Showing posts with label Herman Cain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Herman Cain. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Why I don't care if Herman's squirmin'

And then there's the fact that this ardent advocate of the "neo" conservative cause is not even aware there's a difference between that left-wing ideology and genuine conservatism:

On "Meet the Press" Sunday morning, host David Gregory asked Cain who has shaped his views on foreign policy.

"I've looked at the writings of people like Ambassador John Bolton," replied Cain. "I've looked at the writings of Dr. Henry Kissinger -- KT McFarland, someone I respect."

John Bolton? That Captain Kangaroo clone is perhaps the single most clueless exemplar of neoconservatism in America. If we'd followed Bolton's advice, we'd be in several more wars at the moment, none of which would be accomplishing anything whatsoever for our national interest.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Foreign Policy: Herman's a Neo-Cain-servative

If Herman Cain is elected President, America’s soldiers are not going to be coming home from wars in Afghanistan and Iraq anytime soon. To the contrary, they can expect more foreign deployments than they are experiencing today under the Obama administration. Asked his view of foreign policy, presidential candidate Herman Cain told NBC’s Meet the Press host David Gregory that he’s most impressed with the opinions of establishment neoconservatives, though he said he was unfamiliar with the term “neoconservative”: “I’ve looked at the writings of people like Ambassador [John] Bolton,” Cain said October 16. “I’ve looked at the writings of Dr. Henry Kissinger and K.T. McFarland, someone I respect.” All three are establishment neoconservatives and have been Council on Foreign Relations members — internationalists of the first order — who are among the “experts” most interested in expanding America’s foreign wars.

Asked about his views on the Iraq War and if he was familiar with the neoconservative movement, Cain told Gregory, “I’m not familiar with the neoconservative movement.... I don’t think the war in Iraq was a mistake, because there were a lot of other reasons we needed to go to Iraq and there have been a lot of benefits that have come out of Iraq. Now that being said, I don’t agree with the President’s approach to draw down 40,000 troops and basically leave that country open to attacks by Iran. Iran has already said that they want to wait until America leaves.... I would want to leave American troops there if that was what the commanders on the ground suggested, and I believe that that’s what they are saying.”

Monday, October 17, 2011

Herman Cain Being Pressed On If He's A Neocon On Meet The Press

Cain: ‘I’m Not Familiar With the Neoconservative Movement’

Herman Cain is “not familiar with the neoconservative movement.”

In an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press, Cain told David Gregory that the writings of John Bolton, Henry Kissinger, and K.T. McFarland have shaped his foreign-policy views.

But Irving Kristol? Not so much.

GREGORY: So, do you describe yourself as a neoconservative then?

CAIN: I’m not sure by what you mean by a neoconservative. I am a conservative, yes. Neoconservative — labels, sometimes, will put you in a box. I’m very conservative.

GREGORY: But you’re familiar with the neoconservative movement?

CAIN: I’m not familiar with the neoconservative movement. I’m familiar with the conservative movement. And let me define what I mean by the conservative movement: less government, less taxes, more individual responsibility.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

NeoCon Herman Cain is a fraud

It seems that the loud-mouthed and obnoxious neoconservative Herman Cain (the diversity lapdog of the Federal Reserve) is largely a creation of the Koch Brothers. Anyone surprised? Just as Obama was created by Soros and friends, so Cain has been created by Koch and crew. In fact, Cain and Obama have much in common, as noted by BATR:

The truth about Herman Cain is that he shares many commonalities with Barack Hussein Obama. Both can deliver a stirring speech, both are establishment corporatist favored candidates, but the factor that ultimately bonds them together, is that each are beholden to their Wall Street masters.

Has the US declined so much that it will be impossible ever again to elect a man of the caliber (e.g. Calvin Coolidge) but the US will forever be locked in Third World Oprah Winfrey-style politics electing diversity-vetted mediocrities like Obama and Cain? Will talented European Americans be de facto barred from the presidency?

Thursday, October 06, 2011

Herman 'No Pain' Cain

Now that Herman Cain has become the latest Great Neocon Hope, I took a quick look at his website. Like the GOP-controlled House, he is unable to come up with a single department, agency, or even program to cut. While he doesn't use the meaningless cliche "waste, fraud, and abuse," he alludes to it. That is, he wishes to assure the rank and file that he will cut spending but wishes to assure all those who receive federal spending that he actually will not. Cain proposes new taxes such as a national sales tax and a Fair Tax which he claims will be "revenue neutral." Accepting that dubious assumption leaves us with huge deficits which will of course mean that the Fed will need to finance the debt with inflation and continue the bubble/bust cycle. Yawn.