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quinnox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 04:38 PM
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Whats up with all the Herman Cain fans?
I was reading a thread about him and there are many vocal defenders of this guy. Even though he seems to be a typical republican scumbag.
I also read in another thread a few days ago someone said there seems to be fans of this guy on here. Whats the appeal of this dude?
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pnwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 04:40 PM
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1. Maybe he's got a large set of trolls here? n/t
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 04:40 PM
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3. Agreed.. nt
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 04:40 PM
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2. Not only that...why are these people on a DEMOCRATIC website?
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Journeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 04:41 PM
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4. I like Herman Wouk, who wrote "The Caine Mutiny". . .
Can't imagine what appeal a Republican dough-spinner might have for these boards.
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RagAss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 04:42 PM
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5. Must be big Godfather Pizza lovers.
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ismnotwasm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 04:43 PM
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6. Dunno
He has no redeeming value that I can see.
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fredamae Donating Member (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 04:45 PM
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7. He's a "shiny, new object" n/t
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pnwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 04:46 PM
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8. The one I saw claimed he had a personal acquaintanceship with Cain,
Edited on Mon Jun-13-11 04:46 PM by pnwmom
going way back, and said what a great guy he was.

The post stunk to high heaven.
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 04:50 PM
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9. It's giving me the creeps.
:scared:
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Lucinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 04:57 PM
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10. Well for many of us he is a new face politically.
If I agree with someone on issues I mention it, even if they aren't a Dem.
Many of us, over the years here, share information about Rep candidates so we know who they are AS candidates. Especially since some of us live in heavily Rep areas.

Plus I'm not a fan of lockstep them v us thinking.
There are several Reps in congress that I pay attention to (like Snowe) who are often on my side of the issues.
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tkmorris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 05:02 PM
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11. I didn't see any "fans"
I saw people, myself included, who didn't see anything wrong with what he had said to inspire the thread. His remarks were taken to be somehow racist, and I and others just didn't see them as such.

I detest the man. There are any number of reasons for that, but that does not mean I have to agree with every bad thing said about him, no matter the logic behind it. I have this annoying tendency to try to be fair, even to those I don't like.
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Bladian Donating Member (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 05:05 PM
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13. This 100%
He refused to send pizza delivery "boys" into a violent neighborhood. Sure, he shouldn't really have called it a black neighborhood because that wasn't relevant. But he made the right call. I don't like him at all, I sure as hell am not a fan of his. But in this case he was right, regardless of how he phrased it.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 05:09 PM
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18. Saying he wouldn't appoint Muslims to his cabinet is "somehow racist"?
Edited on Mon Jun-13-11 05:10 PM by KamaAina
or, strictly speaking, bigoted? :eyes:
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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 05:03 PM
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12. Maybe he is this years model of Ron Paul for some du'ers.
Edited on Mon Jun-13-11 05:05 PM by emulatorloo
There used to be lots of threads way back when about how great Ron Paul is.
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Liberal_Stalwart71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 05:08 PM
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16. Ron Paul is a bigot, too, so maybe we should be surprised. n/t
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Liberal_Stalwart71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 05:06 PM
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14. They also defend his racism, which is quite baffling for me, but not surprising.
There was a lot of racism on DU during the Democratic primaries. People came out and showed who they really were and how they really felt.
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customerserviceguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 05:07 PM
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15. It's the 'outsider' that appeals to people
Ross Perot, Pat Buchannan, and Donald Trump all attract people who think they're 'untainted' by Big Government. Hell, Barack Obama even used a version of that to describe why he was running for president with less than half of a US Senate term under his belt.
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Broderick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-13-11 05:09 PM
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17. Herman is a radio personality
That is all he is. He has his unique followers, and says things for red meat. He is going nowhere in this election cycle. If anything, he is doing it for the future and for getting his own syndicated show imo. Maybe put the putz Boortz out of business...
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