I was on a different message board at the time (although Free Republic has been one of my sources of information since around 1998) and I remember the left's drubbing of Herman Cain. The board I was on had a mix of all kinds of flavors of opinions. When Herman Cain was going to run for the presidency, I remember the leftists on there went bonkers and they come out of the woodwork when Cain's "gotcha" scandal came out pushing for Cain to drop from the race. It did seem like a coordinated effort all over social medias and in the lame stream media. I guess Herman Cain had to be stopped at all costs.
Your comment brought back memories of fighting these stealth trolls and the media when Cain ran and I have no doubt they are still up to no good.
CGato
It being an election year, expect more to appear.