Why would he expend effort in a state he is already going to win?

Sometimes you people make me think breathing is too complicated a task for you...

Lionel Mandrake: "He really doesn't have much of an organization," says Jeffrey Jorgensen, the chairman of the Pottawattamie County Republican Party who supports Cain and calls him the "Anti-Obama."

That's a hell of a platform.

/birth certifict
//wher?

Anti-Obama means an uneducated, stupid, reactionary who goes off half-cocked and hates the idea of political compromise.

Sounds about right.

Lionel Mandrake: I_C_Weener: Okay. I might be wrong about Cain...he just might be able to maintain frontrunner status. But Romney is still my guy.

That's the saddest thing I've ever heard.

I was going to go with "adorable" with a kind of condescending slant, but sad works too...

Dead for Tax Reasons: The focus group for his new corn based pizza came back with bad reviews so he doesn't feel he needs to go back there

Hey, corn on pizza is awesome:

You know, I might try to drum up support for Cain among my Republican friends. His name is ripe for lulz . . . Cain and Abel/able references, easy to rhyme, pizza, that sort of thing.

I_C_Weener: Okay. I might be wrong about Cain...he just might be able to maintain frontrunner status. But Romney is still my guy.

Awww, you're so pretty.

"He has 'kid logic' that can't be argued with. The example I use is my daughter. She was rinsing off her feet in the water in Florida, and I said, 'You're getting your pants wet.' She looked at me and said 'That's what water does, Mom.' That was so Herman Cain-esque."

Ms. Lockwood's daughter sounds adorable, but, and I may be going out on a limb here, I wouldn't want her or anybody whose primary thought process is "kid logic" running the country.

Wait this guy actually supports the gold standard.

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I mean given the gold reserves in Canada, I'm OK with that, but still. Surprising to see so many Iowans wishing for the death of the American economy.

"He's on a book tour more than a campaign tour," says Dale Bjorkman, a retired Gateway computer employee, who attended a Romney event Thursday but said he was still considering Cain and Gingrich.

Umm maybe because his presidential run is to make money selling books and not to actually become president but Republicans are too stupid to figure that out?

Bored Horde: Wait this guy actually supports the gold standard.

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I mean given the gold reserves in Canada, I'm OK with that, but still. Surprising to see so many Iowans wishing for the death of the American economy.

Actually Russia has 50% of the world's gold. If the US was on the gold standard Russia could destroy the US economy anytime it wished.

But "gold standard" are not into actual reality of what could happen under it.

oldernell: Same group picked Huckabee in 2008.

AND picked Pat Robertson in '88.

/ lives in Iowa
// no idea where all these rightwingers come from, since I don't see many of them here irl

Corvus: But "gold standard" types are not into the actual reality of what could happen under it.

FTFM

HeartBurnKid: Ms. Lockwood's daughter sounds adorable, but, and I may be going out on a limb here, I wouldn't want her or anybody whose primary thought process is "kid logic" running the country.

You're not interested in my 14 point "Spongebob and Patrick as guide for solving the Palestinian conflict plan" then?

Corvus: Actually Russia has 50% of the world's gold. If the US was on the gold standard Russia could destroy the US economy anytime it wished.

But "gold standard" are not into actual reality of what could happen under it.

Goldbuggery comes in two varieties: People who want 5000% deflation overnight, and people who are too dumb to realize that the former group want 5000% deflation overnight.

Ultimately, the so-called "intellectual" goldbugs are hewing to an economic theory that went out of fashion - because it turned out to have no relationship to reality - in the 1600s.

I highly doubt that since Iowa is a caucus and that requires a large and effective ground organization, something only Perry has in the state.

Sabyen91: When I was little I got a flashlight in my stocking for Christmas. The label said floating flashlight. I, for the life of me, could not get it to levitate. My mom had to tell me it only floats in water.

I too was disappointed by the one-size-fits-all sweatshirt that ripped after I'd gotten only two people into it, and the all-purpose flour that was not an appropriate substitute for concrete.

Herman Cain's greatest hits

On Abortion

on his tax plan

on the cause of high unemployment

"He has 'kid logic' that can't be argued with. The example I use is my daughter. She was rinsing off her feet in the water in Florida, and I said, 'You're getting your pants wet.' She looked at me and said 'That's what water does, Mom.' That was so Herman Cain-esque."

She should get flood pants. Her feet could be soaking wet but her cuffs would be bone dry.

Prank Call of Cthulhu: Sabyen91: When I was little I got a flashlight in my stocking for Christmas. The label said floating flashlight. I, for the life of me, could not get it to levitate. My mom had to tell me it only floats in water.

I too was disappointed by the one-size-fits-all sweatshirt that ripped after I'd gotten only two people into it, and the all-purpose flour that was not an appropriate substitute for concrete.

cap'n crunch will get soggy in milk
and m&ms will melt in your hand eventually.

A Dark Evil Omen: Goldbuggery comes in two varieties: People who want 5000% deflation overnight, and people who are too dumb to realize that the former group want 5000% deflation overnight.

You forgot the third group: the ones who think gold will solve all the worlds problems, because that's what the commercials on talk radio have been telling them for years.

I don't think he is taking this presidential race seriously. Look at his campaign bumper sticker:

FlashHarry: Grand_Moff_Joseph: Because the tards in Iowa will pick the biggest loon they can find - they always do.

most iowans are smart, literate and quite moderate. then you have iowa republicans - or at least the ones who vote in the caucuses. they are total farking morons. think of steve king x 1,000

So, moderate and intelligent, apart from the republican party.

Pretty much a microcosm of America, then?

Corvus: I don't think he is taking this presidential race seriously. Look at his campaign bumper sticker:

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If I were a 'shopper, I would totally change that to "Herman Cain Book Tour $20.12 plus tax"

Hobodeluxe: Hermain Cain on the cause of high unemployment

Unemployed? Thank GW Bush, and the right wing idiots that put him there

Yeah, I mad.

A Dark Evil Omen: Corvus: Actually Russia has 50% of the world's gold. If the US was on the gold standard Russia could destroy the US economy anytime it wished.

But "gold standard" are not into actual reality of what could happen under it.

Goldbuggery comes in two varieties: People who want 5000% deflation overnight, and people who are too dumb to realize that the former group want 5000% deflation overnight.

Ultimately, the so-called "intellectual" goldbugs are hewing to an economic theory that went out of fashion - because it turned out to have no relationship to reality - in the 1600s.

Most of these people have no clue what inflation rates where when we were on the gold standard. Things fluctuated even more then they do now.

Not saying Russia would necessarily do it but if the US was on the gold standard they could just one day say"Yeah it's going to cost us a bit of money but we are now selling all our gold for $1 an oz. US citizens you should now use your $100 to wipe your ass because they are now cheaper than toilet paper." Do we really want to give foreign nations complete control of the US economy?

Heck Russia could destroy the US economy cheaper than the money they spent on the cold war.

Every time I talk to these gold standard people, they really don't understand what they are talking about.

FlashHarry: Grand_Moff_Joseph: Because the tards in Iowa will pick the biggest loon they can find - they always do.

most iowans are smart, literate and quite moderate. then you have iowa republicans - or at least the ones who vote in the caucuses. they are total farking morons. think of steve king x 1,000

As an Iowan, I can tell you that King is just a political version of an Internet troll. He regularly says outrageous sh*t just to get his name in the press and on everyone's minds.

And being in the press' ADD-addled notice is key to politics. It is also why King seems to win each election. He NEVER, EEEEEVER agrees to having a debate with his opponent, because that gives the other candidate an equal shot at the limelight. So long as more people know HIS name and less of the opponent's, the better his chances.

I mean, I challenge you to tell me whom he is running up against THIS time without having to Google it up. Yes, I know who it is, and that person DOES have a well-known name in Iowa, yet not many people know they are running against King this election because with the media it's always "King Vs. Underpromoted obscure pushover". NO ONE votes for someone not well known, no matter how good their credentials are.

Herman Cain is poised to win Iowa. So why is he wholly ignoring the state?



Because we'd be at the beach!