4 instances.
Border fence
First position. Electrified with warning signs.
Second position. I was only joking.
Third position. I stand behind my first position.
9-9-9
First position. If you disagree your wrong.
Second position. Okay maybe exceptions for inner cities.
Third position. If you still disagree your math is wrong.
Fourth position. I haven't released all the details so stop complaining. (code for I gotta change it again please wait)
Negotiating with terrorists.
First position just before a debate. I would consider trading all gitmo prisoners for a US soldier.
Second position during debate. I would listen to my advisors.
Third position post debate interview. No way I would negotiate with terrorists.
Abortion.
First position. It's up to the family.
Second position. It's illegal.
Third position. It's up to the family.
He muddled the whole abortion thing so bad I honestly have no idea what he really believes and what he thinks the law should be.
On a side note social issues take a back burner for me.
Normally you and I are on exactly the same page and enjoy a mutual agreement fest, Grampa, but I think you're selling out brother Cain too quickly.
In every one of those instances, he was in a different context when he made a statement. For instance, I can 100% agree with his take that abortion should be illegal while at the same time think the federal government should stay out of it.
Like Sarah Palin was for awhile, Cain is currently the most coveted guest to put into the spotlight by every media source. ANYBODY who is speaking extemporaneously that much is going to appear to contradict themselves or present soundbites that can be made to look like something awful or stupid and used against them.
Cain, however, speaks from the heart and from conviction. He is not pandering to anybody and he defends his positions quite competently when given a forum to do so.
Please don't let the looney hateful left demonize, diminish, disqualify, or distort him as they do to EVERY leader the GOP raises up, most especially if it is a minority or a woman. We are severely outnumbered by media sources and the Democrats and a willing surrogate media aren't about to allow anybody like that wander off their reservation.
I don't know whether Cain is the man for the job. But I know he has said a whole lot more to commend him that are getting almost no play at all while media plays over and over the few useful sound bites that they use to convince even his admirers that he is a fool.
Let's don't let them do that to Herman Cain.
Don't get me wrong, I love Herman Cain, I think he is the real deal, I am not so fond of his 9-9-9 plan as I think it will raise taxes on 85% of Americans and for that reason I can't go along. That's a 9% income tax, a 9% corporate tax and a 9% sales tax on top of our state and local taxes. In my case it would amount to a 15.4% tax on everything I buy. Social security and medicare would still be taken out of our checks.
What concerns me even more is that you would not be taxed on used products, that would in turn encourage everyone to buy used goods to avoid the 9% sales tax. What would that do to the sale of new products, such as cars, trucks, appliances, clothing?? I think it would decrease the sales of new products, therefore causing even greater unemployment, because we make and sell new stuff- which creates jobs, we don't make any used stuff.
I am all in for a complete overhaul of our tax system, I just don't think this is the one that we need or want, certainly not if it's going to raise our taxes.
I like the 9% flat tax on income and the 9% flat tax on business income. I am not convinced the 9% sales tax would not be a dangerous VAT, but I also know Cain won't get that passed without convincing a lot of very smart people that it should be done. And I also know that with his track record and resume, he will alter a course of action when it isn't working or he is shown how something should not be done.
So, I also disagree on the 9% sales tax part of his plan, but that alone is not a deal breaker for me, most especially if he drafts somebody with the caliber of a Gingrich or Romney or Perry, all with MUCH savvy about how it all works.
I just don't want the viscious media and attack machine to destroy him so that he can't even be viable as a Veep choice. We let them do that to Sarah Palin. I won't stand by and watch it happen to Cain without speaking up though.