Posted on 10/03/2011 12:30:43 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Herman Cain said today that Chris Christie’s positions would “turn off a lot of conservatives.”
In response to questions from Fox News host Chris Wallace, who noted Christie had strayed from conservative orthodoxy on several issues, Cain said his potential rival was incapable of drawing support from “a lot of conservatives” if he chose to run.
“Most of the conservatives believe that we should enforce our borders, they do not believe people should be here without documentation, they do not believe global warming is a crisis or threat … as you go right down the line, he’s going to turn off a lot of conservatives with those positions,” Cain said of Christie.
Cain also criticized Rick Perry, when Wallace asked him for his reaction to a Washington Post story today about land leased by Perry and his family for hunting had had at one point a rock with “N[word]head” on it.
“For him to leave it there as long as he did before I hear that they finally painted over it is just plain insensitive to a lot of black people in this country,” Cain said.
Perry communications director Ray Sullivan responded to Cain’s remarks in a statement issued this morning. “Mr. Cain is wrong about the Perry family’s quick action to eliminate the word on the rock,” Sullivan said, “but is right the word written by others long ago is insensitive and offensive. That is why the Perrys took quick action to cover and obscure it.”
Asked about his remarks that two-thirds of African-Americans are brainwashed, Cain pointed to his personal experience.
“Some black people that I run into, not all … they won’t even take my 9-9-9 brochure because I’m that conservative, that Republican,” he said. Pushing back against the argument that his brainwashing remark was “insensitive,” Cain retorted that President Obama’s “scolding” of the Congressional Black Caucus last month was more offensive.
Talking briefly about some of his GOP rivals, Cain called Ron Paul a “grumpy, old man” and noted that in the debates, Santorum often had a “stressful look.” He said Mitt Romney had “good hair,” but also took a jab at Romney’s business experience. “His business experience is in Wall Street, my business experience has been Main Street,” Cain remarked.
I’m not sure who you are trying to convert, but I asked a simple question, and got four polite and detailed replies. Who is it you’re trying to tell me is worthy of support (since you have a problem with Herman Cain)? Come right out and say it, if there isn’t someone, why address your post to me when it has nothing to do with the question I asked? Or are you merely trolling the boards?
“.......The mutually hostile tenor has emerged at an unusually early point in the nominating contest, and it illustrates the high stakes involved. But it also shows that Romney - who for months hardly ever mentioned his primary opponents - is trying to quickly stem Perry’s rise. Just six weeks ago, Romney and his advisers said they did not feel threatened by having Perry in the race and would not change their strategy. Now, rarely a day goes by that his campaign does not try to put Perry on the defensive.......”
I just wanted to say “Thank you too” as you gave me a detailed explanation, (which I just confirmed), and i appreciate that. Cain did not (so far as I can tell from the FR posted article) say he “should have said” anything. He said it would have been appropriate to do so...for the moderators, since it is the job of the moderators to maintain the audience.
I don’t have a problem with Cain specifically - I have a major problem with these flavors of the month. Every month , or even weeks, everybody jump on a new wagon. After they are vetted, pouff...they go down in flame. I would love to see some restraint and cold analysis (we have time)of ALL candidates, and see who had the experience and the record to prove it to run America at the stage she is now - bad - our last chance so we have to make it right in 2012. I certainly don’t think it is Cain. Total lack of executive (gov) experience - no knowledge or wrong one of any foreign policy, Israel or Afghanistan and so on .... after obama, we absolutely need someone strong, vetted and experienced. And yes you guessed it, I am a Sarah voter.
Somewhere around 20% of our nations Presidents never held elected office before becoming president. I am not cofident in ANYONE knowing all they need to about foreign policy, and I only have seen one person say “I don’t know, I’ll find out and get back to you.” We don’t need more politicians, especially establishment ones.
With regards to Mrs. Palin, just let me know when Sarah Palin gets into the race. If it’s as a Republican, she has only a few weeks (I believe the first filing deadline is THIS month for one or two states). Until then, she’s not a candidate. After that, we can see how she fairs in the field, which may or not be favorably (for a variety of factors, including open primaries). As far as I’m concerned there’s a long, long way to go (ideologically) before I’m willing to support a single candidate (the herd will have to be thinned first). The field is still wide open, but only for the limited time remaining.
How will the 999 plan increase taxes?
ABO!
At this rate, though we might vote Cain as Mr. Congeniality, his fellow candidates wouldn’t.
Except for Mitt. Mitt must be sending him the modern big-budget campaign version of flowers every day.
I wrote this vanity to applaud Herman Cain's comment: "America needs to learn how to take a joke".
But now I've seen his true core and it is not "congenial."
I’ve no problem with him saying that Christie is too liberal or that Perry’s a good governor. I suppose everyone knows Paul is a grumpy old man.
But one could certainly argue that that was a quick pile on to the question of Perry’s camp. And what really struck me as needlessly and gratuitously nasty was calling Santorum “stressed”.
That’s just a needless gut-punch to someone who’s going from green room to stage with you.
We do learn more about the candidates as the process continues.
Got that right, I don’t think Republicans realize just how Liberal Christie is. If Christie got into the race they would be in for a rude awaking far too late to do anything about it.
A republican can’t win a presidential election with out the support of conservatives. Christie himself knows hes too green to know how to corral that support.
Folk that want him to join the race are a bit too hopeful. I’m sorry the men who have elected to run are less then prefect, Christie is less experienced and no more prefect then any of them.
To his credit Christie know this, if he ever wants to run for president he can run in 2016, 2020, 2024, ect.. By that time he will have a lot more executive experience under his belt to prove he has the skills to manage a goverment.
Don't be so 'heartless'.
Huge Cain supporter but he will lose our support real quick if he goes to apologizing! Next step would be support of the homosexual agenda or the noncommittal “what they dobin private is their.own business” My leader will call it wrong!
Huge Cain supporter but he will lose our support real quick if he goes to apologizing! Next step would be support of the homosexual agenda or the noncommittal “what they dobin private is their.own business” My leader will call it wrong!
They are trying to paint Perry as a racist like they tried to link President Bush with the Jasper Texas dragging. It was Governor Perry and the people of the state of Texas who took in thousands of Katrina victims - most of whom were black.
Trial lawyers and teacher unions (#1 and #2 backers of Dems — and NOW) said they would do everything do defeat Perry because of his push against them.
People see Christie's "style" as leadership -- he's a former federal prosecutor -- so he is in your face and he knows NJ inside out -- not much else.
...and obviously Cain is too naive to be a viable Conservative candidate. Republicans can never trust the media, and never accept the premise of their questions.
They are also trying to take Cain down with him with these questions.
Mitt - good hair. LOL!
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