Dec 03 2011
Cain Surrenders To The Slime Machine Of The Political Industrial Complex
I did not think Cain would cave, but he did. Which means politics in America is now controlled by the elite of the Political Industrial Complex.
Since that is the case, this blog will be suspending its interest in parties and politics as well. Since the system is rigged against Main Street, no need to waste my time pretending our views matter.
GOP – you will not see any support from the Strata-Sphere. Your on your own. I seriously doubt I will even vote, let alone lift finger for any of the DC insiders now running. If someone like Palin or Cain jumps in I will reconsider. But listening or challenging the vacuous dribble that passes for political debate is just a waste of IQ points.
Instead I will focus on science, law, ethics (if we can find any) and current events. Which means I will keep covering the economic mess left by the Democrats while noting there will be no assistance coming from the meek and impotent GOP. I will keep covering Climategate, along with other failed conspiracy theories. Will keep an eye on Fast and Furious and other gross crimes against our citizenry from the powers that be. But politics reeks right now and I just tool a shower.
I have seen 30 years of changing out who is sitting in the deck chairs of the ship of state, and have realized that as long as the Political Industrial Complex decides who gets to sit in the chairs and not the voters this nation is screwed. We are still heading for the same iceberg because we cannot get someone like Cain or Palin by the rabid guard dogs covering for those who are up to their elbows in our tax dollars.
Herman Cain’s drop out is one of the reasons why we have another WEAK GOP race. I’m not enthused about any of them at this point. When it comes to the general election, the only reason I will vote is to vote Obama out of the office. I don’t care who ends up winning the GOP nomination AND I know that I will NOT be happy with whomever ends up winning the White House. I’m very disappointed in the entire GOP race. I did consider Santorum but he made a few comments during the debates that I did not like. Regardless, I think Santorum could do good for our country as he’s more consistent than any of the others in the race at this point.
As for the Senate, I doubt that we will ever get a really good strong majority in the Republican side to push for the necessary legislation needed to take back our own country and strive for peace through strength (strong national security).
I’m getting really tired of hearing Obama taking credit for the things that he did not do or the things that he did damage to our country.
Byron York said that even before the start of the allegations, Cain already knew his weakness in the foreign policy and that this is what could take him out.
I live in fear ,not for me, but others who won’t be able to withstand the terrible inflation that is about to hit.
Right now the government is trying to tell us it is only about 2% but it really near 6%.
When it hits 10% next spring people will wake up and when it hits 15 by summer they will be mad and when it hits 35 in the fall they will be totally irate.
Imagine how they will feel when it hits 100% for the next 3 years.
The worst result of all this about Cain is not just him but the fact that the left will use this as a tactic more and more until they wear it out like their much overused race card.
Simple ,cheap,crude but effective.
Like Pelosi said and should have forewarned us, by any means.
Cain drops out
I certainly hope they’re true at this point, because if not, this sets a terrible precedent for forcing someone out of the running.
Agree with you completely about the inflation, merlin. It’s going to show up first in oil (ie, gasoline prices) and then rampage through other commodites, like the grains.
As for Cain – if these claims were false and completely made up, then no way would he have quit. But his statement today makes it pretty darn clear that at *least* the mistress story was true. (what he referred to as “my faults”) and you gotta know that he knew that a lot more was going to come out if he didn’t do something drastic now. All women having affairs with married men keep “mementos” – letters, gifts, whatever. A lot of foolish men don’t know this, and are surprised when they try to break things out and the “mementos” start showing up in indiscreet places. That’s the way the game goes, and Cain should have known it.
Cain just acted like a good candidate, but he wasn’t actually a very good one. Really, it’s better that this all came out now than in the last 4 weeks before the main game with Obama – which it most assuredly would have.
Still trying to wrap my mind around the idea that Newt Gingrich might actually be President. Wow.
Boo hooo hooo. Poor me. I supported a candidate that was totally unqualified for the job, who knew virtually nothing about foreign policy and had a hard time keeping his crank in his pants. Now, . . . and now that this has been revealed, . . . he’s quitting the race. It’s not fair I tell you. I am taking my ball and going home.
Boo hoo hooo, it not fair I tell you. Boo hoo hoo.
Grow up!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niP-uHBg-pU&feature=related
My heart is still with Perry. I don’t think Newt is the guy I want in charge when LA and Chicago riot because Illinois and California have run out of money. I’ll take either Perry or Mitt in that position. We don’t need a philosopher in that job.
My heart is with Perry as well. Newt Gingrich and Romney are not true conservatives, they twist and turn with the wind. Ron Paul is good on the economy but he’s nutty and he’s terrible on the subject of defending our country.
I’ve watched this song and dance with candidates for years as the media pick and promote the candidate for Republicans. Picking the worst on possible. It’s why they hate Sarah Palin, and why they had to help destroy Herman Cain. They weren’t bendable enough, they have independence.
I want to offer my opinion on two subjects. One is about Cain. He handled the first accusation horribly and it was down hill for him from then on. He had two weeks to prepare for what was to come and for whatever reason he did not do it. I do not know if he had an affair with this last woman but as a women I do know one thing. If you have an affair for thirteen years, you should have some feelings for the man and you don’t just go blab it if that’s the case.
I thought he gave a speech today that was reminiscent of Ronald Reagan. At least until he said he was suspending his campaign. I hope for Cain’s sake that he clears his reputation. We need men like him. But we need strong men with good character.
Now to my other point. GKM, grow up yourself! A J needs no defense from me. I understand the disillusion and frustration that happens when we realize we cannot control anything, not even the simplest thing like choosing who we want to run as a candidate. This is his site, he can feel whatever he wants to feel. It’s his home not ours.
I know how you feel, AJ. It’s like 2008 all over for me. I just don’t feel like I have a dog in the race. There are other levels of the elections that can make a big difference though– even if the Executive Branch won’t be a strong one. Please take a political rest, and then come back to some good political analysis. I would just miss your thoughts on the political sphere too much. It’s still important to replace Obama for the repeal of Obamacare. The rest we will just have to keep fighting for. Tax reform, smaller government ideas could still come out of a strong Congress. Fight the fight, AJ. And, just hope that there is influence on the White House that can’t be denied. 2012 will still be a crossroads election for this country. We may enter the battle weak now. But, we still have to win.
I feel much the same way, AJ. Maybe not as strongly. I could bring myself to vote for Gingrich, though I’m almost positive he’ll prove to be a disappointment. I wasn’t crazy about Cain, though I understand his appeal. If Romney is the nominee, I don’t think that electing him will make much difference because I don’t see him rolling anything back, and the next Democrat to become President can then just pick up where Obama left off.
The most disappointing thing, the thing that makes it almost impossible to support the GOP, is the fact that the GOP refuses to defend anyone on their side and will in fact attack people within the GOP far more ferociously than they ever attack anyone in the Democratic Party or in the media. (This became blindingly obvious in their treatment of Christine O’Donnell AFTER THE PRIMARY WAS OVER and her opponent was no longer Mike Castle but a confirmed Marxist, Chris Coons.) The Left sets the agenda in this country because the GOP refuses to engage them at all. How long would you support a football team if its members consistently refuse to defend their own quarterback and keep passing up obvious opportunities to make a touchdown? From what I can see, the GOP is pretty close to being totally useless. They make all the right complaints but never seem to do anything to fix any problems. They seem to like having lunatics for opponents because then they don’t have to put up anybody charismatic or competent or even well-intentioned; they can just tell us rubes that we HAVE to vote for the GOP candidate because the only alternative is a dangerous liberty-destroying freak. That seems to have been the game plan for a while now.
I’m sick of both parties and I have no appetite to support either of them. I MIGHT vote for Gingrich because at least the man has some bite in him and would probably do slightly more housecleaning in DC than Romney would. I would have LOVED for Palin to come to Washington with shovels and a firehose and to start cleaning out the corruption to the best of her ability, but I guess we can’t have everything, can we?
While I understand your sentiment, that’s exactly the kind of attitude that will get Obama reelected. We know they will be incredibly funded and have the help, I mean absolute complicity, of the MSM.
I’m not excited about the field. Even though I loved Cain, I saw enough of a problem with him, and as we can see by him dropping out, there probably is a few skeletons in his closet.
While this is not the best way to win an election, Obama MUST go. Everyone must recognize that. We ALL need to do our part to make sure he is gone. If that means supporting a mediocre candidate, then so be it. There is NO perfect candidate. Cain had a LOT going for him, but even he isn’t perfect.
Please don’t give up. As Eminem said, “success is my only mother f** option, failures not.” Giving up is not the conservative way. Imagine Reagan saying that the “wall” was impenetrable, so why try?
I’m putting my support behind Gingrich. I know he has some dirty laundry, but he seems to know what he needs to do to win. And think about Secretary of Treasury Herman Cain?
I believe all of this was orchestrated by either the Democrats, or another group from our side. It played out too tidily – the groundwork laid by the first 3 who so mysteriously have disappeared from the front page, to the woman who professes an affair with him for 13 yrs. Mr. Cain may have strayed, but even one time with her sets him up for extortion for years to come.
What I don’t like is how our side (the Establishment political industrial complex), wanted to see him taken down and gone. Maybe he wasn’t an ideal or perfect candidate, but neither is he a “bad” man. Mr. Cain has credentials that few others have, including he actually was a “rocket scientist” with his mathematical degree and skills. He appealed to us because he wasn’t a politician; the fact that our own GOP politicians blatantly lie to Americans because they’re looking to retain power by controlling Americans is what will destroy us.
Yesterday on twitter, I saw numerous tweets by the oh so virtuous and otherwise, making virulent comments about Cain, snickering and figuratively dancing on his political grave. Interesting to see how ‘know it all’ some are, many who haven’t yet really lived and learned the hard lessons of life. I also tweeted in agreement with Chuck Devore who posted a classy tweet regarding Mr. Cain, that let he or she who is perfect cast the first stone.
There is a story of how this came about, an organized and planned dirty political game; why is it that only our candidates are destroyed? The malignant media will continue to be the arm of the Socialist Democrats/Marxists to take down America. If we let it happen, it will be our own fault.
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Dayfyd ab Hugh over at Hot Air made a very good point this morning.
Now that Herman Cain is free of the campaign, he’s free to take the time and work to salvage his reputation. If Ginger White made up her claims, then he should sue her for libel immediately and demand she prove her case. Now that he’s out of the political race, there’s no reason not to – in fact, he *has* to if he wants to salvage his reputation.
but actually, there is one (and only one) very good reason why he may not.
quote:
“So that is the acid test of Herman Cain’s veracity and fidelity: Simpy put, if he files a charge of libel and slander in court and dares White to claim “truth” as a defense, then he is very likely innocent of the charges.
But if he fumfahs around, rattling the bars of his cage but never actually making a federal case out of it, then I will fairly conclude that he’s guilty on all counts.
As I said, I reckon we’ll know pretty soon; Cain’s lawyer, Lin Wood, has already demanded those records from White; but he hasn’t pulled the trigger yet. Now that Cain is a civilian once more, he’s going to have to either fish or get off the pot.
And then we’ll all know whether he was a man with a mission — or a man with a secret.”
Cross-posted
http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2011/12/04/a-very-public-caining/
*end quote*
Cain should sue – but honestly, what I expect is for him to say “in the interest of my family and in putting these rancorous issues behind me, we will not be pursuing these dirty lies anymore.” And other verbiage to that effect.
In these kinds of circumstances, that’s what a full confession is going to look like. Watch for it.
Cain’s withdrawl by itself is nothing. The fact that he is the latest in a long list of good candidates driven out or intimidated into not running is everything.
Let’s be honest. The candidate many of us wanted was Sarah Palin. Her record as a scourge of corruption is well established – and, I suspect, was the ultimate reason McCain put her on the ticket.
But no. The PIC can’t stand honest governance. And anyone not kowtowing to them had better be ready for total war.
re: Coming Inflation
Think again about raging Inflation MerlinOS2 & WWS because in the next few years to a decade the big threat is DEFLATION from a collapse of Money and Credit.
The EURO is headed for a collapse as the European Monetary Union is blowing up as we write. There is no way that Greece, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Portugal, and France are going to be bailed out by Germany, the USA, China or the tooth fairy. The bonds of the PIIGS are detonating and with them the Hedge Funds, and the European, American, and Asian Banks will see their capital evaporate. I am talking tens of trillions of Dollars & Euros disappearing, going, going, gone: poof! That is deflation.
Bernaki & Obama will be shell shocked by all of this but powerless to stop the cratering as they have only the power to spend ( supply ) a trillion or two dollars while at the same time the monetary system is losing tens of trillions in a cascading crash.
If the collapse does not happen in 2011 or 2012 and Obama loses the election ( I don’t see how he can lose given the Left controls the Media, Republicans never seem to challenge election fraud and rarely manage to put up a really decent candidate, and because circa 50% of the electorate is on the dole, young and stupid, or just plain naive. ), the Republican President will likely be the goat who gets the blame for the Deflationary Depression that comes during his administration. He will be the next Herbert Hoover and be the target that Democrats use to batter Republicans for the next 50 years as they usher in a socialist utopia ( no, a distopia ) from the ashes of a battered USA.
Deflation not inflation, both monetary phenomenon not Price Changes, is the real devil facing the world. I see no way out as governments NEVER seem to do the correct thing ever. THE CORRECT THING IS TO STOP SPENDING, STOP REGULATING, REDUCE TAXES, MAKE GOVERNMENT SMALLER AND STOP WARS. Fat chance on that!
Dan Kurt
tman,
Yes, that is the kind of attitude that could bring about another Obama term (highly doubtful). But that is why the GOP should have defended Cain’s campaign at let the voters decide.
GOP should have thought of that
I gotta say it (at the risk of being villified):
If the best that the “loyal opposition” can come up with is Romney, maybe the country needs another 4 years of Obama!
The country ( as we know it, capitalism and free enterprise) cannot survive another 4 years of Obama.
i am not even sure we can survive his policies, his appointees, his regulations and decrees at this point without a President and congress willing to take apart and dispose of his czars, departments of energy, education, Obamacare, Fannie and Freddie and endless regulations!
Four more years of Obama means two or three more far left supreme court appointees ala Ginsburg, Kagan and Sotomayor.
Good bye to gun rights, freedom of the airwaves and speech, hello mandates as far as the eye can see from what we buy, to what we eat, to which drugs we can and cannot take and most of all how much of our checks we get to keep and how much the government confiscates for the good of the elites and the don’t wanna workers.
I am beyond disgusted with the GOP, but this is the time for all arms on deck and to continue the Tea Party Process of putting forth candidates and eliminating corrupt old career fossils, the two parties must take a severe beating if there is any hope of them becoming responsive.
nobody forced Cain out – he did that on his own.
seems like Cain should be the one to bear the responsibility for his own actions, especially the choice to drop out.
To me and most people, it’s become increasingly clear that Cain quit because of what was going to be released next if he didn’t. If the claimes were lies, then any man with any fight in him would have held on.
But if the claims were true, and there was more yet to come – then the only rational decision was to quit now before even more damage is done.
Cain’s actions are the actions of a guilty man, not an innocent one. He’s the one who decided he was too frightened to let the voters choose, and no one else.