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Herman Cain At VVS: ‘You Can Demonstrate All You Want on Wall Street, the Problem is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue’

Herman Cain On Occupy Wall St: You Can Demonstrate All You Want on Wall Street, the Problem is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Republican candidate for president Herman Cain has not shied away from addressing anti-capitalistic “Occupy” protesters. Cain received a standing ovation at the Voter Values Summit Friday, when the Georgia businessman called out the groups as “anti-capitalism“ and ”anti-free market:”

“They are not working on the right problem,” said Cain. “Wall Street didn’t write those failed policies. Wall Street didn’t spend a trillion dollars. You can demonstrate all you want on Wall Street, the problem is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.”

ABC News reports that the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza touted his 9-9-9 economic plan at the event where the crowd chanted “9-9-9″ along with the candidate. Cain’s plan would put in place a 9 percent sales tax and reduce income and corporate taxes to a flat 9 percent.

“Don’t be jealous, don’t be envious,” Cain said of the Wall Street protesters at a book tour stop Wednesday. “I don’t have much patience for someone who does not want to achieve their American dream the old-fashioned way.”

While Cain would finish second in the VVS presidential straw poll, it was announced Saturday that the Georgian won the Midwest Republican Leadership Conference straw poll.

A perennial basement dweller in early polls on the 2012 GOP field, Cain has surged in recent weeks following the release of his 9-9-9 plan and slip-ups in the campaign of Gov. Rick Perry.

Cain jokingly told ABC News that the recent uptick in his support has led rivals to put a bulls eye on his back.

“They are afraid that this long shot may not be a long shot any longer.”

(H/T: Hot Air Pundit)

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  • hootman509
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:39pm

    I don’t understand what you mean. Please help me .

    Thanks

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  • ramburner
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:38pm

    Go Herman Cain! The TRUTH lives here!

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:46pm

      Herman Cain’s message is clear, I got to work very hard for my money.

      http://youtu.be/JKejQsiHINg

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    • DoYourOwnResearch
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:54pm

      No,more like the truth is IGNORED here!

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    • CatB
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:06pm

      He RIGHT!

      TEA!

      Cain/Rubio 2012

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    • chazman
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:07pm

      … I think Herman Cain needs to pay particular attention to his safety. He speaks common sense that a politician never could, and that scares the opposition. If he makes it into the home stretch, I’ll back him 100% Oh, and gee, I’m a white guy to boot! Just another racist, that’s me, backing a black guy for the first time for president of the United States …

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    • kentuckypatriot
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:20pm

      @ CHAZMAN:
      I was thinking the same thing. I worry that some crazy lib will try to assasinate him b/c he has a really good chance of beating the commie in chief.

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    • Theleftisda
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:24pm

      I have some issues with this 999 deal/ I went and put new tires,struts,wheel alignment and an oil change on my mothers 2000 corolla it cost me over a grand.my mother is on a fixed income if you add another 9% on to that (that would be tax on a tax on a tax) I”m 46 and can afford it
      (mom not so much)when someone has already paid a higher fed tax and has retired then you add a
      9% tax on them (that is not fair) not all mother‘s and father’s have children to take care of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • dealer@678
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:30pm

      I really relate to his good common sense. No other candidate has it IMO

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    • dealer@678
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:32pm

      Thats our guy

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    • MARCH4HIM
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:58pm

      @tehleftisda
      If you look at it, by what you pay out, you are only going half way.
      The other half has two parts.
      When the system kicks in and the econmy starts moving “in the right direction”as it pick-up so will the in- flow of money. competition brings higher wages, for the most desired employees, wich triggers personal exceptionalism …That make key empoyees in demand. and being indemand means higher wages and benifit packages……to pay the bills.
      And
      the other side is if you have a bussiness ,you will be able to keep more of your money,to invest and grow
      hire more people ,give more incentives to aquire more production wich in turn means, reinvesting in..employees ,property,assets.on and on.
      Definitely a growth plan.

      Of course none of this is worth…nothing if we dont see 2012′

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    • KTsayz
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 11:04pm

      I prefer this speech
      http://www.ronpauljournal.com/events/1145/ron-paul-value-voters-summit-transcript/
      1. Seven differences between Ron Paul and Herman Cain: 1) Herman Cain supported TARP. Ron Paul does not support bailouts or “too big to fail” dogma 2) Herman Cain thinks auditing the Fed is a waste of time. Ron Paul demands an audit of the Fed. 3) Herman Cain said in 2006 there was no housing bubble and the media made it up because they don’t like Republicans. Ron Paul predicted for years the collapse of the housing bubble. 4) Herman Cain supports the Bush foreign policy of endless, unconstitutional, preemptive wars. Ron Paul believes in the principle of non intervention and constitutionally mandated war powers. 5) Herman Cain would continue the War on Drugs. Ron Paul would pardon all nonviolent drug offenders and let states design their own drug laws. 6) Herman Cain thinks 90% of the Patriot Act is “right on.” Ron Paul would repeal the Patriot Act. 7) Herman Cain thinks tax reform is the solution to the financial crisis. Ron Paul believes monetary policy, regulations, and “too big to fail” are where the boom-bust cycle comes from.
      Ron Paul WINNER 2011 Values Voter Summit Ron Paul 2012

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    • Damage6
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 11:19pm

      @ LEFTISDA
      Two things you’re not taking into account.
      1. The 9-9-9 replaces payroll taxes that would be otherwise taken out of your mother’s fixed income check helping ot offset the 9% sales tax.
      2. It makes sure EVERYONE has some skin in the game which is the only way we’ll ever be able to get a handle on the out of control entitlement culture in this country.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 11:28pm

      KTSAYZ : Ron Paul
      On the Issues – Not strong on life: Voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005) – Voted NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004) – Voted NO on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
      Not strong on Second Amendment Rights: Voted NO on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers. (Oct 2005) – Voted NO on prohibiting suing gun makers & sellers for gun misuse. (Apr 2003) – Voted NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1. (Jun 1999)
      Not strong on traditional Marriage: Voted NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage. (Sep 2004 & Jul 2006)
      There are many other votes I could cover, but haven’t. Like Ron Paul’s vote to keep Pelosi as Speaker of the House or Ron Paul’s vote to not remove Rep Chalie Rangel from his leadership position (ethics violations and all)

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 11:46pm

      DAMAGE6 I know many fixed income mothers with a big bucks in the bank. In Canada low income people get refunds because of the Vat tax

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    • Theleftisda
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 12:02am

      @MARCH4HIM
      I get what it does for me(I like it)it screws my mother she has already paid her taxes we have a state sales tax of 8.75 % then 9% onto that (tax on a tax on a tax)
      @Damage6
      My mother does not pay taxes on her retirement $886.00 (property tax only)if not for her children she would be screwed=what about the retired people with no help?why should they pay another 9%?

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    • masoncoalburner
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 12:08am

      are you people this stupid ? you want to give the federal government a sales tax ? are you crazy ? look at all the other countries that have a sales tax . they will jack all the rates when they are put in place . canada has a 40+% income tax and a 20% sales tax . you don’t think they will do that here . the government can’t be trusted with our money !!! he has no plan to cut any of the defence budget . we have to cut the military industrial complex off at the knees !!!

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    • jzs
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 12:17am

      I think we can see Cain’s strategy. First he says that protesters are “anti-capitalist“ and ”anti-free market.” Now he says that it‘s the government’s fault the economy collapsed because of the “policies” they imposed on Wall Street during the Bush administration (Bush deregulated Wall Street, but whatever). It’s just like he said he would impose a religious test on judges and prohibit mosques from being built, something he backed away from when others pointed out those measures violate the First Amendment. He was the anti-Islam candidate before, now he’s not.

      So that’s his strategy: make provocative statements that the Tea Party loves, then backing off of them when people point out he would be violating the Constitution of the United States. And he’s blaming the collapse of the economy on President Obama, although it took place a year before Obama too office.

      But, this is politics – a fact free world.

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    • masoncoalburner
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 12:23am

      if glen stuck to his principals he would never support anyone that wanted a national sales tax

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    • Mr. Vitriol
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 12:32am

      Hey trolls. You’re scared of Cain, ain’t ya! HA HA HA HA

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    • KTsayz
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 12:44am

      Republicorp – did you ever think it was because something was added onto these bills that cause RPaul to reject them? You can go back and read the entire bill, but that is often the case.

      Ron Paul has delivered thousands of babies, often giving prenatal care to unwed mothers who couldn’t afford any. He is a staunch defender of human life and the second amendment. And where in the Constitution does it say that Congress has the ability to legislate morality let alone marriage? Or do you also spit on the Constitution when it doesn’t agree with your way of thinking?

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    • Al J Zira
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 12:54am

      @DOYOUROWNRESEARCH: Can you give exmples of the lies you read here?

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    • Mimi24
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 1:09am

      As it stands right now, he has my vote. It’s his to lose.

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    • booger71
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 1:15am

      My mother does not pay taxes on her retirement $886.00 (property tax only)if not for her children she would be screwed=what about the retired people with no help?why should they pay another 9%?
      —————————————————-
      If corporate taxes drop from 25 to 9 percent, prices for all goods and services will drop way more than the 9% sales tax thru natural competition, and the job market will explode. Basic economics.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 1:32am

      I really need to keep records like BECK does. I said to back Cain a few months ago but everyone was focused on Perry, Palin, Romney, Paul and no mention of Cain. Now he’s looking good so I see many a jumpin on the Cain bandwagon. Better late than never. He is our only hope at beating OBAMA.

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    • IntransigentMind
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 1:38am

      Almost anybody is better than Romney:
      http://markamerica.com/2011/10/09/mitt-romney-wont-get-my-vote/

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    • Shiroi Raion
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 1:58am

      Cain’s right.

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    • coindexter
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 2:22am

      JZS…you are either a liar or an ignorant fool. anyone who pays attention knows that the economy rises and falls in cycles and one of those cyclical factors is…who will be the NEXT president of the USA. thus, the economy tanks with the changing of “the guard”…did with carter/reagan…did with bush/clinton…did with clinton/bush…did with bush/obama. do you see the pattern now? investors get cold feet…and with this current prez…their feet basically froze completely off.

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 3:09am

      @ Chiefgeorge
      I am one of those to have recently climbed aboard the Cain Train. The Florida straw poll was the turning point for me. Except for an early misstep regarding knowledge of foreign policy, I had always liked Herman Cain’s ideas and the way he presented himself in the debates and in interviews. The Florida vote finally convinced me that Mr. Cain was really a possibility.

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    • 1casawizard
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 3:38am

      I’ve seen some blogs, go git-r-done Herman/Bachman….RightNow! Please….We need ya. jusgimmemy200dollarchekinmymailboxlikethebamsterpromisedme.thankyou.

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    • Cat
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 5:08am

      Previously posted …
      Mr. Cain is proposing a change in the way taxes are paid, not spent.
      Be careful with this one.

      If you look at your personal income tax rate now, it’s close to 9%, maybe a little higher.
      If you own a company, as I do, the company does not pay taxes, it’s not supposed to.
      All wealth transfers to the personal wealth of the employees.
      Yes, the company does pay taxes on the property the building sits on but it does not pay an income tax.
      The firm’s profits are divided in several forms.
      To start with, it’s set up as a cooperative with profit sharing.
      Before the end of the fiscal year, bonuses are paid, benefits are modified and whatever has to be done to force the double ledger to reflect dollars in equals dollars out.

      Yes, there are other write-offs, but Mr. Cain says there will be no write-offs under his plan
      So, the firm will pass all profit to the members of the cooperative in the form of profit sharing.
      The government will then make a guaranteed 9% on the companies profit through the employees personal income, which increases, but only if the company does well.

      Next is Mr. Cain plans to impose a 9% national sales tax on goods and services.
      EVERTHING will go up in price.
      We do NOT have a VAT now.
      The feds have been wanting a VAT for a LONG time.
      This is their way of getting one, on top of the income tax.

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    • Cat
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 5:10am

      To Ron Paul Supporters

      The way it looks now;
      The riots will commence in the spring of 2012 promoted by ACORN off shoots, SEIU and SOROS.
      Ron Paul will place his name on the ballot
      Barry Soetoro will loose the popular vote by a very small margin and be appointed by the electoral college
      The riots will escalate
      Barry will compare himself to Abraham Lincoln, declare martial law and toss the US Constitution out the window
      The second civil war will commence
      The new government will attempt to confiscate personal property, businesses and land
      The FBI, CIA and Secret Service will be forced to act against citizens in the name of civility
      The Military will loose major funding unless they become the government’s police
      Internment camps already built are ready to accept the American infidels
      America will be a socialist nation in one year and on a fast track to communism
      The Senate and House will be meaningless, and SOROS money will control the massive unelected bureaucracy
      In three years, the United States of America will vanish, forever

      This is how the Middle East sees it happening to all western nations
      Sharia law will be in place in less then three years

      Mr. Paul does not understand the enemy

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    • mad_hatter
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 5:11am

      Here is Cain’s whole speech. Great spech with great strength: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2011/oct/cain_values_summit.html

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    • asybot12
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 5:20am

      @masoncoalburner: wow I am a Canuck : my income tax is virtually 0 (on a $ 36.000 year) income .We pay 12% sales tax with a quarterly rebate. and get a break on our medical (just to educate you a bit more) and in a very short time we get an income adjusted pension if we so desire (we will wait till 65 though seems a better option at the moment), keep up the good work !!

       
    • tifosa
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 5:48am

      All this focus on Cain is a waste of breath, not because of “the left,“ but because ”the right” won’t choose him. period.

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    • mad_hatter
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 6:07am

      I was very much impressed by Romney’s speech at VVA. He was completely specific and strong. A possible ‘Good Leader’: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2011/oct/romney_values_summit.html

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 7:10am

      Straight to the point and in a simple language even the sheeple demonstrating can understand. They should be demonstrating outside Barney Frank‘s office and Chris Dodd’s house. They ought to be looking for a law firm to file a class action suit for their lack of oversight of Fannie and Freddie, and probably Sally Mae too, if the truth will ever be known.

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    • MARCH4HIM
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 7:57am

      @theleftisda
      she already is paying that an more,they are monetizing the debt.
      The dollar continues to grow weaker and weaker.
      And our President suspended.. COLA, for Soc.Sec checks ,because on paper ,
      it dosnt come accross as inflation.they just keep printing more currency.
      and devalueing your Moms fixed income.
      With a sound dollar and robust economy Quality of life would bounce back,
      and have more buying power. like warming up a cold engine.
      If 5 dollars was worth 1/4 of a $5 gold coin,
      It would be worth around $50.oo and
      Your Mothers dollar would go farther.

      And if the big corperations like “ GE ”
      would have to pay their real share of taxes ,
      instead of tax shelters, only they enjoy.

      Close the loop holes for uber rich,
      and making dollar sound again is the right direction.
      for this country,
      Our country is so divided,we would need to pull together as a nation.
      We need to help the least fortunate of our people.And we need a person ,
      to lead this Country ,while also promoting the healing process..
      I will also add “energy”, to the pie, without it ,
      we are at the mercy of the Middle East…Not good
      Can Herman Cain do this ? I dont know?
      Can anybody do this ?

      NOW…..I would like address this issue on military.

      In this age of evil ,that we are living in.

      Satan…. ONLY FLEES… FROM GOD.
      BECAUSE GOD IS MORE POWERFUL THAN….. Satan.

      think about it…

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    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 8:33am

      Can you believe this?!?
      On NPR, Guest Compares Herman Cain to…Southern Segregationists?
      http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2011/10/08/npr-guest-compares-herman-cain-tosouthern-segregationists

      Herman is a good man. We could do a lot worse for sure. What we have now, IS THE WORSE!

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    • SlimnRanger
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 8:56am

      God Bless Herman Cain,I am proud to say if he gets the Rep. nomnation this will be the first black man i have voted for,yeah buddy thats right,i certainly did not cast my vote for commie,marxist Obama,Lord God please help this nation kick Obama to the curb in the next election,granted this nation has it’s issues and problems but there are still millions of decent hard working folks here that want this great nation restored back to the land of the free and home of the brave.

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    • Ready2Rumble
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 9:47am

      Mr. Cain has spoken the truth; hopefully it will be absorbed into some of those skulls filled with mush.

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 9:56am

      REPUBLICORP Thanks for the information.about Rpn Paul. Who are you leaning toward?

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    • escape_from_socialism
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 10:13am

      I have some questions.
      How this 999 will be protected to not become 20-20-20?
      In 1920 federal tax was about 2%. What happen?
      I have set many times. Give a govt. a “tool”, and they will used, you will never expected.
      Imposing national sales tax and USA is done and over.
      My gut is telling me, it is something not right about Mr. Cain.

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 10:14am

      @CAT “Everything will go up with Cain” that is what I have feared. We think that we have high prices now. I thought the same as you did about Paul not understanding the enemy. I realize that Paul supporters believe that the Constitution will take care of all the problems..but if Paul voted to keep Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the house… that speaks volumes about Paul’s understanding anything and much less his effectiveness at implementing the Constitution. Are you leaning toward Romney? Because I am starting to think that he may be the safest bet.

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    • tifosa
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 10:15am

      Of anybody, Cain should SUPPORT those protesters! They’re AGAINST $$ ruling politics and he’s on course to lose the Republican nomination because the big Kochpublicon money is against him.

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    • leftisneverright
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 10:16am

      @ all of you dissenters of 9 9 9

      This plan is only a plan that Herman Cain has put forth. It is to let the American voter know what he would like to do. Now…if he gets elected, it does not mean it automatically becomes law. We still have a Congress and a Senate who would almost assuredly butcher it. However, he is the only real conservative with a plan, and at this time he’s my man!

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    • Cat
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 1:51pm

      @ASHESTOASHES

      Don’t think we’re going to have a choice on this one.
      Mitt will be set up by the establishment.
      Unfortunately, Mitt may be walking right into a job worse than Abraham Lincoln’s job.

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    • Cat
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 2:02pm

      @LEFTISNEVERRIGHT

      You are correct in that, Mr. Cain’s proposal will be butchered by Congress.
      Congress REALLY, REALLY likes the idea of a VAT.
      The administration likes the idea of martial law.
      That combination is why the Socialists as well as the RINOs are drooling now.

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  • scguitar
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:38pm

    come at me, bro!

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  • The Divided States of America
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:37pm

    The next president….Mr Herman Cain !!!

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    • masoncoalburner
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 12:26am

      cain worked for the people that caused the collapse . THE NON-FEDERAL RESERVE

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    • Mimi24
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 12:59am

      @Masoncoalburner That was a long time ago and things were different then. Do you think he’s part of the Federal Reserve now? We all learn. Heck I was married once before too. Learned better.

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    • Mimi24
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 1:07am

      Don’t listen. This election will be one to talk about for years. The one where we took our country back. Yes we Cain. Cain you here me now? I hope Palin will run as his VP. Unbeatable 2012.

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    • reform
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 4:46am

      Yes he did work for the fed at one time but seems he moved on to greener pastures, did you ever think it wasn’t his cup of tea?? May you look back at the Clinton health care bill and who was the one to put it to a stop? As for these fools on wall street it was Dodd/Frank that did this with their bill and the rest of congress that are fools!!! We live by the laws THEY put into the books, do you make the laws to live by? And as for foreign policy how many who take office have it?? You have some Senators and some House members that maybe sit on a committee but what does your Govie know about it? And yet we seem to think they have to have been a Govie to hold this office does that seem right? We can’t have a business man in this office? Yet most say the government is run like a business!

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    • Shasta
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 7:00am

      Hey MIM, I was married twice also, but I finally figured it out. There is no candidate that is perfect, but I am looking for a man or a woman who can help us get our country back, and I think Herman is the guy.

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 7:53am

      Cain WORKED FOR the Fed; he was not a policy maker.
      So, stop laying the Fed‘s new policy issues at Cain’s feet.
      Do you remember Alan Greenspan? Or is that so long ago you have wiped him from memory. Greenspan had sound monetary policies. Having worked FOR the Fed can also be a MAJOR PLUS for Cain – who else knows what is wrong with it better than someone who used to work WITH it?
      I think most of us would like to see an end of the Fed. However, do you require that we do that at the exact same time we are repealing obamacare? That we are abolishing the IRS? That we are restoring states’ rights? That we are strengthening our military?
      Do you insist we do ALL of these things overnight?
      The man will only have four years (if he is elected), and if he can get THREE items on that list done it will be an AMAZING start to the Restoration of America!

      HEY – Here’s a campaign angle for ya, Mr. Cain …
      Restore America!
      This time, a black man will be the Architect for America’s Restoration.
      This time, a black man will LEAD the Restoration of America.
      This time, America will not be built ON black men, but BY a proud black man! By proud Americans!
      This time, WE WILL ALL restore America!
      This time, WE WILL ALL UNITE!, and RESTORE all that is GOOD about America!
      (Or something along those lines)
      ( Imagine, a post-racial president… Hey, wait, wasn’t this current guy supposed…? lol )

      (Not an endorsement)

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  • MARCH4HIM
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:37pm

    If we make it to 2012‘ He’s got my vote..What he dont know.. he can learn on the fly..
    I’ll take Wisdom and common sense …over bullcrap any day.
    He’s not infected by the waters of the politician pool..

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    • dmforman
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:47pm

      I so agree. I too worry that there won’t be an election in 2012 for president. I pray that my feelings are wrong. Go Herman!!!! A true American!!!!!

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    • CatB
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:08pm

      I believe he knows how to surround himself with good people … not like Obama and his band of THIEVES.

      TEA!

      Cain/Rubio 2012!

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    • KTsayz
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 11:12pm

      Catb… surround himself with good people like Bernanke and Geitner? Once a Fed man – always a Fed man.

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    • Mohawk1773
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 12:00am

      KTSAYZ – Why are you Ron Paul supporters so over the edge?…. does Big Ol’ Mr. Cain scare you?

      Ahhhhhhh…..

      I like Ron Paul o.k., but you people are not helping his case. Cain said he supports auditing the FED, he just doesn‘t think they’ll find anything. Please quit lying….

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    • Mimi24
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 1:21am

      DMFORMAN.. I think about that too. A lot. Do you have any reason to suspect? Or is it just gut reasoning? Just so you know, I’m a woman but I think we are going to have a hard row to hoe. Are you a prepper!

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    • Mimi24
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 1:27am

      What he/she said. I gather by your user name that you are Christian.

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  • Chappy123
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:36pm

    YES WE CAIN!

    Go Herman Go!!!!!!

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  • Nomopolitics
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:33pm

    Glenn had a nice interview with Hermain this past week on radio.Rush is talking more about him.He really needs some big names to step up soon and back him if he wants the nomination.The left is scared half to death of him,the attacks are coming everyday.

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:39pm

      What Hermain Cain really needs right now is for you to share his name with your sphere of influence. There‘s a lot of people who still havn’t heard about him. You’re only the average person of those who know you. Who are the Big Names in your life?

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    • Norm D. Plume
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:43pm

      I do share Cain’s name with everyone I can.

      I tell them how he was a Fed chairman, and how he supported TARP and the rest of the bailouts, and how he supports the USA PATRIOT Act, and …

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    • KTsayz
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 11:10pm

      Thank you Norm! Love how this site wants to diminish Ron Paul‘s win by stroking Cain’s Midwest Rep win. Why is the blaze so biased against Paul? Afraid he will really restore American prinicples and values? Maybe they just want Isreal to be the 51st state of our Union.

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    • TelepromoterNChief
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 1:00am

      Ron Paul is not a leader. Just a wimp.
      America needs a real man in office not seen since the last administration.
      The current one just enjoys the company of men….
      Herman Cain 2012.
      First real African American in office….ever. Besides, he has the papers to prove it.

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    • Delete the Elite
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 2:32am

      @TelepromoterNChief

      Sounds like you have been working on that a while. Any sleepless nights?

      Mr. “I’m not racist, I have a black friend”.

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    • SFsuper49er
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 3:15am

      You know Cain is a good man if you can’t get a leftist black man to vote for another black man for the presidency. You got it wrong last time now lets get it right with Cain…

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    • Shasta
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 7:06am

      Even Oreilly, who has said that Herman had absolutely no chance of winning the nomination, is now saying a he has a 4o% chance. We are desperately looking for a leader with values. I think Herman is that man, even though the libs will try to destroy him. He has flaws, like any man or woman, but I think he is our BEST choice. Pass it along.

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  • Ballot_Box_Revolution
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:32pm

    GO Cain GO!!! That is what needs to be said…..and with conviction just like that!!!

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    • spirited
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:09pm

      How about,

      >Cain is able ?

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    • EL ZORRO
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:36pm

      As long that he keep talking the way he is doing, without fear and directly to the problem, He have my vote, I am spanish, that made a racist?
      EL ZORRO

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    • Mohawk1773
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 1:50am

      @EL ZORRO – According to the socialists on the left, everyone is racist El Zorro, come on man, you know that. ;-)

      Keep Raising Cain!

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  • eyestoseeearstohear
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:32pm

    You’ve GOT to see the Values Voters Summit – in particular – Cain & Gingrich’s speech.

    I don’t understand all the HUB-BUB about Newt…I LIKE HIM!
    Newt knows the Constitution FORWARD & BACKWARDS…and if you listen to what he
    proposes to do, as President – I think HE & CAIN would make an excellent team.

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    • GrannyATL
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:42pm

      As a local who has known Gingrich’s actions when the cameras are off, Gingrich is a Beltway Republican thru and thru. I want nothing to do with a professional politician — and Newt is most definitely in that category. Give me Herman (another local) any day over Newt!

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    • wilinsalem
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 12:52am

      I have three issues with Newt: 1) His embrace of the global warming ideology shows that he did not think through the ramifications of giving afederal agency the power to regulate and control in the name of vague and incomplete science. He went there once, he easily could again. 2) His years in Washington saw him go in with powerful ideas and compromise many of them for political expediency. He says he has learned a lesson after being out of power, and I’d like to believe him, but I have to say I am leary. 3) Many great men have been poor or adulterous husbands, but I am still bothered by his marital issues. It isn’t a deal breaker, just a nagging little thing that plants seeds of doubt in my head about his character. I have nothing but respect for his intellect and knowledge of history, and I think too few in Washington truly grasp the lessons of American History as he does, but I hesitate for these three reasons. Ipersonally would like to see Cain select someone with the foreign policy knowledge he lacks, someone like Condoleeza Rice or Bolton or Petreaus. I know so many have turned anti War and anti involvement in the Middle East, but I think if Cain is chosen through the primaries, he needs to put in place a team that can articulate a clear repudiation of Obama’s “lead from behind” or Pauls isolationism, and explain why we need to remain engaged in the world for our own security. I like his common sense, but he needs experience backing him

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  • sister1_rm
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:32pm

    Nine percent income plus nine percent sales plus nine percent business. Not great, but better than what we have now. Couple that with repealing most of the job killing regulations and laying off unions at the federal level, and we will have a good start. Cain doesn’t have my vote yet (or anyone else for that matter) but he’s ahead of the others in book so far.

    What an ironic name, “Cain”. I wonder how his family came by it.

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    • Chappy123
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:39pm

      999

      Better than what we got and it will pay support US and not borrow.

      GO CAIN!

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    • Norm D. Plume
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:45pm

      When considering 9-9-9, just remember 7-7-72.

      When enacted, the Income Tax was set at 7%. In 7 years, that rate had grown to 72%.

      Just sayin’…

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    • escape_from_socialism
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 10:16am

      You are all IDIOTS !!!
      National sales TAX is what globalists, Soros whats.

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    • tifosa
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 10:25am

      999 plan is a regressive tax. He’s eeewwwwt!

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  • PROV1X
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:32pm

    love me some herman but he is misinformed

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    • sportlock
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:19pm

      I own a business and don’t have any lobbiest to get me any tax exemptions. Will I be on an even playing field with my competition that does receive tax exemptions? I don’t mind paying, but I expect my much wealthier competitor to as well.

      That isn’t unrealistic is it?

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  • Unplug-the-MACHINE
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:30pm

    End the pain…
    with Herman Cain!

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  • mingfurecon
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:26pm

    This guy has more street sense than all of our dear leaders czars put together. It really is embarrasing to witness the presidency reduced to cheap theatrics and communist propaganda. The potus is a stooge for the lefitsts and has sold out the U.S.A.

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  • Beverly Barnum
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:25pm

    Mean what you say and say what you mean…at last a politician (wait, he’s not a politician) who seems to have honor and integrity. I have found my candidate and can hardly wait for the primary in order to vote. Cain is able.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 11:50pm

      You got it. I’m so tired of the well chosen words that mean something bad for us. Kinda like Hope & Change. Yep, we got more change we don’t like and lost the hope part.

      I love Herman Cain because he is a man of integrity, a Christian, not afraid to say what he means regardless of the toes he may step on. It’s time we American hear the truth of our Country from top down, not the usual bottom up. We only find out the corruption when it gets investigated, which is too rare. I’m hoping they get to the hard hitting investigating part sooner than later. Most of all, I don’t believe Herman Cain can be bought at any price. Why do so many politicians come to office and leave wealthy? Lobby’s are buying the votes, and you can take that to the bank.

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  • DoYourOwnResearch
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:24pm

    Herman Cain’s new campaign slogan
    I Don’t Have The FACTS to back this up!

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  • poverty.sucks
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:23pm

    Hermain Cain is Extreem! In Confidence!

    He’s Crafty is always bringing us back to focus on the problem and effectively presenting the Solution!

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    • Norm D. Plume
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 11:09pm

      So was Komrade Klinton. Lot of good THAT did us.

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    • Mohawk1773
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 1:59am

      Norm, I think Ron Paul is handing out buttons over there in the corner again… why don’t you go check?

      I’m telling you, I like Ron Paul alright, but you supporters are a royal pain in the arse and make me like him less…

      I really think you all should consider changing your tactics. Just say’….

      Peace.

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    • reform
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 5:07am

      Thanks 1773 why is it that all the polls he wins are paid polls? Look at the all the others even from the left and see where he stands. Listen i am a no for free drugs running around, as well as girls walking the streets. my josh even his son has a different view on important topics, so therefore I will take his son over him any day. The place that suits him well would be head of feds or Sec of Treasury, perfect place for him and then let him do his thing!

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  • JohnQTaxpayer
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:23pm

    The simple truth spoken

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  • RockStarTrucker
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:22pm

    A real common sense American

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:29pm

      At this point, I’ve just been pining for the days when we just had a normal crook like Clinton in the White House….instead of a Communist traitor. However, the thought that Herman Cain might actually get elected oneday, and we could have a common sense, honest American patriot in office, is almost too exciting to think about……not gonna get my hopes up for now……

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    • Magyar
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 11:02pm

      @txpilot… I feel your pain on both points… He’s what we need–kinda like a black Christy! If he were to actually win the nomination he’d have an uphill battle once in office–you know–the RINOs! The only difference will be WE THE PEOPLE…We can no longer sit idly by in silence and do nothing ever again….

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  • RightPolitically
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:22pm

    Right on. This guy has a way with words: simple, honest and direct. I LIKE THAT!

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    • DoYourOwnResearch
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:31pm

      You HermBots are a complete joke.You support a guy who has the nerve to call someone Anti-Capitalist,Anti-Free Market when he was part of the most Anti-Capitalist,Anti-Free Market organization in the world,THE FEDERAL RESERVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      Pull your head out of the sand and get a clue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • NOTAMUSHROOM
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:33pm

      Cain has the experience of working with the Fed on his resume. That’s a plus. However, I‘m pretty sure he wasn’t one of the ones who met at Jekyll Island in secret when the Creature was created.

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    • I.Gaspar
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:43pm

      Right:
      I agree with you 100%.
      And isn’t it great the way the leftist losers who show up here are afraid of him?

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    • kralspaces
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:06pm

      Someone needs to do their own research. Cain says: We all know the Fed has tripled the money supply since 2008. They have been printing money out of thin air to finance the Obama spending machine. While true Fed reform that restores sound money may have to wait for my election, the best thing we can do now is to pursue policies that increase the DEMAND for dollars to help mitigate the risks associated with the increase in the supply.

      Cain was on the board of the Fed (KC) in the mid ‘90’s when no one was concerned about them. So to me this is a very weak concern. What else do you have?

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    • DoYourOwnResearch
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:21pm

      KRALSPACES says,Cain was on the board of the Fed (KC) in the mid ‘90’s when no one was concerned about them. So to me this is a very weak concern. What else do you have?

      Served under Allan Greenspan and voted with him lockstep.Allan Greenspan Architect of the Housing Colllapse.Very weak concern yeah right.
      You have no clue how anything works in this country.

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    • KTsayz
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 11:17pm

      Kralspaces, that like saying Obummer hung out with Bill Ayers in the 80‘s way after he was a terrorist in the 60’s so it’s not a big %^#ing deal, to use Biden’s phrase.

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    • Mohawk1773
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 1:17am

      @DoYourOwnResearch – I know you got this picture in your tiny little mind of everyone here being some backwoods bumpkin. That’s what they do to you in re-education kamp, they take that little mind of yours and mold it into a vision of their ideal social construct. Many of us have been there.

      You can untangle the mess, but you probably don’t care to, because in all your smugness you believe you already know it all.

      It all started way back in 1977 with the Community Reinvestment Act. In the 90′s Clinton strong armed Fanny and Freddy to make more high risk loans to low income borrowers (6% growth in home ownership). Bush didn’t change course much, but did repeatedly ask for more oversight of Fanny & Freddy (1% growth in home ownership). Congressman Barney Frank was the head of that oversight committee… now let’s see what did he do?

      Here’s your boy Barney lying:
      http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=Barney+Frank+Housing+crisis+lies

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    • 1casawizard
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 1:33am

      What? youse fellas got a problem wit simple,honest,direct? This guy will whip bamster. Put’em head to head. Rockinlikahermancain?

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    • reform
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 5:22am

      Pray tell when he was on the board what did he do please tell me his crime? Just being on this makes him a criminal? Why the only lady who is running was a IRS lawyer back in the day but what does she stand for now? How long did he spend on this board less than a year no? How many townhalls did Dr. Paul hold about the bad healthcare bill that was in the house? He is right about one thing that is close all the stations overseas and bring them home.

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  • IntegrityFirst08
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:21pm

    Is he the only one speaking against this filth?

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  • Fella
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:21pm

    Oh Caine, these fickle freaks will turn on you in 2 seconds. Bachman, Perry, Romney all in thier wake.

    But yeah 9-9-9 is catchy. You’ve got a good con going.

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:25pm

      Do some research. It could work. Why do you use the word “con?”

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    • Mohawk1773
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:30pm

      Yo! Maybe you can go race bait somewhere else, no one cares about your personal issues.

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    • Fella
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:35pm

      Oh the race card , lol. Look, this guy says all the right things. But meaningless platitudes and stoking the fires of patriotism just isn’t doing it for me. I don’t trust him at all. Just feels like another fraud backed by the fed. Carry on. =/

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    • Mohawk1773
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 11:24pm

      Well I guess we‘re even because I don’t trust you at all either. Men of character don‘t flip and just maybe you don’t know character from a bowl of jello. So go ahead and support the wiggly ones.

      We’ll see…

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  • 82dAirborne
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:20pm

    Amen to that headline. Whatever happened to “The buck stops here??”

    Not leading from behind!

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    • DoYourOwnResearch
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:33pm

      No,not leading from behind.Leading from up the FEDERAL RESERVE’s behind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • NOTAMUSHROOM
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:48pm

      @Research
      Really? Because working for the Fed for a brief period of time somehow makes this man evil and to heck with everything else? Seems to me that makes him savvy about the Fed and how those crooks work. He did not create the Monster. Wasn’t even born when that travesty occurred.

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:59pm

      @NOTAMUSHROOM

      Bravo! A basic rule of battle: Know your enemy.

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    • DoYourOwnResearch
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:06pm

      Wow NOTAMUSHROOM I think you ate too many magic mushrooms.So what your saying is if someone was a Nazi but they weren‘t there when the Nazi party was formed but they enforced Nazi policy they aren’t responsible or guilty.Wow some of the Nazis should of used that defense in the Nuremberg trials.You are clueless!

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:12pm

      Nazis? Troll speak 101.

      Nice try however.

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    • sportlock
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:30pm

      @ Doyourown,

      I get what you‘re saying about the Nazi’s!!!!

      Kinda like since, you know, the Republican congress is primarily white men+ and slaves were owned by white men hundreds of years ago=all those white men must be racist, right?

      lol And now those racist are gonna elect a real black man to the Presidency!!! Get ready for your tea ******!

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 12:37am

      9-9-9 is just upside down 6-6-6 … ;P

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    • Mohawk1773
      Posted on October 9, 2011 at 1:24am

      @sportlock – Yes that’s how they play it, and don’t let the cat out of the bag to these idiot agitators that the first “slave for life” in America was actually owned by a black man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Casor

      Don’t teach you that in school now do they?

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  • xoke
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:19pm

    I watched the full speech, it was awesome! I’ll look for the link again…

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  • Sirfoldallot
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:18pm

    Amen Cain, thank you for telling thr Truth.

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  • decendentof56
    Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:17pm

    I agree, Herman.
    If only there are enough of us left that agree to that, we may yet have ‘change you can believe in’ by Nov 2012.
    This Marxist has got to go.

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    • p0wam3
      Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:41pm

      Oh there are enough of us and when the time comes our voices will be heard!!!!!

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