Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Herman Cain - burning out?
The Herman Cain campaign may be coming to an end because of an allegation of sexual harassment several years ago. He fervently denies the allegation. However, the allegation and his heated denial are getting a big play in the main stream media. If his campaign crashes, it will be a result of an allegation that may not be true, or may be true but is irrelevant to the question of whether he should be President.
He should not be President, to be sure. He has some of the goofiest and most dangerous economic ideas I've ever heard. If he were to become President and were to put some of these goofy ideas into practice, it would be very harmful to the country. But goofy ideas don't sell newspapers. Sex scandals sell newspapers. Hence, the space given to a possible sex scandal, compared to the space given to a critique of his 9-9-9 tax plan, illustrates the economics of publishing and selling newspapers.
He should not be President, to be sure. He has some of the goofiest and most dangerous economic ideas I've ever heard. If he were to become President and were to put some of these goofy ideas into practice, it would be very harmful to the country. But goofy ideas don't sell newspapers. Sex scandals sell newspapers. Hence, the space given to a possible sex scandal, compared to the space given to a critique of his 9-9-9 tax plan, illustrates the economics of publishing and selling newspapers.
Labels: denial of sexual harassment, goofy economics, Herman Cain
