I Hope We're Better Than This

I received a very disturbing piece of Email this morning from an old Navy Corpsman buddy of mine I'd served in Vietnam with.

I had previously asked him what he thought about this fellow Herman Cain. The "Doc" wrote me back and said that he's been a longtime listener to Cain's radio show. Doc knows a lot more about Herman Cain than I do, because I'm just now finding things out, as he is emerging to make a run for the presidency.

Doc continued on, saying that he really likes what Cain stands for, what he's done with his own life to become the success he is, and he speaks straight to America when he talks. Now, I have already summized a lot of that myself, just from the short time I'VE been watching and listening to this man.

"The only problem I see", said Doc....."is that he's BLACK."

At first, I was stunned......I've known this old Corpsman buddy of mine 40+ years. There isn't a prejudiced bone in his body...........

but the Doc went on to explain that he HIMSELF would vote for Cain, but he's afraid that Obama may have left a sour taste in a lot of mouths, and that might hurt Cain's chances if he does make a serious run, which I think he's going to.

Reading in-between the lines, it says "Obama is the first African-American in the White House" and because things are so bad, America might not want to support another one."

I think this would be incredibly stupid. I wrote back and told Doc that I like what I see and hear too. Cain would appear (thus far, anyway), to be EXACTLY what this country needs. A fresh voice from a man who pursued the "American Dream." Straight-shooter, worked his way up from NOTHING, all the way to the CEO ranks.

(Ya really need to HEAR this guy)

This is a man who stands for everything that's RIGHT (no pun intended), and is someone who in MY opinion, the Tea Party would get solidly behind. He would CERTAINLY have the GOP's Conservative Base "on-board" (which John McCain did NOT).

Cain is blunt. No "lip service", doesn't just tell people what they want to hear. From what I know and have heard so far, nobody in Congress will ever invite him to lunch. And that's FINE.

But...........I would HOPE that the voters will look at this man on his MERITS, as the basis for making their decisions.

The dislike for Obama's policies have NOT had a thing to do with race-----(and I run in enough HARD-RIGHT circles to have assessed that). I would just hope for the sake of the country, that everyone looks at Mr. Cain with both eyes open, and sees his HEART, not his color..........

It would be sickening to me, if people, who were SO DISGRUNTLED (and rightfully so) at this government, that they would just shrug him off with an attitude such as......."NO---we just HAD one in there, we don't need another one.".......that would be STUPID.

But that's what my old Corpsman buddy fears might happen. And it would be a travesty if it did. Cain is a "Republican's Republican", fresh from a successful business world....he understands what it takes to MAKE it out here, without "Big Brother" getting involved. He doesn't appear to be a "yes" man, and he calls the government the way he sees it, as most of us do.

Best of all.......he's not already a part of the SYSTEM. Big plus in MY book.

If he makes it official, I would urge everyone to LISTEN to him.......even if you don't vote for him. There ARE a few on the right out there unfortunately,(and in the middle), who still might let "color" be a factor in their voting urges----but guys, even if you don't like Obama "because he's black", don't let that blind you in 2012. Herman Cain is by no MEANS "just another black guy trying to follow Obama into the White Houte."

This guy is sincere, and he CLEARLY doesn't like bureaucracy. He's a successful CEO (twice over), who understands that when people have more of their OWN MONEY in THEIR hands, they'll SPEND it in this economy. He wants a FAIR TAX, which would put the IRS out of our lives once & for all------and it would force the government to have to live within THEIR means, like WE have to.

Fancy THAT!..........like I said, nobody in Congress is gonna invite this guy to lunch.

Fellow "righties".............think on this-----do we REALLY want "NEWT" carrying our flag against Obama in 2012? Have we learned NOTHING from the "McCain debacle of 2008? They public doesn't want or need "warmed-up leftovers" from past administrations.

For a guy like Herman Cain to win a primary, he's gonna have to come from behind to do it, and will be going up against several well-funded and organized political machines. In his own way, he's another "Uncle Ronnie"-----a guy who THINKS like the common man, and he irritates the thieves already in the den back there, who don't want their own gravy-trains rocked.

Win, lose or draw, my sincerest hope is that this man be given the opportunity to be heard in open debate, and America willing to listen to what he has to say, no matter how they decide later.

This is OUR country, and we don't have so many honest people with VALUES anymore, that we can just put one on "disregard" because he happens to be the same color as the one we might not be enchanted with now.

This is 2011, and I hope we're better than that these days.