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This is Herman Cain — ‘My Journey to the White House’
kam Williams Special
To The Skanner News
“I
didn’t grow up wanting
to be President of the
United States. I grew
up po’, which is even worse
than being poor. My
American Dream entailed
working hard and… I
became a corporate CEO, a
regional chairman of the
Federal Reserve, a presi-
dent of the Restaurant
Association, an author, and
a talk show host before retir-
ing at 65.
And then I became a pres-
idential aspirant… I’m a
leader… When all the votes
are counted on Tuesday,
November 6, 2012, we will
be free at last! Free at last!
Thank God Almighty! This
nation will be free at last—
again!”
— Excerpted from the
Introduction (pgs. 1-2)
One criticism leveled at
Herman Cain by a lot of TV
pundits is that he isn’t really
a serious presidential candi-
date because he’s devoted
so much time during the
campaign to promoting his
autobiography. Well, any-
body who’s actually both-
ered to read the book would
see that it really devotes as
much attention to his politi-
cal platform as it does to his
private life.
One thing’s for certain,
whether he’s reflecting on
his childhood or addressing
the issues, the charismatic
businessman has a knack for
driving home his point in
readily-digestible layman’s
terms. In fact, he’s able to
break down any topic of
conversation into a slogan
with 3 simple tenets.
By now everybody knows
about his 9-9-9 economic
plan. But this opus reveals
that he identifies himself as
A-B-C,
meaning
American, first; Black, sec-
ond; and a Conservative,
third.
Then there’s his 3 steps
on to success: R-O-I,
which refer to Removing
barriers, Obtaining results
and Inspiring yourself. And
See Cain on page 8
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