Tag: "Herman Cain"

Pride and Prejudice?
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Pride and Prejudice?

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The inevitable has happened.  After weeks of steadily plummeting polls numbers and increasing political pressure, Herman Cain’s campaign has finally collapsed under the weight of multiple allegations of sexual infidelity.  The general assumption is that Newt Gingrich will be the primary benefactor of Cain’s demise.  Unlike the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO, Gingrich’s political star has […]

Sexual Politics and the GOP Kaleidoscope
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Sexual Politics and the GOP Kaleidoscope

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Theodore Roosevelt’s great image of politics as a kaleidoscope hardly captures the present pandemonium over Herman Cain’s alleged sexual misdeeds. For a Republican primary, usually a pretty button-down affair, this is pretty steamy stuff. Compared to Bill Clinton’s escapades-proven, admitted and forgiven by his wife, Hillary — this matter is still in the realm of […]

Heat on Herman Cain for Abortion Position
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Heat on Herman Cain for Abortion Position

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Herman Cain is surging ahead in the Republican presidential primary race – an October 20th Rassmusen poll in Iowa puts him in the lead at 28%, ahead of Mitt Romney at 21% – but facing increasing scrutiny from pro-life voters as a result of confusing and conflicting statements made during multiple media interviews. In an […]

In Public, Keep What You “Believe” About Abortion to Yourself
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In Public, Keep What You “Believe” About Abortion to Yourself

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Given the recent incoherent attempts by Herman Cain to articulate what he claims is a pro-life position, it is apparent that he needs some lessons in how to make the prolife case — if indeed, he is pro-life.  If he is pro-life, then some humility is in order, like recognizing that his answers so far have […]

In Politics, Money Talks
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In Politics, Money Talks

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They say that money is the mother’s milk of politics, and now that the field of Republican presidential hopefuls has solidified, the media has locked onto fundraising numbers as the primary means of measuring the viability of the candidates.   Not surprisingly, establishment favorite Mitt Romney is far and away the best funded candidate.  Rick […]

Presidential Aspirants Clamber Over Mutilated Bodies of Their Grandbabies
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Presidential Aspirants Clamber Over Mutilated Bodies of Their Grandbabies

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The state of American politics is such that the question of whether or not their own grandchildren should be torn limb from limb and thrown in the garbage has become a routine subject of speculation for presidential candidates. The state of American presidential candidates is such that they can dispassionately entertain the dismemberment of their own smallest progeny. They are the men of whom C. S. Lewis wrote, the men without chests.