Are they serious?!

This past week a lot has happened within the realm of the republican candidates. Now people ask me why I am not a republican. If you watched the news last week at any time, there is my answer!

First, there is Herman Cain and the sexual harassment claims. I mean come on. First off, the sexual harassment case has been settled and happened more than 10 years ago. It is time to move on. However, do I trust Herman Cain after hearing the allegations; not really. Need I reiterate the fact that Herman Cain does not know how to explain things properly or defend himself without putting himself into a deeper and deeper hole?

First he says he had no idea about any settlement, then he says he knew about “an agreement” but not a settlement changing his story. Although sexual harassment is not acceptable in any way shape or form, the fact that Herman Cain may have sexually harassed a woman is not what makes me frustrated. The fact that Herman Cain’s explanations and stories always change from day to day, and he doesn’t seem to know what he is talking about. 

When he was trying to explain the 9 9 9 plan all he did was reiterate the fact that state and federal taxes was mixing apples and oranges. I did not get a full explanation of why the Washington posts’ analysis of his tax plan was wrong, he just said it was with little to no proof. Herman Cain may be a business man and able to run god father pizza, but to run the country you need a little bit of a mix between business and politics. Most politicians are too much like politicians and not good business men, but Herman Cain is a business man and not really a politician. The fact that he is also needing to even defend himself against a sexual harassment claim, that in fact did end in a settlement or “agreement” as Cain puts it, is also unsettling but not the straw that broke the camel’s back.

Herman Cain however, does not take the cake as the most unrespectable candidate. Rick Perry managed to win that one this week with his outrageous display during a speech in New Hampshire. Now there is a fine line between being “passionate” about his view points, as his advisors had called it, and being unprofessional. His voice mumbled at points and his facial expressions where extremely animated. Now, was he drunk? I can’t say. To me it sure looked that way. He giggled unprofessionally and his body movements didn’t seem to make sense. 

When I look for a politician to run the country that I am a part of, I expect them to be a bit animated but not overly so where they come off as if they are on a comedy show. When he tried to point out multiple points, he was not able to count them properly on his fingers. Now, if that was not enough, at the end of the speech, he oddly played with maple syrup and seemed a little too excited about the gift. Whether or not he was drunk, it was unprofessional and it seems no one would take the United States seriously if our president acted like that at an important meeting. I know I wouldn’t take him seriously.

I am all for a little bit of fun, but come on, that was just too much. To me, it doesn't matter if he was drunk or not. Frankly, I would preferred if he had been drunk, because then I would know that he would not act like this at any meeting or address that he had.

Here is the whole video:

Here are just clips of the video: 

These both portray his out of control behavior. Some may not want to watch the whole 25 minute speech so there are the shorter clips of about 8 minutes as well.