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Same challenge for you. Please at least try to be accurate on the time line. Cain was asked a question. he answer it honestly.

Within minutes the Perry supporters rushed around whining about how “Cain had attacked Perry”

All the while the Perry camp had been engaging in every sort of slander, lie and innuendo about Cain they could dream up for days.

Here is a notion for you. Make a case FOR Perry.

Just do it ONE time.

It would be a refreshing change from this non stop slander based Cult of Personality bot behavior we are seeing from the Perry camp.

You all either whine about how tough it is for Perry, make up fantasies about some conspiracy to "get Perry" or you are busy slandering everyone else.

What is Perry Presidential plan and agenda? Plans and ideas NOT slogans and “He was a great guy in Texas” bloviating

Where is it?

Make the case for Perry without mentioning any other candidate. I bet not ONE of you can do it.

I read most of the posts on Mr. Cain here. There have been a large number of defamatory threads including this one are started by persons who are Gov. Perry's supporters. It is my goal to stay positive in my comments but I do have a theory on why this is taking place.

Gov. Perry took in by far the most money last month. What do they do with that type of money? Most will probably be spent on Ads, but a lot is also spent on high priced political consultants and pollsters. These people come up with strategies and tactics to keep their client on top. I have a theory that might seem improbable, but may fit the pattern that we are seeing.

How does Gov. Perry attack someone who has a compelling story, amazing credentials, is extremely likable, and has qualities and a personality that inspires and like no one since President Reagan? He is a person who is so likable that almost every other candidate has said that they would like him to be their running-mate.

They started out by insisting that he was a unelectable fringe candidate incapable of beating President Obama. Then it seems that Gov. Perry's advisers made the decision that the best way to attack Mr. Cain was to first portray Gov. Perry was a victim of an unfair attack from Mr. Cain. Then they could pivot from that sympathetic position into full fledged attacks using innuendo and twisting Mr. Cain's record.

Who would even know about the “Ni****head rock in the first place? Where in the world did this story come from? The answer is that it was fairly likely a set-up by Mr. Perry's own people? Twenty million dollars in one month buys political consultants that are skilled political chess players. These guys are capable of playing both the Washington Post and Herman Cain.

To me the entire scandal has the appearance of being a completely manufactured dirty trick designed entirely to trip up Mr. Cain who is a candidate who speaks from the heart without looking for help on every syllable to high priced political consultants. The entire episode is a nonevent that is nothing but an irritating distraction for Mr. Cain and has very little negative impact for Gov. Perry.

Do I have any evidence that this was a campaign tactic from the Gov. Perry camp to attack the unattainable Mr. Cain? Nothing other than a pattern of attacks in the media on political blogs and even here on Free Republic. Almost all of them start out by trying to portray Gov. Perry as a victim of the nasty “race baiting” Mr. Cain and then lead into attacks trying to tie Mr. Cain to Gov Romney and then attacks on Mr. Cain's qualifications, etc..

Do we find any threads here attacking Gov. Perry posted by Mr. Cain's supporters? None that I am aware of. Mr. Cain's supporters have mostly posted threads that play up positive aspects of Mr. Cain's record and successes.

I think the efforts of the Gov. Perry team have been completely ineffective here and pretty much everywhere else. If this was something thought up by Gov. Perry's advisers... I think that it has completely backfired. Mr. Cain is a man who seems to rise to any challenge. Attacking him only increases his name recognition and makes more people aware of what a great man that he is. When conservatives take a closer look they really like what they see.

I think that Gov. Perry's only hope to salvage his failing campaign is to get out in front of the crowds and in front of the cameras and express a positive and optimistic message. If he can't do this; I am afraid that even with the massive amount of money that he has raised... his presidential bid will go nowhere.