2011.10.15 00:37
Herman Cain: "Is America Beautiful?" or What?
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — Herman Cain is firing up the crowd at a tea party rally in this West Tennessee town when the generator powering his sound system shudders to a halt. Cain stands awkwardly for a few moments then suddenly begins to sing. Slowly at first but gaining in speed, he belts out "Impossible Dream" in the rich baritone he's honed in church choir. "You know, when it's your rally, you can do what you want to do!" Cain says as he finishes with a raucous laugh. The 500 or so supporters who have jammed the strip mall parking lot to hear the Republican Party's newest star speak roar their approval. Momentum restored, Cain launches into a pitch for his signature 9-9-9 tax plan, and the crowd is right there with him, chanting 9-9-9 along with the Georgia businessman. The 65-year-old's improbable campaign for the presidency is all about momentum right now. How does he maintain the wave he's riding in recent polls that have catapulted him from an also-ran in the GOP race to the elite top tier? There are many reasons his bid could fade as quickly as it rose. He acknowledged Friday that he will trail former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry significantly in fundraising. Cain has never held elected office and could wilt under the rigors of the campaign trail and the withering scrutiny coming his way. But Cain's moment is right now, and the former Godfather's pizza chief executive is marketing himself with practiced skill, banking on his charisma and the notion that the messenger is as important as the message. His everyman image is resonating. "In the field right now, he's the most like me," said Jimmy Hoppers, a 60-year-old physician from Jackson, who was hoping to meet Cain so he could hand deliver a $1,000 donation to his campaign. "He's run a business and paid the bills. He's authentic." On Friday night Cain, who is African-American, drew about 2,000 people — some in workshirts and overalls and nearly all white — to a feed barn in rural Waverly, Tenn. This is a socially conservative country and Cain — ever the salesman — knows his audience. He closes by invoking God and singing the hymn "He Looked Beyond My Faults." "I love him," gushed truck driver James Bland after Cain spoke. "He doesn't talk down to you. I think he gets the working man." "And it makes me so happy that he's put God back into things," chimed in Bland's wife, Karen. In a year of anti-government fervor, Cain is casting himself as the anti-politician Main Street candidate who would bring common-sense business know-how to the bureaucratic thick of Washington. The former conservative radio show host is brash and straight-talking, saying that "stupid people are ruining America." He mimics liberals with a high-pitched whiny voice. "Well, he doesn't have foreign policy experience," he says to laughs. "And the guy we have in there now does?" Cain doesn't ignore the race issue, saying that some critics have called him "a racist" and an "Oreo" for leaving the "Democrat plantation." "I have grown up telling it like it is and I am going to continue to tell it like it is," he said at a campaign rally in a suburb of Memphis, where he was born. "I don't talk politician." Voters are responding He drew large and enthusiastic crowds Friday as he kicked off a two-day bus tour in Tennessee, hopscotching to a trio of tea party events across the state. Tea party activists make up the backbone of Cain's support and he speaks their language fluently. "My fellow patriots," he begins some sentences. References to freedom and liberty pepper his remarks. He dives into an anecdote about the Constitution and takes a jab at President Barack Obama. "You know what? I kinda like my guns and my Bible," he says. And at every turn, he stresses his business background, noting that at a recent debate fellow Republican candidates dismissed his 9-9-9 tax plan as politically dead on arrival. "Politicians put together things that will pass. Businessmen put together plans that solve the problems," he said. Indeed, Cain's 9-9-9 plan seems to have put him on the map. Following the rally in Jackson, Cain bolted off the stage and shook hands with onlookers, including Linda Fowler-Cole, who had wandered over after a shopping trip to Lowe's and was wearing a T-shirt with an oversized picture of Obama "I heard the 9-9-9 guy was here and I came to take a look," the Democrat said. "I like Obama, but that 9-9-9 is catchy." In Bartlett, Tenn., Cain drew a number of black supporters who were excited at the prospect of a conservative African-American of his stature. "To me he represents what Martin Luther King was talking about when he talked about his dream," Reginald Tooley, a 49-year-old physical therapist from Memphis, said. "With hard work and self-reliance you can do anything you want." Cain says he has been buoyed by support from regular folks. "You just don't know how much this encourages me, the fact that you all came out tonight," he said in Waverly. "You see, this is what the folks in D.C. don't get because they don't come out here to meet with you." |
2011.10.15 00:52
2011.10.15 08:32
"A rising tide lifts all boats"
This was originally an idea that improvements in the general economy will benefit all participants in that economy. However, it can be applied to all aspects of our society.
So, here we go... May I say,
"A rising black will lift all colored people (including Korean)."
Under this theme, I supported Obama in his first-ever-black's candidacy for the president of America.
Now, Herman Cain came up from the Republican side, I can support either one of two parties.
A politician is a politician. One guy isn't any better than the other.
One party isn't any better than the other.
One political promise isn't any better than the other either. They are all same.
What matters is the color of the skin that is on the same side of us, Koreans.
In American society, the distinction on colored skins are getting thinner and fading away rather fast.
But even today, I am not a black but still a colored person in American society.
I hope, someday in the near future, America will be a true "melting pot" where there will be
no distinction about the colors of the skin.
Now, if one of our website member thinks that he's not a member of a colored ethnic group,
I have nothing to say. If he believes he is a white, God bless him and that's fine with me.
What I like to say is, "Let's support Cain to win the Republican primary."
Once he wins Republican primary, we have choice for one out of two blacks.
(We got to be as smart as Jewish, man.)
And then, it doesn't matter who becomes the president. They are all same anyway.
With a distant view and for the future of our children, this is a political message from me.
We've come a long way and there's still a long way to go.
Let's do a right thing so that our children don't have to walk up the same step like we did.
2011.10.15 09:28
President Lee and President Obama were in Motor city
GO! TIGERS! KJ
2011.10.15 11:17
Our Web Master,
Well said.
You've been very clear in your saying and support for Obama
right from the beginning of Obama's candidacy for presidency.
I believe most of Korean-Americans are in agreement with you by now.
It is indeed gratifying to observe some of the visible and palpable signs of
the change in the behavior of Americans in mainstream and the news media.
God bless the sons and daughters of Korea in America !
God bless America !
Go Detroit Tigers !
Go Detroit Lions !
Go Detroit Red Wings !
Go Detroit Pistons !
Thank you, Dr. Hwang,
for the pictures.
2011.10.15 14:59
위의 이명박과 Obama 가 같이 희희닥 거리는 사진을 보면서,
본인이 Obama를 지지했던 생각이 틀리지 않는다는것을 다시 한번 느낌니다.
옛날에 한국대통령이 미국을 방문하면 어떤 미국대통령은 만나주지도 않고 부하를 보냈지요.
물론 그동안 한국이 무시할수없는 강국이 된것은 사실이지만,
Obama이기 때문에 이명박과 같이 다니며 박수쳐준것이지요.
(물론 Obama도 자기자신의 political agenda - Detroit 자동차노조에 대한- 가 있는것은 틀림 없지만)
이런것을 생각할때 Obama는 우리편이고, 우리는 Obama편이어야 된다는것입니다.
아마 Cain도 마찬가지라고 생각합니다. Cain을 우리편 삼어서 미찔것이 하나도 없지요.
2011.10.16 00:31
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain has cast himself as the outsider, the pizza magnate with real-world experience who will bring fresh ideas to the nation's capital. But Cain's economic ideas, support and organization have close ties to two billionaire brothers who bankroll right-leaning causes through their group Americans for Prosperity.
Cain's campaign manager and a number of aides have worked for Americans for Prosperity, or AFP, the advocacy group founded with support from billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, which lobbies for lower taxes and less government regulation and spending. Cain credits a businessman who served on an AFP advisory board with helping devise his "9-9-9" plan to rewrite the nation's tax code. And his years of speaking at AFP events have given the businessman and radio host a network of loyal grassroots fans.
The once little-known businessman's political activities are getting fresh scrutiny these days since he soared to the top of some national polls.
His links to the Koch brothers could undercut his outsider, non-political image among tea party fans who detest politics as usual and candidates connected with the party machine.
AFP tapped Cain as the public face of its "Prosperity Expansion Project," and he traveled the country in 2005 and 2006 speaking to activists who were starting state-based AFP chapters from Wisconsin to Virginia. Through his AFP work he met Mark Block, a longtime Wisconsin Republican operative hired to lead that state's AFP chapter in 2005 as he rebounded from an earlier campaign scandal that derailed his career.
Block and Cain sometimes traveled together as they built up AFP: Cain was the charismatic speaker preaching the ills of big government; Block was the operative helping with nuts and bolts.
When President Barack Obama's election helped spawn the tea party, Cain was positioned to take advantage. He became a draw at growing AFP-backed rallies, impressing activists with a mix of humor and hard-hitting rhetoric against Obama's stimulus, health care and budget policies.
Block is now Cain's campaign manager. Other aides who had done AFP work were also brought on board.
Cain's spokeswoman Ellen Carmichael, who recently left the campaign, was an AFP coordinator in Louisiana. His campaign's outside law firm is representing AFP in a case challenging Wisconsin campaign finance regulations. At least six other current and former paid employees and consultants for Cain's campaign have worked for AFP in various capacities.
And Cain has credited Rich Lowrie, a Cleveland businessman who served on AFP's board of advisors from 2005 to 2008, with being a key economic adviser and with helping to develop his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 9 percent, impose a national sales tax of 9 percent and set a flat income tax rate of 9 percent
"He's got a national network now that perhaps he wouldn't have had 15 or 20 years ago because of his work with AFP," said Republican Party of Wisconsin Vice Chair Brian Schimming, who has introduced Cain at events in Wisconsin. "For a presidential candidate, that's obviously helpful to have."
He said Cain was smart to hire Block.
Cain's recent victories in straw polls in Florida and Minnesota highlight the importance of organizing supporters and Block, who has a deep network in the tea party, "gets that side of it," Schimming said.
But Block has had his problems as well. He settled a suit in 2001 accusing him of illegally coordinating a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice's re-election with an outside group. Block agreed to pay $15,000 and sit out of politics for three years.
While Cain is quick to promote his career at the helm of the Godfather's Pizza chain, his ties to AFP aren't something the candidate appears eager to highlight.
His campaign did not respond to inquiries seeking comment, and Cain does not include his AFP work on his biography on his website.
But Cain continues to work with the group.
While several other candidates will be at an Iowa Republican Party dinner on Nov. 4, Cain is scheduled to be in Washington mingling with activists at AFP's annual "Defending the American Dream" summit. He is the only confirmed presidential candidate for the event.
AFP spokesman Levi Russell said Cain has spoken at dozens of AFP rallies and events over the years to support a number of the group's activities. AFP has often covered his travel expenses or paid a "pretty modest honorarium" but he has not been paid since becoming a presidential candidate, he said.
"He's a dynamic, pro-business speaker that connects well with our activists," Russell said. "AFP is a very large organization, and there is a natural overlap between Cain's message of fiscal responsibility and the basic principles that AFP advocates for."
A spokeswoman for the Koch brothers did not respond to The Associated Press's request for comment on Cain.
To some liberals, Cain's rise with the help of AFP shows the incredible influence that outside groups controlled by super-wealthy individuals with specific agendas can have on the political process.
"Herman Cain is the first presidential corporate spokes-candidate," said Scot Ross, a liberal activist who leads One Wisconsin Now, which has often mocked AFP as a front group for corporate interests. "The best way to have your issues talked about in the issue debate is to have a candidate in your pocket with snappy comebacks and easily branded policy papers which mask how destructive they would be."
AFP's agenda also includes weakening private and public sector unions, opposing environmental regulations and undoing Obama's health care reform law, among other policies. But before the tea party and Obama, Cain worked with AFP on more local issues.
In 2006, he campaigned all over Wisconsin in support of a proposed constitutional amendment that would have limited state government spending. A slew of officials and analysts said the plan would have ultimately devastated government services, and the Republican-controlled Legislature eventually backed off it.
In a statement announcing Cain's tour, AFP sent out a press release touting his "in-depth understanding of the battle to control out-of-control government taxes and spending." Block promised that Cain was a speaker that activists would not want to miss.
2011.10.16 01:51
2011.10.16 04:05
대개 사람들의 良心은 특별한 이유가 없으면 "Underdog"을 support하지요.
That's one of the good human moral traits.
Not that we have to rely on it, but it does help at times.
That's why Cain is claiming to be an outsider that is synonymous with an underdog.
I think a lot of Americans are tired of what "insider" had done since Bush's administration.
Therefore, here, the sound of "outsider" smells sweet.
This is all political game, man,ㅎ, ㅎ, ㅎ.
Anyway, I hope Cain is successful.
I am for underdogs and outsiders.
I used to be one myself. So were you and all of us.
2011.10.16 06:33
We'd better Inspire our Young Generation,
saying "With Hard Work and Self-Reliance,
You Can Do Anything You Want".
Bravo!
Whoever You Are!
2011.10.18 07:49
Former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain, long considered a second-tier Republican presidential candidate before his recent surge in the polls, now enjoys a slight lead over President Barack Obama according to Rasmussen Reports.
In the poll, Cain leads President Obama in a head-to-head contest 43 percent to 41 percent. All other Republican candidates included in recent Rasmussen surveys trail President Obama, including former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who is viewed by many to be the GOP’s most electable option in 2012.
Cain leads Obama among men but trails narrowly among women, the poll finds. Obama wins the youth vote, but Cain beats Obama among respondents over 40, and has a 16-point lead among those over 65.
Cain’s popularity among independents is what gives him the edge against Obama. Only 72 percent of Republicans would vote for Cain, as opposed to 82 percent of Democrats who support Obama. However, Cain has a sizable 19-point lead among voters not affiliated with either party.
“Cain now has the chance to make the case for why he should be the challenger to Mitt Romney,” said Rasmussen Reports President Scott Rasmussen in a statement released with the poll. “Many others have auditioned for the role and fallen flat, and it remains to be seen whether Cain’s fate will be similar.”
The survey was conducted October 14 �“ 15. The margin of error for the poll is +/- 3 percentage points.
2011.10.18 08:20
I would like to make it very clear here in that I am putting these stories on Cain
in this space only because he is black and surprisingly is able to outdo other white
politicians in the Republican presidential race. In other words, more Americans including
Republican conservatives and WASPs seem to have matured enough not to be hung up
on race.
I am hoping and praying that the majority of Americans indeed can work together
regardless of their race as Martin Luther King dreamed of.
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After the first African-American president, Obama, a democrat,
now we have another African-American, Herman Cain, a republican,
whose stories, including 9-9-9 tax idea,
resonate with many Americans and the ultra-conservative wing of the tea party followers
and is gaining some momentum and drawing quite an attention.
This makes me feel good about being one of citizens of this country.
By the way, president Obama and president Lee Myungbak were in Detroit
yesterday vsiting a GM plant and meeting GM workers.
I watched Obama's speech to the workers alongside with president Lee.
He said a lot of good things about Korea and the good relationship with Korea,
which certainly would make any Korean feel good and proud.