I don't know how you missed this one -- it is right in this very article: "I am almost certain that I did. …"
Oh my goodness. Cain is now saying that he is "almost" certain. Come on Charles. You seem to be hanging on every Cain word looking for some kind -- any kind -- of slip up.
Read the article. Read all of what Cain said. It looks to me that Cain thinks Anderson is the culprit.
It’s not a slip up. It’s a clarification. I look for clarification because he is always subtly changing his story, and I assume the latest version is more accurate.
In this case, earlier he sounded like he was certain, but now he is hedging his bets. Not a bad thing, given that Anderson is insisting that Cain didn’t tell him, and has told reporters to reveal ANYTHING Anderson might have said to them about Cain.
Sounds like Anderson is positive he didn’t say anything bad about Cain. And since Anderson said that, no report has appeared with anything negatinve Anderson said about Cain, so it sure looks like Anderson is innocent, and Cain is accusing an innocent man.
And remember, the “I told him” is just the FIRST STEP in the Cain attack on Anderson.
Wednesday morning, Cain said he was sure the story was racially motivated, but didn’t have any evidence, he just knew it. Then he said that Anderson leaked the story to Politico. So he seemed to be saying that Anderson did it for racist reasons.
Anderson denies both parts of Cain’s charge — Cain says he told Anderson, AND Anderson told Politico. Anderson says he didn’t know the story until he read it, and he didn’t talk to Politico.
Who is telling the truth? Politico knows. And Anderson told politico to tell everybody if he was the source — and Politico didn’t say he was the source.
Cain is playing a dangerous game, because he made a direct charge with no evidence that was easily refuted since Politico actually KNOWS who their source was, and it apparently wasn’t Anderson, who says he still admires Cain (as do many Perry supporters, although not quite so much now that he is taken to unsupported charges about Perry’s involvement).
Cain’s supporters are trying everything to make this about Perry. Which seems odd if as they insist, this is great for Cain.