Why is a former CEO with no political experience being considered for president?

[white_wolf]

Seriously why is freaking Herman Cain seriously being considered as a contender? What sense does it make to risk allowing someone with no experience in government to be allowed to gain the highest office in the land? It makes no sense. What the hell does a CEO know about governing? All they know how to do is steal and leach off the work of others.

[UTUSN]

1. Oh. Thought it was Shrub again. Or ever again Jeb Crow Shrub (my nightmare), n/t

[MadBadger]

3. I dont get the point you're trying to make about either of them

They both certainly had relevant experience

[UTUSN]

8. Why does NOBODY grok me?!1 n/t

[Fumesucker]

14. You're probably waiting too fast..

:hi:

[UTUSN]

40. Since this thread has bounced to p. 1 again, I'll answer:

I hate the BUSHes. I hate and FEAR the BUSHes.


What in the world is NOT clear?!1 I don't CARE about their "relevant experience" or anything else about the B.F.E.E. I loathe and detest them. Anything I have left out?!1 Oh, yes: I FEAR them.

[UTUSN]

52. I thought I had something to add. Not really. n/t

[housewolf]

2. It's a symptom of the corporatist take-over

For some reason, Republicans think that the country is a business and that it's business' right and responsibility to run it

[Abq_Sarah]

21. I'm pretty sure most of the laws passed

That are turning us into a corporatist state were written by politicians who've had little experience outside of government.

They take those donations and they write those laws so they don't have to find jobs in the private sector. How many former politicians get "real" jobs vs become lobbyists or join "think tanks"?

[Initech]

4. Because logic totally defies the republican party, that's why.

[scheming daemons]

5. Anybody has a right to file paperwork and run for President

No matter how goofy they are.

Lyndon Larouche ran for President a half dozen times, for chrissakes.


The rightwing nutjobs have every right to nominate whichever idiot they want to nominate.


Personally, I sincerely hope they nominate someone like Cain. They'll get thrashed.

[TheDebbieDee]

7. +100! I remember listening to a repuke co-worker complain

that Obama was going to be the least qualified, least experienced President ever. I quickly replied that "W" was supposedly a Harvard Business Grad and Governor of Texas. W had plenty of experience and look at what a MESS he made of everything he touched!

That shut my co-worker right up!

[white_wolf]

13. I'm not questioning his right to run.

I'm questioning why he is being take seriously.

[scheming daemons]

18. Who's taking him seriously? He's at 10% of Republicans

Only one in 10 Republicans is supporting him.


That's less than 5% of the total voting population that is taking him seriously.

[Warpy]

6. He'll take orders

from the Koch brothers and their band of merry plutocrats.

[TomClash]

9. Excuse me

FAILED CEO.

[white_wolf]

10. I didn't know about that part.

Though I have heard that Godfather Pizza kind of sucks.

[TomClash]

22. Look at Godfather's Pizza's earnings

compared to other pizza chains. They were weak. And you're right - the pizza sucks.

[Maine-ah]

29. I suggest a search on Cain and Aquila

he's a friggin crook.

[Yon_Yonson]

15. A real leader with real solutions ... so he says

A failed CEO ... well there you go that qualification in itself should qualify him for President.

[jmowreader]

46. "Cut back the pepperoni by 15 percent" is no solution...

unless the problem is "our pizza isn't bad enough."

[harun]

11. He can run and every one on DU should run for President as well.

[Yon_Yonson]

16. I don't want the job, besides I have a cash flow problem and no rich friends

[Donnachaidh]

12. He's a Kochpuppet

http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/06/07/238840/herman-cain-to-headline-koch-attack-on-climate-program-in-new-york/

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/22/978273/-Herman-Cain:-The-Koch-Brothers-go-presidential

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/03/on-koch-supported-herman-cain.html

[Motown_Johnny]

17. they like having a person of color on stage to deflect the obvious comments

but he isn't a serious contender in a (R) primary battle


that is just media hype


he does OK on some polls but I think the moron (R)s confuse Her-man Cain with John Mc-Cain


yes, they are that stupid

[ChoppinBroccoli]

19. Because He's Black, And Everyone Knows................

..............that black people only voted for Obama because minorities of ANY stripe ONLY want to vote for someone that looks like them. So logically, if you run a black person against Obama, the black vote will split evenly. Then, if you have a woman as his running mate, you'll corner the female vote too.

I'm not kidding, this is how Republicans ACTUALLY think. "We lost because Obama got 96% of the black vote. So if WE trot out our OWN blackie............"

Think I'm wrong? Then tell me why McCain chose Sarah Failin as his running mate in '08. Everyone knows that he did it because he thought he'd get all the Hillary voters to switch teams just because his running mate had a hoo-hoo instead of a ha-ha.

[customerserviceguy]

20. Republicons love seeing a black man

who will Uncle Tom for them, and support their agenda. They did it with Alan Keyes, and they'll pay lip service to any black person who toes the line for them.

It almost makes them feel like they're not racist.

[alsame]

23. All for-profit business, no govt - it's what the GOP loves. nt

[malaise]

24. He isn't

but they need a black man among the lunatics to pretend that ReTHUGS aren't hard core racists.

[Honeycombe8]

25. Because there are people who support him. What were Hillary Clinton's qualifications?

She had never held political office or run a business. Did you say that about her?

This is not uncommon. I don't think being a career politician is necessarily a great qualification for continuing to be a career politician. Except it does mean they're probably better than others at campaigning.

There are many reasons to question Cain's sanity, but the fact that he's not a career politician isn't one of them, IMO.

[Dappleganger]

26. Are you talking about SENATOR HIllary Clinton?

The one who served the state of NY from 2001 to 2009?

Yeah, I guess that means no qualifications, LOL.

:sarcasm:

[Honeycombe8]

35. Yes. She had had no direct political experience before entering politics. Neither

had some others. It can sometimes be considered a plus, not to be a career politician and to have actually been a working member of society.

[Dappleganger]

37. Do you know what she did before she became senator?

Before she was "just a president's wife", Hillary Clinton worked as an attorney advocating for children's rights issues.

Once again your ignorance regarding her qualifications is appalling. My guess is that if she were a man that you wouldn't think twice about it.

[demmiblue]

30. Oh, my. Lol!

:o

[Honeycombe8]

36. I didn't think it was funny that Clinton entered politics with no prior experience.

Others laughed at her. I didn't. Prior political experience is unnecessary, IMO.

[white_wolf]

41. She started in Congress.

She got a few years of experience before running for president. If Cain wants to start run for Congress or even governor that makes more sense, but trying to start off as president is ridiculous.

[former9thward]

43. Should Eisenhower have been banned from running?

[jmowreader]

45. Eisenhower was a five-star general who ran the European Theater of Operations in WWII

If there's a more political Army assignment I don't know what it is.

[former9thward]

50. I am very well aware of his history.

But running an army is very different than running a government or business. So according to the philosophy of the OP he should be banned.

[SmileyRose]

27. Not even the Republicans are taking him seriously

I'm stuck listening to Hannity from 4-5 every weekday at work thanks to a wingnut in the office and a weird sound tunnel from their office to my desk. Hannity has had guests on all last week talking about the hopefuls - Herman is not taken seriously at all.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

28. He's running for POTUS

I'm not sure he's being SERIOUSLY considered for the job. :shrug:

[XanaDUer]

31. B/C he's a BUSINESSMAN, and BUSINESSMEN make the

bestest political leaders, since we need to run the country like a BUSINESS now. :eyes:

[xphile]

32. Because ignorant people don't know the difference between an economic system and a

political system.

They think government is just another business.

Such stupidity is unforgivable.

[CTyankee]

33. Oh, please let him be the candidate!

I truly encourage him...

[Sheepshank]

34. Republicans are s-o-o-o-o 'into' corporations

they are convinced a nation should be run as a business.

Honestly, the stupidest continuing RW meme pepetuated by idiots.

[hatrack]

38. Good question - because he once paid people to make doughy, shitty pizza?

Seriously, it makes as much sense as the "calling" or "qualifications" of any of the other GOP Clown Car residents.

[whistler162]

39. H Ross is running again?

[Harmony Blue]

42. Because as others pointed out already

Right wingers believe that governments have to be just like corporations.

[BreweryYardRat]

44. Let me quote Jon Stewart...

"Because he can spout all the talking points."

[Unvanguard]

47. Does anyone take Herman Cain seriously as a contender? n/t

[Odin2005]

48. Pukes worship rich "bidness" men.

[CBGLuthier]

49. Because we ran out of Generals?

[Lizzie Poppet]

51. Outrageous! Experienced professorial politicians have done such a great job.

Oh, wait...

[Cleita]

53. For the same reason Meg Whitman thought she

could be Governor of California. Just because we got stuck with a clueless, horny, muscle man and hack actor, didn't mean we would make the same mistake twice.

[Imajika]

54. Professional politicians haven't been much better...

Saying that, only the fringe tea party types actually think Herman Cain should be President. He is grass roots fan favorite, not a serious contender. The other candidates don't want to offend his supporters by calling Cain out on the dumb things he says, but he's never going to amount to anything politically. The Republicans may be idiots, but they aren't going to nominate a guy who'd lose to Obama by 25 points.