You miss the point. As assertion that the Perry campaign or any supporter of Perry launched this rumer via Politico has no basis. Dozens of people in Washington with no connection to Perry or his campaign and are not supporters of Perry knew of the allegations in question. Any one of them could have been the source or the lead to the sourcing of the story. Washington is full of insider circulated knowledge of this sort. Anyone hearing it, particularly anyone with a desire to damage the Republican candidate race could have dug out the story. Because people connected with the Perry campaign or who support Perry knew of the allegations does not prove that any such person, thereby, was the source of the Politico story. Frankly, leaping to such unsupported conclusions does not impress anyone with the acuity of the person leveling the accusations.
Perry’s supporters are the scum of the earth.