Troubling, very troubling.

Presidential GOP candidate front-runner Herman Cain has been busy for the past few weeks.  First he created a firestorm of controversy with his now infamous “9-9-9”plan, then he fanned the flames even hotter with his comments about poor people and eating “used food”.  Not content with his now roaring bonfire he threw on more fuel with incendiary comments on handling immigration troubles at the US-Mexican border with lethal electric fences. 

This week, he has been floundering in explanations amongst the revelation that he was accused of sexual harassment while tenured at the National Restaurants Association.  First he denied the report, then he hinted that there may have been an incident, THEN when confronted with the facts he suddenly has total recall at what actually happened but refuses to acknowledge any role in the investigation and consequent settlement that occurred.  He has been caught on camera losing his temper to the point of almost swearing on being asked about his past indiscretions.  He dodges the media and blames everyone but himself for past incident(s) that is legally documented.

I’m not at all shocked that he has been accused of sexually harassing someone – to be honest, I think having a sex-scandal in the closet is a pre-requisite to becoming an elected member or official of the Republican Party. 

Neither am I surprised that he is vehemently denying the extent of his involvement either.

What IS surprising and deeply troubling is that his poll numbers have NOT been affected by this at all.  As a matter of fact, his supporters have stood by and have donated to his campaign in record numbers. 

THAT’S what bothers me. 

Why?  Because the question that keeps popping up in my head asks “are there really a large number of Americans who are THAT STUPID to blindly follow this idiot and really, REALLY see him as a fit candidate to run this country!?  THIS is how they would want a leader to handle the delicate issues of America?!  This is the moral compass that they want to be lead by?!”

WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?!  What values and ethics do they have…..and are they any indication of the mindset of the general populace?

I mean – he sputters and loses his temper at a simple question about FACTS of his past….how then would he react in times of crisis when America is confronted by terrorists acts or other such acts of aggression? 

The other bothering matter is that Herman Cain is leading the polls as the candidate that Republicans would support to challenge Obama in the 2012 presidential elections. 

Really?!  Herman Cain is the best that the GOP has to offer?  Out of a population of over 310 million – this is the single best candidate they can find?  If not this moron, the close second is a member of a church that most consider a cult, followed in a close third by a Texan governor who is accused of being a drunken, drug-abusing closet-case. 

What IS to become of this country?!