Posted on 11/19/2011 8:52:46 AM PST by UniqueViews
Poor Rick Perry. His "brain freeze" is indelible, otherwise it would forever be eclipsed by Herman Cain's more cringe-inducing meanderings on Libya.
At a meeting with the editors of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Cain was asked whether he agreed with President Barack Obama's handling of Libya. You would think he had been asked who is the president of Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan, Cain's joshing description of a prototypical gotcha foreign-policy question. What ensued was the longest five minutes of an editorial-board meeting ever.
As the inspiring outsider-businessman, Cain needn't sound like he's auditioning for the chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. But is it too much to ask that he sound like he reads the newspaper every day?
Republicans tend to be defensive of their own when they are criticized for substantive superficiality. They remember that "they said the same thing about Ronald Reagan." But Reagan was a two-term governor and repeat presidential candidate who had exhaustively thought through his views. He proved it's possible to be fearlessly anti-establishment and well informed at the same time. Herman Cain has yet to manage it.
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It is subjective. But I was surprised to see that while I was posting, madprof98 wrote a far more insightful post that said essentially the same thing.
I state as my opinion that Boortz daily demonstrated a far more detailed grasp of current affairs than Cain. That doesn't mean Boortz has a more detailed grasp (I suspect he does), but that he gave more details and explained things more completely on the air.
This is not a 'gotcha' question. Did you listen much to both Cain and Boortz, org.whodat? If so, how would evaluate their relative use of detail in the topics they discussed on WSB?
A Romney win means more paychecks for the political elite.
Already posted yesterday.
What is fascinating is to wonder how Cain v. Obama plays out with black voters..Blacks are more socially conservative, and religious, than is realized. You’d have a devout Bapist against a guy who doesn’t even have a church... let alone go to one...Cain could easily peel away 15-20% fo the black vote from Obama..and that alone would mean that Obama can’t win..
Lowry is an idiot I guess.
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After everything Obama has done, we’re going to disqualify candidates for pausing before answering a question from a hostile media?
The Natural Repugh is told exactly what to say. Mr. Cain stands tall and true, heads above the other candidates because he knows exactly how to undo the damage which the controllers of the Repugh and all other media have accomplished in ruining a splendid country.
Go Herman Cain!
No. Iwas one of those who thought perhaps a Cain/Newt team might work, but I cannot do so now. As the primary moves along Cain continues to struggle with the basics to formulate responses of substance. He doesn't have to know details but he should have more than just generic responses and he's not giving us that. So No, I would not want Cain as VP or Pres. at this time....he's just not up for the job where he needs to be and he still has far to go.
He does try doesn't he?.....And we see clearly the struggle, in full view of the audiance. That's hurting his chances as well as his inability to formulate his responses. I think he just got in too far over his head to soon and too fast and his campaign certainly hasn't been helping him of late...nor Cain himself as he attempts to at least stay in the race.
I don't think there's enough there to take him to the finish line and his campaign managers are as much to blame for that.
I did not read/see/notice any “hate” in ken5050’s post. Seemed a reasonable and reflective comment.
Let’s be careful about hyperventilating.
Oh “HEYELL” NO!!! How did you make the colossal jump of logic from “Southern Conservatives” to “McLame” in one sentence ...or one paragraph ...or even one universe! (or did you just forget to put the sarcasm tag on your post???)
Look up girly man in the dictionary and its a picture of this joker....
Only since Buckley died. Its center left, establishment right down the line..Use to subscribe to National Review for years, cancelled when Bush started to run for president...It was anti Bush from cover to cover...
Perry was far worse.
Cain looked like he was acting.
Cain said the first part of a sentence, hemmed and hawed, and yes that was bad, but finished the sentence.
Perry was unable, given a full minute, to come up with the answer to an easy question - what are the 3 things.
It’s hard for Cain and most of the other Republican candidates to answer “how does your foreign policy differ from Obama’s”?
Because Obama and Cain have the same foreign policy. The Demepublican foreign policy hasn’t changed since 1989. Republicans call it “Conservative”. Democrats call it “Liberal”. But it’s the same no matter who is in charge.
Neither Bush was Conservative.
And pointing that out makes National Review Liberal?
They may be, I don’t know, but neither Bush was Conservative.
Not hyperventilate but hyperbole—an acceptable political tactic and not to be taken too seriously unless you are the enemy Left.
Sorry ‘bout dat.
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