Cain: Americans have the right to ban mosques

[Mr. Morden]

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[Gustaf]

It's amusing how Cain feels the need to go all crazy on Islam just because he's black.

Or at least my impression is that he is trying to reassure Republican voters that he isn't Muslim-black like they think Obama is.

Sort of makes his candidacy even more of a joke than it already was.

[anvi]

What Gustaf said. 

The separation of church and state guarantees the right of a community to ban the religious institutions of another community?  Good grief.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Did Cain ever read the bill of rights?

Never mind. He wouldn't ever sing such document as bill of rights as President. After all, it's longer than three pages.

[Bull Moose Base]

It's amusing how Cain feels the need to go all crazy on Islam just because he's black.

Is it that or does he feel himself clinging to the edge of the boat that Bachmann and Perry are driving away?

[Middle-aged Europe]

The separation of church and state guarantees the right of a community to ban the religious institutions of another community?  Good grief.

War is peace.

Freedom is slavery.

Ignorance is strength.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Did Cain ever read the bill of rights?

Never mind. He wouldn't ever sing such document as bill of rights as President. After all, it's longer than three pages.

Actually, it's only about one eight-and-a-half-by-eleven page in a normal font.

The original text of the Constitution, however, is in fact about four times longer than what Cain's bizarre laziness-as-demagoguery would allow him to consider.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

The separation of church and state guarantees the right of a community to ban the religious institutions of another community?  Good grief.

War is peace.

Freedom is slavery.

Ignorance is strength.

BLACK BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU.

[minionofmidas]

It's amusing how Cain feels the need to go all crazy on Islam just because he's black.

Or at least my impression is that he is trying to reassure Republican voters that he isn't Muslim-black like they think Obama is.

It's not so much his Black skin as his zabiba.

[King]

"It's freedom of religion not freedom from religion."

[Simfan34]

"It's freedom of religion not freedom from religion."

I agree with the statement, but Cain is being very stupid.

[King]

"It's freedom of religion not freedom from religion."

I agree with the statement, but Cain is being very stupid.

"It's freedom of Islam not freedom from Islam," is what I meant by quoting that line.

[TheGlobalizer]

"It's freedom of religion not freedom from religion."

I agree with the statement, but Cain is being very stupid.

I disagree with the statement because it is misleading.  This is more accurate:

"It's freedom from government interference in religion and freedom from the government establishment of religion."

ie. separation of church and state.

[Likely Voter]

Cain was making good ground by being a tea party guy but he is now evolving into the 'i hate muslims guy'

[Torie]

Cain probably would not make good SCOTUS material. 

[JohnnyLongtorso]

He would have fit right in had he won that Senate race, though.

[Ronnie]

As much as I would like to, I'm just not impressed with this guy.  I like that he's a business man and probably knows how the economy should work, but his lack of political experience and multiple gaffes make me feel that he's not a strong candidate.

And ya, he should know better not to comment on these things...

[Badger]

As much as I would like to, I'm just not impressed with this guy.  I like that he's a business man and probably knows how the economy should work, but his lack of political experience and multiple gaffes make me feel that he's not a strong candidate.

And ya, he should know better not to comment on these things...

So the problem isn't that he didn't "know better than to comment" on his views and committed "a gaffe", not that he apparantly holds to a litterally Hitlerian view that governments can ban certain religions they don't like?

Try harder to "be impressed with the guy"; I'm sure you'll ultimately succeed.

[Gustaf]

The idea that a businessman would know how to handle a macroeconomy always struck me as odd.

[Mr. Morden]

In other Cain / religion news, Cain says Romney's Mormonism will make it difficult for him to win the nomination:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/18/romneys-religion-a-barrier-to-republican-nod-cain-/#.TiVYFvU-oWY.twitter

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Of course, that's hardly beyond the pale in terms of political analysis.  But it's not the sort of thing a politician normally says in public unless they suffer from foot-in-mouth disease:

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/12/pennsylvania-governor-my-state-may-be-too-racist-to-elect-obama/

[Middle-aged Europe]

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I suppose the same problem applies to black candidates who try to win the Republican nomination.

[Ronnie]

As much as I would like to, I'm just not impressed with this guy.  I like that he's a business man and probably knows how the economy should work, but his lack of political experience and multiple gaffes make me feel that he's not a strong candidate.

And ya, he should know better not to comment on these things...

So the problem isn't that he didn't "know better than to comment" on his views and committed "a gaffe", not that he apparantly holds to a litterally Hitlerian view that governments can ban certain religions they don't like?

Try harder to "be impressed with the guy"; I'm sure you'll ultimately succeed.

I don't agree with his relatively anti Muslim position here.  I'm just saying that his lack of political experience and multiple gaffes make him a weak candidate.

And after doing some research, this doesn't look like much of a gaffe, but rather his actual stance.  Ugh...

Hopefully that makes it more clear

[California8429]

Well if they impose Sharia law that's one thing...

[Badger]

As much as I would like to, I'm just not impressed with this guy.  I like that he's a business man and probably knows how the economy should work, but his lack of political experience and multiple gaffes make me feel that he's not a strong candidate.

And ya, he should know better not to comment on these things...

So the problem isn't that he didn't "know better than to comment" on his views and committed "a gaffe", not that he apparantly holds to a litterally Hitlerian view that governments can ban certain religions they don't like?

Try harder to "be impressed with the guy"; I'm sure you'll ultimately succeed.

I don't agree with his relatively anti Muslim position here.  I'm just saying that his lack of political experience and multiple gaffes make him a weak candidate.

And after doing some research, this doesn't look like much of a gaffe, but rather his actual stance.  Ugh...

Hopefully that makes it more clear

Crystal, and thanks for the clarification.

[Mr. Morden]

Cain tries to mend some fences:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2011/07/27/herman_cain_and_the_muslims.html

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