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“People who get on the Cain train don’t leave.” Ummm, I just did.

By: A_Texan (Diary)  |  October 21st, 2011 at 01:02 PM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

Herman Cain, the affable, friendly, smart guy once said of his presidential campaign, “People who get on the Cain train don’t leave.”

I speak solely for myself, but I just got off.  His non-answers to the criticism of his 9-9-9 plan (much of which I like) and his non-explanation of his various and sundry pro-choice-sounding answers on abortion, were just too much.

And I’m depressed (uncharacteristically for me).

No, I’m not shilling for any of his rivals.   Before Cain, I flirted with Pawlenty, Bachmann, and Perry.  But for reasons that many, many have stated here, each of them are DEEPLY flawed candidates, insofar as I am hoping for a solid conservative who will win the general election and whose presidency will foster conservative solutions to our grave national crisis or crises.

Sure, any of them would be less bad than Obama, but each of them will, I believe less successful candidates and/or Presidents than President Bush, Jr., and even President Bush, Sr.  If they are elected (which I increasingly doubt,) it will be four years of the 1990 Bush (Souter, tax increase deal, etc.) or 1975 Ford.

I’m not expecting a Reagan, but maybe someone marginally more conservative, and more effectively conservative, than the Bush dynasty.

I pray strongly that one of these candidates will spend the next two months changing my mind.  But at this point, I may sit out the primaries.  But yes, I’ll vote in the general election and be not-too-happy if the GOP candidate wins, and not-terribly-sad if Obama wins.

 

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  • Bill S

    would not be far-and-away better than Barack Obama, then you need a brain scan to verify its existence. Each candidate has some problems, yeah. That’s because:

    THERE IS NO PERFECT CANDIDATE

  • intensity

    …although Perry may not be the best debater, the rest of platform, with the exception of tuition for children of illegals, really rocks.

    People are concerned if Perry can stand up to Obama in debate. Did anyone see what he did to Romney in the last debate??

    I personally think he would grill Obama over the country’s current economic siutation, debt, jobs, etc. And I don’t think you have to be a master debater to point out the failiures of the current administration.

  • redmymind

    Never mind about the candidates for now. What’s working for you is that you seem to be someone who really cares about the direction of this country. That’s half the battle already!

  • Xasteius

    electing a conservative Congress to counter whoever is in office.

  • bk

    Cain’s 9-9-9 plan started out as so simple, but now every time he gets hit with some whiny “What about poor group/situation X?” he adds an exception to it.

    Sometimes it almost seems he’s more interested in being Romney’s VP than in being the Republican nominee.

  • malachi45

    enamored with Perry as a conservative. He is hands down the best on gun rights. He has signed pro-life legislation, not just talked about it. He has fought the Obama admin on the EPA AND Obamacare. He wrote a book on federalism.

    And he is the only one has appointed Conservative, strict constructionist judges to a court. This is no small thing.

    Perry really is the most solid, experienced candidate.

  • pttx333

    to lead us out of the abyss. I do not agree with him 100% of the time, but there is no one else anywhere with whom I ever would. His flaws are miniscule compared to some others. However, if he isn’t the last one standing (and I pray that he is!), I will vote for whoever our candidate is. If we write in someone or sit at home, or if a third party emerges, that will guarantee 4 more horrible years of b.o. that is likely to finish off our beloved nation as we know it.

    Thanks for your comments!

  • paladin1

    regarding Rick Perry. He has brought our state over ten years of solid, consistent conservatism in almost every aspect. I also don’t agree with everything he has done, but I have supported him in every statewide election he has ever run and he has, in turn, never dissappointed me in anything of substance. His hiccups are well publicized but pale in comparison to those of the other candidates.

    His published plans for the nation are very well-considered and solidly conservative. I am sure there is more where those came from and I support him fully and without reservation.

  • circlegranch

    *He appointed the first African-American TX Supreme Crt judge.
    *He doesn’t PROMISE to defund Planned Parenthood; he signed it into law AND signed a law requiring a sonogram b/4 abortion.
    *He’s the NRA endorsed candidate and supports Constitutional Carry.
    *Signed a balanced budget, preserving the $6 bil Rainy Day Fund for ’12-’13; signed law calling on US Congress to pass a Balanced Budget Amendment
    * Signed law requiring photo ID to vote (student ID not accepted)
    * Signed law extending small business tax exemptions from ’09 to ’14
    * Signed law to strengthen personal property rights by passing eminent domain protections
    * Signed a law ensuring deployed military get ballots and votes are counted; signed law giving vets college credit for military service
    * Signed laws on tort reform that has made him a target of trial lawyer groups; signed Loser Pays and gives protections to small retailers against suits for faulty products made by manufacturers.

  • malachi45

    I’d like to add that when people constantly compare Cain’s conservatism with Perry’s, they seem to be unwilling to grasp the notion that speaking conservative is easy, governing that way is not so easy. Cain has no record of governance, he can make every conservative claim he wants to and look 100% conservative. But do we really know that when the pressure is on that he will govern that way? Perry has been there and done that. We know exactly how he will govern: warts and all. I’ll take a sure thing 80% conservative to a throw of the dice that may-possibly-might be 100% conservative.

    I like Herman Cain and I don;’t think he is a dishonest man. But I think he has a limited understanding of governance, and we need more than that.

  • conservative_dan

    I am less than satisfied with his follow ups on it. I’m also afraid a new sales tax will just be hiked up whenever the Dems get control back. We shouldn’t even give them that crack in the door. I’m gravitating back to Perry because I think he has the necessary administrative and governmental skills to get done what we need to get done. If you want a good talker, you can always vote for Obama again! (Although why anyone thinks he’s a good talker is WAY beyond me!) But Perry is the answer to the question of electing the MOST (not 100% pure, which even Reagan wasn’t) conservative candidate that can win. I think that describes Perry perfectly. Plus, I think that in a one-on-one debate he would be much better. The so-called debates so far are more like circus freak shows than debates.

  • malachi45

    I have been thunderstruck at the intensity of the opposition to him by conservatives. The guy is solid.

  • malachi45

    myself 100% of the time. : )

  • malachi45

    I started feeling uncomfortable by his foreign policy comments. Then he proposed his 9-9-9 and I was stunned that he thought that was politically possible. And when he said we could just include a 2/3 vote requirement to keep future Congresses from raising taxes I just couldn’t believe he was that ill informed on the Constitution and how Congress works. I like the fair tax and I like getting rid of the income tax, but anyone with any understanding of the political landscape knows with repeal of the 16th Amendment that it’s a trap.

    I sure wish Perry was a better debater and I would pull my hair out less during debates. It’s almost like Romney has some sort of secret moron ray he blasts Perry with at the beginning of a debate.