CANDIDATE HERMAN CAIN
By Alexander Strada
Western Sun associate editor
The Republican cannibals have dragged Rick Perry back into the feeding frenzy and Herman Cain has stepped up to take his turn as three week front runner for the Republican nomination. It won’t be long before his blunders give them a chance to catch up and drag him down as well.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Cain suggested that the “Occupy” protests, a collection of global protests against perceived social injustice and inequality (among other issues) that first began on Wall Street, were “orchestrated” to distract from the Obama administration’s “failed policies.”
However, Cain was polite enough to preface his statement with the mind boggling disclaimer, “I don’t have the facts to back this up.”
Cain went on to wag a stern finger of fatherly disapproval at the protesters. “Go home and get a job! And get a life!” He scolded, “If you don’t have a job and you’re not rich, blame yourself!” Cain did not say where the unemployed could find these imaginary jobs, and his brutish dismissal of the American poor and middle classes puts him as far into the realm of rich and out of touch old men as John “$4.9-million-a-year-is-not-rich” McCain circa 2008.
Recently, Cain has been struggling to tread water after his campaign’s poorly handled response to a report that two women working under him had been paid to leave their jobs and keep quiet after complaining he sexually harassed them.
Cain’s response was marked with inconsistencies and within days more allegations surfaced. It seems likely these are not the last we’ve heard of Cain’s indiscretions.
All the while, Republican backup-date Mitt Romney bides his time, quietly fitting dresses in preparation for the prom he knows his party will have to ask him to in the end.
