Posted on 11/09/2011 7:59:38 AM PST by SeekAndFind
With the possibility of making it to a primary increasingly slim for Herman Cain as he faces a number of sexual harassment accusations, Charles Krauthammer visited Bill O’Reilly tonight to give a review of his press conference.
Krauthammer was impressed with Cain’s “high wire act” but warned him that he had made one mistake that had surfaced before– accusing the Democrats of having something to do with the story surfacing, after his chief of staff previously accused the Perry campaign of the same. Krauthammer noted that he did believe Cain could survive, “but it won’t be easy.” In today’s “high wire act,” Krauthammer argued Cain “crossed a wire just about intact,” but for him to “blindly blame it on the Democratic machine” did him no good: “you can’t go around making charges if you don’t know they’re true or not.”
O’Reilly agreed, noting there was a lot against Cain, including CNN (which he called “the Cain Network now over there”) and the establishment Republicans, who “weren’t on his side to begin with.” Despite that, Krauthammer argued, “the establishment Republicans aren’t behind this,” and warned Cain should “stop throwing out accusations.” He also advised voters to keep the presumption of innocence, though O’Reilly didn’t believe this was possible: “we live in a country where judgments are based on nothing and people are destroyed,” he concluded.
I love Cain, but Krauthammer has a point.
Cain needs to avoid traps.
Even if Cain is right, the evidence of any connection to the DNC has certainly been swept clean. Take, for example, the birth certificate issue.
However, in opposition to Krauthammer, I don’t view the accusation that Cain has made as a serious blunder, provided that Cain doesn’t mention it further (unless he has solid proof).
I think Cain needs to stop accusing without proof, too. It is interesting the one person he gives a pass is Romney.
Krauthammer will find out when he gets
a note from L. Lin Wood.
So is Krauthammer saying that nobody is behind this campaign? My bet is on stuffy, imperious RINO’s.
I do find it bizarre the the media comes out and runs with unconfirmed reports and accusations all the time.
The double standard at work again. When they screw up, they rarely retract where it is firm and noticable. They bury it on page 20 or make a brief statement. A lot of the times the “news” they spew is an outright lie or disinformation.
Do they care or apologize for anything? Nope, they just forget about it. They claim the high road for themselves.
Then they move on down the road.
The average person knows the media is always working against them, so, they try to find out for themselves. Sometimes it works out great, other times they may make a mistake.
And when they do...wow...they are considered reckless and incompetent and not too bright.
Another what a joke moment.
Hey, Cain was given the perfect opportunity to go after (and perhaps blame) Romney yesterday and he didn’t... things that make you go hmmmmmm
Chuck...I don’t believe Herman needs to be taking any advice from a Democrat.
So now the Kraut is trying to set him up too?
Krauthammer has been irritable ever since his boss Walter Mondale failed to defeat Ronald Reagan in 1984.
You don't defend unproven allegations by making unproven allegations. It was a dumb mistake. If you are totally blind to this, you may need to step back from the light. I think Cain is doing a surprisingly good job, but that doesn't mean he is infallible.
If Cain sought Krauthammer’s advice he never would have run for president. Maybe Krauthammer thinks Cain should stop blaming Rats because he knows the GOP is setting him up.
This really is fascinating. The conventional Rebubs, whose conventionalism (cowardice) allowed a free people to become slaves, are trying to tell Cain to do what they’ve always done. Trying to be civil, compassionate, just to the right, saying things like, “My good friend Nancy” and “I hope President-elect Obama succeeds” is viewed by OUR ENEMIES and the American people as weakness, having no conviction.
So Krauthammer hasn’t learned a thing. He and all the other establishment R’s only know one thing, that’s being in the minority. They don’t realize there really are people OUT HERE who are just a few grievances short storming their castle and stringing them up. We’re tired of civility with people who are traitors. We’re tired of Bush and Romney and Perry who see this as SEC vs Big 12. This is good vs evil.
Charles Krauthammer - you woman!
I don’t know who started this, but Team Obama is happy to accept the handoff to a handy Chicago stooge.
No one with a functioning medulla oblongota. Hell, there are populations of sea algae that know the media is in the tank, eager to fellate Hussein.
Charles needs to shut up.
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