Herman Cain Gets Testy at West Alabama Straw Poll
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The audience at the West Alabama State Straw Poll in the University of Alabama’s Bryant Conference Center saw a different side of Herman Cain this morning, as instead of his usual punch lines, he took a dig at the crowd.
The group was comprised primarily of supporters of Cain and Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who sent a representative to deliver a speech on his behalf. As Cain began to speak on why he believes, “the country is on life support,” a Paul supporter shouted that the federal reserve was to blame.
“With all due respect I’m going to give this speech today thank you very much,” Cain replied.
“Our biggest domestic issue is not the federal reserve, it’s this economy that’s on life support and we’ve got to do something to get this economy on life support,” Cain continued. “Now since you brought up the federal reserve I’m going to say this real quick. The federal reserve, I do not believe we need to end the fed, we can fix the fed, that’s all I’m going say about that.”
When several other Paul supporters started to boo, Cain said: “Now are you all going to let me do my speech or not? I would, all I’m asking for is the respect for me to give my comments and my speech, that’s all I’m asking. Just be respectful, that’s all. Thank you very much.”
Cain, who was hoarse during his speech, is wrapping up a swing through Alabama. On Friday, his bus tour took him to five stops where he was greeted by large crowds in standing-room-only venues.
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Glad to see some are calling out this former Fed Banker. Good to see people are not buying Cain’s snake oil in Alabama.
Posted by: Jay | October 29, 2011, 2:14 pm 2:14 pm
I love it! I love it! Republicans in disarray. Where is Sarah Failing?
Posted by: HI ATUS | October 29, 2011, 2:27 pm 2:27 pm
Event like this should be a good eye opener for those who support Cain. Just listen to what he says and u know he’s not honest or knows what he’s talking about lol
Posted by: rafat | October 29, 2011, 2:50 pm 2:50 pm
What looser ron paul supporters are. Paul will NEVER be President! They know it, He knows it, that why they act like looser, cause they know they are.
Someone Should call out Paul, on his statement that he hasnt ruled out running as a 3rd party. CLEAR PROOF that Paul is either the DUMBEST person running, or his Ego is more important than this country and getting Obahma out!
No one else running would even concider that cause UNLIKE Paul they all know and or care about the country mor and would put it first, over themselves.
Its the DUMBEST remark and stance by any of them running!
no way to defend it!
The ONLY answer to that is “NO WAY, Cause it would INSURE OBAHMA a second term”
What little respect i had for Paul is TOTALLY gone now!
He just a EGO tripping Grumpy old man, with a tiny Kool-aid drinking cult following!
Posted by: Don | October 29, 2011, 2:54 pm 2:54 pm
Cain better get used to being booed if he’s going to continue spewing his pro-fed rhetoric, and not just from Paul supporters.
Posted by: wsjiii | October 29, 2011, 3:19 pm 3:19 pm
Tipical PAULYS, cantnot address issue put forth
of Paul sticking his foot in his mouth!
Posted by: Rafat | October 29, 2011, 3:36 pm 3:36 pm
“Fox News” you mean the Romney PIMPS?
Posted by: Rafat | October 29, 2011, 3:41 pm 3:41 pm
Ron Paul is a crackpot and his followers are just as kooky as he is. They know nothing about how real world economics work, have simplistic ideas that the Fed is the root of our problems instead of the scandalous inequality in wealth and corporate corruption in this country. I am not a Cain fan, but compared he fruit loop from Texas and to the loony tunes who follow him, Cain looks like a genius. To top it off, the Paul fanatics are totally divorced from political reality. Paul has as much chance of being selected the Republican nominee as he does becoming Miss America.
Posted by: JB | October 29, 2011, 3:43 pm 3:43 pm
I know I’m no gonna judge too soon, lesson learned from last time.
Posted by: Jeff | October 29, 2011, 3:46 pm 3:46 pm
Cain handles himself pretty well I think. By the time this thing is over we’ll know the color of his drawers, who he had sex with, “how much of a man he is” and if he ever picked his nose and ate it.
Quite refreshing and fair for a man who wants to run the country especially since we know absolutely nothing about the current resident except what he has written about himself.
Posted by: david | October 29, 2011, 3:49 pm 3:49 pm
how did paul put his foot in his mouth? i thought the article stated it was some random people in the audience? Dr. Paul wants to govern by the constitution. That is very good
Posted by: john doe | October 29, 2011, 3:49 pm 3:49 pm
Maybe when Paul looses AGAIN, he can buy him and all of the Kool-aid drinking paulys Jim Jones old place and you all can move there, and suc his toes
Posted by: refat | October 29, 2011, 3:53 pm 3:53 pm
Cain is a great American. I’m glad he put those loony Paul supporters in their place. They don’t belong in the Republican Party. They’re just as bad as Obama supporters. I hope we see a Romney/Cain ticket so we can accomplish our goal of winning this election.
Posted by: Mike | October 29, 2011, 4:03 pm 4:03 pm
All the Paul anti-supporters have a trend of only saying Paul is a “kook” or “loony”. As if they have educated themselves and personaly decided Paul is a kook. When you repeated only call someone a kook it means you cant give specific reasons why you think that. They are buying right into what the media is selling. The media portrays him as someone dismissable but he is the greatest chance to save the country.
And Rafat : The printers of our money is a simple idea? And to quote you Rafat, the real problems of the economy is the “scandalous inequality in wealth and corporate corruption in this country.” This is exactly what the protestors are saying and Herman Cain made absolute fun of them.
Posted by: Daniel E | October 29, 2011, 4:52 pm 4:52 pm
when did supporting TRUE peace, freedom and the constitution become the characteristics of a “loon” or a “crackpot”
when did flip flopping lying and every changing candidates like romney and cain become the standard of a president, Ron Paul is consistent and honest and NEVER changing his policies, look at debates from 2008, the mainstream has moved in his direction and everything theyre now discussing is because of him,
your boys romney and cain, want more war, more patriot act, theyre bankster insiders, herman worked in the federal reserve ! and to say the federal reserve is NOT the root of our economic problems is just ignorant, do some research before you begin bashing Ron Paul over things you know NOTHING of,
if you did some research and stopped listening ot the mainstream media and believing everything they tell you, then youd see Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate who offers REAL change, i mean you probably think werestill in the middle east to spread democracy haha yall are a joke
Posted by: jonathan | October 29, 2011, 5:05 pm 5:05 pm
Most of the posts here must be from the same pro-Cain person. I can’t believe that that many Cain supporters could be so poor at spelling and grammar. I mean, the only words they spelled correctly are Kool-aid. Then again, I probably shouldn’t be surprised.
I find it fascinating how GOP lemmings will belittle Ron Paul supporters and say they are in the wrong party; yet, these very same lemmings become furious when Ron Paul supporters say they won’t vote for the GOP honk that the media wants them to vote for. You can’t have it both ways. Know this GOP lemmings – Ron Paul supporters are voting for Ron Paul and nobody else. Chew on that for a little while and think how nice it would have been for your GOP puppet candidate to have our 10+% percent of the vote. You can belittle us all you want, but you need us more than we need you. ;^D
Posted by: Dr. Kibble | October 29, 2011, 5:22 pm 5:22 pm
Republican. Democrats. Two heads of one evil snake. That snake controls the system. They exclude 3rd parties from debates. The make it almost impossible for a 3rd Party to get on the ballot. It is really a one party system. The only answer is to elect Ron Paul who will put law and principle and the Constitution ahead of worshipping personality and the whims of the next dictator. Your choice. Your future. Choose wisely.
Posted by: Janet S | October 29, 2011, 5:28 pm 5:28 pm
I saw the video. At about 7:45 in the video the camera finally pans the audience. I’ll give a generous 100 as the amount of people who showed up from a population of about 24,000. Cain’s supposed popularity is a total media psy-op. It’s not what they show you, it’s what they don’t.
Posted by: ZombieGirl | October 29, 2011, 6:32 pm 6:32 pm
After holding my nose and voting for the Republican in 08 I vowed I would never do that again. The Republicans couldn’t muster a candidate and platform that protects and defends the people and constitution. I’ve been listening and studying carefully. Time will tell who the GOP advances this time around. One candidate offers solid understanding of the constitution and the ROLE of the federal government, combined with a consistent record and character that I can believe in. Ron Paul has my vote.
I would like to see people respectful and courteous to each other, enuff said.
Posted by: Barbara Cox | October 29, 2011, 6:42 pm 6:42 pm
I’m for the Smoking Man 2012
Posted by: willy | October 29, 2011, 6:49 pm 6:49 pm
Like him or not the man has a right to make a speech uninterrupted.
Posted by: cloud | October 29, 2011, 7:30 pm 7:30 pm
Like him or not the man has a right to make a speech uninterrupted.
POSTED BY: CLOUD | **********Where is THAT written in the
our Constitution !!!!!
Posted by: michael | October 29, 2011, 7:48 pm 7:48 pm
Hey RAFAT, at least those “LOOSERS” as you put it can spell the elementary word “LOSER”….loser.
Posted by: adampeart | October 29, 2011, 7:52 pm 7:52 pm
Paul will NOT be the one, let him run as a 3rd party, then all you Paulys can thank yourself and your kook/looney paul for 4 more years of Obahma.
ANYONE running is better than Obahma, getting him gone is the main goal, but Looney Paul doesnt seem to get that or he doesnt care about anything or anyone other than himself! No one who had a clue would even concider running 3RD party. His band of fools willl follow him off the cliff!
Posted by: refat | October 29, 2011, 8:21 pm 8:21 pm
Ron Paul just won the Iowa GOP straw poll by a landslide:
82% Paul, 14% Cain. [laughs]
Ron Paul will win 2012. Get ready for it.
Posted by: RonPaulWins2012 | October 29, 2011, 8:24 pm 8:24 pm
Love love love Ron Paul
Posted by: mike cohen | October 29, 2011, 8:29 pm 8:29 pm
Ever heard of the Constitution?
Ron Paul bases every position he takes by it. Cain was a chairman of an UNCONSTITUTIONAL Federal Reserve branch in Kansas City.
Who you going to trust? Snakeoil or 30 years of Constitutional Voting? Our military supports Ron Paul – Why don’t you?
Posted by: MBREDEN | October 29, 2011, 9:04 pm 9:04 pm
Cain has no chance to beat Obama, contrary to Ron Paul, and GOP estabilishment wants this.
Ron Paul is the only one chance of GOP to win the presidency.
Posted by: NyanKyun | October 29, 2011, 9:21 pm 9:21 pm
I can’t believe ABC even bothered with an entire article on this. Cain disagrees with Ron Paul supporters? Big whoop. Only Ron Paul supporters don’t disagree with Ron Paul supporters.
Posted by: Mark | October 29, 2011, 9:32 pm 9:32 pm
GIVE ‘EM HELL MR. CAIN !
Posted by: miller | October 29, 2011, 10:05 pm 10:05 pm
If Paul isn’t the nominee., I’m voting for Obama!
Posted by: blind spot | October 29, 2011, 10:08 pm 10:08 pm
Mr. Herman Cain is winning! He is not wasting a bunch of campaign money! Everyone sees his savings and thriftiness on the campaign trail and they LOVE it! They know THAT is the most important and RESPONSIBLE way to run for President. They want a good example as President! FOLLOWING A BUDGET AND STOPPING DEBT! THANK YOU MR CAIN!
Posted by: Mr. Jonny Appleseed | October 29, 2011, 11:30 pm 11:30 pm
One word:
Paulestinians!!!
Comment:
It is there way or no way – that is why their leader will never win.
Posted by: Patrick | October 30, 2011, 12:29 am 12:29 am
When Herman Cain was in Israel with Glenn Beck,
why did he promise to put the interests of Israel 1st
Posted by: NadePaulKuciGravMcKi | October 30, 2011, 2:27 am 2:27 am
Cain gets ‘testy’????
What a joke. I invite others to look at the actual video posted on some other legitimate news sites showing Cain calmly responding to a sea of Ron Paul supporters interrupting his speech.
Posted by: MrTaxed | October 30, 2011, 6:11 am 6:11 am
The Palin haters here show just how delusional they are. Gov. Palin resigned because the frivolous lawsuits were costing the state millions and bankrupting her family. It was an act of incredible selflessness. She put her state above her own political ambitions. The 25K emails prove just how involved in governing she was.
Posted by: bassman | October 30, 2011, 7:24 am 7:24 am
Cain is a joke go do your research, thats why he gets upset at the speech because Paul supporters call him out on his BS. Ron Paul is the real front runner, winning most of the straw polls, most donations from people, most military support, best online and event support, least media coverage, least time given in debates. Ron Paul is the only one speaking agisnt the FED and the government that got us in this mess and has proposed solutions, o wait Cain did steal that idea of his from the sims 4 if you count his 9-9-9 plan as his….
Ron Paul 2012!!
Posted by: Joe | October 30, 2011, 12:53 pm 12:53 pm
You’re right- testy is not the correct word- I personally attended this event, and Herman Cain was RUDE and disrespectful- I feel he owes EVERY person that attended the straw poll an apology. Just so you know- he ended his speech by slamming down the mic & running like a spoiled child. If he cannot handle 2 words from from 1 woman in Alabama, how is he going to cope with the all the voices in Washington?
Posted by: OB | October 30, 2011, 2:15 pm 2:15 pm
looks like some of Soros funded media matters Homer Simpsons showed up to try to trash Ron Paul & us who support him.
They do the usual Rules For Radicals thing, name calling, disrespect, misinformation, cloud the issue, distract from it….
So, who has a more consistent or longer PRO-Constitution back ground than Ron Paul???
Oh. That’s right. NO ONE!
If you think it wise to roll the dice on any one besides Ron we will surely hit bankruptcy the way borrow & spend is escalating. He is the most feared by the status quo establishment in govt, media, & liberal ‘progressives’ in both parties.
SamFox
Posted by: SamFox | October 30, 2011, 6:33 pm 6:33 pm