HERMAN CAIN – THE PEOPLE’S CHAMPION

By Frances Rice

George Bernard Shaw once wrote: “You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?’”  In making his bid to become our next president, Herman Cain showed that he is the champion of the people and the embodiment of the American spirit that has made this country great.  His commentary as shown below is a testament to that and a demonstration of the old adage: “Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.”   

Frances Rice is a lawyer, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and chairman of the National Black Republican Association.  She may be contacted on the Internet at:  www.NBRA.info

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Cain Commentary: “Brokenhearted, but not Broken”

You’re not defeated as long as you never stop fighting. And while my presidential campaign is suspended, it’s important to remember that my pursuit of the presidency was only a means to an end. As long as the end is achieved, victory will be at hand.

My incredible army of supporters, whom I can never thank enough for all they have done so far, have not labored in vain. The real prize is still ours for the taking.

I did not want to become president just for the sake of being president. I’m perfectly happy with what I’ve accomplished in my life and I don’t need the ego boost. Rather, I sought the presidency because our nation has some big problems to deal with, and it’s clear that our political class has neither the will nor the ability to solve them.

For that very reason, I was not surprised that I was viciously attacked once I rose in the polls. I was surprised by the nature of the attacks. Me, a womanizer? I would never have thought they’d come up with that one. But I knew the establishment would not like the idea of my success, because I will not get along by going along like so many do. I will not kick the can down the road to the next generation of leaders, because our problems are serious and they need to be solved now.

That threatens people who know there may be a political price to pay for enacting solutions that will work, and would rather wait things out and let someone else take the heat. That would not have been possible during a Cain presidency.

But if real solutions are achieved, it will not matter who achieved them. If Congress and the president take the right measures to ensure our fiscal strength, protect our national security, achieve energy independence, spur economic growth and accomplish health care reform that actually works – it won’t matter to me whose signature is on the bills. Only that the bills become laws that get us to the goal.

And while I am disappointed, there are more than a few silver linings to doing this work outside the context of a presidential campaign. The process by which we choose our nation’s leader is ridiculous. There is little focus on policy substance and even less on candidates’ governing skills. If you’re not warding off some wild accusation, you’re explaining away a “gaffe,” which is usually the sort of slip of the tongue that anyone can make, but because some reporter heard it, it turns into a news-cycle narrative with a shelf life of six or seven days.

That’s behind us. All I need to do now is advocate for solutions that work, under the auspices of TheCainSolutions.com , and that will have two essential elements.

One is to better educate the American people about the nature of the problems we face. There is still too little understanding of the severity of our debt and fiscal crisis. That is why members of Congress lack the political will to solve the problem. They perceive that they will pay a steeper price for taking action than they will pay for doing nothing. That is no excuse for such poor leadership, but the fact remains that if we can change the political dynamic – so that the people are demanding action rather than rewarding inaction – we will be able to change the results.

The second element is to advocate for solutions that actually work. I was amused by the criticism I received for frequently mentioning my 9-9-9 tax reform, particularly by those who referred to it as a “catch phrase” and so forth, clearly demonstrating that they didn’t grasp what it’s all about. The 9-9-9 plan is the biggest transfer of power from government back to the people since the beginning of this nation. That’s what they are afraid of.

I talked about 9-9-9 so often during the campaign because it’s a major reform that would completely change the way we pay taxes, the way we do business and the way people manage their personal budgets. We need reform like that. Political consultants are forever telling candidates to “stay on message,” but I guess that doesn’t apply when the message is a substantive reform that would actually solve problems. Be that as it may, I am far from finished staying on message. The Cain Solutions effort will relentlessly push for an understanding of the real stakes our nation faces, and for a groundswell that demands real solutions.

As I said during my announcement on Saturday, becoming president was Plan A. Anyone with a big goal needs to recognize that you might need a Plan B, and our Plan B has a lot going for it.

Six months ago, most of you had never heard of me. You have now. A lot of what you’ve heard is not true, but I’ve got your attention. Keep listening, and if you care about the future of our country like I do, get involved. Unlike a presidential campaign, what we’re doing now can’t be stopped by scandal-mongering or polls. We’ll only be defeated if we give up.

And we’re not going to do that.

Herman Cain
www.HermanCain.com 

HERMAN CAIN – AMERICA NEEDS YOU

By Frances Rice

This is a pivotal moment in our nation’s history.
 
The concerted campaign of personal destruction against Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain by the liberal media is yet another clear demonstration that the left-wing press has long since abandoned any pretense of news reporting as envisioned by the First Amendment to our Constitution.  Instead, the so-called main stream media has become the propaganda arm of the Democratic Party led by President Barack Obama who is determined to ram his failed socialist agenda down America’s throat and turn our country into an economic basket case like Greece, Italy and Spain.
 
Herman Cain has an opportunity now to thwart the liberal press efforts to drive accomplished conservative candidates out of the political arena with lies, distortions and innuendos, while they glorify misbehaving liberal candidates and cover up their high crimes, misdemeanors and just plain bad behavior.  Prime examples are Bill Clinton who lied under oath, Ted Kennedy who was responsible for a woman’s drowning death and Barney Frank out of whose home his homosexual lover ran a brothel.

America needs Cain to stay in the presidential race and not buckle under the weight of the liberal smear machine.  By the same token, Cain needs America to look at the facts and not condemn him based on unproven allegations.

When the Obama media realized their attempts to derail Cain’s campaign with false charges of sexual harassment were not working, they were quick to give airtime to a clearly troubled woman, Ginger White, who presented zero evidence to support her allegations of an affair with Cain.

An unemployed single mother, Ms. White filed a sexual harassment claim against an employer in 2001, a cased that was settled.  Financially strapped women employees, such as Ms. White, know full well they can extort money from companies by making false claims of sexual harassment.

On Ms. White’s record is the bankruptcy she filed in Kentucky almost 23 years ago, as well as several eviction notices over a six-year period in the Atlanta area, demonstrations that she has massive financial difficulties.

Even more damning is the fact that Ms. White’s former business partner once sought a “stalking temporary protective order” against her for “repeated e-mails/texts threatening lawsuit and defamation of character.” After that case was dismissed, a libel lawsuit was filed against Ms. White where a judge entered an order against Ms. White when she failed to respond to that lawsuit.  Click here to see an article with more details by Susan Saulny entitled “Woman Claims Affair With Cain, and He Denies It.”

While appearing on television, Ms. White admitted that Cain helped her out financially with no exchange of “sexual favors.”  Then came the telling moment when Ms. White brazenly stated that she does not share Cain’s political “views.”  It does not take a rocket scientist to discern that Ms. White, a black woman, is a Democrat.   Without a doubt, if Ms. White had been a Republican woman making such an outlandish charge against a Democrat politician, her allegation would not have seen the light of day.

Below is an article by Day Gardner, a black woman, expressing the sentiments of average Americans who are disgusted by how the media is attempting to assassinate Cain’s character.  Click here to view a video by Dr. Alveda C. King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who lives in Atlanta and has known Cain for many years.  She voices her continued support for Cain, pointing out that the facts show that Ms. White lacks credibility.

Frances Rice is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel, a lawyer and chairman of the National Black Republican Association.  She can be contacted at: www.NBRA.info

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America is Being Sucker-Punched! Commentary on Herman Cain and the Court of Public Opinion
By Day Gardner

There is a plot to destroy Herman Cain–we see it in the money hungry women vying for 15 minutes of fame and fortune and we see it in the liberal media’s assassination of Herman Cain.

The saddest thing is that America is being sucker-punched by the liberal media. Most of them are so deep in Obama’s trench that there are no limits to how low they will go. They knew that all they had to do was plant a seed… even if it’s a seed pod filled with lies — they knew they’d be successful in placing doubt in the minds of Cain supporters.

Gone are the days when newsmen and women sought hard facts before airing a story.

Instead we are left with ‘fake’ reality TV news programs — very similar to the Jersey Shore, Real Housewives and Survivor. Today’s media helps to create uncomfortable situations and then they sensationalize their report on how people react.

It is obvious that those who seek to defame Herman Cain’s character see him as a definite threat to President Obama — and they are absolutely correct!

There are those who have him convicted even though there are no hard facts to prove anything. It’s a whole lot of "he said she said" which would never hold up in Judge Judy’s court. As for me, there is no doubt in my mind… I’m still on the train.

Case dismissed!

HERMAN CAIN – THE CITIZENS’ CANDIDATE

By Frances Rice

Guilty until proven innocent.  This is the un-American standard set for Republican candidates when attacked by the liberal media.  Those who want to destroy Herman Cain’s candidacy have given no consideration to the FACT that not one of the thousands of women Cain had contact with over his 40-year career has ever filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint for the record, an action that would have resulted in Cain being fired, if the allegations were proven true.  Why was no such complaint ever filed, if Cain was, indeed, a serial sexual harasser and created a hostile work environment, as is being alleged?  The answer is simple.  Herman Cain has never sexually harassed any one.

Those who are relentlessly attacking Cain are ignoring the exculpatory statements made by National Restaurant Association (NRA) officials who spoke on the record, saying that Cain never harassed women.  Those quotes are buried in the last paragraph of the original Politico story:   

Ron Magruder, Denise Marie Fugo and Joseph Fassler, the chair, vice chair and immediate past chairman of the National Restaurant Association board of directors at the time of Cain’s departure, said they hadn’t heard about any complaints regarding Cain making unwanted advances.

“I have never heard that. It would be news to me,” said Fugo, who runs a Cleveland, Ohio, catering company, adding such behavior would be totally out of character for the Cain she knew. “He’s very gracious.”

Fassler, who helped bring Cain on board as CEO of the restaurant association, said that any inappropriate behavior was not brought to his attention and that he would be upset to learn it had gone on and he was not made aware of it.

“That’s a shock to me,” Fassler said. “As an officer during all of Herman’s years there as a paid executive… none of that stuff ever surfaced to me. Nobody ever called me, complained about this, nor did I ever hear that from Peter Kilgore, nor did I ever hear that from Herman Cain.”

Fassler – who ran a Phoenix food-service company and finished his term as chairman the month before Cain’s June 1999 departure but remained on the board’s executive committee – described Cain as treating men and women identically and asserted it was “not within his character” to make unwanted advances. “It’s not what I know of him,” Fassler said.

Much like Fassler, almost all board members remember Cain fondly and say he left on good terms.

Cain was “extremely professional” and “fair” to female staffers at the restaurant association, recalled Lee Ellen Hayes, who said she “worked fairly closely with” Cain in the late 1990s, when she was an executive at the National Restaurant Association Education Fund, a Chicago-based offshoot of the group.

The payments made to two women by the NRA were made when Cain was no longer with the organization.  Here is a link to an article “Sexual Harassment’s Legal Morass” by Curt Levey that explains, in detail, why corporations will pay people off, even when complaints are baseless.  It’s cheaper than going through the legal process to prove the complaints are without merit.  Disgruntled employees know this.

Here is a link to an article entitled “Witness: Cain accuser hugged him during Tea Party meeting a month ago” by Michael Sneed which shows that Cain’s latest accuser, Chicagoan Sharon Bialek, was quite comfortable in Cain’s presence just four weeks ago.

It would be a national travesty if we, as Republican primary voters, sanction the high-tech lynching of a decent, honest and accomplished black Republican who is being targeted for destruction by the liberal press because he dares to be a conservative.  The liberals in the media don’t care one wit about sexual harassment.  Witness how they embraced and voted for egregiously philandering Democrats such as Bill Clinton, Ted Kennedy and John Edwards.   Details are in the article entitled “Standards don’t exist for Dems" by Holly Robichaud that can be read by clicking here. 

The biased, hypocritical liberal journalists are hoping they can cause Republican primary voters to turn against Herman Cain, so we will get stuck with another moderate Republican as our presidential nominee who will not inspire the enthusiastic support of the Republican Party base.  This will make it easier for the liberal press to drag President Barack Obama back into the White House so he can complete his systematic destruction of our economy with his out-of-control spending and crushing debt.   

As author Michael Scheuer wrote, the Democratic Party is the party of the four S’s:  slavery, secession, segregation and now socialism.  Obama is a socialist and is bent on foisting on America his failed socialist policies.  A general election contest between a black Democrat socialist who harbors disdain for America and a black Republican conservative who embraces our free enterprise system and loves America would put in stark relief the choice facing our country.  Below is a summary of Cain’s educational and managerial experiences that make him imminently qualified to be our next president.  A demonstration of how effective he is in debating Democrats can be seen from this video: “Herman Cain Educates Clinton on Economics in 1994 HC [Health Care] Town Hall Forum".  

Unfortunately for liberals in the Obama-controlled state media who are busily destroying their own profession while gleefully attacking Cain, most Americans have their eyes wide open and many Republican primary voters have embraced Herman Cain as the Citizens’ Candidate.  An insight into why Cain’s support among a plurality of Republicans has not diminished can be gained from reading the article “Why We Should Be Unfair to Herman Cain” by Andrew Klavan.

Cain is genuine, a man of integrity who has the courage to stand up for truth, justice and the American way.  

Frances Rice is a lawyer, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and chairman of the National Black Republican Association.  She may be contacted on the Internet at:  www.NBRA.info

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A Summary Of Herman Cain’s BIO That’s Better Than Any Candidate Of Any Party

* Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics.

* Master’s degree in Computer Science.

* Mathematician for the Navy, where he worked on missile ballistics (making him a rocket scientist).

* Computer systems analyst for Coca-Cola.

* VP of Corporate Data Systems and Services for Pillsbury (this is the top of the ladder in the computer world, being in charge of information systems for a major corporation).

All achieved before reaching the age of 35. Since he reached the top of the information systems world, he changed careers!

* Business Manager. Took charge of Pillsbury’s 400 Burger King restaurants in the Philadelphia area, which were the company’s poorest performers in the country.

He spent the first nine months learning the business from the ground up, cooking hamburger and yes, cleaning toilets. After three years he had turned them into the company’s best performers.

* Godfather’s Pizza CEO. Was asked by Pillsbury to take charge of their Godfather’s Pizza chain (which was on the verge of bankruptcy).  He made it profitable in 14 months.

* In 1988 he led a buyout of the Godfather’s Pizza chain from Pillsbury. He was now the owner of a restaurant chain. Again he reached the top of the ladder of another industry.

* He was also chairman of the National Restaurant Association during this time. This is a group that interacts with government on behalf of the restaurant industry, and it gave him political experience from the non-politician side.

Having reached the top of a second industry, he changed careers again!

* Adviser to the Federal Reserve System. Herman Cain went to work for the Federal Reserve Banking System advising them on how monetary policy changes would affect American businesses.

* Chairman of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank. He worked his way up to the chairmanship of a regional Federal Reserve Bank. This is only one step below the chairmanship of the entire Federal Reserve System (the top banking position in the country). This position allowed him to see how monetary policy is made from the inside, and understand the political forces that impact the monetary system.

After reaching the top of the banking industry, he changed careers for a fourth time!

* Writer and public speaker. He then started to write and speak on leadership. His books include “Speak as a Leader”, “CEO of Self”, “Leadership is Common Sense”, and “They Think You’re Stupid”.

* Radio Host. Around 2007—after a remarkable 40-year career—he started hosting a radio show on WSB in Atlanta (the largest talk radio station in the country).

He did all this starting from rock bottom (his father was a chauffeur and his mother was a maid). When you add up his accomplishments in his life, including reaching the top of three unrelated industries (information systems, business management, and banking), you can see that Cain may have the most impressive resume of anyone that has run for the presidency in the last half century.  He knows more about creating jobs and the economy than any of the other candidates running for president. He solves problems.

AMERICA SPEAKS: BEAT OBAMA WITH A CAIN

By Frances Rice

America is gripped by economic devastation created by the failed socialist policies of President Barack Obama.  Meanwhile, Obama is campaigning around the country, brazenly promising to continue his job-killing spending.   He’s advocating more big government socialism and is intent on plunging our country into an economic grave, along with the Soviet Union and other failed socialist nations that tried to spend their way to prosperity.

The only thing standing in Obama’s way is the American people who are now speaking loudly and clearly:  We will beat Obama with a Cain.

Distortions by the liberal press about Herman Cain’s positions on issues are not resonating because average Americans refuse to be influenced by the media’s poison pen.

Recent polls from key states, including Florida, Iowa and New Hampshire show Cain surging.   Among the straw polls won by Cain by huge margins are the ones in Florida and Nevada.  To the surprise of some naysaying pundits, a New York Times/CBS poll released on October 25th reveals that Cain is leading nationally among likely Republican voters with 25 percent support, compared to 21 percent for Gov. Mitt Romney, 10 percent for former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, 8 percent for Texas Rep. Ron Paul and 6 percent for Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

Even more important is the new poll released by Rasmussen Reports, showing Cain is ahead of Obama in a hypothetical general election contest, with Cain receiving 43 percent of the vote and Obama only 41 percent.

Here is what one person wrote on the Internet that expresses very well voter sentiment:  

“I would vote for Herman Cain in a heartbeat. I see him more as a businessman than a politician and our country right now needs a businessman who can help start our country on the road to recovery. Also, as an African American, he is an example of overcoming prejudices and built himself up, he is an Horatio Alger example. Too many are still holding onto the past and the “Poor Me Syndrome”. He carries no baggage and we should all remember that, like balloons, it is not the color that makes them rise, it’s what inside. You go Herman!!!!!”

Americans are excited about Cain because he rose from humble roots, became a successful executive at corporations, including Godfather’s, Burger King and Pillsbury and later served as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City.  He knows how both the government and private sector worlds work.

Below is an article by an African American freelance journalist, voicing her support for Cain.  More information about Herman Cain can be found by clicking here for a Herman Cain fact sheet and clicking here for the NBRA home page.   

Frances Rice is a lawyer, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and chairman of the National Black Republican Association.  She may be contacted on the Internet at:  www.NBRA.info

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Herman Cain: A step above other GOP candidates
By Felicia Benamon 

Once in a while, there comes a candidate that "up and grabs you" by the collar and demands you listen to the urgency of the time, the urgency of problems facing our nation. That person is Herman Cain. No politician he is to me, he represents the working man.

The straight-talking presidential candidate is leading the presidential pack with his common sense approach to our nation’s problems — Cain has grabbed the attention of the American people. He is able to connect with a large base of people who recognize the soundness and straight forward approach of his ideas.

Mr. Cain is a man who has earned and worked his way to the top. He is a man with business experience who will know a little something about economics — to pull our nation out of this slump. He is someone who respects free enterprise, and believes in the individuals’ ability through creativity and innovation to create jobs, wealth, and prosperity — not putting together useless "stimulus" packages that benefit no one in the long run.

CBS senior political reporter Brian Montopoli writes, "Certainly, the simplicity of his message — most notably, of course, in the form of his "9-9-9" plan — has captured primary voters’ attention."

Of course in the same article, he questions whether Cain is knowledgeable enough to hold the high position from statements Cain has made before.

There is no perfect candidate, and presidents make mistakes. But assuredly, America needs a man who is in tune with and believes in the American people without making empty promises. Someone who has a plan. Someone who believes in America and her ability to pull herself out of the mire.

I’ve heard Cain reference former president Ronald Reagan, America as the "shining city on a hill." He elaborated and said, "…but of late, that shining city on a hill has started to slide down the hilltop."

Everyone knows running for president takes money. Cain has so far raised 2.8 million over the summer and has 1.3 million currently. This is a man who, to me, takes little resources/funds he has (compared to his competitors) and makes much use of it wisely. He has certainly passed the pack of top contenders who have far more to spend and are using more methods to reach voters.

People are looking for a candidate that is not tied to big money and Herman Cain is it. He does it his way and is having success at it. That is the mark of true leadership.

You will expect no political correctness from this candidate. Yes the GOP is not immune to the political correctness trap. If you want a no-nonsense man leading this nation, Herman Cain is that person who needs no-nonsense support behind him.

Montopoli continued: "Cain is essentially throwing out the playbook in favor of a seat-of-the-pants, cash-poor, lightly staffed operation that is leaving political insiders scratching their heads. If Cain is able to win the nomination, he’ll not only shock the political establishment, he’ll forever alter the way the political game is played. He might even shock himself."

Agreed!

I believe America is ready for someone with fresh, new ideas—Herman Cain’s 9-9-9: A vision for Economic growth: YouTube and HermainCain.com   

It’s time to put on our big boy pants and get to work to support Herman Cain in this critical hour!  www.hermancain.com

Felicia Benamon is a conservative columnist who writes from a political perspective, but occasionally deviates to write about other concerns facing her country. She comes from a military background and is currently a freelance reporter residing in Tennessee. You may contact Felicia at zcoolone2011@aol.com

HERMAN CAIN WINS FLORIDA GOP STRAW POLL

By Frances Rice

It was, indeed, a stunning victory.  When the votes were counted Saturday, September 24th, Herman Cain was declared the winner of the Florida Republican Party’s Presidency Five straw poll.  He won by a substantial margin, 37.1% of the 2,657 delegate votes cast, more than the combined amounts for the governor of Texas, Rick Perry (15.4%) and the former governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney (14.0%).  Herman Cain’s unequivocal conservative message resonated well with the Florida Presidency Five delegates.  He outlined clearly his detailed record of more than 40 years of job creation in the private sector and, as he stated, his “common sense solutions to restore fiscal sanity to government”.  To see an article about Mr. Cain’s win, click here.

Frances Rice is a lawyer, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and chairman of the National Black Republican Association.  She may be contacted on the Internet at:  www.NBRA.info