I like Cain and agree, of course, that it was near-suicidal of Perry to make the “don’t have a heart” comment.
And it’s routine for presidential candidates, at this point, to say that they don’t want to be ANYone’s VP.
But I disagree with Cain’s singling out Perry. Even with his soaking wetness on the illegal immigration issue, Perry is LESS unacceptable than Willard.
I read this as “Hey, Mitt. I’ll Veep for you,” and it makes me sad. Cain should have issued the standard denial-without-prejudice of interest in being ANYONE’s VP.
I think Cain has his eyes ion Gingrich.
Yes, “don’t have a heart” was very politically tone-deaf.
Of course, some of that depends on which side of an issue you are on. If you were someome who supported Texas giving in-state tuition for their own children of illegals, then Romney saying you weren’t conservative was also a “personal attack”.
I do so detest the politics of faux outrage over being called something. Given that it is a daily feature here to call other freepers names when they disagree with you, it’s hard to see how anybody has such thin skin that they’d be “hurt” by it.
On the other hand, a Black man calling you a racist — that has real repercussions. Apparently, because I didn’t see the big deal about some stupid rock painted over with the word N*ggerhead showing faintly through, I’m “insensitive to blacks”, and I trouble Herman Cain, who I actually like as a good conservative, except when he is insulting me with charges of latent racism.
But I’ve noticed that poeple didn’t take that personally. I know I don’t, but I didn’t take “heartless” personally either. Like I said, faux outrage doesn’t interest me.
Perry could have simply said that a strong majority of the people of Texas wanted it and as an elected representative he went along with that.
But his comment about the critics of such not having a heart shows in turn where his heart is - in the wrong place for a lot of the base. And that is a very difficult impression to try and turn around once it has been made.