What do we know about Herman Cain?

[TheFarseer]

He just announced he's running for president. Is this going to get any traction? He sounds like a tea-party nut in the few clips I've seen of him.

[xchrom]

1. start with this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain

Herman Cain (born December 13, 1945) is a businessman, political activist, columnist, and radio host from Georgia. He is best known as the former chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza. He is a former deputy chairman (1992–94) and chairman (1995–96) of the civilian board of directors to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Before his business and economics career he worked on ballistics for the United States Navy.<2> Cain's newspaper column is distributed by North Star Writers Group. He lives in the Atlanta suburbs.

In January 2011, Cain announced he had formed an exploratory committee for a potential presidential campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, and on May 21, 2011, Cain officially announced his candidacy.<3>

[jenmito]

2. As a Repub. who called in to C-Span said about him, "He's a Black Republican and that's what we

need to beat Obama." They're using him because he's BLACK-not because he's qualified. That's the same reason they chose Palin for VP-they thought that she, being female, would get all of the women who would've voted for Hillary.

[NightWatcher]

3. Steele was gone so they had to find the other black repub?

2012's looking better all the time

[jenmito]

4. Yup. They never learn. n/t

[rurallib]

5. Kenneth Black gets no love after all the vote stealing he did for them in

Ohio. What's a guy gotta do?

[karynnj]

7. You mean Ken Blackwell

:)

[rurallib]

10. he is forgettable as they come

[nxylas]

12. Exactly what they accuse liberals of doing, ironically

It's the caricatured version of affirmative action that exists in right-wing folklore. They couldn't ever practice genuine affirmative action, because to do so would involve acknowledging the possibility that there might be other reasons for white, heterosexual Christian males being overrepresented in the higher echelons of society than their innate superiority to women and minorities.

[emulatorloo]

6. Fox is acting like he is the new messiah

It was on at my gym, looks like he is the new saviour of the Republican Party.

At least for this week. Who knows what new flavor will be out next week.

[ProSense]

8. Herman Cain:

Herman Cain’s Response To Corporate Tax Dodging: ‘I Would Like To See No Taxes On Corporations’

EXCLUSIVE: Herman Cain Tells ThinkProgress ‘I Will Not’ Appoint A Muslim In My Administration

Herman Cain: I’d Rather Defend DOMA Than Protect Religious Liberty

Presidential Candidate Herman Cain: Public Unions ‘Are Trying To Bring Down The United States Of America’

Herman Cain: Planned Parenthood Should Be Called 'Planned Genocide'

Lunatic!

[Auggie]

9. Favored by the Tea Party, apparently

ATLANTA — Herman Cain has run a pizza chain, hosted a talk radio show and sparred with Bill Clinton over health care. He's never held elected office.

Now the tea party favorite wants to be president.

"In case you accidentally listen to a skeptic or doubting Thomas out there, just be to clear ... I'm running for president of the United States and I'm not running for second," he told a crowd at Centennial Olympic Park on Saturday. Chants of "Herman" erupted.

LINK: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43120863/ns/politics-decision_2012/

[opihimoimoi]

11. NRFPT

[Ikonoklast]

13. That his name will be trivia question in ten years.

The Teabagger crowd look like a drowning person latching onto the latest thing floating by.

[66 dmhlt]

14. Ten years? Make that ten MONTHS & you'll be spot-on!

[walerosco]

15. All you need to know

is that Frank Lutz and his ignorant focus group like hims. Thats it

[slackmaster]

16. I read somewhere that he's black

Is that true?

[onenote]

17. We know that he's never going to be President or even the GOP nominee

That's pretty much all you need to know.