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Herman Cain praises Barack Obama for not releasing Osama bin Laden photos
Politico ^ | 05/05/2011 | Juana Summers

Posted on 05/05/2011 2:04:58 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Herman Cain said on Thursday that President Barack Obama was right not to release the Osama bin Laden death photos because it would have been a distraction.

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"I think all it would do is to basically fuel a lot of unnecessary discussions and, most importantly, unnecessary distractions," Cain said.

Calling the death of the 9/11 mastermind a "major achievement on behalf of the United States of America," Cain said the country should now change its focus to other issues, including the economy and national security as a whole.

Cain's comments came in a Fox News interview ahead of his appearance at the first Republican presidential debate in Greenville, S.C.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: hermancain; osamabinladen; photos
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1 posted on 05/05/2011 2:05:01 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I generally like Cain, but he’s wrong on this.


2 posted on 05/05/2011 2:06:39 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: SeekAndFind

Cain is wrong. Until I see the photos (many different angles) and read the medical evidence, I have my doubts. The BHO admin can not be trusted.


3 posted on 05/05/2011 2:06:45 PM PDT by svcw (Non forgiveness is like holding a hot coal thinking the other person will be blistered)
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To: SeekAndFind

Obama won’t release it until we get to 2012 in the run up to the November elections.


4 posted on 05/05/2011 2:07:35 PM PDT by kabar
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To: SeekAndFind

Maybe get back to the problem of buying oil from people that hate us....especially when we have enough resources here. I had to put an extra 5 in the tank this week.


5 posted on 05/05/2011 2:08:02 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, since Politico is reporting this, I will take it with a grain of salt. After all, Herman is appearing in the debate tonight.


6 posted on 05/05/2011 2:09:42 PM PDT by dforest
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To: SeekAndFind
He's not dead, Jim.

He is undergoing enhanced interrogation at a remote location at this very moment.

Why would the US military kill the Rosetta Stone of Islamic terrorism?

Why cut off one head when you can cut them all off?

7 posted on 05/05/2011 2:09:47 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Under Islam, there is no separation of church and state. The church IS the state.)
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To: SeekAndFind
"I think all it would do is to basically fuel a lot of unnecessary discussions"

Actually Herman, unnecessary discussions are being fueled by Obama NOT releasing the photos. You have it completely backwards.

8 posted on 05/05/2011 2:10:30 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t need the photos. They’re the ball Obama wants us to chase so he doesn’t have to answer any questions about what the hell really happened.


9 posted on 05/05/2011 2:10:51 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Joe 6-pack

I’ll wait until they’re on Wikileaks.


10 posted on 05/05/2011 2:12:02 PM PDT by Spok
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, one more cadidate to cross off my list!


11 posted on 05/05/2011 2:14:24 PM PDT by blondee123 (Obama-Socialist in Chief!)
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To: Spok
I’ll wait until they’re on Wikileaks.

I'm sure the admin will trot them out before the election if their behavior pattern holds.
12 posted on 05/05/2011 2:16:55 PM PDT by Renderofveils (My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. - Nabokov)
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RE: Well, one more cadidate to cross off my list!

Keep this up, if some favorite candidate happens to disagree with you on at least one issue you’ll soon find nobody to vote for.


13 posted on 05/05/2011 2:18:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (u)
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To: SeekAndFind

He’s wrong, and the photos will come out anyway, sooner or later.


14 posted on 05/05/2011 2:21:40 PM PDT by Jack Hammer (e)
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To: SeekAndFind

Cain has it bassakwards.

Sigh....


15 posted on 05/05/2011 2:21:50 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and Ford trucks)
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To: SeekAndFind

And the headline is a bit misleading: Cain agreed with the decision but he did not “praise” Obama for it.

He and I email some and I told him he was going to catch hell for this from the base and the tea party folks.


16 posted on 05/05/2011 2:23:20 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (American Thinker Columnist / Rush ghost contributor)
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To: SeekAndFind

Herman, if you think we would have “unnecessary discussions” by releasing the pix, you just stick around and watch what happens from NOT releasing them.


17 posted on 05/05/2011 2:25:29 PM PDT by Scanian
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To: SeekAndFind

Actually, it would have proven that they, indeed, got bin Laden!

Herman Cain is just a name out of the blue to me. This is the first time I’ve heard him air his opinion of anything, and it is his praising of Barack Obama.


18 posted on 05/05/2011 2:25:29 PM PDT by Paperdoll ( On the cutting edge)
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To: SeekAndFind
Barry will wait until the debates and then he'll dramatically say, “Here, I've got something I want to show you.” /s
19 posted on 05/05/2011 2:26:18 PM PDT by JPG (Zawahiri, you're next.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Totally.

I call.

Show your hand Bambi...or fold.


20 posted on 05/05/2011 2:27:50 PM PDT by Salamander (Can't sleep....the clowns will eat me.)
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