{"id":11479,"date":"2011-09-29T21:00:40","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T01:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=11479"},"modified":"2011-09-30T09:33:49","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T13:33:49","slug":"the-lovable-herman-cain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/11479\/the-lovable-herman-cain\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lovable Herman Cain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever since his victory in last weekend’s Florida straw poll, Herman Cain is getting a lot more attention from political pundits who had previously considered him nothing more than B-level fodder for the Tea Party. This works out nicely for Cain, who may reap financial dividends in addition to electoral ones because of the upcoming release of his book, This is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House<\/em> (it’s out next Tuesday).<\/p>\n

Reviewing the book over at Pajamas Media<\/a>, Pajamas CEO Roger L. Simon makes it abundantly clear why Cain — despite some previous gaffes — is a deeply attractive candidate. As Simon writes in his opening:<\/p>\n

The secret of Herman Cain is that he seems \u2014 at least to me \u2014 genuinely to be a mentally healthy human being.<\/p>\n

This is no small thing, particularly in the world of politics \u2014 even more so presidential politics, where large dollops of nearly clinical narcissism are necessary to propel the ambition needed to run for this most powerful of offices.<\/p>\n

As most of us know by now, Cain leavens his<\/em> narcissism with generous jolts of humor \u2014 much of it self-deprecating \u2014 that make him, at this moment anyway, the most engaging figure on the political scene.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then there’s this impressive digest of Cain’s resume:<\/p>\n

This is the same man who put himself through Morehouse College majoring in math, got a masters in computer science from Purdue (while improving academically), plotted rocket guidance for the Navy, started in business at Coca-Cola, then went on to turn around the fortunes of Philadelphia\u2019s Burger King franchise, take over the aforementioned Godfather\u2019s Pizza chain, become the head of the National Restaurant Association, be appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and host a radio show into the bargain. And, of course, he defeated the Big C.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The most heartening insight, however, may be this one:<\/p>\n

This Is Herman Cain<\/em> also includes an appendix spelling out the candidate\u2019s stands on the issues. Its final section \u2014 My Candidacy, Against the Odds \u2014 contains the following in bold face:<\/p>\n

1. I don\u2019t claim to know everything:
\n2. I don\u2019t pander to groups;
\n3. I am terrible at political correctness.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not bad for starters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cain still has a very long way to go to prove that he’s got presidential mettle. But if it turns out that he does, it will be a beautiful thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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