Posted on 11/03/2011 3:07:17 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Over the last 12 hours, the Cain controversy took a lurch toward complete farce with the Cain campaign accusing, with no evidence, the Perry campaign and specifically Curt Anderson, with leaking the story. As a theory, this at least make sense: Perry needs Cain to deflate, and one interpretation of Perry’s strange New Hampshire speech is that it was an over-the-top attempt to demonstrate the liveliness and personality that has helped Cain steal most of Perry’s support. But the Cain campaign seems only to be making a wild guess about Anderson. Incredibly enough, Cain himself made the accusation and then Mark Block went on “Special Report” to reinforce the charge with a–let’s just say–memorable performance.
Among other problems with this tack, it’s extraordinarily foolish for the Cain campaign to make this about anything other than an unfair attack on it by the media. Now, it’s a little less a story about a biased media and a little more a story about intra-conservative backbiting. Cain has been the sympathetic victim so far, but now he’s the one who’s lodged an unfair charge. While there aren’t great reservoirs of support out there for Rick Perry at the moment, Republicans have shown they don’t react well to evidence-free, outlandish attacks by one candidate on another (see how Bachmann hurt herself by going too far on the vaccine issue). The Cain campaign would be well-served to get their candidate out...
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It won't help Cain, will hurt perry, but it won't move Cain's campaign closer to the prize.
Block was the worst person to use as a TV spokesman, insecure, fumbling and mumbling {and those were his good points} and while he did fine in the smoking commercial, he looked too damn shifty to be accusing anyone of anything.
Who leaked the story is not important in the long view of the race.
Hope you’re right.
A separate political consultant, Chris Wilson said he saw Cain acting inappropriately – as did many other people (that there was no way this wasn't going to come out). He also said he didn’t discuss this with any of this clients, period.
***BO wins, out of all of these attacks, and that’s all that matters to the left.***
Exactly.
Notice how the story is now on every channel 24/7 - it is a distraction from BO’s daily scandals, incompetence and failure on every level.
You may not know Perry... you may not get paid by Perry... but you work for him every day... right here on FR.
LLS
In light of the fact that Herman Cain had to expose himself (again)
Ain’t we just a little to slick there cw?
No evidence, none facts, no paper trail. No evidence at all. Merely a string of anonymous sources making accusations.
The accusations are then "validated" by more hear say accusations by third party sources linked to other GOP campaigns. Most notably third party sources specifically tied to Perry's campaign.
The GOP machine better buy a clue. This stupidity on their part may just buy them a Tea Party presidential candidate in 2012.
Exactly - and they're playing right into Zero's hands - no wonder Palin didn't want anything to do with this circus.
300 million Americans, and this crew is the best Republicans can come up with?
And who do you “work” for (against) everyday on FR?
If you do not like the attention this is buying your candidate, tell his stooges to get out of the smear games and stick to the issues.
Don’t blame the victim for the stupid smear game political tactics of the GOPbot machine.
That could easily characterize what Herman Cain has done.
Coming from you!--ROFLOL!
Notice the trend here?
No evidence, none facts, no paper trail. No evidence at all. Merely a string of anonymous sources making accusations.
The accusations are then “validated” by more hear say accusations by third party sources linked to other GOP campaigns. Most notably third party sources specifically tied to Perry's campaign.
The GOP machine better buy a clue. This stupidity on their part may just buy them a Tea Party presidential candidate in 2012
Sorry but that attempt at diversion will not work.
Cain has a massive paper trail. That you choose to ignore Cain’s record because of your emotional ties to the Perry Campaign does not make Cain’s record vanish
So why don’t you quit diverting and address the conduct of Perry’s Arizona State Coordinator and his pollster in perpetuating this smear I pointed out to you?
Why are you compelled to lie? Aren't you proud of your boss, Rick Perry or are you finally looking for the exit like a trapped rat.
“As someone who, at one time, supported Perry, I can tell you that most of us do see the tactic for what it is...”
Think, what could be more sublime that for someone else to put this out there, the blame putting it out there on someone else?
This isn't just about Cain and/or Perry - the whole lot of them engage in this stuff - oddly, Gingrich (I'm not a fan) is the only one that doesn't really pull this crap.
And not to single out Cain, here, but he seems to know shockingly little about foreign affairs (Pali "right-of-return"? Red China not a nuclear power?).
Indeed.
Way to let them manipulate you with these slanderous "anonymous source" character assassination tactics.
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