Cain dramatically Almost Breaks Down Thinking About his Inauguration as President and His Wife holding a Bible
This is Cain’s advice from his book Speak as a Leader: Develop the Better Speaker in You:
* expect the unexpected and be prepared to remain calm and professional.
* There is no such thing as off the record.
* Think sound bites and plan some ahead of time if you know the topic to be discussed.
* Say it over and over.
Cain has choked up and held back tears at least three times in two days. Each of “the choking ups” have been in regard to his wife and family.
1. WMUR New Hampshire Interview:
2012 Republican firebrand Herman Cain exposed his vulnerable side yesterday, nearly breaking down into tears during an interview with the New Hampshire radio station WMUR.
When asked how he would feel on his hypothetical inauguration day, Cain was visibly moved, choking up and replying: “I almost can’t say it. Holding the Bible when I’m sworn in. It’s emotional.”
It is a surprising emotional outburst for the typically brash candidate, who tends to stick to anger and/or enthusiasm on the campaign train, even in the face of damning sexual harassment allegations and harsh criticism over his gaffes/general lack of experience.
During Saturday night’s Thanksgiving Family Forum, GOP contender Herman Cain choked up as he talked about a health crisis from his past.
Debate moderator Frank Luntz asked the candidates to describe a personal challenge they had endured, and Cain related the story of finding out that he had stage 4 colon cancer in 2006.
The Des Moines Register transcribed the exchange:
“I will never forget,” Cain began, “walking out of that surgeons office after she had just told us stage four …”
And then Cain paused. His eyes began to water.
Moderator Frank Luntz interjected: “Take your time.”
“It’s as bad as it gets,” Cain continued. “I will never forget before my wife and I were about to get in the car I said, I can do this…’
Cain paused again. The audience remained silent.
“She said, ‘We,’ ” Cain finished.
Cain’s hands covered his face. The audience erupted in applause. As Texas Gov. Rick Perry fielded the next question, Cain removed his glasses and continually cleared his eyes with a handkerchief.
Cain also fought back tears when he spoke about how he had not spent enough time with his children.
Note that Cain is not getting emotional over the suffering of billions of people in the world living in poverty. He is not getting emotional over the 50,000 U.S. citizens, including many children who will die this year because they can’t afford decent health care or health insurance. He is getting emotional over his relationship with his wife and family.
Cain has written a book on how to give effective speeches and has given several thousand speeches over the last 25 years. It is hard to believe that these choke-ups are not a deliberate rhetorical tactic to aid his campaign.
Philosopher Jay
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Angela
It is no supprise to me that a woman would come out of the wood works to defend Mr.Cain. Some women either are just naive to the situation or maybe they feel that they owe the CEO some type of gratitude for having a job.It is a shame,especially after observing so many sexually abused cases during my career where the male gets away with sexually abusing women on the job and the women have to leave the job and settle for some small compensation. The final resolution for these types of cases are always the male abuser getting to remain on the job and being promoted at the same time. Nothing else is EVER said of the matter, based on company’s policy, which is directed from the top. Men always come out winning in these situations and the women who are abused ends up losing ever time because this is a male dominated society. What do women get when they do not want to play sex games on the job? They do not get prompted, they are ignored, their characters are ruined because they demand respect, may even loose their job, or given a small compensation to keep their mouths closed. This is a women’s prespective, an no male can dispute this fact if he really wants to be ethical and honest about what goes on in the workplace. What Cain is accused of goes on everyday in the workplace, and women are expected to play tht game if they want to remain on the job and succeed. Therefore, I am not one bit supprise that these women spoke out, and I am quite sure there are many others who were intimidated and are afraid to speak out for the very reason that men or the leaders of coperations will play down the issue and act as if this problem is not rampant in America organizations.
Hi Jay
As articles, great stuff. Cain is dropping out of the race which is not surprising. But, he raised $9 million which he can convert to a personal PAC and spend. Once converted, there is not a lot of rules I think. I’d like to follow the money…
“Cain’s campaign previously came under fire for buying copies of his book and paying campaign funds to a company that he controls called T.H.E. New Voice. Most of these payments would be acceptable so long as they are for market value.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/03/herman-cain-quit-campaign-funds-2012_n_1127212.html