Herman Cain

I suppose I ought to weigh in on the Herman Cain affair before he gives his press conference.

Mr. Cain is not good at politics. And he’s appears more and more unaware of certain things that even I know about the world. I still like him. Though I am leaning towards VP vs President for him.

It appears to me that when he acts on his instincts he does well. When he acts like he is trying to do what others have told him to do or say he messes up.

So on the Cain harassment accusations, this is my take. Each of his accusers are from the early 90s (or earlier?) If they are all accurate (and I’m not saying they are) but if they are accurate, it seems he learned from the experiences and quit harassing women. In all instances, when they said “no”, they claim he stopped.

If it’s true, I don’t like the allegations, but if I were to dismiss every man who sexually harassed me in my life, I would have missed out on some very good friends. Men who were very smart and very capable of leading. Should they be President…..maybe not, but if all the harassment is from another age, then maybe so.

If all the accusations are true and Cain is the GOP nominee, I will send money, have bumper stickers, and vote for him without hesitation vs the guy currently in office.

So in other words, I’m still holding out to see how he handles things. So far I’m not impressed, but I am also not dismissing him outright.

There you have it….the official nonopinion opinion here at I think.

UPDATE: Protein Wisdom has a very good rundown of the accusers. I am still watching Cain for signs of interest in Foreign Policy, but I like him and I’ve decided to believe him. (see 3rd comment below)

The big income divide

It’s nice to see this covered elsewhere besides here at I think…. [ht Maggie's Farm]

1) we have a big income divide
2) we have a big age divide as boomers age
3) riches follow age

This was bound to happen and it affects you not at all.

Lack of jobs affects you.
The fact that those people over there are richer? Who cares?

In Light of Fast and Furious

Eric Holder is going to ask for stronger gun laws today.

I couldn’t believe it when I first read the idea that Fast and Furious was really all about tightening domestic gun laws by this administration. The longer this has gone on, the more I believed and now…..with very little journalistic oversite Holder is seriously going to do it.

Allahpundit gets the QOTD though in talking about the 2 positives this may hold. 1) it will call attention to Fast and Furious the most outrageous story in the news today and:

Two: The more gun owners perk up about Holder’s testimony, the more public interest there’s bound to be in Fast & Furious. And hey — there actually is room for a smart new gun law here if Congress is willing to take it up. I call it the “DOJ Shouldn’t Walk Guns to Psychotic Mexican Drug Cartels Act of 2011.” The text reads, in full, “The DOJ shouldn’t walk guns to psychotic Mexican drug cartels.”