Cain 'reassessing' campaign after affair allegation
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blueapplepaste
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This stinks. I was really hoping he'd get the nomination. Oh well, he was way out of his league anyways. Reminded me a lot of Palin, though only not as good looking.
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Disenfranchised Hilary voters -> Palin
Disenfranchised Obama voters -> Cain
Yeah, there was a bit of similarity which leads me to believe that the GOP basically wanted to see if race or gender was the key to success.
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Affairs haven't hurt very many politicians, the reaction is the problem. Lying or denying will get you. Look at Newt, it hasn't hurt him. He did it because he loves America so much and now no one cares. Will he make the market go up?
Cain should have been in front of all of this 5 months ago.
Or it could all be a lie, but then he needs to be more consistent in his denials than he has been.
Cain should have been in front of all of this 5 months ago.
Or it could all be a lie, but then he needs to be more consistent in his denials than he has been.
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If I were running for office (God forbid), I would hire a battalion of private investigators to dig up every last bit of dirt on every reporter I had to deal with.
Then the rule would be, "You want to talk about dirt on me, great. But first, let's talk about dirt on you."
"But I'm not running for office, Mr. Wolseley!"
"True. But the question is, should the American people place their trust in a journalist who was caught plagiarizing on her Bachelor's thesis?"
"That was never proven!"
"Or who agreed to sleep with her history professor in exchange for a passing grade?"
"Lies!"
"And who ended up having an abortion to take care of the pregnancy the liason created?"
(silence)
"Do you think that somebody with this kind of past is reliable enough to report the news accurately and fairly, Miss Reporter? After all, I feel that the American people have the right to know."
"We're not talking about me, Mr. Wolseley....."
"Sure we are: right now. We'll talk about you first.....then we'll talk about me. Or, you can leave this National Enquirer-type stuff out of it, and we can stick to the issues that the country is facing right now. It's up to you."
Then the rule would be, "You want to talk about dirt on me, great. But first, let's talk about dirt on you."
"But I'm not running for office, Mr. Wolseley!"
"True. But the question is, should the American people place their trust in a journalist who was caught plagiarizing on her Bachelor's thesis?"
"That was never proven!"
"Or who agreed to sleep with her history professor in exchange for a passing grade?"
"Lies!"
"And who ended up having an abortion to take care of the pregnancy the liason created?"
(silence)
"Do you think that somebody with this kind of past is reliable enough to report the news accurately and fairly, Miss Reporter? After all, I feel that the American people have the right to know."
"We're not talking about me, Mr. Wolseley....."
"Sure we are: right now. We'll talk about you first.....then we'll talk about me. Or, you can leave this National Enquirer-type stuff out of it, and we can stick to the issues that the country is facing right now. It's up to you."
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A nice idea, doubt it would work though. I just wish Americans would stop expecting their leaders to be plaster saints. A persons proclivities in the bedroom have no bearing on their abilities to be an effective leader.
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Blackmail would imply that he was attempting to use the information for ill gotten gains. This strikes me more as intimidation. Frankly I find the whole dirt digging campaign we put our politicians through counter productive. Certainly there are things that should be brought to light, and a history of sexual abuse would seem to qualify. Having an affair 20 years ago does not impact anyone other then the parties involved.
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I don't think the issue is that our politicians are imperfect, its how they handle it. Instead of saying, "Yup, I smoked some Mary J in college, who didn't?" they give idiotic answers like "I didn't inhale".
Or with Anthony Weiner, had he just come out and said "Yes the pictures are mine, they were inappropriate" etc etc instead of lying he'd probably be much more likely to get a pass.
It's the flat out lying and denial that I think gets people worked up.
And your idea is a disaster waiting to happen. Instead of taking the high road and answering their questions, you'd sink to their level. No one would ever vote for someone so ready and willing to play the gossip game.
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Thats true, but I dont think that in a nation of 300,000,000 people it should be that hard to find someone with a bit more on the ball in the "honesty" and the "keep your johnson in your pants" departments. What I find disturbing about Cains affair is the way he trotted out his wife to defend his honor against the 'bimbo eruptions" of his past. The same wife he had been cheating on for 13 years. While it is not quite as bad as the John Edwards saga, I am just personally sick of these moral midgets running for or hold high positions of political power.
Personally, I now think all the charges against him are true which basically makes the guy a pig. The sooner he folds his political tent and heads back to the sty the better.
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Its no secret that the "powers that be" in the Republican Party don't want Cain or Gingrich to be nominated as their GOP presidential candidate for 2012.
What happened to Cain has the same MO as the Bush smear campaign conducted against John McCain during the South Carolina GOP Primary in 2000and the "swiftboating" (American neologism used pejoratively to describe an unfair or untrue political attack) of John Kerry during the 2004 Presidential Election.
I would suggest that Cain should be focusing his attention on the GOP "master of dirty tricks" - Karl Rove!
What happened to Cain has the same MO as the Bush smear campaign conducted against John McCain during the South Carolina GOP Primary in 2000and the "swiftboating" (American neologism used pejoratively to describe an unfair or untrue political attack) of John Kerry during the 2004 Presidential Election.
I would suggest that Cain should be focusing his attention on the GOP "master of dirty tricks" - Karl Rove!
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But the reporters blackmailing the politicians is just fine?
Alternatively, the candidiate could come right out at his first press conference and say, "This is what I did," and put everything right in the store window for everybody to look at.
Then, he could follow it up by saying, and this is what the press did," and lay out a few things on them, as well---with irrefutable proof---and say, "There's more where this came from; it all depends on what ya'll wanna talk about. I'm easy either way."
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Interesting twist, unfortunately you would not win any nominations with this type of thinking or attitude.
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