Posted on 10/02/2011 3:00:31 PM PDT by 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.
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One by one all but Romney get the “treatment”.
‘One by one all but Romney get the treatment.’
You get it!
Thanks for that info. I sure hope it will help Cain.
Better to point out the issues with Obama than to stick with strickly battering Perry or Romney. It’s okay to say, “I don’t agree with Perry’s statement” on (whatever subject Cain is not happy with) and then state what Cain believes is a better alternative.
This is an assured winner. You can disagree and then give people another choice of ideas.
I sure hope somebody re-directs Cain or he’s going to be labeled as being edgy regarding racial issues, and that is not a good place to be. If he over-reacts to every racial statement (without checking out the source or age of the story), he won’t last.
I’m actually rooting for Sarah Palin - but I’m glad to see people rising above Romney, who is the mainstream media’s choice - because they fully believe Obama can beat him.
“...from a self-admitted liar.”
Good point.
Refreshing to once again hear from someone who actually introduces more complete and contextual ~information~ in their comment.
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