Posted on 11/14/2011 2:50:42 PM PST by St. Louis Conservative
It has nothing to do with anything Gloria Allred has her hands in.
It’s his continued lack of preparedness on, and familiarity with, basic domestic and foreign policy issues. Sorry, Cain fans. Tried to give him the benefit of the doubt. But like Rick Perry, Herman Cain is just not ready for prime time. The real Cain scandal: He can barely form a coherent thought on Libya when put on the spot and garbles collective bargaining 101 facts.
Watch for yourselves. Take anti-depressants or a stiff drink first:
On Libya (listen for the part where he excuses his hemming and hawing by explaining that he has “a lot of stuff twirling around in his head”)…
(Excerpt) Read more at michellemalkin.com ...
How dare the media ask Cain if he supported the Obama policy of overthrowing Gaddafi in Libia! More gotta questions from the RINO media of Michel Mallin.
Anyone who thinks a quasi-government organization is the way to go is not a conservative. Newt is a big government guy and that won’t likely change.
Yeah, if this is as advertised (I haven’t been watching lately), this is not good.
We have to have someone versed in the issues of the day, not someone waiting to learn on the job—that is the Hussein way.
Although Hussein does suck on the job not MERELY because of inexperience, but also because of his evil philosophy.
How do you know that Cain is really all that conservative? How? Cain doesn't even know what he thinks about half the issues he's asked about. The guy is a walking gaffe machine when he is pressed to answer policy specifics. And in the video clips associated with this article Herman's positions on collective bargaining aren't conservative at all. In fact he says he supports the "rights" of public employees to collectively bargain, which puts him on the wrong side of one of the biggest issues of the day. Cain is getting by on his skills as a motivational speaker, but on policy he is nearly a complete void.
Yes, but that's at least partly because when the other campaigns got hit with negative allegations, they were able to handle them professionally and quickly.
Rick Perry got accused of racism, and he turned it into a one-day snoozer, because he collected the facts, and issued a reasoned response that didn't have to be clarified. Well, it went 2 days, because Cain stuck his nose in and called Perry insensitive without knowing the facts, so we had to deal with Cain backing THAT one out the next day.
Bachmann was smeared with homophobia, and managed to put that fire out in a couple of days.
You’re right. Reagan won 49 states without being a great debater.
If you are looking for a great debater to beat Obama, it won’t necessarily work. It didn’t work for Mondale.
On the other hand, if Newt wins the nomination and challenges Obama to a Lincoln Douglas type format, what happens if Obama skips out? Probably nothing.
Debates won’t decide this. It hasn’t in the past.
Now that's funny coming from a Gingrich supporter. We have decades of legislative history proving Gingrich isn't a conservative. But since he sounds like one in the debates he must be, right?
Yeah, and how about his reply in the debate when asked how he would make a decision if his foreign policy advisors gave him conflicting advice—he said he’d consult with his “cabinet and military leaders, etc.” Etc.?? As I’ve said before on this forum, question him about anything other than 9-9-9 and he’s at sea. He answers with shallow, superficial platitudes and bromides and sound bites. Put him in the presidency with all the problems we are facing at home and abroad, with Iran getting a nuclear weapon and China on the ascendancy? I hope and pray Republican voters have more sense.
What is it with all the people who have made their living as alleged conservatives pushing RINOS. Maybe they were promised big pay checks?
An inanimate carbon rod: The perfect GOP candidate.
Makes me sick all these alleged conservatives pimping for RINOS. Must have been promised big jobs and money.
I want to win. Who are the plenty of conservative republicans, in the race, that can win?
Name them.
I don’t want names of people who haven’t even entered the race.
Thanks
Michelle needs to run for office instead of jumping all the imperfect people.
I, for one, would vote for her.
One could argue that a real conservative would have to be called a RINO, because a majority of Republican politicians are for big government, big deficits, and “too big to fail” cronyism, by their actions.
Well, as someone reluctantly supporting Newt because our other options are worse, you won't get much of a defense of Gingrich's well known flops out of me.
But at least Newt has had decades experience both on and around the job of governing. He knows these issues, he knows where he has screwed up, he understands his tendency to want to reach accords with ideological opposites get him in trouble, he knows how the media works, etc. Newt has a record that we can pick apart, one that is mostly conservative with some notable missteps.
Cain is an empty slate, and he doesn't seem to know much about policy beyond 999. I have no idea if the man is truly conservative on specific issues. In this interview we sort of discover Cain supports public employee union collective bargaining - which puts him on the WRONG side of one of the biggest issues of our day. On Libya we learn Cain really doesn't have a clue and is just winging it. Herman is not anywhere near ready for a real presidential election, he'd be utterly destroyed and take our House majority down with him.
I agree.
Agree wholeheartedly!
I watch the video. He did fumble, but he made a lot of sense when he got to the point. There was not enough assessment of the rebels. What is going to happen Libya now.
I did not need a stiff drink to watch the video. Obama makes me cringe, not Cain.
Agree wholeheartedly!
I watch the video. He did fumble, but he made a lot of sense when he got to the point. There was not enough assessment of the rebels. What is going to happen Libya now.
I did not need a stiff drink to watch the video. Obama makes me cringe, not Cain.
The difference is that Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann immediately tanked.
Herman Cain has stayed strong in the polls and fund raising.
That said, we still have Newt’s dirty laundry to be hung out by the MSM and MAYBE Romney’s Mormonism.
What a mess, JMHO.
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