There are those whose dislike of Cain is so strong, it obscures all rational objectivity. Those of us from Cain’s home state of GA know him from a long way back. We know he is passionate about the USA and about conservativism. We don’t mind that he’s not always uber-slick like a career politician. We recognize a good solid conservative when we see and come, over many years, to know one. He’s not your choice. I get that. But to try to convince me or anyone who truly knows Cain that he is soft on abortion is a fools errand. The only people who will buy that are those who don’t know Cain to begin w. I’m not one of them.
Oh, I don’t think he is soft on abortion. It’s easy to make a blanket anti-abortion statement and I think he believes that.
However, when confronted with a hypothetical situation, he got confused and couldn’t express himself well enough. To this day, I don’t know what the heck he was trying to say.
I used to think Cain was a very good man but a very poor candidate.
Now, I’m not all that sure about the former.
His supporters here have created a lot of that.
My distrust of Cain began with his failure to sign the Pro-life pledge. It increased with his missteps on various issues such as "the right of return". It increased again with his throwing out the race card when attacking Perry. The final straw was the baseless accusations against Perry that he was behind the sex allegations and then his refusal to retract his statements when it became obvious Perry had nothing to do with it.
I'm with Perry. I see 10 yrs as Gov of TX and know he is a solid conservative. I know he's solidly Pro-Life and good on the other social issues. He has served in the military. He has a good record on judicial appointments and his state has shown incredible job creation while most have declined dramatically. I can be reasonable assured with what I will get with a Perry presidency.