E-mail updates
Follow on Twitter
Subscribe to RSSDES MOINES, Iowa -- Herman Cain released his first television ad of the presidential cycle today, not surprisingly, in the first-in-the-nation caucus state of Iowa.
Unlike Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who have been running TV ads on local stations in Iowa, Cain’s 60-second ad began airing on cable -- FOX News Channel to be exact.
"The new television ad is a result of the strong fundraising that has occurred over the last ten days," Steve Grubbs, Cain's Iowa chairman, told NBC News. "Our supporters are rallying to Herman Cain's defense and that means we will be able to take our message directly to voters."
The ad has three Iowa farmers and one former farmer discussing how EPA regulations are hurting their business amidst scenes of farmland and other Iowa landmarks.
"Over-regulation is killing the American farmer. I think Herman Cain is the answer," retired farmer Dean Kleckner says in the ad.
Kleckner served 10 years as president of the Iowa Farm Bureau, 14 years as president of the American Farm Bureau, and on the U.S. Trade Advisory Committee under three presidents.
"Herman Cain reminds me of Ronald Reagan and I knew Ronald Reagan. It is time to put the United back into the United States of America,” Kleckner continues in the ad.
This release comes in the middle of the sexual harassment allegations against Cain that have been in the news frequently.
Click here for a fact-check of the ad.
*"Herman Cain reminds me of Ronald Reagan and I knew Ronald Reagan."
Dean Kleckner is a retired farmer who served as president of the Iowa Farm Bureau for 10 years, and was elected to seven two-year terms as president of the American Farm Bureau. He also served on the U.S. Trade Advisory Committee under Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
Leave a Comment:
Didnt know ol saint Ronny chased the skirts
Reagan was a gentleman. Lightening usually does not strike the same place twice never four times, or five, or whatever.
Uncle Tom Cain gonna spend as much of dat t-party money as he can.
Wait...what? Really? In case Dean Kleckner hasn't noticed, Cain is *gasp*...black. Republicans & Conservatives are, in general, less inclined to vote for a black man for ANYTHING, let alone president of the United States. Conservatives talk a good game, but when it comes time to pull the trigger in the voting booth, they simply "Cain't" do it.
And while Cain is no where near the caliber Ronnie Raygun was, it begs the question: Just how much did the Cain camp pay this "farmer" to say what he said?
C'mon, Hermie...surely you can do better than this, can't you? Hmmm...perhaps not.
Mickey I agree with you I was no big fan of Ronald Raygun (zapp) but to put "killer cain" next to Raygun (zapp) is a slap in the face to the republican/tea bag party. cain needs to man up and come clean.
Excuse me, Mickey, NY. I am a conservative. I am a conservative pro business free market capitalist Wall Street lover. I am NOT a racist!!! This has nothing to do with skin color, but what is in someone's heart and head. Maybe you are just scared that the current administration will get voted out and you will lose all your entitlements. And just WHEN is the last time you turned a corporation around and made it successful?
Excuse me, Linda I'm a progressive liberal & you are the 1%. You talk of entitlements like they are welfare. Well I paid into Social Security & Medicare. I been paying in for thirty five years, your damn right I want what I paid into. I'm also self-employed so don't ask me if I work. Also I'm not scared but pissed that some rich politician from the 1% wants to take away part of my retirement. So take your big corporate bonus, go to a angel tree & buy something for someone who needs it. That way you might feel good about yourself. I did it and I don't get a bonus.
Micky, NY
Does your mommy know you're on the computer...
from what I've read of your posts you can't be more than 5 years old or a moron and I'm betting on the moron because a 5 year old is smarter than that!!
Now go away little troll and let the adults comment on the news of the day!!
Maxx well your a adult troll. To bad your mama & dada didn't keep you from the computer also. Your lying about being a adult.
Did that farmer from Iowa referred as Iowan know that China is in the process of developing nuclear weapon like Iran?
Any blondes in Iowa? Herman Cain like blondes!
You don't have to be for Cain to be for his ideal. An ideal that every candidate should possess. So when the media et al question certain things about Cain it's they who should be embarrased at not getting the IDEAL. In response to the ignorant reactions to Cain's "smoking ad," a nationally recognized Smokers' Rights group releases a video explaining Cain's ideal of the anti-nanny state: "Cain Campaign for Dummies." youtube.com/watch?v=_OFHnXgvI0Q