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Many of us — not only in the United States but overseas — have found Herman Cain an admirable candidate for the 2012 presidential elections.
Strangely, and rather quickly, he has been implicated — probably falsely — in a sex scandal which could put paid to his ambitions to higher office.
Many independents, former Democrats and even small ‘l’ libertarians believe that he has been hard done by.
A regular commenter from 2008 on the No Quarter blog, Wisewoman (11/08/2011 06:14 PM) — herself an African American — tells us the raw truth about another black facing Obama (emphases in the original):
People,
I am a 66 yr old AA with some insight into some issues. Herman Cain is running for president because of the reasons he laid out. He truly cares about the country. He did not have sufficient funds to run a traditional campaign and has done well to get as far as he has.
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The way the game is sometimes played is that the second place finisher gets on the ticket as vice president. THAT IS THE DEMOCRATS’ REAL NIGHTMARE THAT CAIN BEING ON THE TICKET IN SECOND PLACE WOULD FULLY UNITE THE REPUBLICANS, I.E., THE MODERATE WING (ROMNEY) AND THE TEA PARTY WING (CAIN) AS WELL AS SIPHON OFF SOME BLACK VOTES. That would probably have been an unbeatable combo. The initial charges from unnamed souces were not getting the job done sufficiently. THE DEMOCRATIC MACHINE HAD TO TAKE CAIN OUT COMPLETELY, THUS THE UGLY LATEST CHARGES. PEOPLE, WAKE UP AND SMELL THE ROSES!
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Now that’s something you won’t read in the New York Times.
It’d be great seeing Cain on the GOP ticket.
Churchmouse Campanologist 