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Perry Camp Denies Leaking Cain Harassment Story, Fingers Romney Campaign
National Journal ^ | Updated: November 2, 2011 | 6:13 p.m.

Posted on 11/02/2011 3:49:03 PM PDT by Perdogg

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To: katiedidit1
I'm not sure WHAT Cain could do in this situation. Does he categorically deny everything, and then have a Larry Flynt type pay handsomely to unseal some lips? Cain goes down. Does Cain "come clean" and admit to "indiscretions"? Cain goes down. He's obviously chosen a middle path. "Something happened, but I had no idea about a settlement". Makes him LOOK guilty. Cain goes down.

It pains me greatly, because Cain is almost universally known as a man of character. In Clinton's case, EVERYONE knew he was sleazy, even his friends. Nobody ever came to his defense, saying he was an upright citizen. Even today his most ardent supporters think Clinton was a reprobate, but he was a great liberal, so it's just not "important".

101 posted on 11/02/2011 4:36:16 PM PDT by boop ("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... http://www.fda.gov/ucm/groups/Ming the Merciless)
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To: lonestar
"There are more links to Rove and Romney...so why are they accusing Perry?"

You didn't get the memo? Everybody hates Perry because he is the sole reason that all illegal immigrants are in this country.

102 posted on 11/02/2011 4:36:44 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: mylife
Perrys spokesman merely “suggested” that it could be Romney.

Exactly, and he made it clear he was repeating what was being said on various internet sites. Cain stated it as fact, with no source mentioned.

103 posted on 11/02/2011 4:37:26 PM PDT by Hugin ("Most time a man'll tell you his bad intentions if you listen and let yourself hear"--Open Range)
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To: Perdogg

My two cents are still that Rove and Romney are trying to kill two birds with one stone.


104 posted on 11/02/2011 4:37:37 PM PDT by teenyelliott (welcome to the Twilight Zone)
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To: lonestar

I thought we had a viable candidate in Cain. I liked what I heard from him and thought he was the real deal. A real stand-up guy.

With what I heard today about finger-pointing the Perry campaign, I’m not so sure. I am hopeful Cain has the goods on Perry in an iron clad way. Not that I want to see Perry behind this, but I don’t want to see Cain shoot from the hip and be wrong. All this is doing is making a circus of our primary and I wouldn’t be surprised to see Obama get a bump out of this as our candidates, look shallow and petty.

This was supposed to be a good year for conservatives, the media is going to have a field day with all the anonymous allegations and finger-pointing.

When are we going to learn the media is not our friend and unless and until Politico or other MSM outlet publishes facts rather than alegations, it doesn’t even deserve a response.


105 posted on 11/02/2011 4:38:11 PM PDT by offduty ("There are stupid people running this country" Herman Cain CPAC 2011)
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To: lonestar

Cain also said he and Anderson? departed on good terms.
Now he is Accusing the guy and Perry with no proof.

For his part Anderson played good friend and said he knew nothing of the accusations against Cain when asked about it.

I am beginning to really dislike Mr Cain.


106 posted on 11/02/2011 4:38:16 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: plain talk

Hah! Clinton was very good at the latter. I’ve supported Cain since he announced. I have more issues with his 9-9-9 plan than I do with this contrived BS. But, and a big one at that, I still believe Cain is the very best choice that we can make.

Cain 2012


107 posted on 11/02/2011 4:38:25 PM PDT by loucon
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To: McGruff
I doubt the DNC is smiling. They probably had this story in their bag of tricks and it's gone now. That's why I believe in vetting all our candidates now. Not later.

That's a good point. They might be consoled by thinking Willard's going to be the last man standing.

108 posted on 11/02/2011 4:39:06 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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To: John D

That all you got?


109 posted on 11/02/2011 4:39:32 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: montag813

Perry’s spokesman just pointed to stories that suggested Romney was behind it, and said he wouldn’t put it past them. Cain stated it as fact with no evidence.


110 posted on 11/02/2011 4:41:19 PM PDT by Hugin ("Most time a man'll tell you his bad intentions if you listen and let yourself hear"--Open Range)
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To: Darkwolf377
How the **** did we get here when we had three years to find a real conservative leader?

Well, for starters, we had to work with the GOP.

Think about the cop on the street, content that citizens are carrying weapons. Then think about the chiefs, damning the thought. Same here.

111 posted on 11/02/2011 4:41:44 PM PDT by glock rocks (Wait, what? Channel surfing without a remote since 2001)
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To: mylife

Pfffft.
You never liked him to begin with, but who cares.

There is NO evidence of that he did anything wrong, yet you’re ready to believe he’s in the wrong.

Sell your feigned sentiments elsewhere.


112 posted on 11/02/2011 4:43:29 PM PDT by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC BY DONATING NOW! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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To: onyx

It appears to be bigger than that.


113 posted on 11/02/2011 4:44:05 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Hugin

You don’t know what evidence Cain has!


114 posted on 11/02/2011 4:44:31 PM PDT by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC BY DONATING NOW! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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To: BagCamAddict

I’d want to see the question they were asked, and their exact answer. The statement as worded in this story isn’t an accusation. It’s a suggestion. Given that we have had multiple threads today attacking Romney and giving plausible leak stories implicating either him or his supporters, it is a rational statement to say that Romney’s camp may have been behind it (which is the words used in the story).

Never use headlines as a description of what is being told — they are written by people whose job is to draw readers, not necessarily match the story.


115 posted on 11/02/2011 4:44:34 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: kevao

There is a difference between that and a flat out personal accusation by Cain himself with NO PROOF.


116 posted on 11/02/2011 4:45:27 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: kevao

Sounds silly on the surface, but I kid you not a woman in our area who calls in regularly to the local talk shows, in fact, said just yesterday that in her opinion, it was Newt behind this hit on Cain. I usually give her the benefit of the doubt, but on this one, I couldn’t diagree more. If it were Newt’s campaign, I’d be shocked, to say the least.


117 posted on 11/02/2011 4:45:37 PM PDT by nfldgirl
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To: onyx
You don’t know what evidence Cain has!

If he has some, let's see it! Put up or shut up!

118 posted on 11/02/2011 4:46:59 PM PDT by Hugin ("Most time a man'll tell you his bad intentions if you listen and let yourself hear"--Open Range)
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To: loucon
I have more issues with his 9-9-9 plan than I do with this contrived BS.

Yeah I hear ya. I don't have major problems with either. I just want Cain to handle this well. I don't like 9-9-9 but since it's going nowhere anyway it is really just a vehicle for a discussion on lower taxes. So let's hope he calmly deals with this mini-crisis the media has created.

119 posted on 11/02/2011 4:47:01 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Hugin

Bingo!


120 posted on 11/02/2011 4:47:35 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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