“The candidate for president who best stands the chance of earning the gadfly-with-breakout-potential trophy is Herman Cain,” John says.
Maybe. On Fox News Sunday this morning, however (about 10:05 into the interview), Cain imitated Sarah Palin’s blank stare when Chris Wallace asked him about the right of return. “The right of return?” he said. “The right of return?” “The Palestinian right of return,” Wallace explained. “That’s something that should be negotiated,” Cain replied. “That’s something that should be negotiated.” Taken aback, Wallace asked whether he believes that Palestinian refugees should be permitted to return to Israel since they were “kicked out of the land [sic!] in 1948.” Cain replied:
Yes [pause], but not under Palestinian conditions. Yes, they should have the right to come back if that is a decision that Israel wants to make. . . . I don’t think they [Israel] have a big problem with people returning.
Even though Cain had told Wallace just a few moments before that he would offer the Palestinians “nothing,” because he is not convinced they are really interested in peace, his cluelessness on the right of return suggests that Cain is more blowhard than gadfly.
[...] Re: What the Top Tier Can Learn from Herman Cain « Commentary Magazine Maybe. On Fox News Sunday this morning, however (about 10:05 into the interview), Cain imitated Sarah Palin’s blank stare when Chris Wallace asked him about the right of return. “The right of return?” he said. “The right of return?” “The Palestinian right of return,” Wallace explained. “That’s something that should be negotiated,” Cain replied. “That’s something that should be negotiated.” Taken aback, Wallace asked whether he believes that Palestinian refugees should be permitted to return to Israel since they were “kicked out of the land [sic!] in 1948.” Cain replied: Yes [pause], but not under Palestinian conditions. Yes, they should have the right to come back if that is a decision that Israel wants to make. . . . I don’t think they [Israel] have a big problem with people returning. [...]
[...] Myers of Commentary thought it was a huge gaffe, Jonah Goldberg was “underwhelmed” by Cain’s performance, and Jim Geraghty [...]
[...] Cain doesn’t understand right-of-return There is a lot to like about Herman Cain, but you can’t be taken seriously as a presidential candidate without a familiarity with basic foreign policy issues. That includes the issue of right-to-return in the Israel-Palestinian conflict, which Cain seems not to understand. [...]
[...] at large. And given his lack of experience in office, gaffes and tokens of ignorance — e.g., his manifest cluelessness on the issue of the Palestinian “right of return” in a recent discussion of the Middle [...]
[...] large. And given his lack of experience in office, gaffes and tokens of ignorance—e.g., his manifest cluelessness on the issue of the Palestinian “right of return” in a recent discussion of the Middle [...]
[...] large. And given his lack of experience in office, gaffes and tokens of ignorance–e.g., his manifest cluelessness on the issue of the Palestinian “right of return” in a recent discussion of the Middle [...]
[...] has less experience in public office than Sarah Palin; has been known to commit gaffes and exhibit ignorance of foreign policy; and has yet to get the kind of scrutiny and criticism that has already knocked [...]
[...] has less experience in public office than Sarah Palin; has been known to commit gaffes and exhibit ignorance of foreign policy; and has yet to get the kind of scrutiny and criticism that has already knocked [...]