There are some folks on FR who have legitimate criticisms of Cain, based on facts. Heck, there are things I disagree with Cain about (which hasn’t even come up on FR yet LOL)
But what is going on here is piling on based on questionable new sources. Do you vet your candidates based on liberal news sources? What do you think people’s impression of Palin was ONLY from liberal news sources? Was that a fair vetting???
What about judging a candidate by their own words and writings, by what others say about them? In Cain’s case, I link all the time to facts, words directly from Cain, 6 years worth of Cain commentary, books, speeches. There is another 4 years of his show podcasts - 10 hours/week of Cain talking about the issues. There is also his track record in business, as well as testimonials and references from those working with him.
Add to that some common sense when vetting - do you really believe Cain could be an idiot and been as successful as he was?
The people here piling on Cain have not taken time to vet him AT ALL. Jumping on the latest liberal talking point is NOT vetting.
If you look upthread you’ll see the video posted and my response to the video, in which I said I see nothing wrong with anything Cain said in that video (regarding Libya).
I just think it’s amusing that SOME people (not saying you) who spent 24/7 trashing Perry on every Perry thread that popped up on FR (even on one that was merely one of some family photos of Perry) are then so hyper-sensitive to criticism of THEIR candidate.
Look, I like Cain. I really do. He is my second choice (close second) behind Newt.
But I see his weaknesses, just as I see Newt’s.
And I’m sorry, after the way the Perry-bashers behaved for a couple of months here on FR, I’m not going to cry any tears over critics of Cain showing up on Cain threads.
I’m just not going to do it.
FR is a place where there are a lot of heated discussions.
If you can’t take it (not saying you, just using the general “you”), especially after you’ve been dishing it out for a couple of months, then you really should go home to mommy (not saying you, just using the general “you”)... if you know what I mean.