The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Herman Cain At The National Press Club

by Smitty UPDATE 14:53 the bottom line on the allegation: “In my over 40 years of running businesses and corporations, I have never sexually harassed anyone,” he told an audience at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. “I was accused — falsely, I might add. When the charges were brought, I recused myself, and […]

Cain Spokesman: ‘Smear Campaign Meant to Discredit a True Patriot’
UPDATE: Former Campaign Aide Says Cain’s Behavior ‘Never Even Bordered on Inappropriate in the Slightest’

You have to read pretty far down into the Politico story before you find that response from Herman Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon, and the article sticks all the exculpatory material at the end: Ron Magruder, Denise Marie Fugo and Joseph Fassler, the chair, vice chair and immediate past chairman of the National Restaurant Association board […]

Ouch! New Poll Shows Perry at 7% in Iowa

The headline on the Des Moines Register story is “Herman Cain, Mitt Romney lead new Iowa Poll,” but when you break down the numbers, the really shocking result is farther down: Herman Cain …………………. 23% Mitt Romney ………………….. 22% Ron Paul ……………………….. 13% Michele Bachmann ………….. 8% Rick Perry ………………… 7% Newt Gingrich …………………. 7% Rick […]

Ace Don’t Love Him No Herman Cain

Everybody knows I love Ace, so much so that I laugh even when he’s viciously mocking my candidate: [H]e talks like a f–king dumbass much of the time, and when he’s not talking like a f–king dumbass, he’s doing an empty folksy pander which is all very nice for those who are receptive to it […]

Muslim Calls Republicans ‘Extremists’; Muslim Extremist Attacks U.S. Embassy

Those doggone extremists! October 28th, Tampa Bay Online posts a column by Hassan Shibly, J.D., a Muslim activist and the executive director of CAIR-Tampa, calling Adam Hasner and Allen West extremists. A few hours after this column is posted a Muslim gunman, in Sarajevo, Bosnia opens fire on the American embassy. . . . According to […]

Cain HQ: ‘Crazy, Hectic, But Fine’

“Cain’s success represents a journey into uncharted political waters, like an ancient explorer sailing off toward the part of the map where the legend reads, ‘Here Be Dragons.’ “ — Robert Stacy McCain, The American Spectator, “Herman Cain Sails Into Uncharted Seas” Admit it: If Herman Cain decided to call it quits tomorrow, what he […]

Herman Cain = AuH2O?

My old friend Jeff Kuhner dares to make the comparison: Like with Barry Goldwater in 1964, grass-roots Republicans are revolting against the Eastern establishment. Mr. Cain has many of Goldwater’s traits – the fire, the intensity, the passion and the willingness to challenge the GOP status quo. Goldwater was unlucky in that he ran in a […]

Ned Ryun Calls for Bachmann to Quit; Bachmann Calls Ned Ryun a Perrybot

Ned Ryun, son of former Kansas Rep. Jim Ryun, created the non-profit grassroots training group American Majority three years ago. Today Ryun issued a remarkable statement: It’s time for Michele Bachmann to go. For the last two years, I’ve been cautioning about the dangers of individuals or organizations trying to present themselves as leaders of […]

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