Jennifer Rubin has written a very nice little blog post on Cain that anyone even remotely imagining the man as a legitimate presidential candidate should read. As I've said before, if it's Cain vs Obama in 2012 we are in deep, deep trouble - it will be clear evidence that there's something seriously wrong with our political system, or, if not with the system itself, then with a culture that seems incapable or unwilling to bring sound, unbiased and well reasoned judgement to bear on the question of leadership. I mean, ok, I get why people wanted to believe in the story of Obama - I thought it was sad that so many could so easily embrace mindless delusion and then with a straight face try and pass it off as intelligent insight - but, whatever, I get the whole Obama thing. But Herman Cain? Really? This is what we've come to?
Commentary joins in on the slamming of Cain. It's more than a little bit frightening that a guy like this can be viewed as a legitimate presidential candidate, even if that view ends up having a short shelf life. Sure, Obama was lacking in vital experiences and knowledge relevant to the job, and that deficiency has shown up in his performance - but at least he could fake it [although I guess that ability makes Obama a much more dangerous incompetent than Cain] - Cain can't even offer up the pretense of understanding concerning some of the most pressing and profound issues the country's chief executive will face. We're not talking about managing a chain of restaurants here - this is a freaking empire! What the hell is going on!? I'm really starting to worry that my prediction is going to come true: that Obama would be so bad a president and rouse through this awfulness such distemper and partisan ill will in the electorate that he'd end up preparing the way for the coming of something even worse.
