Cain was on the Neil Boortz show this morning. To paraphrase, Neil asked him what the heck was up with him allowing the media to lead him by the nose through every minor scandal of their making.
Cain agreed that he shouldn’t have done so.
Neil suggested that he should have answered the hunting compound controversy by saying, “I’m focused on what’s going to happen during the next four years - NOT on what supposedly happened 20 yrs ago.”
Cain conceded that was a much better answer and that is what he should have said.
Cain made a mistake. I chalk that mistake up to inexperience with the national media more than I do an attempt to race-bait. I don’t think he’ll make that same mistake, again.
“Cain made a mistake. I chalk that mistake up to inexperience with the national media more than I do an attempt to race-bait. I don’t think he’ll make that same mistake, again.”
The one thing people have to understand about the media is that reporters may not be so smart but they WILL know how to use your emotions and trip you up. If you come in thinking that they want an honest intellectual discussion, you’ll fall for their psychological traps.