For a time I was excited at the thought of Herman Cain becoming President.  I was not encouraged because he is black but because he spent his life building a business career from nothing to CEO.  I watched Greta Van Susteren interview his wife, Gloria, on November 15 and we were able to meet his family.  They demonstrate a level of class that has been absent for the last three years in the White House.  I have nothing against the President’s daughters but Michelle Obama on the other hand has for more than three years appeared to me as an angry and very bitter woman who disrespects the values of the majority of her fellow citizens.  She is extravagant with other people’s money while in the middle of a deep recession and she is a demonstration of narcissism at its worst.  Gloria Cain seems to be a wonderful, dignified woman who loves her husband and nurtures her family.  The entire Cain family appears to be the opposite of the Obamas.  

Despite this, upon watching the tapes of the interview of Herman Cain by the Milwaukee Journal I see no reason for Mr. Cain to continue his candidacy.  Mr. Cain made two serious errors as he sought my vote.  He then compounded these errors in what seemed a stressful interview as he grasped for a thought and tried to recall from memory what his position was on foreign policy subjects.  

Mr. Cain struggled with whether he agreed with President Obama and his strategy related to Libya.  President Obama provided support for an incursion to oust one of the world’s greatest terrorists.  No person who enjoys peace can regret the loss of Qaddafi.  This was not the problem.  The problem was the complete lack of concern regarding whom Obama was supporting.  A sound strategy would have included recognition of who the replacement for Qaddafi would be.  Were we supporting the muslim brotherhood?  Were we supporting al qaeda?  No one knew who controlled the rebels and no American dollars should have gone to overthrow Qaddafi without knowing whom it was we were supporting.  Will it be someone worse than Qaddafi?  No one truly knows.  That is insane.  Does Herman Cain not know this?

Mr. Cain also stumbled on the issue of collective bargaining by federal employees.  The answer is no.  In one of his first acts as President, John F. Kennedy issued an Executive Order that allowed federal employees to organize.  Even Franklin D. Roosevelt warned against federal employees organizing to bargain collectively.  He is the icon of the labor movement yet Kennedy ignored his warnings.  There is a conflict of interest between those unions and those who aspire for Congress.  Can you imagine the price of Kleenex if the union elected the executives of Kimberley Clark?  

I have defended Herman Cain from the claims of sexual harassment because I do not believe this kind of character attack is morally acceptable in the middle of a political campaign.  If a woman has a problem regarding an unwanted and persistent approach by any man, she must bring that charge right away.  If valid, Cain's detractors could have and should have charged Cain with harassment fourteen years ago, not today.  It is far more important that a Presidential candidate be aware of both domestic and foreign issues they logically may be required to deal with during their term in office.  Libya and labor unions will logically be issues that a President Cain would need to prepare for and I believe these were fair questions as posed by the Journal.