Journolist Redux?….The Herman Cain Witchhunt
The Herman Cain “sexual harrassment” story has a few interesting side stories. The biggest?
Well, let’s see….anyone remember Journolist? This nugget of a story from July 2010:
Ann Coulter on the Herman Cain Attacks: Liberals are “Terrified Of Strong, Conservative, Black Men”
Can’t say it any better then Ann Coulter on these “sexual harrassment” charges being thrown at Herman Cain, the most damning of the charges?
There were also descriptions of physical gestures that were not overtly sexual but that made women who experienced or witnessed them uncomfortable and that they regarded as improper in a professional relationship.
Poor people will prosper under 999 – and so will the rest of the country. [Reader Post]
Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan is imperfect, but it’s by far the best plan on the table. As such, criticism of 9-9-9 comes from all quarters.
The left is unhappy that its egalitarian nature is the opposite of the progressive tax structure we’ve had for a century. I suspect however that it is not simple tax policy that drives their antipathy, it’s revenge. You don’t have to listen very long to one of President Obama’s “fair share” speeches to recognize it. Or watch much of the “Occupy your city here” demonstrations going on around the country to see the envy. The notion of those fat cat Wall Street bankers paying the same tax rate as a single mother of three who works two jobs to support her children is simply unacceptable.
Citizen Cain’s 9-9-9 Plan [Reader Post]
The idea behind Herman “Citizen” Cain’s 9-9-9 plan is, there will be a 9% personal income tax, a 9% business (corporate) tax and a 9% national sales tax. This will replace all other federal taxes (the capital gains tax, social security taxes, the death tax, etc.).
There are several criticisms, the chief two being, (1) 9-9-9 today will become 20-20-20 tomorrow; and (2) everything is going to cost 9% more. These criticisms are less problematic than you might think.
Herman Cain Leading in New Polls but Still Plenty of Bad News to be Had.
Meanwhile, in the latest MSNBC poll you see that Romney’s numbers haven’t changed a bit. Anyone who is for Cain was NOT for Romney before so that isn’t surprising….and the MSM is all but crowning Romney anyway:
“He’s viewed as an almost inevitable candidate,” said longtime strategist Ed Rollins, who until last month managed the campaign of Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.), one of Romney’s opponents. “He’s the heavy favorite.”
Huntsman and Bachmann Display A Lack Of Class And An Immaturity
Using techniques perfected by the pseudo-intellectuals of the Left and described in Alynsky’s “Rules For Radicals”, both Huntsman and Bachman displayed why they are unworthy to carry the standard of the GOP. Having little of substance to offer, both Huntsman and Bachman used juvenile techniques from the schoolyard to isolate and ridicule the taxation plan of Herman Cain.
There are few Americans who don’t consider our tax laws to be unwieldily to the point of being unusable. With kleptocrats like Charlie Rangel continuously writing tax laws to benefit those who own him, our taxes have become a national disgrace and yet, there is only one candidate with a plan to replace the system. Herman Cain wants to scrap the whole corrupt system and start over with a new and simpler plan he calls the 9 9 9 Plan. It is a novel concept employing simplicity that would allow businesses to streamline their accounting so as not to budget a huge portion of their revenue to conforming to the tax codes. It would also prevent corrupt incompetents like Rangel from rewriting the tax code every year to benefit those corporations who funnel the largest amounts of money to his campaign funds and to his relatives.
Lawrence O’Donnell: Cained!
Citizen Cain heads straight into the lion’s den at MSNBC and has Lawrence O’Donnell for lunch- chews him up and spits him out!
Palin or Cain and a government Americans deserve [Reader Post]
In a free society citizens deserve the government they vote for. As much as I might despise the everything the liberals stand for and are doing to this country, the truth of the matter is that they did not seize power in some coup d’état… except for maybe Stuart Smalley. Nor did they come to power legally and then change the rules once they got there as Hitler did. No, they were by and large voted into power promising to do exactly what they have done. The fact that most of America is unhappy with the way things are going says more about Americans in general than it does about the politicians themselves.
Blacks In The GOP
A Black Liberal cyber friend wrote in commentary, “the GOP will never nominate a Black”. This is a profound statement and I am sure he thinks it is the truth and it may well be, but I have heard many Conservatives on talk radio express the opposite opinion.
Let me start by saying Conservatives and Republicans may swim in the same pond, but since Reagan, there have been some major differences. A Republican will consider a Conservative part of the GOP, but many Conservatives are looking at the profligate and capitulating behavior of GOP members in Washington with indignation, while wondering if they may as well be whispering to a typhoon. Consequently, many Conservatives only consider ourselves Republicans by default; with resignation, many Conservatives feel the GOP is their only option.
Obama’s “Big” Jobs Speech…FAIL
Did you hear Obama gave a speech last night? If you didn’t here is the summary…Infrastructure spending, bailouts to states to save government jobs, bailouts for mortgages, job training, unspecified regulatory reform, and some small tax credits for businesses and individuals.
Sound familiar?