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WASHINGTON, DC -- Wild applause for talk of "gutter politics," flat taxes, and "stupid people who are ruining America."
Time to party like it's 9-9-9.
Former presidential candidate and current rock-star-reception recipient Herman Cain addressed a packed hotel ballroom at the conservative CPAC conference Thursday, encouraging the audience to back his famed 9-9-9 plan and explaining his rationale for exiting the 2012 contest.
"There were two reasons I dropped out of the race," Cain said. "Gutter politics. And, No. 2, I chose to put family first."
Invoking the biblical tale of the underdog, Cain added: "And in making that decision, I knew that we together could change Washington, DC from the outside and from the bottom up, even if your David didn't make it to the White House."
Cain later said that he did not regret his decision, one that came after weeks of scrutiny for accusations of sexual harassment from numerous alleged victims, because "there is more than one way to skin a cat."
The onetime pizza executive mainly used his remarks to plug his 9-9-9 tax plan, urging conservatives to get federal candidates to "adopt" the idea before winning office.
And he touted his support for one such candidate, "Joe the Plumber," who is running for Congress in Ohio this cycle.
Cain, like earlier CPAC speaker Rick Perry, did not mention Newt Gingrich, the candidate whom both former candidates endorsed after exiting the race.
But he did repeat one of his most popular refrains from his brief tenure as a presidential front-runner.
"We need another revolution in this country! It won't be bombs and bullets, not this time. It will be brains and balance at the ballot box."
"We must outsmart the liberals! We must outsmart the stupid people who are trying to ruin America!" Cain said to raucous cheers. "We outnumber the stupid people. Trust me. I counted em!"
And he promised to stay in the spotlight.
"A lot of people thought that after the character assassination that was launched against me, that Herman was going to shut up and sit down and go away," he said. "Ain't gonna happen."
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Well it's about time Hermie!
After years of playing hide the salami with any women who had a pulse, it was going to catch up with you sooner or later!
PS: Your pizza still SUX - Mr. Shucky Ducky!
Uhhh..........Hermie........... Too late! You were too busy starting new families to care about your wife's family.
Wonder if Cain attended Peter Brimelow's white supremacist workshop during CPAC. Yes, Republicans allowed a white supremacist to speak and hold a workshop during CPAC this weekend. Bet you $10,000 Cain doesn't even know who he is. How did the british immigrant ever become a citizen of our country as a white supremacist?
Ana,
No CPAC carnival would be complete without a 'Klan Bake'! ;o)
Hoods are optional, of course!
I'm thinking the same thing, Ana!
Brimelow fits right in with that group, and that 'Birther' woman Taitz (from Russia)!...they both should be deported as being undesirable.
Cain is a minstrel, makes the folks laugh!
He left off reason #3 - the ladies that he sexually harassed at work and
reason #4 - Ginger White!
Wonder if billionaire Sheldon Adelson attended Brimelow's workshop. Brimelow has an equal amount of contempt for Jews as he has for anyone not white. Again, how are we allowing a British immigrant racist bigot citizenship? Anyone have an answer for me? Kick him out of this country. Sheriff Arpaio! Where are you when we need you? (Probably in attendance at Brimelow's workshop)
Who the hell moves from Arizona to Chicago?
Whatever soul the GOP had is now gone.
They are owned by the devil (racists, bigots and big money donors)..predict there will be trouble ahead!
Big Money = big business. Big business that cannot afford to have their identities exposed to the general public. Hence the defeat of the bill to "Disclose"!........Afraid of boycotts!
Buck Naked Sr,
Are you kidding me? I lived in Arizona. Except for around the Grand Canyon it is hardly ideal.
Sedona is pretty nice too!
Other then that... meh!
Notice, he still can't get his priorities straight - sounds like his family is still 2nd. Of course, it was gutter politics that forced him into moving his family all the way to 2nd place.
Translation: I "ran for President" to sell books and get speaking gigs and believe it or not I caught fire with some people because I wasn't Mitt Romney. As soon as my appalling lack of understanding of policy became evident, along with my connection to the Koch brothers (my brothers from another mother, you know) and my womanizing behavior, I had to drop out, endorsing Gingrich on my way out the door.
Feisty and Anna, The white mountains are nice, Flagstaff, Tucson, Jerome, Prescott, Bisbee, Oak Creek Canyon are all pretty nice.
AnaB,
This part of "Immigration And America": Peter Brimelow's Address To The Philadelphia Society By Peter Brimelow on March 7, 2006
Does this sound like a white supremacist to you? he goes on to say even more...
I would probably read a little more of his stuff before I would go labeling him as something he isn't...
compared to Roselle? really?
Buck Naked senior, I have also lived in Chicago it's a pretty fun place to live.
It's hi-larious when Gingrich or Cain try to take the "moral" high ground. Family values my arse. Move on loser.
I thought this assi-nine-nine-nine, fool was finally gone. He is always good for a chuckle though.
It's the return of the crazy train, they were all there, Palin, Bachman, Perry, Cain, gosh it was like old times.
I still think this should be the next cast of The Real World.
Herm-You don't have to sit down just shut-up and go away..."We out number the stupid people"...Herm they are the stupid people that's why you play them still...What a
characterclown...Still giving away sausage with that pizza, Herm?Egilman- You should probably read more of his stuff so you know he is a racist. Writing part of what somebody wrote and then using that to define the whole is disingenuous at best and naive to believe we would accept that crap.
Yep..lets just hang that black conservative..he's guilty we don't need to prove it . Now who's the "progressive" racists ..I'd say most of these pathetic posters on this CRAZY TRAIN pelosi reid and progressives
Use,
Oh, it isn't his race that makes him crazy or stupid, it's his words. Don't worry, I have an equal amount of disrespect for Bachman, Gingrich, Santorum, Perry, Palin... and all these other chumps.
The only truly viable candidate the Republicans had, got run out of the race for believing in science. The fact that you all would value the candidacy of Cain over Jon Huntsman, proves just how crazy you are.
Exactly.
Just a question to Hermie - did he put family first before or after he was exposed as a philanderer? I would hate to think he was using his family to now pander to the American people. Talk about NOT putting family first.
Maybe he's talking about the other family , you know the one where he is the brother from another mother !That family (Newt, Trump, Sanford,etc. ) would be just fine with his nasty mess !
Wait, people actually took Herman Cain seriously?
"There were two reasons I dropped out of the race," Cain said. "Gutter politics. And, No. 2, I chose to put family first."
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Uhhh....if you chose to put family first, it would have been 'Family and then gutter politics'.
Looks like you may have indeed chose to put the family first...on the back burner that is while you searched for that sweet poonaany elswhere.
German Mistress - Herman, would you like to lay this way?
Herman - Nine
German Mistress - Herman, how about this way?
Herman - Nine, I said!
German Mistress - Well what about this...?
Herman - Nine for the last damn time! Wait...that's it...I'm running for President!
Ahhhhhhhhh shucky ducky now!
"Crazy Cain" has never put his family first, and he has only put his "Special" needs/wants first. That is fact! His immoral conduct towards others, his family, and to lie to the nation about his actions is just "Mentally Ill."
But, did he sing?
Listen to who's calling who stupid. He isn't smart enough to know that 9-9-9 ain't 9-9-9! It's 9-18! 9 for business and 18 for The American Peoople of the United States! He doesn't realize that the corporates manufacture and we the people pay 9% sales tax AND 9% INDIVIDUAL TAX! THAT'S 18%, NOW WHO'S STUPID?? We The American People of the United States are NOT THE STUPID ONES!!! Why don't you just go back to your pizza hut and sell your pizza for 9 cents-9 cents-9 cents! We like you better when you stay away from us!
I don't buy it Herman.
And God went down to Cain asked him, "Where is your brother, Abel?"
And Cain said, "How should I know? What do I care? What is this, socialized health care? Get off my back, big deity government! Nine, nine nine!"
Number one, Mr. Cain, you're the one who got down into the gutter, so don't blame the public or the media for your behavior.
Number two, you did not put your family first, not unless "family" is your nickname for that little guy who hangs between your legs.
So I guess everyone is ruining the country because Cain said it was the liberals and stupid people and let's face it, either your a liberal or you are stupid.
he was just descibing one group of people
Braden
Ouch. I see a lot of postings using "your" when you mean "your are". Guess it is a reflection of the phonetic texting generation. It don't reflect well on liberals.
"dont" should be "does not" or "doesn't"
I always thought 9-9-9 was the way the assaulted women described Hermans Cain
More "Conservative Fanny Values" from this adult er.I bet he realized his wife would clean his clock financially .
well a politician who really puts his family first, what a strange occurence
LMAO I got caught with my male sexual organ someplace it was not supposed to be , My wife has dealt with this for years and then I threw it in her face again by running for office . She then said shut up and sit down hermie . I did stay in until the matching funds kicked in though .
If he put "his family first" - why did he list this as his second reason?
A smart person would have thought about all those ex mistresses coming out of the woodwork...that never would have been a problem if you'd EVER had any family values to begin with...YOU were the assasinator of YOUR own lack of character...putting yourself in the gutter...Anyone who ever confused you with a intellegent person of moral character and family value's is most probably a card carrying member of the G.O.P. Far cheesier than all the pizza he ever sold...Shucky Ducky...and I would not pay $9.99 for all of them!
I thought in this country it was innocent until proven guilty..I guess it means unless you are a black conservative. So many racist comments from the "progressive" side of the spectrum. Who was caught having sex in the WH with someone not his wife ? But because he's white and a Spendocrat it's ok with all you hypocrites. Did you forget he was impeached for lying to Congress ? Of course not , selective memory..grow up.
USE
Give it up Use. Roosevelt, Ike, Kennedy, Clinton etc are not running for the GOP nomination. Get real and come up with something intelligent.
Damn the parrots did come to his rescue on this thread?
Sick Sick Cynical! Mr. tube steak cynically uses his family as his shield to deflect the reality that he was hounded out of the GOP race for his stupidity and alley cat morals.
He is expecting the true believers to validate his FOX special correspondence gigs.
He is betting the hard core will ignore reality. He is probably right!
Loyal Texan: You're right. The smartest thing Herman did last year and this year was to resign, and the "I did it for my family" rationale is the easiest cliche to use. I think he finally realized he wasn't as smart as he thought he was, and that he had a lot of baggage he foolishly thought would stay unknown. A lot of CEO's get a monarch complex; he's not alone.
"We outnumber the stupid people. Trust me. I counted em!"
Suppose he started counting with himself.
He put his family first...What a crock.If that be the case why did he fool around for 13 yrs with the other woman?
Hermie put himself first and above all else. Who is he kidding? He finally had to give up running for President because all of his philandering ways came to surface. His wife is a good one though.... his a$$ would have been kicked to the curb if i was his wife. I mean really.... all of the women couldn't be telling lies. He was just stone cold caught and had to save face with his family. Either she's dumber than a box of rocks or just desperate. How embarrassing for your husband's disgusting ways to be made public.
It was more fun when he was still in the race.
He's too stupid to shut up and go away, he thinks talking slang is funny.