I hope you enjoy all 15 of these mini-essays/comments.
ONE:
I just clicked on the Herman Cain for President website. There wasn’t any mention of him “suspending” his presidential campaign. There were, however, options to click on and “Join the Cain Train,” and to contribute. There was also an article posted by Cain on 12/01, entitled: “Ginger White: Another Loser Trying to Cash in.”
Also listed is a “private reception with photo op” scheduled for Dec. 5 in Oklahoma City…with a $250 minimum suggested contribution. How many will pay $250 to have their picture taken with Cain, without a colostomy bag over his head? Since his website is still open for business, will Cain insist on participating in future GOP candidate debates? I mean, he didn’t drop out, he just “suspended.”
Steven Searle for US President in 2012
“Even though Cain’s website brags, ‘[Cain] has never been fazed by what is expedient or easy…,’ it seems he was easily tempted by both.”
TWO:
Knew-it Gettin’-Rich vs. Barack Obama? Obama will win in a landslide after painting Gettin’-Rich as the personification of the insider, professional politician from the Party of No, who really believes it would take only 3 low-level nukes fired from a barge in the Gulf of Mexico to pump out enough EMP to completely paralyze the whole country. What a fool!
Steven Searle for US President in 2012
“If the choice narrows down to Knew-It vs. Obama, the former Speaker wouldn’t be able to withstand the withering blast of reminders resurrected from his past brought to the entire country's attention.”
THREE:
“… [Newt Gingrich’s] opponents, a slapstick lot….” Ron Paul & Jon Huntsman? Slapstick?
“But presidential campaigns are about character”… Knute Gettin’-Rich has character? People, especially female voters, could come to admire squeaky clean Romney as a personification of family values. Standing next to Knute, Mitt looks like a saint. Imagine that, Knute and Herman, a man who behaves himself, maritally speaking.
Steven Searle for US President in 2012
“Joe Klein [the author of this article]? Or is it Joke Lyin’?"
“Joe Klein [the author of this article]? Or is it Joke Lyin’?"
FOUR:
Knute Gettin’-Rich, All American, promised on his website to sign this Executive Order (among others) on Day One:
“Respect Each Sovereign Nation’s Choice of its Capital. Each sovereign nation, under international law and custom, may designate its own Capital. Accordingly, the U.S. State Department should be instructed to respect the choice of each sovereign nation and place the American embassy in their Capital. (Israel is the only country the United States discriminates against in this regard. The people of Israel have designated Jerusalem as their capital. Yet the United States retains its embassy in Tel Aviv.)”
Knute is being disingenuous here. He could simply grant diplomatic recognition to Israel (even though it already has that status), but this time with this language, “The U.S. recognizes the state of Israel, Jerusalem being its capital, as the eternal homeland of the Jewish people (its Arab citizens be damned).” [Well, that IS where he’s coming from.]
Instead, Knute (All American) chooses to use an indirect route by claiming “the U.S. State Department should be instructed…” Instead he could choose the direct route by invoking the unique and unshared power of the President to grant diplomatic recognition. Is this an example of Gettin’-Rich’s bold leadership style – to hide behind the State Department?
Jerusalem doesn’t entirely belong to Israel, which is why we put our embassy in Tel Aviv in order to contest that claim. Israel has the right to choose its own capital. But we’re not obligated to endorse that decision. Besides, if Israel didn’t like our choice of Tel Aviv, they could have barred our embassy unless we placed it in Jerusalem. And Israel didn’t do that, now did it? So obviously Israel didn’t choose to invoke some mystic right that all embassies must be placed in a capital city.
Steven Searle for US President in 2012
“I won’t kiss Israel’s butt like Gettin’-Rich; I will (on DAY ONE) completely void our recognition of Israel, granting that status to Palestine instead.”
FIVE:
Maybe Cain will make a defiant announcement [on Dec. 3], saying, "If Ginger White says I've had sex with her (off and on) for 13 years, she should be able to describe some of my intimate anatomical details. I say she won't be able to do that because...we never had sex!"
Steven Searle for US President in 2012
"Wow, wouldn't that turn things around! At least somewhat. After all, he did admit giving her money."
SIX:
Why didn’t the interviewer cut to the chase by asking: “Since you had a 13-year affair with Herman Cain, you can surely give us some intimate details. Big or small? Circumcised or uncircumcised? Hangs to the left or to the right…or is he ambiDICKstrous?”
Steven Searle for US President in 2012
“I swear, the ‘journalists’ covering this case are as lame as the ones who never asked candidate Obama any hard questions back in 2007.”
SEVEN:
All Ginger White has to do is go public with details of Cain's anatomy. I'm absolutely amazed none of the media hounds has asked her, point blank, if she would consider doing this.
Steven Searle for US President in 2012
"I haven't seen any comments posted by Yahoo posters about this, though I have tried to bring it up twice before only to find - Yahoo censors again. Let's see if this post squeaks through." [This one did squeak through!]
EIGHT:
Independents can derail Newt Gettin’-Rich by simply asking for a GOP primary ballot and voting for someone else. Even Democrats could do that, since they won’t have to vote in any Democratic primaries (since Obama is running unopposed). Screw up the GOP primary, which is only fair considering how the GOP has screwed us for so long. By the way, this is perfectly legal.
Steven Searle for US President in 2012
“All the Occupy Wall Street types (and their legions of sympathizers) have to do is find structural weaknesses in the system and exploit those. Primary skewing sounds like a pretty good place to start.”
NINE:
If Gettin’-Rich becomes the nominee, compare his new Contract with America to mine. The biggest difference? My contract has teeth – if I don’t do what I promise, I forfeit the presidency via impeachment. Newt won’t do that. And I am only promising what I alone can actually deliver. Consider these elements from the contract I offered when running against Obama & McCain back in 2008 – elements I’m going to reintroduce:
ONE: Within 90 days of my inauguration, all U.S. military forces will be completely withdrawn from Afghanistan, regardless of the "situation on the ground." This withdrawal will also apply to any covert operatives in Iran.
TWO: There will be no military draft during my presidency. If Congress enacts a draft, however, I will encourage all draftees to be inducted. Immediately after induction, though, they will be subject to this blanket order: Do not follow any orders from any member of the military except this order from me, your Commander in Chief: "Carry on with your civilian lives as if you had never been drafted."
THREE: I will veto every single bill from Congress that comes my way until it passes a nationwide cap on personal credit card interest rates of 18%.
FOUR: Within 90 days of my inauguration, I will order all US personnel out of all facilities located at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This will allow Cuba to reoccupy that land, as is its sovereign right.
Steven Searle for US President in 2012
“Here’s a new provision: I will void US diplomatic recognition of Israel and grant it, instead, to Palestine.”
TEN:
Suppose China has as many nukes as we do. So what? The US delivery system is far superior and has greater diversity. I still maintain, as I did in 2008 when I ran against Obama and McCain, that we only need 1,000 nukes tops.
Can anyone blame the Chinese for being secretive? When we have people like Newt Gettin’-Rich publicly declaring that covert (and deniable) activity against Iran should be initiated, China knows that would also include them. They know what we’re capable of. Not to worry, though. China won’t do anything militarily since that might upset their inexorable march toward economic dominance. That’s the real way they hope to come out on top.
As for this “professor” and his student researchers – please. Talk about Chinese tunnels has been going around for at least 10 years – in the public press. If anything, I rather suspect this “professor” and his group benefitted from input provided by our own government.
Steven Searle for US President in 2012
“You can fool some of the people some of the time…but I’m pretty hard to fool, so stop embarrassing yourselves by trying.”
ELEVEN:
Stock markets will have their ups and downs. But they’ll tend to stay up if the EU and the US carry out two plans:
ONE: to prevent the emergence of a Pan-Islamic Union (called by some “a new Caliphate”);
TWO: to continue to sow the seeds of African disunity.
The reasons are the same in both cases: Neither the US nor the EU (nor China, for that matter) wants to see the emergence of a new industrial economy that could threaten their market shares. The Elite view some nations as consumers, some as producers, and others as providers of raw materials never to be allowed to industrialize. Why do you think Obama recently sent 100 troops to Africa? That was part of a larger, on-going plan to expand our undermining influence in the Dark Continent.
Steven Searle for US President in 2012
“To my African brothers: The US is not your friend, nor are the Chinese and Euros. In their view, it’s best that you don’t forget your place.”
TWELVE:
Herman Cain is a sham candidate acting as a set-up man to make Romney look good. Think about it. Surely Cain didn’t think his skeletons would stay in their closets. I suspect that from the very beginning Cain wasn’t a serious candidate but (shall we say?) an enabler for a higher (GOP) power.
As for Knew-It Gettin’-Rich, he wasn’t a sham candidate – at least not by intention but he too will serve that function. Standing next to former Speaker Gettin’-Rich and (especially) next to Cain, the squeaky clean Romney will start looking awfully good to a lot of people. A lot more than just the fundie Christians who might go with Romney, since he seems to personify family values.
Steven Searle for US President in 2012
“However, I can’t explain why the latest Cain detractor doesn’t offer some intimate details, since she must have seen a lot of Herman in 13 years.”
THIRTEEN:
"For the Muslim Brotherhood, democracy is a useful means of coming to power, but not a valued end state." That’s funny – our own Dem/Pub axis feels the same way about our own “democracy.”
We don’t have a democracy here – we have a “constitutional republic” (or actually a union of such republics). Our leaders don’t like democracy – for if they did, the Senate filibuster couldn’t exist (we’d have one man, one vote). Democracy can only work if you have an informed and participating citizenry – which we don’t (we simply go through the motions of picking from choices forced upon us).
The most ideal form of government is an enlightened monarchy. And a large number of Republicans support that notion, since they can’t wait for Jesus to return and rule over us. So…’nuff said about democracy.
Steven Searle for US President in 2012
“Say, you don’t suppose we’re afraid that Muslim Brotherhood might be pissed at us for having armed and trained Mubarak’s forces to suppress them for decades, do you?”
FOURTEEN:
“… as a drug-fueled civil war now rages in Mexico.” That’s according to the Newt for Prez website. “civil war now rages in Mexico?” Is this guy nuts or merely given to hyperbole? Yes, there’s a drug-war going on but that can’t be called a civil war. I’m going to send Knew-It Gettin’Rich (at last) a dictionary.
Even worse than not knowing what a civil war is, is Knew-Its fondness for alternative histories. This is a man who loves indulging (literally) in fantasy. Let’s hope, if elected, he knows where the borders of La-La Land end and Real Nations’ begin. One fantasy that he supports is the “threat” of a pending EMP attack, as in the book One Second After to which he contributed (movie deal went bust, though). I rip that delusion to shreds here: Google: EMP threat bogeyman Gingrich Searle.
Steven Searle for US President in 2012
“Gingrich may have a PhD in history and have an arm chair quarterback's love of the military (never served), but that doesn’t mean he’s fit to lead our future.”
FIFTEEN:
“…[Newt Gingrich campaigns in a] wealthy conservative stronghold [in Florida]…” Ah, a bunch of rich white people waiting to see the Great White Hope (Knew-it Gettin’Rich). They be chomping at the bit for him to oust that black feller currently at 1600. Get down with your homies, Mr. Speaker. Enjoy it while it lasts, which won’t be for long. Then voters will remember why they soured on you back in the day.
Steven Searle for US President in 2012
“Knew-it Gettin’Rich personifies what’s wrong with DC culture, but some folks love livin’ in the past and reminisin’ about when people knew their place.”
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Steven Searle for US President in 2012
Founder of The Independent Contractors’ Party
“Since Newt Gingrich is the latest GOP flavor-of-the-month, I promise to do my homework, read what he has to say, and proceed to rip him to shreds. [sigh] This is too easy. Why can’t the GOP give me a real challenge?”
Contact me at bpa_cinc@yahoo.com
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