Herman Cain says OWS out to "destroy" America

Herman Cain

NASHUA, N.H. -- Mitt Romney and Herman Cain both used unusually harsh language to denounce the Occupy Wall Street movement as the left-wing insurgency celebrated its second-month anniversary with a series of protests in cities across the country. It was one of the few similarities between the candidates on a day that a Cain visit to this Romney-friendly territory highlighted the contrasts in their styles.

In New Hampshire on Thursday, Cain accused the protesters of "trying to destroy the greatest nation in the world" with plans to stop traffic and subway commuters. He accused them of trying "to infringe upon people's right and liberty to go to work."

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The previous day, Romney told conservative commentator Sean Hannity in a radio interview that the demonstrators are lawbreakers. "I salute the fact that the mayors have finally wakened up to this," said Romney, referring to actions in New York and elsewhere to remove the OWS tent cities. "I wish they had done it earlier."

Romney, who has not done as well with tea party supporters as Cain, was careful to distinguish the tea party from the Occupy movement. The conservative insurgents "have followed the law," he said.

Cain delivered his remarks on the protests in front of about 75 supporters in Nashua, many of whom were members of the tea party. It was his third stop of the day in New Hampshire - a state he last visited Oct. 12, according to field director Charlie Spano. Cain began the morning by signing candidacy paperwork at the statehouse in Concord - a purely symbolic effort designed to attract cameras, as the deadline to file passed weeks ago and Cain already had mailed in the necessary forms.

But many of his rivals filed in person and got a public relations bonanza. When Mitt Romney and Rick Perry signed the same sheet, droves of media swarmed the building; Perry had about 100 supporters lining the halls to watch him file and Romney double that. By contrast, Cain had none. Nor did he draw much attention on a visit to a Manchester diner. At one point, he asked a young woman if she was a student; she responded that she actually worked at a pizza parlor. He told her that he used to run a pizza company himself, a fact she seemed unaware of.

Cain's planned meeting with the editorial board of the New Hampshire Union Leader, but the meeting was abruptly cancelled - the campaign and paper each blaming the other.

Cain made no pretense about his potential in New Hampshire, where the first presidential primary will take place Jan. 10 and where Romney owns a vacation home and is well known from his tenure as governor of neighboring Massachusetts. He made multiple references throughout the day to the fact that Romney is well ahead of him in the here - the latest Bloomberg poll showing Romney winning New Hampshire with 40 percent of the vote, Cain second with 17 percent. "I'm going to be realistic and hope we can come in second," Cain said. "That would be a huge win."

In another contrast to the buttoned-down Romney, the embattled Cain seemed to relish the opportunity to make headlines, leaving a trail of satirical sound-bites in his wake as he crisscrossed the state. In Concord, when reporters asked if holiday time with his family would mean more to him than in past years, the candidate battling sexual harassment allegations teased: "No - we do it every year! This might shock you but Thanksgiving comes every year!"

Later in Nashua Cain joked with the crowd about his much covered "pause" taken when he was answering a question about Libya recently and poking fun at the media's attention to the story. "They spend more time focusing on when I'm not talking then when the other candidates are talking," he said. "Here's the point that they're missing: I think before I speak. I know that's a novel idea."

He added, "The people that are on the Cain train don't get off because of that crap. And I know that's not a politically correct word."

[ramos1129]

Cain says that the OWS group is out to destroy America. There are a large number of veterans that are members of OWS. Does Cain actually believe that these guys are out to destroy America?

[fedup12]

Riiiight..

Cmon they have something to say and it is JUST as valid as the teaparty.

[gglenc]

OH THE POOR MULTI-MILLIONAIRES WHINING IN IOWA!

Now you see men like Mr. Cain, Mr. Romney, and Mr. Gingrich damning the FREEDOMS being exercised by American citizens, called "OWS," while those men are whining how HARD it was to become multi-millionaires. Oh, the poor things!

Baloney.

Any of those men who do not realize that protest is the BEST of American traditions should immediately be eliminated as qualified for any public office. They are UNAMERICAN and deserve to be treated for what they are: The TOP .05% that are causing the U.S. to crash and burn economically. THEY are the cause of the economic problem, NOT the solution to it.

If they think that the OWS are a "threat," they have not been paying attention to the ones who are NOT saying much but are sitting in wait and watching to see IF the criminals on Wall Street will be jailed for their crimes against this nation. And, if not, watch the response. It will not be peaceful, but more like the "Arab Spring" across the nation. That would give those men a real REASON to whine!

Those men represent the WORST in the country, and deserve to be treated like the parasites that they are. This writer says that as a former political director for 3 of the 4 national GOP organizations and quit the GOP in 1984 because the GOP/Reagan sold out this nation to Wall Street, and put this nation on course for its economic disaster that Americans are suffering now (except for the multi-millionaires running for President to line their pockets even further at the expense of this nation).

They are NOT "conservatives," but Corporatists. Romney's quote: "Corporations are people too my friend," demonstrates his fascist posture and deserves nothing but derision by Freedom Loving Americans. Those men are NOT to be allowed anywhere near the White House. If any of them are elected, WAR will be their first item on their corporatist, military-industrial complex agenda; killing off even MORE of America's BEST. Then, they will attack the elderly in the name of fiscal responsibility, when in fact it will be to pay off their Wall Street cronies who the current OWS' are accurately calling "criminals."

And, those men have the temerity to attack the OWS? They need to live like the rest of America, like the 100 million citizens who are now "poor" or "near poor" according to the recent 2010 Census!

It's time for a 2nd American REVOLUTION fellow citizens. Those Republicans running for President are telling Americans what they will do to the citizens of America if in office, meaning No more FREEDOM to protest, no liberty, no justice, just fascist corporate control of America's governments.

Where is the next Patrick Henry?

[arbitus]

Love Cain's pimp daddy hat...Who cares that the man thinks China only makes checkers, that white blond women think he's irresistable and that Libya is Dubya's smarter sister. Try to picture the US being run by Cain, with Palin or Bachman as the VP? Now imagine the fallout from that sexual harassment suit. Back to the hat. It's about the ONLY thing about Cain that has any class.

[moretruthnow]

Cain really thinks he is so smart. He has no idea what people are protesting about. He is a fool who charms the bigots and billionaires against this country.

[kjr214]

I checked again and sure enough Cain came in at 8% for NH for this poll right there that they are talking about. Check for yourselves. Page 3 of the poll, look under the result for NH at the top of the page (right column). So he actually came in at 4th place.

[kjr214]

Why do I not see any comments about the fact that Ron Paul is the one who came in 2nd at 17%, not Cain? And Newt came in at 3rd with 11%. Are we not looking at the same poll here?

[LeeMcD22]

OWS destroying America? That's hilarious! See...Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Bank?: An Uncensored Investigation of the US Federal Reserve Banking Cartel--one of the most controversial institutions of our time...(Self-Serving its Country Since 1913)...

http://www.youtube.com/user/BaitAndSwitchTV?feature=mhee#p/u/12/_M_Rh_fgKEQ


Also see: The Real Housewives of Tent City (A Hot New REALITY
Show---Global Depression Edition):

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And: this [short]: Neverminditol-The Great Recession Depression
Drug and then get up and JOIN those not against capitalism but
against rigged capitalism...

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Or at least see Shi**y Shi**y Bank Bank:
http://www.baitandswitchtv.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=67&epi=2&frame=********************#player

Important to learn abt Leveraged Buyouyts --LBOs vs jobs --Wall
St Banks and Private Equity firms that enacted a large scale
Leveraged Buyout of America. See Lady Gaga Does LBOs [short]

http://******/dV2BjA


...Lady Gaga reveals Private Equity and Investment Banking's
upcoming Financial Tsunami (caused by Mitt Romney's Bain Capital
along with other PE firms like KKR and Goldman Sachs--and the
pending LBO credit crash and its impact on the US economy...then join those standing up for you and genuine capitalism--not
rigged capitalism and all this cheating and looting of our
economy for short term gain.

And if you just want someone to blame, try the Blame Game (satire):

http://www.youtube.com/user/BaitAndSwitchTV?%20%20feature=mhee#p/u/42/8XhQoxfaDM8

But if you want to return our crap money to its source, try fast free funny online game "Take That: A Federal Reserve Crap$hoot Stress Relief Game":

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[jimbom121]

Gee and now the lobbyists are after OWS. Now who really runs our governmnet? Maybe OWS has a point...

http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/19/8884405-lobbying-firms-memo-spells-out-plan-to-undermine-occupy-wall-street

[rdipaolo]

The Occupy Movement is out to RESTORE and HEAL America. We in the movement love this Great Land and simply want to see corruption, greed and evil in high places eliminated. Mr. Cain and Mr. Romney are clearly demagogues who won't admit that our country is rotting at the top because they derive their wealth and power from the status-quo. In reality, it is those like Mr. Cain and Mr. Romney who are the greatest threat to the United States and its people.