From: Press TV
[VIDEO] Oops ... Cain stumbles on Libya questions
Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:43PM GMT
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain struggled to answer a question about U.S. foreign policy toward Libya in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel editorial board Monday.
"Okay, Libya," said Cain, glancing up. "President Obama supported the uprising, correct? President Obama called for the removal of [Muammar] Gaddafi. Just wanted to make sure we're talking about the same thing before I say, 'Yes, I agreed. No, I didn't agree,'" said Cain.
"I do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reason," Cain started, before cutting himself off. "Nope, that's a different one." Cain shifted in his chair, adjusted his jacket and looked up again.
"I got all this stuff twirling around in my head," he added.
Cain repeated he would have "assessed the [Libyan] opposition differently," speaking in generalities about his problem-solving approach.
Cain raised broader questions about the nature of the Libyan opposition. "It's not a clear yes-no answer, because all of those things I think should have been assessed, that's what I'm saying."
This stumble is just the latest to roil the GOP primary. At a debate last week, Cain's rival, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, was unable to remember the three federal agencies he would cut as president. After naming two, Perry took nearly a minute to regain his bearings before conceding, "I can't think of the third one. I can't. Sorry. Oops." He later clarified that he had been thinking of the Department of Energy. Huffington Post
http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/210327.html
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THE MORNING LINE -- November 15, 2011 at 8:25 AM EDT
Cain Stumbles on Libya Questions
By: Terence Burlij and Quinn Bowman
It was Rick Perry's "oops" moment in last week's Republican presidential debate in Michigan that drew attention away from Herman Cain and the sexual harassment allegations that have engulfed his campaign.
Monday, Cain let Perry off the hook, stepping in it, as the Texas governor would say, for a good five minutes during a question-and-answer session with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about whether he supported President Obama's handling of the uprising in Libya.
"OK, Libya," Cain said, before pausing 10 seconds to collect his thoughts. "President Obama supported the uprising, correct? President Obama called for the removal of Gadhafi. Just want to make sure we're talking about the same thing before I say, 'Yes I agree,' or 'No, I didn't agree.'"
"I do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reason," Cain said, before stopping abruptly again. "Nope, that's a different one," he continued, shifting in his seat and looking at the ceiling. "I gotta go back to, see -- Got all this stuff twirling around in my head."
Cain then asked for clarification about the question. "Specifically, what are you asking me, did I agree or not disagree with?"
After one of the Journal staffers rephrased the question, Cain finally said: "Here's what I would have -- I would have done a better job of determining who the opposition is and I'm sure that our intelligence people have some of that information. Based upon who made up that opposition, OK, based upon who made up that opposition, might have caused me to make some different decisions about how we participated."
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/11/herman-cains-libya-brain-freeze.html
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South Carolina Republican 2012 Presidential Debate pt 7by uyesu1,353 views
A Black Sarah plain he is hilarious
mrnyc220 3 months ago
This year GOP has managed to gather the most hilarous bunch of idiots running for president.
ikicku 3 months ago
such a idiot and he want to take obamas chair?
noway he has not 5% of obams intellegent
snoopdoggm17 3 months ago