Posted on 10/29/2011 11:38:28 AM PDT by bullypulpit
Herman Cain was on Fox News Sunday in May. When Chris Wallace asked about the Arab propaganda movement to give Palestinians the "Right to Return," Herman Cain indicated that he was ignorant of the propaganda intricacies of that policy. The entire duration of the Barack Obama administration has been openly hostile towards Israel. There is some indication that the 2012 election will not repair this travesty if Herman Cain is the Republican nominee. He's not smart enough on the issue to turn things around. And if you believe he'll hire smart people around him, look at his record of hiring loons to run his presidential campaign.
Cain's ignorance on the intricacies of Arab propaganda against Israel, particularly the so-called "Right to Return" reveals how little Cain is prepared to direct a conservative foreign policy. "Yes, but under – but not under – Palestinian conditions. Yes. They should have a right to come back if that is a decision that Israel wants to make…. I don't think they have a big problem with people returning," Cain said. See video:
Appealing to the fringe right nativists, Herman Cain suggests that in order for a Muslim to serve in his administration, he will require them to take a "loyalty oath" to the United States. How will this go over in a general election? Transcript of Herman Cain on the Glenn Beck TV show on Fox News:
GLENN BECK: You said you would not appoint a Muslim to anybody in your administration.
HERMAN CAIN: The exact language was when I was asked, “would you be comfortable with a Muslim in your cabinet?” And I said, “no, I would not be comfortable.” I didn’t say I wouldn’t appoint one because if they can prove to me that they’re putting the Constitution of the United States first then they would be a candidate just like everybody else. My entire career, I’ve hired good people, great people, regardless of their religious orientation.
BECK: So wait a minute. Are you saying that Muslims have to prove their, that there has to be some loyalty proof?
CAIN: Yes, to the Constitution of the United States of America.
BECK: Would you do that to a Catholic or would you do that to a Mormon?
CAIN: Nope, I wouldn’t. Because there is a greater dangerous part of the Muslim faith than there is in these other religions. I know that there are some Muslims who talk about, "but we are a peaceful religion." And I’m sure that there are some peace-loving Muslims.
(Source: The video below: )
On CNN, Herman Cain proposed a position on the Second Amendment (the federal right to bear arms). In an exchange with Wolf Blitzer:
BLITIZER: Let’s talk about gun control. Do you support any gun control?
CAIN: I support the Second Amendment.
BLITZER: So you don’t? What’s the answer on gun control?
CAIN: The answer on gun control is I support, strongly support, the Second Amendment. I don’t support onerous legislation that’s going to restrict people’s rights in order to be able to protect themselves as guaranteed by the Second Amendment.
BLITZER: Should states or local governments be allowed to the gun situation . . .
CAIN: Yes
BLITZER: So the answer is yes?
CAIN: Yes. The answer is yes, that should be a state’s decision.
(Source: CNN Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer Oct. 18, 2011 .)
When confronted at a meet and greet after the Blitzer interview, Herman Cain refused to clarify his remarks that states can regulate guns, or impose gun control:
That the federal Constitution guarantees the right to keep and bear arms completely escapes Cain, as he stakes a position to the left of Al Gore, suggesting that state law should be allowed to override federal law if a state desired to ban all firearms. Herman Cain apparently isn't aware of the Supreme Court ruling in Supreme Court in McDonald v. Chicago. In this 5-4 decision, the court ruled that the Second Amendment applies equally to the federal government and to individual state governments.
In a May 2011 interview after the first Fox News Debate, Herman Cain said that terror suspect Anwar Al-Alwaki, an American citizen, should not be unilaterally assassinated by the CIA without due process, as Al-Alwaki was in a drone strike. "He should be tried as an American citizen," Cain said, emphatically. Here's the video:
Later, at the TeaCon conference in Chicago of Tea Party activists at the end of Sept. 2011, Herman Cain reversed his earlier declaration, in variance with the Fifth Amendment, and declared that he supported President Obama's drone strike to kill Al-Alwaki:
I will not delve deeper into the whole "was it Constitutional" argument. The point is that Herman Cain is clearly confused about the Constitution, and vagrantly flip-flops his positions depending upon his audience. Herman Cain sounds so Romney-esque. Or, rather Barney Fife-esque.
A common refrain of those supporting Herman Cain (neo-Constitutionalists) is that we all must "read our Consitution" and then they wave it in everyone's face. But when a so-called Tea Party leader named Herman Cain demands that his audience knows the Constitution, it helps if that leader actually knows what's in the Constitution.
Here is Herman Cain "educating" the masses on The Constitution:
"We don’t need to rewrite the Constitution of the United States of America, we need to reread the Constitution and enforce the Constitution,” Cain said. “And I know that there are some people that are not going to do that, so for the benefit of those that are not going to read it because they don’t want us to go by the Constitution, there’s a little section in there that talks about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" is not in the Constitution, it's in the Declaration of Independence, a beautiful document in itself, but not binding law of the land. I won't link to the source. Google it.
ONE reason Perry is unfit for the presidency:
Tid bits, sound bites, yup, sounds like Palin all over again.
Du vill vote for Romney und Perry, ve who know how Govt. verks vill decide who you should vote for. Ja ve do der Best fur You. Who you want, does not count. Ve are die Elite political class, why vould you vant a common person?
Perry People!
Give me reasons to vote FOR your guy.
This type of stuff turns people like me off.
Cain is out for the destruction of Israel? Really dude? Cain was one of the few high profile people who went to Beck's pro Israel rally unannounced and with out fanfare. He is a solid pro Israel guy by all accounts.
Good Luck with all that. Maybe he should become a community organizer and just trump everybody.
Herm got a Masters in Comp Sci from Purdue.
That’s enough smarts for me.
Boiler Up!!
With supporters like you, Perry doesn't need critics.
Here's a hint - your lame-ass bashing of Cain does NOTHING to help Perry. It only reinforces the growing notion on FR that he attracts some real ahole idiots.
Because Perry will DESTROY Obama in debate! /s
Is all this true about Cain? That is the issue.
OK, I see this is not affiliated with the Perry campaign. I still want to know if this is the truth.
I like Rick Perry but, to be fair, he did state that the nation was founded in the 16th century so maybe his apologists might want to back off a bit on factual gaffes by other candidates.
Aren’t you just so relieved that you know everything? May we be so privileged to bow in your presence? Please, pretty please?
As an engineer, I never profess to know everything except to know where to find the information I need at the time I need it, in my “smart books”. The key word here is need, not answering a gotcha hypothetical.
I want Cain to run so I can tell libs they are racist de supporting a half white man over a black man.
Does anyone see the Cain campaign tearing the other candidates down in a poor attempt to elevate himself? Not at this time we don’t, no. Maybe that will come, but so far, Cain has stayed above all that childish behavior.
The Perry camp, in the other hand, seems to think that it will elevate Perry if they tear down Cain.
It sure would be nice if the Perry camp would post something that elevates PERRY and shows America what PERRY has to offer us.
For starters, Perry’s new ad boasts that he will create over 2.5 million new jobs. He does realize there are over 14 million without jobs, right? So 2.5 million jobs isn’t exactly going to change things much.
He goes on to say that Texas created over 1 million jobs. Soooo... his state creates 1 million, but he’s only going to creat 2.5 million for the whole country?? So are we to believe that he’ll create 1 million jobs for his state, and the rest of the country can divide the other 1.5 million jobs among the other 49 (or is it 56?) states?
Either he doesn’t have anyone critiquing his ads to give them feedback on how the ad comes across, or no one in his camp knows how to do math, or this is the best they can come up with. Or all of the above.
I am trying to give Perry a chance, because some people here say he’s a good guy. But every step he takes is further from my vote.
Calling the stance “very pro-choice,” [Mike] Huckabee argued that even with Cain trying to backtrack by calling himself “100% pro-life,” there was little repair he could do to his comments. “The damage has been done,” Huckabee concluded, particularly with religious voters and social conservatives. “He cannot win Iowa by offending them,” Huckabee argued, noting that being pro-choice was far too radical a position for many voters who choose candidates based on their stances on social issues, no matter what his stances on other policy issues that come up in the campaign.
And I'm sorry, your use of nativist is pure bashing. Right in line with Perry's heartless comment. So I see why you are drawn to him, you both like to bash conservatives.
There's just so many illegals to go around...
BUMP
Looks like the Perry winks are getting desperate to keep their candidate relevant.
I ask again, is this the truth?
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