Cain has been backpedaling since before he announced his candidacy. Check the latest list of his recent flip flops:
He supported TARP and said: “Earth to taxpayers! Owning stocks in banks is not nationalization of the banking industry....Owning a part of the major banks in America is not a bad thing. We could make a profit while solving a problem....The free market purists’ objection to this is that it smacks at government control of the banking industry, which is called nationalization. They are correct.”
Once it was proved that TARP was a disaster, Cain backpedaled and said that he didn't know they were going to pick winners and losers.
Asked about having Muslims in his cabinet, he replied that he would never have any Muslims in his cabinet if he were President. Last Friday when Jay Leno questioned him about his statement he backpedaled, remarking that he had originally meant jihadists, not ALL Muslims, and was speaking about terrorists and didn't qualify his statement.
Let’s not forget that Cain doesn’t like Catholics either:
Cain's communications director, Ellen Carmichael, stressed to CNN that Cain "believes that everyone in this country has the right to practice whatever religion they choose."And she tried to re-characterize Cain's comments.
"Just as he would never appoint a Catholic who is loyal to the Pope before he or she is loyal to the Constitution, Mr. Cain would never appoint a Muslim who believes Sharia law trumps our U.S. Constitution," Carmichael said.
Cain called blacks brainwashed. When criticism of his comment started surfacing and when questioned about the remark by Chris Wallace on Sunday’s Fox News about it, he said: “Some black people that I run into, not all ....… they won’t even take my 9-9-9 brochure because I’m that conservative, that Republican.”
Just a few months ago, Cain didn’t think Al-Awlaki should be targeted by the armed forces, saying "He should be charged. And since he's an American citizen, he should be tried in our courts." When asked if he considered it legal for Obama to order al-Awlaki killed, Cain said, "In his case, no, because he's an American citizen." Now he agrees with Obama and praises him about the killing.
On Fox News Sunday, he was quick to support the gossip and malicious innuendo regarding Perry's recent media scandal without bothering to check the facts, and gratuitously called Perry 'insensitive' and implied that he was a racist. He observed that there "isn't a more vile, negative word than the N-word, and for him to leave it there as long as he did, until before, I hear, they finally painted over it, is just plain insensitive to a lot of black people in this country." And now he says: "All I said was the mere fact that that word was there was 'insensitive,'"
Lol, can this guy spin or what? At this rate he will surpass Mittens for the flip flopper award.
Perry didn’t exactly have the greatest answers to the Pakistani nuke question.
We know about that letter that Perry signed in support of doing something about TARP.
Perry has quite a few issues with muslims that he will have to deal with.
Perry also played the race card during the debates in support of illegals. That’s a much bigger problem than something that was said on a Sunday morning talk show.
“Just as he would never appoint a Catholic who is loyal to the Pope before he or she is loyal to the Constitution, Mr. Cain would never appoint a Muslim who believes Sharia law trumps our U.S. Constitution,” Carmichael said.”
Wow! I’d never heard that Cain said he wouldn’t appoint a Catholic to his cabinet. This type of remark could become a very big deal later. It also makes me wonder-if he’s not willing to appoint a Catholic to his cabinet, why was he willing in 2008 (and has indicated willingness this time around too) to back a Mormon for POTUS?
re: “Just as he would never appoint a Catholic who is loyal to the Pope before he or she is loyal to the Constitution,”
That very statement is profoundly ignorant of the issues involved. Catholics aren’t at odds with the Constitution, and presenting the matter that way makes it a false choice.
Cain & Friends have about as strong a grasp of Catholicism as they do of the Second Amendment. Thanks for reminding me of some of Cain’s strange ideas.
Damn, girl! You just made me rethink Cain as my second choice.