Now who do we believe? When it was Cain denying rumors with no evidence, the rule was we believe Cain, and not the rumors.
I am firmly on that train. The aide denies it, if there is no evidence that he was involved, then I believe the aide.
And after a day of seeing Romney connections all over this forum, to have Cain come out and directly accuse Perry is just about the last straw for me. That’s twice now Perry has falsely accused Perry of something.
And remember, this morning Cain said he was sure this had to do with him being black, but had no evidence. So — is he saying his aide, a guy who tried to get him elected in 2004, is a racist?
Cain doesn’t know what Cain is saying anymore. He’s gone from sweet innocent Cain to angry bitter Cain — in his very first crisis.
Look — there’s a reason we don’t elect amateurs with NO EXPERIENCE to the highest office in our land. It’s because we have no idea how they will react when something goes wrong. Now we see, and it’s not pretty.
I’ve been hard on Cain for his organization and messaging. But I’ve been behind him on the charges against him, and defended him against personal attacks made by others here.
But since Cain has now shown twice that he is willing not to just suggest, but to directly accuse another individual falsely, I’m not sure why I should care if he is being falsely accused.
And when I see the Perry campaign’s actual words, if it turns out someone on their campaign staff made a specific charge against a Romney staffer, and they don’t have proof, I’ll call for their head as well.