I’m not sure what you mean by neoconservative. I’m a conservative, yes. Neoconservative, labels sometimes put you in a box. I’m very conservative.
Even now, I'm not so sure what people mean by "neoconservative." What it means now isn't what it meant 10 or 20 or 30 or 40 or 50 years ago.
And nobody running for president is going to want to put themselves in a box on this: "I am a neoconservative" or "I am not a neoconservative" is the sort of thing that generates a lot of heat without shedding much light. To change the metaphor, it's painting a target on one's back with no real reason to do so.
Cain went on to say, in response to the host's pressing the question:
I’m not familiar with the neoconservative movement. I’m familiar with the conservative movement and let me define what I mean by the conservative movement. Less government. Less taxes. More individual responsibility.
I don't take that as meaning "I have never heard of the neoconservative movement" but as meaning "That's not what I came here to talk about." Most people would do the same.
This is really disappointing from Commentary. They come to a conclusion only an idiot would arrive at.
They start by calling him ignorant and end by hinting at conceit or hubris, when the ignorance and arrogance is all their own. It's especially bad since they are creating the kind of myth that people are going to repeat and spread and embellish.
Why anyone would want to be president is beyond me. But I suppose if I had the the other sense that Herman Cain has in spades, the Common Sense, a dedication to repair the broken, the resuscitation of the unbroken is the driving force behind Herman Cain.
One of the greatest thing he has going for him is that he is not a politician. Carer politicians brought us to where we find ourselves today. Washington reeks with corruption caused by career politicians. Washington is in desperate need of some fresh air!
Please do not lose sight of the fact that Congress is full of career politicians. Before any moves to reparation, Congress needs to have it’s House and Senate thoroughly cleansed of crusty Communists, then have term limits imposed on both, with no pensions!
The real war being waged in America is the Leftists war against the middle class (the Tea Party) which is a purely Communist concept! Obama and his crony-Communists want a two class society. The very poor and the elite!
Herman Cain said Reagan was correct with peace through strength. IMO, Herman Cain has the strength of character to achieve the viability of the American Dream ,which will be gone forever if Establishment’s Mitt Romney, Establishment’s Perry, or Muslim-Communist Obama take or retake the wheel