It would appear that the Cain “sexual harassment” scandal is petering out and for the simple reason; the evidence is weak and it becoming more apparent that this was more a hit job than a real scandal. As Ann Coulter noted, it seemed the only time that Herman Cain was a sexual predator appeared to be when he worked in Washington DC nor did it help that those who came forward had connection to the Obama Chicago machine. Ann Coulter wrote in a recent article, that Obama machine had experience in finding sexual harassment against past candidates and during his run for the 2004, his team found sexual allegations that was enough to derail his toughest competition both in the Democratic primary and the Republican primary as well.
I noted in a past column, I wasn’t about to be part of “a oh my let’s force Cain out campaign” unless I saw pictures of Cain with two of his accusers in a threesome in downtown Cedar Rapids with a sheep. Since that has yet to happen, it is more important that Cain win his case in the public relations war and not be forced out. Republicans need to let the media know upfront that their tactics won’t work in derailing the Republican chances in 2012. If Cain is to be defeated, let it be on the issues and not half-truths or no truths. There are reasons why Republicans may not
want Cain as their standard bearer but being a sexual predator is not one of them.
Republicans better understand that this is only the beginning. Newt Gingrich, who has his own past to deal with, will be next as he starts to rise in the polls. The media knows that a Gingrich-Obama debate will be devastating to Obama, who will not be able to compete with Gingrich’s breath of knowledge. Gingrich may be the one candidate who can take the fight to the left and he knows how to run an insurgent campaign and his resume is superior to Obama in every way. Gingrich also has a past and as I have mentioned in past pieces, Gingrich will be the first three times married President and that is not positive attribute. Gingrich’s past lives will be exposed in all its ugliness and what is acceptable for Democrats will be not acceptable for Gingrich.
Media will also go after Romney and they will do in three ways. The first will be to examine his record at Bain, and remind folks; Romney is a creation of Wall Street. The second way is to remind voters of his flip flops and the third is to write stories about the Mormon connection. For many on the right, Mormonism is looked at with skepticism. The left will view Mormonism with even more apprehension and there will be plenty of stories about how these guys are weird and remember attacking Mormons like other Christians is politically okay. The goal will be to depress voter turnout among evangelicals for Romney if he is the nominee by emphasizing his Mormon background while throwing uncertainty among independent voters.
The left and the media play by different rules and the media will forgive things with their chosen candidates that they will attack GOP candidates for. For 2012, we should not allow the left to control the narrative, but we must dictate the story of the 2012 elections. If they attack our candidates with sexual improprieties, defend our candidates with the idea they are innocent until proven guilty and remember the Donelson rule, unless we have pictures of our candidates doing the dirty deed, we don’t play by the left rules. Anthony Weiner would not have lost his seat if there were no pictures but those pictures made it impossible not to ignore Weiner’s twitter adventures. Innocent until proven guilty shall be how we play!
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As you say, Gingrich does have a “breath of knowledge,” the problem is he has no “breadth of knowledge.”
Messenger vs. Message. Simple.
Every election, tired, tried and true play book of character assasination is trotted out by MSM in Washington DC.
Yes, unfortunately these are top down DNC, RNC and (ahem!) Wall Street types united at the hips, having agendas to protect their dutifully carved out turfs in We The Elite People in Washington DC. This is not a OWS rant, just a statement of fact.
Is this true? one asks. Yes, the 74,000 (soon to be 87,000 because of Dodd-Frank) Tax Code provides spaces for vested interests in Washington DC’s We The Elite People, ergo ‘insider trading’ in Congress and Senate, constant Lobbyist issues, crony capitalism (Solydra, Four square, etc.),et al, abound.
Wall Street plays a very important role in all of this…money and greed. Therefore they too, figure into We The Elite People of Washington DC’s “Ruling Class.”
Rick Perry’s recent proposed solution on 11/17/11 to reduce all pay, reform staff allotments, cut Congressional time in session, etc. are definitely worthy of closer inspection for implementation.
All of these ideas, plans and political activity will never be realized if We The people don’t take back out American Excellence, Our American Capitalist economy by massively voting in 2012. God Bless America.