Given that the current GOP “Flavor of the Week”- Herman Cain- likely has a short shelf-life, I thought it might be entertaining to shine a spotlight on the (frankly ugly) reality that is Cain’s regressive ideology. Yeah, I’ll be mining it for laughs (because in the abstract it IS pretty entertaining), but there’s nothing funny about where Cain wants to take this country.
From where I sit, it’s not just a matter of Cain’s ideology differing from my own, though that’s certainly part of the calculus. It’s his devotion to an ideology that foreswears “Socialism”, and yet proposes to subject this country to the largest upward redistribution of wealth in our history. Evidently, “Socialism” is only evil when wealth is distributed downward. It’s about a thinly-veiled desire to create class of people (the poor and middle class) whose primary role and responsibility is to make life easier and more pleasant for the oligarchy. It’s about a professed love for America but a self-evident hatred of Americans. That this is coming from an African-American only increases the irony inherent in Cain’s ideology. You’d think a person who grew up knowing and experiencing discrimination would be sensitive to the idea of not perpetuating it, albeit in a different form. And yet what Cain proposes to do if elected President is to create a system which exalts the wealthiest and subjects the vast majority of Americans to second-class status.
Somewhere warm and breezy, Ayn Rand is snickering into her Corona….
Honestly, I don’t believe that Cain has a hamburger’s chance in a famine zone of winning the GOP nomination. His “flavor of the week” status will fade, ultimately to wither and die under the harsh light of political reality. His is not an ideology designed to unite Americans in a desire to move this country forward. It’s an ideology which will ultimately pit Americans one against another in a “dog eat dog” world in which the strongest survive and the weak and infirm are left behind to die. If that seems too harsh, I’d submit that you really need to take a closer look at Herman Cain and what he stands for.
Herman Cain Claimed That A ‘Liberal Court’ Killed Jesus: Lacking any real ideas as a counterbalance to the Liberalism he so clearly despises, Cain’s reduced to throwing slurs against the wall to see what sticks. The result is rather comical, in that he’s making a laughable argument. What’s next? Will Cain claim that God’s a Republican and that his “999” plan has the imprimatur of the Almighty?
When we’ll know if Herman Cain’s a contender: It’s likely going to take some big-name endorsements (and no, Dennis Miller doesn’t count), which have yet (and seem unlikely) to appear. I suspect that some of the bigger stars in the GOP firmament are waiting to see if Cain manages to show some staying power…or if his current “flavor of the week” status means he’s destined to be the next Rick Perry- sinking in the polls and unable to gain any traction.
After Confusing Himself, Cain Decides That Rape Victims Should Be Forced To Carry Pregnancies To Term. Because what are women but sperm receptacles and the property of men? Besides, if women are stupid enough to be raped, they should be forced to carry their rapist’s child to term. No, Cain hasn’t said those exact words…but then he doesn’t need to, because that pretty succinctly sums up his insensitive, intolerant, inhuman position on abortion. How any woman with even the barest shred of self-esteem could bring themselves to vote for Herman Cain defies rational understanding, and can probably only be explained in terms of self-loathing.
Everything you need to know about Herman Cain…but were afraid to ask. “The Tax Policy Center, a Washington think tank, says low- and middle-income families would be hit hardest, with households making between $10,000 and $20,000 seeing their taxes increase by nearly 950 percent.” I think that pretty much says everything that needs to be said. The rich get the gold mine, and the rest of us get the shaft.
CAIN’S 999 TAX CUT FOR THE RICHEST 1 PERCENT: $210,000 PER YEAR. Herman Cain: A President Of, By, and For The (Very Wealthy) People. He’ll never admit to this, but what he’s proposing is something that he would be waxing righteously indignant about if Democrats were doing it in the other direction: the largest upward redistribution of wealth in American history. Cain’s America would be a place where the role and primary responsibility of the poor and middle class would be to support and subsidize the oligarchy.
Herman Cain Admits That His 9-9-9 Plan Is A Tax Increase On the 99%: Well, he finally admitted that his “666”…er, “999” plan would raise taxes for “some Americans.” What he lacked the honesty and integrity to do was to admit that his plan represents what would be the largest upward distribution of wealth in this country’s history. “Some Americans”?? How about admitting that it would be the poor and the middle class taking the biggest hit, and that the tax burden on the wealthy would lighten dramatically? HERMAN CAIN 2012: STEALING FROM THE POOR TO SUBSIDIZE THE RICH.
Electronic Arts, exploiting Cain controversy, lowers price of SimCity games to $9.99. What better way to pay tribute to a GOP candidate who can’t be bothered to actually formulate his own economic policy ideas? Cain has to “borrow” them from a video game. If this doesn’t demonstrate just how pathetic Cain is as a candidate, I’m not certain what would.
Citizen Cain: A month ago, Herman Cain was a punch line, a barely visible blip on the GOP radar screen. Now, “American Black Conservative” seems less an exercise in self-loathing than someone trying to gain the traction necessary to stay atop the GOP dogpile and win the party’s nomination. The man who called himself the “the CEO of Self” hasn’t exactly endeared himself to African-American leaders, who prefer “WE shall overcome” to Cain’s “I shall overcome.”
Cain Explains The Cash Spent On Books: I’m Trying To Tell My Life Story: IS this a case of Cain trying to get his story out…or is it really an example of a candidate using his campaign funds in an end-around designed to line his pockets? What Cain did is certainly legal, but does it pass the smell test? If you have to ask, then Cain already has an ethical problem on his hands.
As Herman Cain Surges, Corporate Media Ignore His Koch Connections: Cain’s been bought and paid for by the Koch brothers, the same folks who bankrolled the “grassroots” Tea Party. There’s certainly nothing wrong with Cain availing himself of the opportunities (and cash) that being aligned with the Kochs can provide, but it does raise some legitimate questions about his independence and where his true allegiance lies. These are questions the mainstream media should be, but aren’t, asking.
Cain: The Book My Campaign Spent Money On Is ‘Selling Like Hotcakes!’: Well, the reason the book was “selling like hotcakes” was that he was selling them to his campaign. Dishonest? Perhaps? A misrepresentation of the truth? Without a doubt. Should this be taken as an indictment of his integrity and his willingness to play by the rules? From where I sit, absolutely…but then I’m not a GOP primary voter.
Herman Cain: ‘I’m Very Proud Of The Relationship That I Have With The Koch Brothers’: He should be. The Kochs have been very kind (financially speaking) to Cain, who’s certainly smart enough to speak kindly of those who’ve been applying copious amounts of butter to his bread over the years. If one can be defined by whom he associates with, Herman Cain has some very serious questions to answer.
Herman Cain Wants to Electrocute Mexicans Who Survive Moat and Wall: Cain’s already said that he wants to build a “Great Wall” and an alligator-filled moat along our southern border. Now he wants to amend that to create a 20’ electrified fence topped with barbed wire. Welcome to Fortress America; not exactly an advertisement for the efficacy of the world’s foremost democracy, is it?
Latino GOP Activist Quits Party Over Cain’s Electric Fence ‘Joke’: When one of your party’s leading Presidential candidates jokes about essentially treating people of your heritage as second-class citizens worthy of electrocution…well, what other choice do you have but to leave the party? The GOP, though it once tried to call itself the “Big Tent Party”, can reasonably only be called “The Big White Tent Party.” It makes you wonder what will happen when Republicans wake up and realize that Cain’s not White, doesn’t it?
Sheriff Joe and Herman Cain find each other: Cain proposes to equip the US Border Patrol “with real guns and real bullets”…this in addition to a border fence capable of electrocuting and killing illegals trying to sneak into the US. Arpaio is willing to and capable of using fear and hatred of Brown People to advance his own political prospects. Simpatico? Without a doubt…but how does Cain plan to attract Hispanic votes (which he can’t win the Presidency without) when he’s palling around with a man whom Hispanics (justifiably and understandably) despise?
