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| Thursday's Debaters |
All of the pundits and "experts" have weighed in on the Republican debate last night. I figure I am as qualified as anyone to make an opinion for two reasons - I am a championship debater and I am a registered voter. Herman Cain, Gary Johnson, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty and Rick Santorum participated in the debate Thursday night in Greenville, S.C.
Fox News' focus group got it right. The clear winner of the debate was Herman Cain. He won because he had clearly explained ideas and he didn't water it down by trying to grease the skids with BS.
The loser of the debate without a doubt was Tim Pawlenty. Why you ask? he lost viewers for two reasons. First, he was the first to answer and instead of giving a good answer - he started off with BS something like "I want to thank Fox News and the People of South Carolina ... blah, blah, blah .." and then what did he say? I don't know I was so totally turned off by his sleazy-slick-politician approach that I couldn't tell you what he said.
Some knucklehead pundits who will remain nameless like TJ Walker at Forbes, are trying to write off Cain sating he doesn't stand a snowballs chance in hell - at this stage of the process last election neither did Obama.
Now we all know Ron Paul is a libertarian and a heck of a representative - but his ideas would not fly as a President - most people do not think like he does. Gary Johnson is also pretty much libertarian and probably will only be remembered as the dope-smoking marathon runner that has climbed Mt Everest.
So there you have my opinion
Cain has distinct advantages to the average American over Obama. First - he is not Obama, that has to be worth about 40% of the vote. Second he is an accomplished businessman and has a real resume - something Obama does not have. Third he admits he is not the supreme expert on anything and everything and would surround himself with competent advisors - once again the total opposite of Obama. On a side note, since Cain thinks Obama is the worst president of modern times and he has an incompetent administration, does that make him a racist? I am sure progressives think so.
Whatever you do - stay safe!
Obama was a sitting U.S. Senator elected from a huge state when he started running for President. Sitting U.S. Senators have been nominated 7 times for major party nominations since 1960. Businessmen like Cain have received exactly 0 nominations. Thanks for not letting facts get in the way of calling someone a knucklehead.
ReplyDeleteTJ - awesome! Thanks for coming by my little blog.
ReplyDeleteFYI Republican Senators Nominated have not fared well - McCain, Dole, Goldwater Not really a winning idea. A Senator as Republican nominee has not won since Warren G Harding. Democrats have been more successful recently with Senators than Republicans.
Agreed, Senators make lousy Presidential candidates, but they are credible at winning nominations. CEOs with no political experience are horrible at every level. That's why they don't win nominations and why Cain is even more of a joke today than he was several months ago.
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