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 ...
Like I said... Cain’s a gaffe-a-minute, and the hits just keep on coming...
Well, the Cretin-in-Chief certainly knows nothing about foreign policy, so what’s the big deal?
Agreed. Either Cain is it, or it’s ‘four more years’, and let’s focus on retaking the Senate and keeping the House.
It would help if he would point out that both Obama and Biden were cock-sure of everything they said on foreign policy - and have been proven wrong on just about everything they said campaigning.
It would help hammer the message home.
More Lies from Politico!
Herman Cain DID NOT say this. View the view for yourself and see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ngmgKRnkE7M#t=1429s
It is what the media does.
Perhaps he should just blubber like the other candidates who double talk around an issue about which they know no more about than most FREEPERS. Cain is to the point and honest. With that said, he could make better decisions than Obama does with all of his daily briefings.
First, I’ve got to admit that being an “anyone-but-Romney” (ABR) voter is proving to be a challenge this year...
Second, as we vacillate from one ABR candidate to another, Ron Paul keeps gaining ground. He won’t win the nomination, but if he gets sufficiently strong, he might be tempted to go third party, which would be a disaster, and would hand the election to Obama, in my opinion.
Gingrich has soooo much baggage, including liberal baggage quite similar to Romney’s. Perry got such a bad start it’s hard to see him recover, though it could happen. Cain just doesn’t look like he’s ready for prime time, but would undoubtedly be a better President than Obama.
And those are my top choices, in any order. If only we had someone with Gingrich’s grasp of the issues, Perry’s governing experience, and Cain’s combination of core principles and likeability.
Right now, I’m still tempted to go with core principles and likeability, but what a mess...
[ Why not just pick someone out of the phone book? ]
Arguably would have been a better thing to do in the last 20 some years.....
Do you have better option? No. You don’t.
“the press is going to have a field day with it”
Yes, but now that they have a focus for their grillings, they’re going to have a field day no matter what.
So he may as well state again [as he has from the start] that he has no knowledge of FP and reiterate how he plans to surround himself with the knowledgeable / trustworthy people - John Bolton maybe?
If he’s smart enough to team up with Newt and/or Bolton, he’ll have it covered.
I believe Cain shares Reagan’s philosophy of “There’s nothing you can’t accomplish when you don’t worry about who gets the credit.”
Compare and contrast to what we have now in the White House.
He is completely correct, but he’s talking like an experienced CEO rather than a pandering politician. He’ll be hammered for this...but I find it refreshing.
Yep, but it would help to couch it correctly.
My answer on all foreign policy questions?: “call John Bolton. He’s in charge.”
Reagan had an agenda that he articulated in great speeches. Defeat the Soviet Union in the Cold War and rebuild the American economy. You knew what Reagans’ goals were and you knew what he was going to do to implement that agenda. So far with Cain I really don’t know what his agenda is or how he would go about implementing it. In fact I have pretty much the same problem with all of the GOP candidates to one extent or the other. We had a problem with the vision thing for quite a while now.
I gurantee you that he knows more than obama does about foreign policy.
I would say, “I will have good people, I will give them the credit for successes, and I will take responsibility for any failures.”
My kids know more than Obama about foreign policy....of course I taught them. ;)
That wasn’t a gaff.
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