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GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley says now that she should have mentioned slavery when she was asked about the cause of the Civil War last week.At a CNN town hall in Iowa Thursday, days before Iowans caucus in the first GOP presidential nominating contest, Haley told moderator Erin Burnett, I should have said slavery, but in my mind, that s a given that everybody associates the Civil War with slavery. stanley cups The former South Carolina governor was asked by Burnett to respond to opponent Chris Christie s criticism that her answer stemmed not from being dumb or racist, but from an unwillingness to offend anyone by telling the truth. Nikki Haley faces heavy criticism for failing to mention slavery as cause of Civil W stanley cup ar 03:28 When she was asked last Wednesday in New Hampshire what caused the Civil War, Haley responded that she thought the cause was basically how government was going to run, the fre stanley cup edoms, and what people could and couldn t do. Democrats and Republicans like Christie were quick to seize upon her response. At Thursday s town hall, Haley went on to say that growing up in the South, slavery is a very talked about thing and in her response in New Hampshire, I was thinking past slavery, and talking about the lesson that we would learn going forward Nffd Chief Teacher s lt;i gt;Jeopardy! lt;/i gt; Lesson
AP Photo/ John L. Russell ATLANTA, Ga. - Herman Cain, whose campaign could use s stanley botella ome redemption in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal, told a crowd of young Republicans on Saturday that God convinced him to run for president and that he prayed and prayed and prayed about it.The Republican contender made no mention of the allegations from former subordinates at the National Restaurant Association. But his comments here were accented with more than the usual references to his faith and his calling to politics. I prayed and prayed and prayed. I m a man of faith, I had to do a lot of praying for this one, more praying than I d ever done before in my life, Cain told a crowd of more than 100 at the Young Republican National Federation, an event hosted by the Georgia Young Republicans at the Westin Peachtree Plaza. And when I finally realized that it was God saying that this is what I needed to do, I was like Mose stanley mugs s: You ve got the wrong man, Lord. Are you sure Once he made the decision to run, the former chief executive of Godfather s Pizza said, I di stanley termosar d not look back. And one of the misperceptions that some people have is that I m not in this to win it. I m in this to win it, or I wouldn t be in it! I m not going anywhere! Cain has repeatedly said in recent days he will stay in the race in spite of the swirl of accusations that have tarnished his campaign and halted his upward moment |
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