Does the truth really set you free? In America, we boast that we have the freedom of speech, but is that freedom of speech limited to the average Joe on the street, and not extended to a presidential candidate? Even if we say the presidential candidate has the right to say whatever he wants, does he really? Or will it cost him our votes, and the presidential nomination in the election? Is turning a blind eye and dividing one’s self amongst those who favor your political beliefs a smart decision? In Cain’s case he needs to remember, the nomination is just the first step, he still has to win the election. Does standing by his beliefs not swayed but the possibility of a disastrous outcome, make Cain the man America needs in this time of crisis or a man who will ignore the cries of the poor to have dinner with the rich? Is Cain’s choice in words calling the 99 percent, the protesters on wall street, hypocrites, responsible for their own failures, a yellow brick road to the white house? Is ensuring himself as the Republican Candidate for the 2012 election, also ensuring his failure to win the deed to the Whitehouse? How many people do you know that would vote for a man that told you on national television to look in the mirror because the only person responsible for your failure is yourself? He doesn’t mention that jobs have been cut, people have been laid off, can’t find work, can’t pay their bills, and are struggling to eat, forget that we are in a recession, you’re a failure because your lazy. Is he winning the votes of the 1 percent while alienating himself from the 99 percent?
As the 99 percent: a reference to those who are not among the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans, pave the walkways of Wall Street and Liberty square chanting “this is what democracy looks like:” Herman Cain expresses his skepticism about the demonstrations. He tells Wall Street Journalist that "Rather than protest against Wall Street, those camped out in the streets should examine their own failures and take a hard look in the mirror. Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks," he continued. "If you don't have a job and you are not rich, blame yourself!" NY Daily News shares that Cain has expressed that he believes that although he doesn’t have proof that these demonstrations are planned and orchestrated to distract from the failed policies of the Obama administration. Cbsnews reports that Cain constantly questions, “What do they want?” The banks were to blame, at least somewhat, in the 2008 financial crisis, but he says, “We’re not in 2008—we’re in 2011.” He fails to see the snowball effect of the situation. Seeing how ultimately all things are related, creating a cause and effect pendulum. Because that action took place, we are left to deal with its equal and opposite reaction, Newton’s third law of motion.
"What they should learn is that you don’t help the poor by hurting the rich. That’s not America – and not how American dreams are made. Empowerment is the key to success, not entitlement," he quotes Herman Cain. He goes on to infer that the protesters are hypocritical in using corporate technology in their protest, because such tools would not be around without corporate business. He states: "It’s ironic that protesters who have uniformly attacked the rich and corporate CEOs happen to sport iPods, iPhones and other innovative technological tools that entrepreneurs have worked so hard to invent, build and distribute to consumers," he wrote. In this he is saying you want to cut down the tree and still bear its fruit, you can’t have thing both ways and when you try to, it just makes you look stupid.
Always one to capitalize on a situation Cain uses the protest to stress that he's more in touch with the middle class than the GOP front-runner, Mitt Romney. In the latest CBS News poll, Cain is tied for first place with Romney. According to Business Insider Cain states: “Romney has been a Wall Street executive, I have been a Main Street executive. I have been closer to the pulse and the heartbeat of medium and small businesses, operationally, more so than Mitt." He knows what it feels like to sit on both sides of the table, to be both the lender and the borrower.
In an op-ed for the New York Post, the former Godfather's pizza CEO turned Republican presidential candidate wrote that the protesters would, "rather have a handout than work." Citing his own family as an example of how hard work can lead to financial success.
I made it, why can’t you?
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