COMMENTARY | Herman Cain addressed the public today about the future of his candidacy. I watched the live broadcast online from ABC. He withdrew from the campaign, saying he was "suspending" it. His speech was laden with buzzwords and cliches about believing in America, God, country and "we the people" in particular.
He called running for president a "dirty, dirty game." As someone alleged to prefer harassing and having affairs with dirty, dirty girls Cain might be in position to know. Throughout his speech he kept to his usual strategy regarding the dirty, dirty allegations against him of sexual misconduct: deny, deny, deny. What else can we expect from a man of the same party as Richard "I am not a crook" Nixon?
Cain broke down America into three groups: The media, politicians and "we the people." During his closing he repeatedly asked people to "look inside to see what they can do." If he came any closer to saying, "Ask not what your country can do for you" he'd have to become a Democrat and change his name to Kennedy.
He says he is now embarking on Plan B, centered around policies on a website called thecainsolutions.com, which has a placeholder page at the time of this writing. He said foreign policy should revolve around strength and clarity. He says the U.S. needs energy independence. Cain claimed to be "disappointed that things have come to this point."
Cain asserted Washington needs to change and that while he wanted to be the man to change it from the inside that he will work to change it from the outside. His idea of change still appears to be centered around the 999 plan. If that strategy were any more slanted toward the rich Cain could ski down it with helpless working-class people strapped to his feet.
Cain failed to take the honorable path. He should have apologized for his moral shortcomings and for shaming his party, and then stepped down gracefully. Instead he remains a curse on his party because he announced on camera that he plans to endorse another candidate soon.
If I were running as a Republican I would beg him not to endorse me. Who needs a recommendation from a perceived harassing, lying, and adulterous plutocrat?
I wish we could say a final goodbye to Herman Cain but, like a bad rash, he'll be back.
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