So What’s the Dealio With This Herman Cain Guy?

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I was having a conversation with a friend a couple of weeks ago when he asked my thoughts on Herman Cain.  I’m embarrassed to admit it, but my initial reaction was, “Who the hell is Herman Cain?”

His response?  “The Godfather’s Pizza guy.”

Which made me feel marginally better, considering the guy’s all over the news and I’d barely noticed his existence.

It did get me thinking, though, about how bizarre it is that a presidential candidate can pretty much rise out of the middle of nowhere and somehow become fairly popular.  It also  made me realize that I knew virtually nothing about Cain’s positions, and I have to tell you, the research has been pretty interesting on that one.

Cain on a woman’s right to choose, courtesy of Wonkette:

We are beginning to wonder if Herman Cain actually understands …

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Department of V.A. Discriminating Against Navy Vet

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There are some laws in existence that don’t make sense to me and even some that I flat out disagree with, but I understand that it’s my responsibility as an American citizen to follow said laws. After all, if a bunch of people just started to ignore laws they didn’t understand or thought were asinine, chaos would ensue after awhile.

And if this makes sense to me, a mere citizen of the United States, one would think that it’d be a no-brainer for the U.S. government, but …

Well, it’s not.

Connecticut’s Carmen Cardona, an eighteen year Navy Veteran and a lesbian married to her “longtime female partner”, has been denied spousal disability bennies for her wife …

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“Parent One” and “Parent Two” On Passports … So What?

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There are lots of legal things in this world that people have a moral compunction with. Abortion, gun control, capital punishment, and realistic sex education in schools are some of the more common examples, although gay marriage has become quite an ignited spark these days.

And now, with “mother” and “father” being removed from United States passport applications in …

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