down at them which is just an unusual quality in a politician these days. When he's wrong, he admits it - what a thought.
He has a real past that has not been air brushed. He's not a perfect man but he doesn't pretend to be. You get the sense that he learns from his mistakes, though.
Is he the one? I don't know, the night is still young. But he is a real possibility - that I can say for sure.
Rick Perry seems like a "big fish in a little pond" to me. He seems to bleed "Texas" and his style does not relate to the rest of the country. Most voters can't translate his message to their situation.
Rick Perry seems like a "big fish in a little pond" to me. He seems to bleed "Texas" and his style does not relate to the rest of the country. Most voters can't translate his message to their situation.
I think that's true. I'm not anti Rick Perry but I do find it hard to relate to him. I'm still listening, but still no connection.
The Left cannot fathom the fact that Conservative are NOT Racist! They have been spouting it profusely since obama came onto the scene! They know it is not true but they said it anyways hoping it would stick.
I basically have my own reasons to criticize Herman Cain (being a bigot himself for one).
But there is some truth to some of the criticisms of the left and in particular, the democratic party. I think there is a feeling that black Americans somehow 'owe' allegiance to the democratic party and to left-wing causes. I get that to a point, but I can also understand how some blacks are re-thinking their politics and, in some cases, deciding that it makes more sense to vote and think like a Republican.
Truth to tell, I think that if the Republican party were to return to the center and marginalize this content of insanity, I think that the Democrats would be in real trouble. But until people like Michelle Bachman, Andrew Breitbart, and Glenn Beck get sidelined, I think that blacks are going to find their home mostly in the democratic party. Not, contrary to common right wing belief, that they're looking for democrats to give them handouts, but because they're afraid of the Republicans being a haven for those who would take away everything that blacks have earned.
I think so too.
Cain could be green and the left would criticize. It's not about color but the party you serve that gets you bashed.
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