Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks to the media outside of Trump Towers before a scheduled appearance with real estate mogul Donald Trump on Oct. 3, 2011 in New York City
*While Republican presidential candidate Herman was busy calling the Occupy Wall Street protesters anti-American and anti-capitalistic, President Obama, at his press conference a day later, said he understood the anger and frustration that underlies the movement – including his painful decision to bail out the very folks who put America in its depressed financial state.
Cain said as he signed copies of his memoir in St. Petersburg, Fla.: “Don’t be jealous, don’t be envious. I don’t have much patience for someone who does not want to achieve their American dream the old-fashioned way.”
More than 400 people attended Wednesday’s event as the former head of Godfather’s Pizza pulled up in front of the Barnes & Noble bookstore in a black luxury bus, and he entered the store to cheers and applause.
Republican presidential candidate businessman Herman Cain answers a question during a book signing Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, in St. Petersburg, Fla.
After winning the Sept. 24 straw poll in Florida, Cain has seen his popularity surge, especially among conservatives. He is showing well in many surveys, near front-runner and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who has raised more money.
When asked about the thousands of people that have been protesting in lower Manhattan, Cain said, “They’re basically saying that somehow the government is supposed to take from those that have succeeded and give to those who want to protest. He added: “That’s not the way America was built.”
Cain said people should instead protest the White House and President Barack Obama because the president has not created jobs. Bankers and others on Wall Street have created jobs, he said.
“They’re protesting in the wrong place,” Cain said. “I’m not sure I know why they’re there. If they’re there because they are jealous of Wall Street and bankers and people who have succeeded, then they’re there for the wrong reasons. This country is based on people who achieve their dreams and work.”
He added that the protesters “should go figure out what America is all about.”
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks to the media outside of Trump Towers before a scheduled appearance with real estate mogul Donald Trump on Oct. 3, 2011 in New York City
Meanwhile, as “Occupy” protests popped up in more than a dozen American cities, including Washington, President Obama said Thursday that the demonstrators are giving a voice to those frustrated with the financial system.
“The American people understand that not everybody’s been following the rules, that Wall Street is an example of that,” he said at a White House news conference, while stopping short of fully endorsing the group.
Obama also defended the country’s financial sector, which appears to have taken the brunt of protester criticism, focusing on Wall Street and its regulators’ purported role in widening economic disparities.
“We have to have a strong, effective financial sector in order for us to grow,” the president said.
This morning, the U.S. economy gained more jobs in September than most economists had expected, reports CNN. The Labor Department reports today that employers added 103,000 jobs in the month, although Verizon workers returning from a strike represented 45,000 of those gains.
In addition, after initially reporting no change in the number of workers for August, the figures for that month were revised to a gain of 57,000 jobs.
The September unemployment rate held steady at 9.1.
can we get an all black ballot?
To state Proudly you are a Republican, I am dismayed! The party of your Choice has a greater number of “Racists” than the Democrats, that is a FACT!!
What has the Republican Party done to Welcome the so-called Brainwashed?
The SYSTEM as it is and has been set for decades,
Blacks/people of Color are systemactically cut out of positions of power and success.
Remember “Black Wall Street” deliberately taken down/stolen from blacks.
The ability to use ones power to kill others so they will NOT have success is NOT a good look.
Ask MOST African Americans or Native Americans how standing up for ones community worked for them! Last, I remember it will/can be punishable by Death!
The 98% of America dis-satisfied on Occupy Wall Street do NOT see the Republican Party as an out. The 98% of Blacks that vote Democrat will again! Blacks voted 92% Obama, and will again.
Is that why Republicans are blocking (Some) voters ability to Vote in MOST southern States?
BUT we are more than Sure 100% will vote OUR Best Interest, and that is NOT Republican, LOL We are to Smart for that!!!
“has a greater number of “Racists” than the Democrats, that is a FACT!!”
“Facts” are provable. How on earth can you prove the above claim?
You are right that Cain is not a viable alternative to the current administration. However, you seem to be of the notion that Dems really “love” you and really “good people.” I think you should indulge in more indepedent information sources.
You can start here:
http://politics.salon.com/2011/09/15/carville_6/singleton/
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It is obvious this Cain person is out of touch with reality & dishonest. For him to say:
“This country is based on people who achieve their dreams and work.”
LOL!! Really? What the hell about slavery??? We’ve been working since we got here. And still, we have are disapportionately losing our jobs, homes and slowly being shut out of higher education.
Here’s the humdinger:
“They’re basically saying that somehow the government is supposed to take from those that have succeeded and give to those who want to protest. He added: “That’s not the way America was built.”
This guy should give up politics and go on a def comedy jam tour. Granted, those protesters do not have a clear or cohesive message, but what they are saying is that they are being shut out of the so-called ‘American Dream’ with rising inflation and low wages. The ironic thing is now they understand what our people have been going through for decades in this country. Some of their parents were saying the same things that this Cain cat was saying back in the day. They were saying the same things about us marching for Civil Rights and that we were trying to ‘take’ things away from them. It’s dishonest politics like this guy is perpertrating that makes the public disgusted with the way this country is run.
With Occupy Wall Street Movement: There is an interesting article by Janell Ross on Huffington Post about the lack of ‘color’ in this movement. Some of those reason sound quite plausible. What she forgot to add is that maybe some of us don’t want to be ‘led’ by a movement that does not have any visible leader. I think alot of us don’t trust a movement does not have a message or a definitive leader(s). Not to mention, joining this protest maybe seen as an attack on the President’s financial policies.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/06/occupy-wall-street-black-population_n_998722.html