Posted on Thu, Nov 10, 2011 : 1:10 p.m.
Images from Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's stop in Ypsilanti Township
By Melanie Maxwell
![Supporters wait for Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain to make an appearance at the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti during a stop on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com](/calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_21_display.jpg)
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Supporters wait for Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain to make an appearance at the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti during a stop on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Supporters wait for Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain to make an appearance at the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti during a stop on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_21_fullsize.jpg
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John Ochs, of Ann Arbor, holds a flag as he waits for Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain to arrive at the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti during a stop on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_22_fullsize.jpg
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Supporters watch as Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's campaign bus pulls to the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti during a stop on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_23_fullsize.jpg
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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain smiles as he makes his way past supporters and media into the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti during a stop on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_24_fullsize.jpg
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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain smiles as he makes his way past supporters and media into the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti during a stop on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_25_fullsize.jpg
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Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain attempt to get a glimpse of the candidate during a speech at the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti during a stop on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_26_fullsize.jpg
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Bill Meggison, of Ypislanti, listens as Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks to a crowd at the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti during a stop on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_27_fullsize.jpg
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Big Sky Diner owner Tony Metko shakes hands with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain during a campaign stop in Ypsilanti on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_28_fullsize.jpg
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Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain listen during a speech at the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti during a stop on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_29_fullsize.jpg
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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks to a crowd gathered at the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti during a stop on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_30_fullsize.jpg
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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks to a crowd gathered at the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti during a stop on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_31_fullsize.jpg
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Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain listen during a speech at the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti during a stop on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_32_fullsize.jpg
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Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain listen during a speech at the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti during a stop on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_33_fullsize.jpg
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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain greets supporters after giving a speech at the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti during a stop on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_34_fullsize.jpg
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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain greets supporters after giving a speech at the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti during a stop on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_35_fullsize.jpg
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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain shares a laugh with Kathy McConnell, of Belleville, as he greets supporters after giving a speech at the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti during a stop on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_36_fullsize.jpg
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Jo Pichan and her husband David, both of Ypsilanti, pose for a photograph with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain as he greets supporters after giving a speech at the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti during a stop on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_37_fullsize.jpg
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Ann Arbor activist Eric Keller, holds a sign that reads "Stop Corporate Tax Breaks" as he stands near Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's tour bus during a stop on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_38_fullsize.jpg
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A supporter grabs a photo of Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's tour bus as it leaves a stop at the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti on Thursday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 Herman Cain/cache/111011_NEWS_Herman_Cain_MRM_39_fullsize.jpg
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A crowd gathered to greet Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain as he made an appearance at the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti Township during a campaign stop on Thursday morning.
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outdoor6709
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 2:49 p.m.
The role of government is to establish an environment where we can all prosper. Instead we are getting regulated to death. <a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/epa-s-war-american-industry_555991.html" rel='nofollow'>http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/epa-s-war-american-industry_555991.html</a> I do not like 999. However it use is it starts a discussion as to how big the government should be. We cannot survive as a country when politicians pander to the 50% who pay no income taxes by giving the more benifits. All people need to pay something towards the cost of government, that way when their taxes go up they will pay some attention to what the government is doing.
Tom Todd
Thu, Nov 10, 2011 : 10:20 p.m.
Some would rather the Rich get richer, then the poor and lower middle class, get any help climbing the ladder.
rulieg
Thu, Nov 10, 2011 : 11:57 p.m.
nobody minds giving a helping hand up the ladder. but what's happened in our country is that people don't want a hand up, they want us to cut the ladder down so they don't have to climb it at all! sorry...it doesn't work that way. we need to regain a sense of personal responsibility in America rather than the "gimme" culture we have made for ourselves.
hut hut
Thu, Nov 10, 2011 : 9:12 p.m.
Not too many minority faces in those pics. And many of those folks appear to be of Social Security and Medicare age. They all look well fed and happy. I wonder how many of them are talking down government while taking the money? A few of those folks appear to have seen better days, or maybe have been down on their luck for a while. I suppose Cain isn't sympathetic and believes that a job with no base minimum wage and no health care is the solution to their problem. All they need is a pair of boots with straps. After all, Cain believes that poor people are poor because they don't work hard enough because of the nanny state. It's the same tired old so called Protestant work ethic that says you're poor because you're not as pious as the rich.. The same tired ethic that blames people for their circumstances based on the wealth or piety. What's Cain's position on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, minimum wage and the social safety net? 9-9-9?
Michigan Man
Thu, Nov 10, 2011 : 8:34 p.m.
Good looking group of Cain supporters! Flying the tea party flag proudly. Wonder if any Ann Arborites had a chance to show their Cain solidarity with their brother and sisters in Ypsi? I hopes he keeps on preaching and raising Cain!
David Briegel
Thu, Nov 10, 2011 : 10:13 p.m.
I "hopes" Herman and Rick are the final two in the genius party. I hear they have a lot of support in the upper class Chicago suburbs. I "knows" they really hate people who aren't up to the task!