Monday, November 14, 2011

Cain Chokes On Libya Question

Cain Chokes On Libya Question: ‘Got All This Stuff Twirling Around In My Head’. "The beginning of Cain’s answer then gave the impression that he might have been working from rote memorization — and struggling to remember his lines."

Seriously, these are the best the GOP can put forward for their nominee? And seriously, these people need to view the campaign as a very long interview or audition, and so far they suck.

The biggest thing to me about the Perry moment wasn't even that he couldn't remember the name of the agency he wanted to shut down (which isn't just a name thing, that's a big decision that shouldn't just be part of lets memorize a list of three names), but what about what those agencies do? The Dept of Energy regulates nuclear power plants. Is all regulation so bad that we just want to stop doing that now? They also do weapons research, is this GOP nominee saying we shouldn't have nukes anymore? The Department of Commerce runs the census. The constitution says we have to do that, so who will do it now and is it is just moving things around? They also do patents and trademarks, also mandated by the constitution. Oh and other commerce stuff like trade I suppose we should just not have the government involved in at all. What about when industry complains about unfair trade practices by other nations? This level of debate is so low it's useless.

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