Posted on 11/16/2011 8:34:37 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Herman Cain: 'I'm not supposed to know anything about foreign policy'
By: Maggie Haberman November 16, 2011 10:06 AM EST
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, whose editorial board interview with Herman Cain produced one of the most memorable videos of 2012, spent a day on his campaign bus with some nice highlights.
Among them:
He defended his view that presidents and presidential candidates don't need to be immersed in the fine print of world affairs - they simply need to be leaders who can surround themselves with the right people and sift through their advice.
"I'm not supposed to know anything about foreign policy. Just thought I'd throw that out," he said, a dig at his critics.
"I want to talk to commanders on the ground. Because you run for president (people say) you need to have the answer. No, you don't! No, you don't! That's not good decision-making," said Cain.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Bless his heart.
OMG!!!!
obama had none of the bases covered.
all candidates have their pluses and minuses.
you elect them believing that they have the ability to cover their minuses.
what experience has romney in foreign affairs?
Technically, while Cain is probably right, the press is going to have a field day with it.
Our last 4 Presidents thought they were foreign policy geniuses. How has that worked out for us?
It sounds like Cain is telling them that he doesn't know the details of Libyan policy, which all but meant that they were going to ask him about it later in the meeting..
While running for President, Bill Clinton basically said the same thing.
While it is definitely more important to have your loyalties in the right place (unlike the present "occupier" of the White House), one should have some basic understanding of foreign policy in order to properly lead the country.
And the fact is, like it or not, I don’t care how focused a President is on domestic issues, most likely, his Presidency will be defined by Foreign Policy.....see George W Bush.
I love it
Every other candidate seems to think they are capable of kowing everything about everything- but when you listen to their answers it is nothing more than polished political-speak
I love that he says “I dont kow the answer to everythig- so I know enough to hire advisors who do”
I do the same in business- I am a computer system engineer-but I know surprisingly little about the physical aspects of networking, so I have people under me who implement what I tell them to- I dont know or care to know all the details about how they run the wires into the building from the street- I know I have competant people in charge of that.
I dont have the time to know every single detail about a small percentage of the system. I have many many other things to worry about to make sure they are working too.
politico? Making up the news as fast as they can.. FAIL
I’m willing to give Cain a pass on this. At least he doesn’t think there are 57+ states, and he knows what religion he follows.
We also had a president who admitted he was not well-versed in minutiae and considered himself the idea man and his advisers the experts:
His name was RONALD REAGAN.
I thought I would just throw that out there.
I don’t know the details of the Libyan policy. I don’t have access to all the secret meetings. And neither does any other candidate.
And I doubt obama knows either. He’s too busy playing golf. There’s no doubt in my mind he’s being pulled by a lot of puppetmasters.
Obama thought Hawaii was in Asia, and he’s been President how long now?
Stupid MSNBC....I mean Politico.
Even from Politico this is pretty damning.
We can trust Politico to not creatively edit Cain’s quotes. Yuh. Right.
Reagan had the 30,000 foot view of things...and my guess is that is what Cain has.
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