By Herman Cain
While Herman Cain speaks, humans pay attention. while he debates, he wins. for those who care in regards to the way forward for the United States, you've heard of the down-to-earth political newcomer working for president, the straight-talking guy of the folk with blunt exams of what the USA wishes. initially neglected via mainstream politicos and media, Herman Cain is really a candidate from “outside the Beltway,” yet not person who is being overlooked. yet who's HE? whereas Herman Cain has been the host of a well-liked conservative Atlanta-area radio speak express known as The Herman Cain express, a unique identify initially captured American curiosity. As CEO, Herman Cain remodeled Godfather’s Pizza from a firm teetering at the verge of financial ruin right into a family observe. Cain—as people with an curiosity in common-sense ideas to political difficulties will remember—is additionally recognized for utilizing the language and good judgment of daily company to show the fallacies inherent in Clinton assumptions approximately “Hillarycare” in the course of a 1994 televised city corridor assembly. what's HIS tale? Herman Cain’s upward thrust is the embodiment of the yank dream. His mom and dad, Luther and Lenora Cain, made a residing the single manner black humans might within the ’40s and ’50s. Luther held down 3 jobs, together with being a chauffeur; Lenora wiped clean homes. they'd massive desires: to shop for a home and to work out their sons graduate from collage. With commitment and difficult paintings, they made either those goals come actual. during this exciting memoir, Herman Cain describes his earlier and current . . . and the long run he's decided to create, a destiny that may placed our state again on target. His message resonates simply because he describes the yankee truth, and his down-to-earth own story of desire and tough paintings is either unforgettable and inspirational. *** what's it in my DNA that years in the past caused me to forgo the benefit of cruise keep watch over and tackle the large problem of doing my half towards making the United States a greater position for my granddaughter and the generations to return? Why do I, a son of the segregated South, refuse to consider myself as a “victim” of racism? what's it that motivates me to insist on defining my id when it comes to “ABC”—as being American first, black moment, and Conservative 3rd? simply who's Herman Cain? and the way did i am getting this manner? only a trace: it can have had anything to do with classes discovered from my mom and dad, Lenora and Luther Cain, Jr. —From this is often Herman
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Woodruff was also very generous with gifts of cash. 舡 So Woodruff started giving my dad stock, and he was generous with that, too. 舡 To Joe Jones, Woodruff舗s money was his money. One day Dad said to Jones, 舠Mr. 舡 舠No,舡 Joe Jones replied. 舠I can throw a silver dollar up in the air and hit it four times before it hits the ground. That舗s how good a shot I am,舡 my dad said. 舠If you ever tell Mr. 舡 He was joking, but my dad was unafraid: Nobody was going to mess with Luther Cain. Mr. Woodruff really respected him because my dad had innate self-determination.
And I thought: I might do that at a future debate, just to give the other candidates a fighting chance tonight. 舡 After the walk-through, I did one media event, a radio interview with an Atlanta-based talk radio colleague, Neal Boortz. I don舗t mind being on the radio with him because I feel close to him. 舡 That evening, I was the first of the seven debate participants to walk onto the platform, the order having been determined by lottery. As I took my place at the far end of that platform, I made a mental vow: I舗m going to be myself.
Dr. Mays was a demanding educator and an inspiring leader who had high expectations of his students. His charge to us was challenging: 舠There is an air of expectancy at Morehouse College. It is expected that the student who enters here will do well. It is also expected that once a man bears the insignia of a Morehouse graduate, he will do exceptionally well. 舡 Having graduated from Morehouse in 1967, I was a beneficiary of the civil rights movement. I received twenty-five job offers, and they came from some of America舗s most respected and successful corporations.