I've been trying to avoid the 2012 election until it becomes a two horse race because the Republican field is a goddamn convoluted mess. Newt Gingrich's campaign nearly exploded on the launch pad but now he's a front runner. Rick Perry showed up to become the darling of the moment, and lost his mojo. Mitt Romney - who I think will get the nom, has been up and down as each new challenger appears. Michelle Bachman, Ron Paul, and whomever else on the fringe, well, they keep things odd. And then there is, or was, Herman Cain.
The pizza baron and political neophyte who barnstormed the (useless) polls, has been plagued by allegations of sexual harassment and marriage infidelity, and announced over the weekend that he is officially suspending his campaign for presidency. Suspend is a political term for quitting. "As of today, with a lot of prayer and soul searching, I am suspending my presidential campaign," Cain said. "I am disappointed that it came to this point that we had to make this decision." Because he's accumulating so many accusers, eventually he'll be overwhelmed solely on their lost votes.
But he added, like all other failed politicos, that he has a new website and will be angling to stay relevant as a commentator and consultant. "I am not going away. I will continue to be a voice for the people." Well, not the ones he groped and harassed.
Thanks to Tea Party support and the lack of big name governors like Mitch Daniels and Chris Christie, Cain's stock rose, but not faster than his libido. Much as he was torpedoed by his past, his campaign was more hype than substance. Aside from huge gaffes like thinking China did not have nuclear capability, he did not have truly original ideas. Take his 9-9-9 Plan, which is not a countrywide phone discount, but a tax structure - and it is strangely similar to the set up in the Sim City game.It seems almost fitting that his exit speech concluded with something else unoriginal: "Life can be a challenge, life can seem impossible, but it's never easy when there's so much on the line." That was cribbed from Pokemon 2000.
Herman Cain and his campaign, much like his Godfather's Pizza, did not reinvent anything - it just served up something that folks were excited and hungry for, and ultimately left them unsatisfied before they reached the end.
The pizza baron and political neophyte who barnstormed the (useless) polls, has been plagued by allegations of sexual harassment and marriage infidelity, and announced over the weekend that he is officially suspending his campaign for presidency. Suspend is a political term for quitting. "As of today, with a lot of prayer and soul searching, I am suspending my presidential campaign," Cain said. "I am disappointed that it came to this point that we had to make this decision." Because he's accumulating so many accusers, eventually he'll be overwhelmed solely on their lost votes.
But he added, like all other failed politicos, that he has a new website and will be angling to stay relevant as a commentator and consultant. "I am not going away. I will continue to be a voice for the people." Well, not the ones he groped and harassed.
Thanks to Tea Party support and the lack of big name governors like Mitch Daniels and Chris Christie, Cain's stock rose, but not faster than his libido. Much as he was torpedoed by his past, his campaign was more hype than substance. Aside from huge gaffes like thinking China did not have nuclear capability, he did not have truly original ideas. Take his 9-9-9 Plan, which is not a countrywide phone discount, but a tax structure - and it is strangely similar to the set up in the Sim City game.It seems almost fitting that his exit speech concluded with something else unoriginal: "Life can be a challenge, life can seem impossible, but it's never easy when there's so much on the line." That was cribbed from Pokemon 2000.
Herman Cain and his campaign, much like his Godfather's Pizza, did not reinvent anything - it just served up something that folks were excited and hungry for, and ultimately left them unsatisfied before they reached the end.
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