Let's Talk About Herman Cain

I think it would be worthwhile to pause ...

... and reflect on the varied reasons for Obama's utter failure(s) as president of these United States.

(a) He was never the man he represented himself to be.

(b) He was never the man his handlers represented him as being.

(c) He was never the man his media represented him to be.

(d) Most importantly, nobody really knew, beyond the details from his brief stint as a United States senator, who the guy really was or what his background revealed. So his handlers and his media were able to construct - willfully and with malice aforethought - a persona - bigger than life - that totally misrepresented the man.

It's only now, when we are all committed to his success (or failure) that we find Obama to have been dismally unprepared for the job and woefully incapable of meeting the daunting challenges before him.

Though we demanded to know more about the guy, we should have done a whole lot more demanding. When it counted. When we could have moved past the empty suit and elected someone who could have actually been both competent and prepared.

America's mistake.

So along comes Herman Cain.

What do we know about him?

Well, he certainly has an eye-popping résumé.

And he says all the right things.

And the man can certainly wow a crowd with his soaring oratory.

And he's black.  So we'd have our own black candidate (!), so that all those who call us racists can see that we're not (again) (like it would make any difference) (and ours would be by-God 100% black, not half black like their black guy).

But is there any there there?

In truth, Obama has a dazzling résumé. And he says all the right things (the obligatory "I feel your pain" kind of stuff). And, when he has his teleprompter, he can deliver a rousing speech.  And he's almost as black as our black prospect would be.

Uh, we do see where that got us, right?

So let's get past all that. Is there any substance in Herman Cain? Does he have a plan that will get us out of the mess we're in or has he learned which platitudes play best to the crowd?  Is he a problem-solver or a cheerleader?

I, for one, don't have a clue.

So I'm withholding judgment.  Till I know more about him.

I'd advise others to do the same.

Herman Cain seems like the right candidate for our troubled times.  But seeming isn't believing anymore.

Come on down, Mr. Cain.  Talk to us.  Convince us that you're the man.  Our votes are here for the taking.

But understand, we'll be demanding more from you than a résumé, a nice pitch, and lofty platitudes (though we'll take the skin color without question; the charges about us being racists will be so amusing going forward).

Now's the time.  Sell yourself.  Prove to us that you're presidential material.  When you do, the world awaits.