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Herman Cain, listed in the official program as “Former CEO, Godfather's Pizza,” took the stage at about 4:30 on a recent Thursday at the Woodley Park Marriott in Washington, D.C.
It was day one of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), and he was the main attraction. There had been a long line throughout the lobby before his scheduled appearance. It was an earnest crowd. The prevailing concern at the conference (I overheard one college student saying) was with showing people it was cool to be an American.
Cain made a joke about the teleprompters - he doesn't “do” them, he said - and then told a story about the American Revolution.
“In 1773!” he said, booming each syllable into the mic, “The colonists! Were fed up! With old King George!"...
