Cain Says He Should Have Spoken Up For Gay Soldier

Associated Press ^ | October 2, 2011

[Baladas]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Sunday that he should not have stayed silent after the audience at a GOP debate booed a gay soldier serving in Iraq.

The Georgia businessman told ABC's "This Week" that it would have been "appropriate" for him to have defended the soldier. None of the candidates on stage at the Sept. 22 forum responded to the boos.

"In retrospect, because of the controversy it has created and because of the different interpretations that it could have had, yes, that probably — that would have been appropriate," Cain said, when asked if he should have asked the audience to respect the soldier.

Cain said it wasn't immediately clear to him what had drawn the audience's scorn, adding, "I happen to think that maybe they were booing the whole 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal more so than booing that soldier."

The so-called don't ask, don't tell policy barring gays from serving openly in the military was officially lifted last month.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Thanks for your perspective. Of the group left on the stage, Cain is still the best of the rest.

Shirley you jest. We show here every day how we can defeat ourselves and put the socialist agitator back in office.

We'll show them against all odds how we can bicker over inconsequential matters and let the socialist win, no matter what little guffaws our candidates have, obamao would be better!....yeah, that'll show 'em!!!!!

[sklar]

He and Bachmann seem to be the most Constitutionally trustworthy of those currently on the stage and that's the most important criteria to me.

I totally respect your reverence for our Constitution.

But don't you agree that the Constitution gives Congress the right to issue money? Not some bogus "Federal Reserve System" which is owned and run by foreign bankers?

That's my main beef with Herman Cain. How can a man accept a position with the Federal Reserve who claims to respect The Constitution?

[APatientMan]

“More Gotcha journalstic malpractice. Going for controversy over substance.”

We know what to expect from the media: Conservative substance IS controversy.

I pray that a candidate willing to mock the controversy rises up.

[kidd]

Freepers who make decisions on how they're going to vote, based on an AP headline alone

DESERVE Mitt Romney.

Hermann Cain is NOT defending homosexuals. He is attacking the MSM’s misinterpretation of the booing.

Read the frickin’ article, dumba$$es.

[kidd]

Freepers who make decisions on how they're going to vote, based on an AP headline alone

DESERVE Mitt Romney.

Hermann Cain is NOT defending homosexuals. He is attacking the MSM’s misinterpretation of the booing.

Read the frickin’ article, dumba$$es.

[Clara Lou]

My goodness. I am beyond disappointed in the man.

[donna]

Cain is weak after all.

[Clara Lou]

Read the frickin’ article, dumba$$es.
Your username is so apropos.

[opentalk]

Obama Falsely Claims Audience Booed Gay Soldier at Fundraiser

He should not give any validity to the media/Obama farce on this issue, they are spinning the facts. It will pull him down

[justsaynomore]

The FIRST THING Cain said is he thought they were NOT booing at the soldier. Did you actually read the article?

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[opentalk]

Just read it, AP playing games.

[kidd]

Did you read the article?
Or are you just another toy of the Associated Press?

[Technical Editor]

I was going to give him a chance, but now, no way, José.

[casinva]

RE: Herman Cain’s New Director of Communications

Yes, and he’s no rookie to politics. Since retiring from his public relations work for the military where he would have worked under Donald Rumsfield, he stepped right into American politics doing things for Sarah Palin.

I’ve seen Cain’s new Communications Director referenced on the Conservatives4Palin (C4P) website:
http://conservatives4palin.com/2010/10/j-d-gordon-outsmarting-obama.html

And here is an article Cain’s new Communications Director:
Reasons why Sarah has more brains than Barack
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/22/outsmarting-obama/

He has also been a spokesman for Sarah Palin events:
http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-10-15/news/24136204_1_sarah-palin-palin-effect-gop-vice-presidential-nominee

Wow, guess Gordon was at least an unofficial spokesman for Sarah Palin even while he was in the military.
http://www.adn.com/2007/09/13/220853/governors-son-enlists-on-sept.html

[Clara Lou]

My comment was about your name-calling. That’s juvenile/liberal behavior.

[justsaynomore]

But the “n” word apparently is just fine for Perry supporters.

[Lancey Howard]

I don’t trust people who pander. I would have booed that homosexual activist disgrace of a “soldier” right to his gay stinking face.

[opentalk]

This reminds me of the Journolist, the MSM is repeating the same spin in what appears a coordinated effort to change the facts. It is about agitation and division of Americans.

[Clara Lou]

What ARE you talking about?