Candidate for 2012 Republican Party nomination holds book signing at Tyrone Barnes & noble
Written by Dawn-Marie Parker, Oct 11, 2011, 0 Comments
Cheers of “Herman! Herman! Herman!” and applause filled the air of the Tyrone Boulevard Barnes & Noble as Cain, one of the candidates for the 2012 Republican nomination, entered the bookstore.
Cain was in town on Oct. 5 to promote his book “This is Herman Cain: My Journey to the White House.” Armed with complete security detail and a confident smile, he waved to the boisterous crowd.
Some people left the bookstore in frustration because he was only there to sign books. Others waited patiently to snap his picture and shake hands.
Cain has a working class background. His father worked three jobs and his mother was a domestic worker. Cain graduated from Morehouse College with a degree in mathematics in 1967.
One of Cain’s main ideas is called the 999 plan. “We must get the government off our backs, out of our pockets and out of our way in order to return to prosperity,” he says on his campaign website. Cain’s 999 plan would involve the business flat tax, individual flat tax and national sales tax being 9 percent to help economic growth, according to his website.
“I love his no-nonsense approach, and I hope that because of this we’ll get our jobs back,” said Erica Borgess, who attended the signing. “That’s what people go to college for.”
Photo by Daniel Mutter
