{"id":7178,"date":"2011-11-15T11:50:18","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T17:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/?p=7178"},"modified":"2011-11-15T12:01:19","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T18:01:19","slug":"the-cain-train-becomes-train-wreck-when-candidate-has-to-think-on-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=7178","title":{"rendered":"The Cain Train becomes train wreck when candidate has to think on feet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, we saw what happened when Rick Perry tried to think on his feet during one of the debates. It was 53 seconds of embarrassing video<\/a> that put a serious crimp into his campaign. This week, it’s Herman Cain shooting himself in the foot. In an embarrassing five-minute segment of an interview<\/a> with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Cain was asked a very simple question about Libya and whether he supported or opposed Barack Obama’s policy on Libya. (See video below.) I think anybody reading this could easily have explained a coherent position on the subject. Cain could not — and spent five minutes trying to avoid saying, “I have no idea what you’re really talking about.”<\/p>\n

I can’t figure out why anyone would have supported Cain anyway, but if you can watch his complete ignorance here and still support him, why?<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/strong>: A friend just pointed me to a similarly bizarre Cain performance when he was asked about his views on abortion<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n