Posted on 11/17/2011 10:11:55 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
They’ve hit him with all they had (nothing) and he carried on.
If Mr. Cain keeps calm and confident and has calm, analytical people around him, he will simply continue building his campaign organization from here on out.
I think he’s doing this from the few interviews I’ve seen.
I am an American.
Maybe it’s just me, but I do think if I was a presidential candidate and was campaigning in Little Havana, I would damn sure have been briefed big time on Cuba policy.
Let's put this into perspective:
10 REASONS WHY CAIN IS ABLE
1) Mathematician for the Navy, where he worked on missile ballistics (making him a rocket scientist 2) Computer systems analyst for Coca-Cola 3) VP of Corporate Data Systems and Services for Pillsbury 4) Business Manager for 400 Burger King restaurants He learned the business from the ground up to turn the poorest performers into three the best performers in three years) 5) CEO and owner of Godfather’s Pizza 6) Chairman of the National Restaurant Association 7) Adviser to the Federal Reserve System and Chairman of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank 8)Writer, public speaker, and WSB-Atlanta Radio Host 9)Associate Minister 10) faithful husband, and father.
Floridians certainly know about it, and Cain's advisors had better get him up to speed on the States he is visiting.
His I will get back to you on that answer is wearing thin in the intellectual Newt camp. Not criticizing Herman but he needs some help.
The reason for all the ups and downs should be obvious, we don't have a good candidate, we just have some worse than others again.
Yeah, south of Okeechobee, the wet foot/dry foot policy is something everybody knows about. And has an opinion about. And it’s one of the big reasons the Cubans and Haitians do not get along.
But hey! Who needs to know about something like that, it only affects several million people in three different countries
There have to be 50 different nationality and ethnicity groups in the U.S., from Ethiopian to Eskimo.
IMHO, if I was a Presidential candidate, I would not study up on each one prior to visiting with them, in an effort to understand in great detail decades of legislation, actions by foreign governments, etc., etc. That in and of itself would create a years-long job for the candidate.
I would even go so far as to seriously doubt that the virtually uncontested standout in study, issues and debate, Newt, would have a perfect and encyclopaedic knowledge of the details affecting all the dozens of voting blocks out there. I’m certainly not saying this to Newt’s or anyone’s detriment - just stating the obvious.
IMHO, one could so some simple googling and come up with regulations, policies, studies, issues, etc., affecting the voting block of Americans of Cuban descent, and come up with a question that Newt would not know the answer to.
“Cramming” on issues will be evident when answering questions.
IMHO, it all comes down to principles. A simple “I’m for legal and legitimate immigration” is the optimal stance. As far as dealings the the Cuban government, sanctions, etc., the U.S. position has always been to not be an “enabler” for Castro and to recognize that the Cubans that made it to American largely had much of their property confiscated or effectively confiscated, relatives imprisoned, etc., by a violent and failed Castro regime.
Now in this generation when naive American college students listen to their communist professors and think that communism is “cool”, we have many Americans who do not appreciate the significance of this confiscation the way the descendents of those who lost everything do.
Does a Repub candidate need to know every jot and tittle ? No. I don’t have any idea of the details, but from smoking cigars and hearing how people in that industry - or related industries - packed up and ran from their homeland is enough for me to know who the good guys and bad guys are. I would love the opportunity to sit with some old people and hear their stories, perhaps sit with some from that community who have knowledge and opinions on things like legislation. This would let them know that I care about the wrongs committed and will not suddenly turn around on previous U.S. policy and suddenly support or “enable” the communist Cuban regime.
A nice rule of thumb for American political candidates is simply to be steadfastly against communism and socialism - in every issue as it arises.
The mid-level and senior-level Cuban leaders of Cuban society in Cuba need to step up and turn the Cuban “ship of state” towards freedom and the rule of law, and the blessings of prosperity will follow.
IMHO.
you got that right.
Thanks for the terrible excerpt.
You are welcome. It’s nearly 300 words, which is the limit. It’s snippets from throughout the article, to give the gist of what was covered. It includes things negative to Cain, and things that are positive for Cain.
I’m sorry you found it terrible, but I did explicitly tell people they should go read the entire article. I’m certainly not trying to give the “wrong” impression about what was in the article.
“Cramming” on issues will be evident when answering questions.
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One need not cram in order to be conversant, IMO.
The Cuban expats are a pretty politically astute group. I would not go in unprepared - but like I said, that’s my opinion and my comfort level with things.
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