Cain says he should have spoken up for gay soldier

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http://news.yahoo.com/cain-says-spoken-gay-soldier-151321869.html

By DOUGLAS BIRCH - Associated Press | AP – 51 mins ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Sunday that he should not have stayed silent after the audience at a GOP debate booed a gay soldier serving in Iraq.

The Georgia businessman told ABC's "This Week" that it would have been "appropriate" for him to have defended the soldier. None of the candidates on stage at the Sept. 22 forum responded to the boos.

"In retrospect, because of the controversy it has created and because of the different interpretations that it could have had, yes, that probably — that would have been appropriate," Cain said, when asked if he should have asked the audience to respect the soldier.

Cain said it wasn't immediately clear to him what had drawn the audience's scorn, adding, "I happen to think that maybe they were booing the whole 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal more so than booing that soldier."

The so-called don't ask, don't tell policy barring gays from serving openly in the military was officially lifted last month.

Cain's remarks came after President Barack Obama on Saturday chastised the GOP candidates at the debate, saying one of the duties of the nation's commander in chief is to stand up for Americans in uniform.

Separately, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said that the GOP candidates at the debate should have defended the soldier. "The fact is we should honor every man and woman who is serving in the military and should in no way treat them with anything but the highest regard," he told CBS' "Face the Nation."

McCain added that the GOP candidates may have been thinking about how to respond to the soldier's question rather than paying attention to the booing. "I would bet that every Republican on that stage did not agree with that kind of behavior," he said.

Last December, McCain led Senate opposition to the repeal of the restriction on gay service.

The soldier, Stephen Hill, was booed when he asked via a recorded video if any of the candidates would try to circumvent progress for gays and lesbians in uniform. Hill told the GOP hopefuls that when he was first deployed to Iraq last year, when don't ask, don't tell was still in effect, "I had to lie about who I was."

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

another reason to vote for Cain as our first black President

[Dan and Judy 614]

another reason to vote for Cain as our first black President

I keep getting Cain and McCain mixed up.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I keep getting Cain and McCain mixed up.

They all look alike? Politicians I mean. Cain is the one that does not grind his teeth when he talks.

Cain is not a politician. That is the good part.

Edited October 3, 2011 by Gary and Alla

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

He has the Gay Republican vote. Now, if could only find a way to keep the Muslims from fleeing the party, he might stand a chance.

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coulda, woulda, shoulda

[mawilson 2,133]

He has the Gay Republican vote. Now, if could only find a way to keep the Muslims from fleeing the party, he might stand a chance.

How many Muslims voters are there in America? 400-500k? Most of them in blue states.

A Republican candidate can alienate every single one of them and still win.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

He has the Gay Republican vote. Now, if could only find a way to keep the Muslims from fleeing the party, he might stand a chance.

Obama is taking care of that. If he keeps blowing them up with his sophistcated video games, playing "1-2-3 shoot" games with lined up Muslim pirates, and asassinating Muslim terrorist leaders, he won't have any Muslims voting for him.

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Obama is taking care of that. If he keeps blowing them up with his sophistcated video games, playing "1-2-3 shoot" games with lined up Muslim pirates, and asassinating Muslim terrorist leaders, he won't have any Muslims voting for him.

You must think most Muslims in America are terrorist sympathizers. They are not.

[mawilson 2,133]

You must think most Muslims in America are terrorist sympathizers. They are not.

1) Most Muslims in America sympathize with the Palestinians in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

2) Palestinians elected Hamas, a terrorist organization, to govern the Palestinian Authority in Gaza.

1) + 2) = most Muslims in America are terrorist sympathizers.

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1) Most Muslims in America sympathize with the Palestinians in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

2) Palestinians elected Hamas, a terrorist organization, to govern the Palestinian Authority in Gaza.

1) + 2) = most Muslims in America are terrorist sympathizers.

That's like saying people who love America are all a bunch of Obamaesque socialists.

[mawilson 2,133]

That's like saying people who love America are all a bunch of Obamaesque socialists.

That would be true if "most people in America" and not 63 million (21 percent of Americans) voted for Obama.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

That would be true if "most people in America" and not 63 million (21 percent of Americans) voted for Obama.

I voted for him. Does that make me a socialist?

[Danno 1,228]

I voted for him. Does that make me a socialist?

At minimum it makes you an enabler.