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Herman Cain for president?

Would you vote for Herman Cain for president?


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Cest Bon!

No presidential candidate has ever said we need a strong national energy policy... Not one!

What a brave new idea :lamo
 
do you agree with his stance of no abortion, no way, no how?

Not if that's his stance. I agree it's acceptable under a very few circumstances.
Do you agree with Obama that a born alive baby from a botched abortion should have no intervention? That it just be left to die no matter how long that may take?
No matter who the candidate, we're never going to agree 100%. The most important thing now is the economy and not social issues. Cain's the man to turn the economy around.
 
He might.....considering none of the real candidates are participating.

Romney backed out.
the ones who didn't are Ron Paul, Santorum, Pawlenty, I think that's it.
I think the others are making a big mistake for not showing up for the first debate. We shall see.
 
I don't know what that means. You got a link?

I was mistaken, it was a recent Iowa poll that showed Cain had less than 1% support:

"In the poll, 24% of Republican voters said Huckabee was their first choice for the party's presidential nod. Mitt Romney polled the next highest, trailing the former Arkansas Governor by a five-point margin, at 19%. Sarah Palin came in third at 11%, followed by Next Gingrich (8%), Tim Pawlenty (4%), Ron Paul (3%), Michele Bachmann (2%), Mike Pence (1%) and Haley Barbour (1%). John Thune, Rick Santorum, Herman Cain, and Gary Johnson all received less than one percent in the poll.
Poll: Huckabee Leads 2012 GOP Field In Iowa | TPMDC
 
If it was him versus Obama I would vote for Herman Cain.
 
Romney backed out.
the ones who didn't are Ron Paul, Santorum, Pawlenty, I think that's it.
I think the others are making a big mistake for not showing up for the first debate. We shall see.

Like I said, none of the real candidates are participating. This is like a minor league all-star game.
 
Not if that's his stance. I agree it's acceptable under a very few circumstances.
Do you agree with Obama that a born alive baby from a botched abortion should have no intervention? That it just be left to die no matter how long that may take?
No matter who the candidate, we're never going to agree 100%. The most important thing now is the economy and not social issues. Cain's the man to turn the economy around.

That is an absolutely dishonest and mischaracterization of Obama's abortion position. I can't believe that you didn't even try to be at least half-way honest about it. Wow....
 
He was honest. When asked if he would appoint a Muslim to his cabinet he said "No" without hesitation. I'm fine with that. A president should appoint people who has his same values, like Obama did. :) Van Jones, Valarie Jarrett, Cass Sustein, Benwick, Rahm and Zeke Emanuel,Jeff Imelt,......
How many other candidates would be as blunt and honest as that? I'm sure there are others who wouldn't appoint Muslims either, but they'd never flat out say so.

Oh I get it. If they're honest, it's okay to be bigotted. You're such a hypocrite. I guess you didn't mind when Obama was honest about his grandmother either did you?
 
I wonder if Obama would appoint a pro-life Christian to his cabinet?
Cain simply said he wouldn't appoint anyone who wouldn't put upholding the Constitution above all else. He thinks that someone swearing in on the Quran might not. He is worried about creeping Sharia law. Maybe that sounds nutty to a lot of people and he'll lose votes over it, but the man said it, and I hope he doesn't back peddle so much explaing it that he looks like a flip flopper.

You're such a troll.

The FundamentaList (No. 75)

To promote the alleged "common ground" on "abortion reduction," Joshua DuBois, the director of President Barack Obama's Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (OFBNP), gave a rare interview to Newsweek last week. In it, he embraced the Come Let Us Reason Together mythology that the end of the "culture wars" is nigh, if only those old battle axes on the left and right would lay down their arms. DuBois maintained, "There's a culture-war industry on both sides . . . What's helpful to the president and to us is a lot of people are weary of that. People are looking for ways out."

With this cringe-worthy denigration of reproductive health advocates as just as extreme as abortion clinic harassers, DuBois signals a future of mealy-mouthed Democrats who are pro-choice in their hearts, though timid when it comes to campaign rhetoric and policy.

Joshua DuBois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Joshua DuBois (born in 1982) is the head of the Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships in the Executive Office of the President of the United States under President Barack Obama. [1] [2] [3]

DuBois is a Pentecostal minister with a Masters Degree in International Affairs from Princeton who first became involved in political activism as a Boston University student in the wake of the Amadou Diallo controversy.

DuBois graduated cum laude from BU in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in political science. While at BU he became the Big Brother to Aidid Brayboy through the Big Brother program. From BU, he went to Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, where he earned a master's degree in public affairs in 2005. Meanwhile, he worked as an aide to Representative Rush D. Holt, Jr., and was a fellow in the office of Representative Charles B. Rangel.

After watching Barack Obama's speech to the 2004 Democratic National Convention on television, DuBois decided he wanted to work for Obama, then a candidate for the U.S. Senate. Eventually, Obama hired him as a Senate aide. In 2008, DuBois was religious affairs director for the Obama presidential campaign.

It's fun to see you justify bigotry Barb. I'll make sure to bring it up whenever you troll about Democrats supporting racism.
 
It's nice to see that he is strongly pro-life. We need a strong pro-life president who isn't afraid to touch the issue.
 
That is an absolutely dishonest and mischaracterization of Obama's abortion position. I can't believe that you didn't even try to be at least half-way honest about it. Wow....

Do explain what those votes meant then.
 
You're such a troll.

The FundamentaList (No. 75)

To promote the alleged "common ground" on "abortion reduction," Joshua DuBois, the director of President Barack Obama's Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (OFBNP), gave a rare interview to Newsweek last week. In it, he embraced the Come Let Us Reason Together mythology that the end of the "culture wars" is nigh, if only those old battle axes on the left and right would lay down their arms. DuBois maintained, "There's a culture-war industry on both sides . . . What's helpful to the president and to us is a lot of people are weary of that. People are looking for ways out."

With this cringe-worthy denigration of reproductive health advocates as just as extreme as abortion clinic harassers, DuBois signals a future of mealy-mouthed Democrats who are pro-choice in their hearts, though timid when it comes to campaign rhetoric and policy.

Joshua DuBois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



It's fun to see you justify bigotry Barb. I'll make sure to bring it up whenever you troll about Democrats supporting racism.

My mistake on Obama appointees.

I don't see refusing to appoint Muslims who would swear in on the Quran as bigotry. We are still at war with those who live by the words found there. Cain just wants to make sure he appoints people who will uphold the constitution.
 
Oh I get it. If they're honest, it's okay to be bigotted. You're such a hypocrite. I guess you didn't mind when Obama was honest about his grandmother either did you?

The guy isn't biggoted :roll:

You guys are really over-reacting. Obama's connection with racism is much much worse. A lot of these things will be fleshed out with political debate and he starts to run his campaign.

I love he gets on your nerves so much though... makes me excited.

He really knows the economy and really knows his stuff through personal experience and how to help small business. He recognizes that america is unique and prosperous because of it's values and the founding fathers. We need to stop this country from turning it into Euro-socialism trash.

This guy i agree with maybe 8/10 of the time, thats pretty right on compared to any other candidate.
 
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would you vote for Herman Cain if he made it to the presidential election?

While I have my doubts that he can obtain the candidacy, if he did I would vote for him. I may very well vote for him in the primary... still thinking on it.
 
BTW more than half of the people voting No in the poll are liberals, who aren't likely to vote for any GOP candidate anyway...
 
His name has a nice ring to it. I'll vote for him.
 
I wonder if Obama would appoint a pro-life Christian to his cabinet?
Cain simply said he wouldn't appoint anyone who wouldn't put upholding the Constitution above all else. He thinks that someone swearing in on the Quran might not. He is worried about creeping Sharia law. Maybe that sounds nutty to a lot of people and he'll lose votes over it, but the man said it, and I hope he doesn't back peddle so much explaing it that he looks like a flip flopper.

1) Obama appointed some people to executive positions that aren't even close to being liberals. Among them Bob Gates and Jon Huntsman.

2) Being a Muslim does not preclude one from standing up for conservative values. How about treating an individual based on his own merits and beliefs, rather than discriminating based on one's religion? Just because a person is Muslim does not mean that he will be sworn in on the Quran, and just because one gets sworn in on the Quron does not mean one doesn't stand up for the Constitution. How about treating everyone as an individual before rushing to judgment and excluding an entire population of candidates, and profiling based on religion? How about treating people based on their own merits, instead of excluding an entire group of people because they might not uphold the Constitution?
 
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I was mistaken, it was a recent Iowa poll that showed Cain had less than 1% support:

"In the poll, 24% of Republican voters said Huckabee was their first choice for the party's presidential nod. Mitt Romney polled the next highest, trailing the former Arkansas Governor by a five-point margin, at 19%. Sarah Palin came in third at 11%, followed by Next Gingrich (8%), Tim Pawlenty (4%), Ron Paul (3%), Michele Bachmann (2%), Mike Pence (1%) and Haley Barbour (1%). John Thune, Rick Santorum, Herman Cain, and Gary Johnson all received less than one percent in the poll.
Poll: Huckabee Leads 2012 GOP Field In Iowa | TPMDC

Yea, that looks pretty pitiful, but that was back in Jan and some of those people aren't even running. Palin I don't think is, Huckabees out. Pence is out. Barbour's out. He's even with Pawlenty in more recent polls. get him in a debate with Romney and the numbers will change drastically I betcha. :) And tonight will change things too. I think Romney made a big mistake by being a no show.
 
1) Obama appointed some people to executive positions that aren't even close to being liberals. Among them Bob Gates and Jon Huntsman.

2) Being a Muslim does not preclude one from standing up for conservative values. How about treating an individual based on his own merits and beliefs, rather than discriminating based on one's religion? Just because a person is Muslim does not mean that he will be sworn in on the Quran, and just because one gets sworn in on the Quron does not mean one doesn't stand up for the Constitution. How about treating everyone as an individual before rushing to judgment and excluding an entire population of candidates, and profiling based on religion? How about treating people based on their own merits, instead of excluding an entire group of people because they might not uphold the Constitution?

How about letting our president appoint who he wants and we can bitch about it later, like we do with Obama? :)
I doubt Cain will be appointing any communists, seeing as he is going to be real picky. He's good at putting successful teams together as you can see from his business experience.
 
How about letting our president appoint who he wants and we can bitch about it later, like we do with Obama? :)
I doubt Cain will be appointing any communists, seeing as he is going to be real picky. He's good at putting successful teams together as you can see from his business experience.

In the unlikely event he becomes President, I feel that he's free to pick whoever he wants to complement his team. I just had a problem with what he said (the quote that Hatuey put up), and what that reveals about his thought process.
 
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