Herman Cain

The Clowns of GOP’s … and the Mormon

March 22, 2012 | Opinion

A Cup O’ Kapeng Barako By Jesse Jose He speaks from the gut, they said.  He’s got a lot of gut alright.  Lotsa gut.  Big protruding gut.  Big belly.  Fat belly.  Rolly polly.  Would you want a president that’s a rolly polly?  Not only is his belly that’s fat about him.  He’s also got a fat ego.  Y’all know who I am talking about, right?  Yeah, Newt, the Grinch, Read More …

Cain implodes, Newt explodes

December 3, 2011 | Opinion, PerryScope

Kaleidoscope By Perry Diaz When businessman Herman Cain entered the Republican presidential race in April 2011, he was at the back of the pack.  Then he started peddling his 9-9-9 tax plan and since nobody else in the eight-person race had a tax plan to offer, his simplistic formula caught fire among Republicans who saw it – or failed to see it – as something Read More …

From ‘9-9-9’ to ‘9-1-1’

November 11, 2011 | Opinion, PerryScope

Kaleidoscope By Perry Diaz It was a bloody week for the Republicans… that is, politically speaking.  And to borrow President Barack Obama’s depiction of what happened to Democrats in the 2010 elections, the Republicans were “shellacked” in the elections last November 8. Who could have imagined that a year after the Republicans took over the House of Representatives and virtually gained the upper hand in Read More …

‘Tax cut for fat cats’

October 28, 2011 | Opinion, PerryScope

Kaleidoscope By Perry Diaz With the Republican primary season fast approaching, the eight Republican presidential wannabes are slugging it out to death.  The slugfest is so bloody that several have already fallen out of competition but not yet out of the race. The most notable casualty is Michele Bachmann who was ahead in the race when she topped the straw poll in Iowa to become Read More …

Herman Cain: Jesus Was Killed By A ‘Liberal Court’

October 21, 2011 | Politics & Government

By Luke Johnson The Huffington Post Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain wrote last December in a RedState column titled “The Perfect Conservative” that Jesus was killed by a “liberal court.” The column claims Jesus as a conservative. “He helped the poor without one government program. He healed the sick without a government health care system. He feed the hungry without food stamps,” wrote Cain. “For Read More …

‘Occupy’ movement goes global

October 15, 2011 | Opinion, PerryScope

EDITORIAL By Perry Diaz Global Balita Last September 17, 2011, a small group of less than 50 people gathered and camped at the Zuccotti Park near Wall Street in New York City – the hub of America’s financial institutions. They’re concerned that the middle class in America is shrinking – nay, vanishing! — with the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer and growing Read More …

‘The Devil is in the details’

October 14, 2011 | Opinion, PerryScope

Kaleidoscope By Perry Diaz As the Republican presidential contenders start falling out one by one, the focus seems to be on businessman Herman Cain, who has never ran for office before and started out as a long-shot candidate at the bottom of the pile.  In a few months since then, he’s now on top of the pile.  Incredible!  But how long is he going to Read More …