Below is a story from the AP stating candidate Cain said he should have defended the soldier who stated he was gay at the Republican debate and the Republicans began booing loudly. The Republicans just don't get it. Perry and others tried to claim they did not hear the booing - an obvious and pitiful lie, because the booing was loud and prolonged. You could see the Republican candidates keeping their heads down to avoid having to deal with the problem.
The issue is not defending this one soldier, it's respecting our military and EVERY soldier who volunteered to put his/her life in danger to fight for our country and the freedoms and lifestyle we enjoy. I expect anyone who wants to become president to, by natural instinct, jump to the forefront and defend any US soldier. These delayed excuses by the Republican candidates are insincere calculated answers, unacceptable and a national disgrace.
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!!!
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
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If the Tomb of The Unknown Soldier was found to house a gay, should he be exhumed and tossed out by the Republicans?
