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‘Mysterious’ Attack on Herman Cain?

Posted on | October 23, 2011 | 18 Comments

Yeah, it’s really mysterious, IYKWIMAITYD:

Herman Cain was the target of a mysterious attack Saturday night when leaflets targeting the Republican presidential frontrunner were left on car windows outside the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition’s fall banquet in Des Moines.
The leaflets, one of which was left on the car of a reporter, accuse Cain of being “pro-choice” and question his opposition to abortion.
“Herman Cain threw the babies under the bus,” blares the flier, which features a headshot of Cain next to a picture of a tiny aborted fetus. . . .
Two groups named at the bottom of the flier take credit for the attack: “Iowans for Some Semblance of Christian Decency” and “Iowans For Truth and Honest Government.”
A message to an email address listed for Iowans for Truth and Honest Government was not returned, but both groups have surfaced in recent election cycles to wage shadowy smear campaigns.
Iowans for Some Semblance of Christian Decency targeted former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee with leaflets during his 2008 presidential bid, questioning his Christian faith and calling attention to his effort to help parole a convicted murderer who went on to commit another homicide.
Similar leaflets attacking Huckabee appeared in the primary state of South Carolina at the time.
Iowans For Truth and Honest Government took credit for fliers attacking Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad in 2009 during the early days of his Republican primary fight against conservative Bob Vander Plaats.

Knowing nothing at all about these two “groups” — which do not exist as such, but are merely names at the bottom of flyers — I did a quick Google search and found that, when “Iowans for Truth and Honest Government” attacked Brandstad in 2009, suspicion fell on the Iowa-based consulting group Victory Enterprises.

That doesn’t prove anything, of course, since anyone could use the name of a non-existent group — pseudonyms can’t file lawsuits — and nobody ever figured out with any certainty who was behind the anti-Brandstad fliers.

There is no shortage of suspects. Every other campaign has a motive to attack Herman Cain, since he has surged to the lead in the past month. But every time I see this kind of stuff happening from now on, I’ll be reminding you: The prime directive of the Rick Perry campaign is “Destroy Herman Cain.”

UPDATE: Now a Memeorandum thread.


Category: Election 2012, Herman Cain, Iowa

Rule 5 Sunday: Linger

Posted on | October 23, 2011 | 13 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Rule 5 Sunday welcomes back Bring The Heat, Bring The Stupid, which gets caught up on his linkagery with the definitely Unforgettable Poppy Montgomery, hot & nerdy Aubrey Plaza, Natasha McElhone, and Amy Childs. Elsewhere, Randy’s Roundtable takes a midweek break with Ursula Mayes and Ashley Hartman. In the theaters, Fishersville Mike notes that Carla Gugino is playing Cathy Rush in The Mighty Macs.

The Rio Norte Line spotlights “WAGs Who Like To Party” and a collection of ads that were entirely too sexy for the telly, plus some bonus Kate Upton. Speaking of Ms. Upton, Eye of Polyphemus has a decent collection of her pix. Reaganite Republican admits to a teenage crush on Jaclyn Smith. A View From The Beach has plenty of Rule 5 goodness this week, starting with Elisha Cuthbert, French First Lady (and new mother) Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, and a collection of Silvio Berlusconi’s gals. Also, some culinary videos of interest as well as a Katy Perry video. Last post shows how The Other McCain is a trend-setter, as Fritz employs a Venn diagram of his own to explain the success of La Perry.

Jake Finnegan’s Burkalesque Babe this week is none other than teenage bride Courtney Stodden, seen here expanding the definition of “power suit”. Maggie’s Notebook has quite the selection of curvy girls for your perusal this week. American Power has its own Rule 5 linkagery, also Kristin Cavallari and Britney Spears.

Proof Positive brings the Natalia Vodianova, vintage Babe Jeanne Crain, another installment of Sex In Advertising, Women of PETA, and a 49ers cheerleader. Hey, it’s football season, not that we need an excuse to post cheerleaders.

Soylent Green starts off early with the snooch, congratulates the Texas Rangers, presents the Monday Motivationer, a Tuesday preview of Corset Friday, Georgia Jones, commemorates his 1.5 millionth visit, and Guest Corset Friday.

At The Camp Of The Saints, it’s Victoria Valentino, Elisabetta Gregoraci, and Sophie Howard. Three Beers Later reminds us that t.A.T.u is still making sexy, weird music videos. Speaking of music, Dustbury has a post on Shelby Lynne and (non-musically) Barbara Feldon.

The DaleyGator is back, which allows us to wind up Rule 5 Sunday with the DaleyBabes: Britney Spears, Beyonce, Olivia Munn, Julianne Hough, Naomi Watts, assorted hotness, and Rosario Dawson.

Thanks to everyone for their links! To be included in next week’s Rule 5 roundup, send your links to Rule 5 Wombat by October 29.

Category: Rule 5

The Cain Campaign in Iowa

Posted on | October 23, 2011 | 41 Comments

Last week, an ABC News crew got video of Herman Cain’s Iowa campaign office in Urbandale seemingly empty. Duane Lester of All-American Blogger interviewed Lisa Lockwood, communication director of Cain’s Iowa campaign, at this weekend’s Iowa Faith & Freedom Forum:

Duane vows to visit the Urbandale office of the Cain campaign next week. Meanwhile, as to the whole controversy over Cain’s views on abortion — which began with his Wednesday interview with Piers Morgan on CNN — Herman Cain emphasized his pro-life position in Iowa this weekend:

Businessman Herman Cain in particular sought to assure the audience of his commitment to pro-life causes.
“From conception, no abortions, no exceptions,” said Cain, who has been dogged all week by a controversy over a statement he made during a CNN interview that suggested abortion was a personal decision that shouldn’t be regulated by the government.
Though Cain was the first speaker of the evening, the issue came up again. Texas Gov. Rick Perry questioned the retired pizza magnate’s anti-abortion credentials. It is “a liberal canard to say I am personally pro-life but government should stay out of the decision,” Perry said during his speech. “If that is your view you are not pro-life. You are having your cake and eating it too.”
After Perry’s remarks, Cain again defended himself, telling reporters that, as president, he would sign a federal ban on abortion if such a bill crossed his desk. “I am pro-life. I have said it, I don’t know how many times,” Cain said.

A friend e-mailed to remind me that in 2006, Cain led a $1 million effort to encourage black voters to vote pro-life. Cain history of support for the pro-life cause ought to suffice as defense against Perry’s accusations. And we have another poll today, from the University of Iowa, showing Cain with a huge lead in the Hawkeye State and Perry a distant fifth:

Herman Cain ……………… 37.0%
Mitt Romney ……………… 27.0%
Ron Paul …………………… 11.5%
Newt Gingrich ……………… 7.7%
Rick Perry ………………….. 5.9%
Michele Bachmann ………… 3.7%
Rick Santorum ……………… 3.1%
Jon Huntsman …………….. 1.2%

When you look at the RCP average, you see that every Iowa poll for the past two weeks (beginning with the Oct. 7-10 PPP poll) has shown Cain in first place and Perry in single digits. It is therefore scarcely surprising — as I explained Friday — that the prime directive of the Perry campaign is now “Destroy Herman Cain.”

Persistent concerns about Cain’s “ground game” in Iowa cannot be ignored, given that we are now 72 days from the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses. Organizing a campaign at the precinct level takes time, and the time is growing short. As I have said more than once, both here and in conversations with Cain staff, if I were in Mark Block’s position what I would do is to bring back Dan Tripp (who left the campaign earlier this year) and tell him to do two things: Kick ass and take names.

I’ve known Dan since the NY-23 campaign for Doug Hoffman, and his effectiveness as an ass-kicker is simply a neutral objective fact.

UPDATE: Linked by Nice Deb and The Lonely Conservative — thanks! — and I expand the argument at the Hot Air Green Room:

Can the Perry campaign afford for their candidate to finish fourth, fifth or sixth in Iowa? No way, José. They don’t necessarily have to win it, but if Perry finishes as far back as fourth in Iowa on Jan. 3, it’s unlikely he will do much better in New Hampshire on Jan. 10. By the time the South Carolina primary rolls around on Jan. 21, the media will have been doing “death watch” reports on Perry campaign for more than two weeks. If Perry then underperforms in “must-win” South Carolina, there will be another ten days of “death watch” coverage before the crucial Florida primary on Jan. 31. Romney is reputedly strong in Nevada, so by the time Feb. 4 rolls around, Perry could be batting .200 in the first five nominating events, and perhaps even 0-for-5 if he were somehow to lose his “must-win” state.

Read the whole thing.


Category: Election 2012, Herman Cain, Iowa, Polls

Federalism Is A Liberal Canard?

Posted on | October 23, 2011 | 44 Comments

by Smitty

Ann Althouse has the Perry quote:

“It is a liberal canard to say I am personally pro-life, but government should stay out of that decision.
If that is your view, you are not pro-life, you are pro-having your cake and eating it too.”

I have always held that life begins at conception, and abortion is murder. What other logically consistent argument is there?

However, the federal government was delegated power by the states to manage multi-state issues, e.g. national security. Not to fret individual choices. On this, and so many other issues, the fundamental problem in American politics is the flattening of government into a single, federal mass.

So, as a SoCon, I would pray for the state setting up a baby abattoir on every corner, and making it legal to call a commitment ceremony involving a chicken ‘marriage’. And I understand too that there is a 14th Amendment argument to make about not letting the unborn be chattel slaves who can be snuffed at will.

Nevertheless, my contention is that ALL of our current fiscal problems are rooted in DC’s poking its pen into personal lives, in terms of housing, retirement, sex, education, retirement, etc. We can either repent of that Progressive idiocy, or keep on shagging that chicken as we are.

SoCons have got to understand that, secretly, Progressives welcome the precedent set by passing legislation that justifies DC meddling with individuals.

Category: Uncategorized

Berkeley Professor Swindles Kochs Out of $150,000 for Global Warming Project

Posted on | October 23, 2011 | 12 Comments

Don Surber fact-checked a Washington Post article and determined that Richard Muller, whom the Post touted as a “self-proclaimed climate skeptic” was, in fact, an early advocate for man-made global warming theory who “has re-branded himself a former skeptic — the better to sell global warming.”

But I think Surber missed the lead: Muller got $150,000 from the Charles G. Koch Foundation for his Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project. Who approved that grant? What did Muller tell the folks at Koch about himself and his project? Wouldn’t it suggest the possibility of research fraud, if Muller was willing to misrepresent his views in order to obtain funding or to promote his findings?

I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for the Washington Post to follow up on that angle.

Category: Global Warming, Science

FMJRA 2.0: A Classical Move

Posted on | October 23, 2011 | 8 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Cain Campaign Finished Third Quarter With $1.3 Million Cash on Hand

‘A Real Leader Dot Com’

Remember When David Gregory Raked Obama Over the Coals on ‘Meet the Press’?

LIVE FROM THE CNN VEGAS DEBATE

Strictly As A Thought Experiment

Can You Make Peace With Stupid?

FMJRA 2.0: Family Snapshot

OK, It’s $1,179 One Way To Auckland…

Conservatives Support Boston Needy Who Were Harmed By #OccupyBoston

Art That Cannot Find A Market Is Art That Can Find A Landfill

#OccupyWallStreet Weenies Get No Love From Schlichter

Do Not Click The Link …

462 Days Until Jan. 20

Althouse on the Cain Train?

Rule 5 Sunday: Is This It?

Foreign Policy and the Cult of Experts

Day By Day Speaks Truth To Overlords

LIVE AT FIVE – 10.17.11

Gasp: Sean Penn Is Onto Our Plan!

‘Howdy. Thank You, Erick’

They Truly Hate Liberty

The Army Of Climate Change Darkness Marches On

Antisemitism Runs Amok At Occupy Wall Street Events

Ron Paul’s “Restore America”: Spot On

LIVE AT FIVE – 10.18.11

Greetings From Lost Wages

VEGAS DEBATE: LET THE SPIN BEGIN

LIVE AT FIVE – 10.19.11

Herman Cain: ‘The Real Deal’

Rasmussen Poll: Herman Cain Leads in Iowa

Cain’s Gaffes Haven’t Hurt Him … Yet

LIVE AT FIVE – 10.21.11

Dennis Miller On CNN Debate: ‘Obama Won’

“Why Can’t I Get A Job In My Field?”

Bachmann Pulls the Plug in N.H.?

‘She Swears She’s Not Romantically Involved With Her New Friend’

Lech Walesa Has An #Occupy Wall Street Reality Check, Declines Beclownment

In Praise Of Jennifer Rubin

Fear and Loathing (and Yes, Sweet Vengeance) On The Road To Feb. 1, 2012

Top linkers this week:

  1. Lonely Conservative (11)
  2. Herman Cain PAC (8)
  3. (tied) Daily Pundit and Don Surber (7)

Thanks to everyone for the linkagery! To be included in next week’s roundup (in the event that WordPress doesn’t pick up your links automatically) e-mail your links to  me by October 28. Be sure to include “FMJRA” or “Shameless Blogwhoring” in the subject line.

Category: FMJRA Award

Nevada Sets Caucus Date for Feb. 4, Averting December Primary in N.H.

Posted on | October 23, 2011 | 4 Comments

Florida set off a predictable chain reaction by jumping its primary to Jan. 31, and one consequence was the threat by New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner to move that state’s primary to as early as Dec. 6. The problem was that Iowa had moved its caucuses (originally scheduled Feb. 6) to Jan. 3, and Nevada initially announced its caucuses would move to Jan. 14. But New Hampshire state law requires their primary to be on a Tuesday at least seven days before any nominating event other than the Iowa caucuses, which made Jan. 10 unworkable.

The thermonuclear option was averted Saturday when Nevada voted to hold its caucuses Feb. 4. While Gardner has not yet officially announced the date for New Hampshire, it is likely that the schedule for the first five events will now be:

Iowa caucuses ………………… Tuesday, Jan. 3
New Hampshire primary …. Tuesday, Jan. 10
South Carolina primary …… Saturday, Jan. 21
Florida primary ……………… Tuesday, Jan. 31
Nevada caucuses ……………. Saturday, Feb. 4

This is not ideal — I’ll still have to leave for Iowa the day after Christmas — but it is better than if New Hampshire had jumped into December.

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Category: Election, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Carolina

Holy Spinal Tap, Batman!

Posted on | October 22, 2011 | 8 Comments

by Smitty

Enough to stopper even Biden

Tom Boddingham ordered a pair of custom novelty slippers off website Monster Slippers. Tom, who’s 6’7″ and possibly the son of a Yeti, ordered a size 14.50 for his left foot and 13 for his right because DAMN BRO YOUR FEET ARE A SIZE-AND-A-HALF APART?! Mine are only 1/2, freak!

When the 27-year-old ordered a special monster-design slipper to fit his oversized left foot, he was sent this size 1,450 one – because manufacturers failed to spot a decimal point.

He had requested a 14.5, as well as a smaller size 13 for his right foot. The pair cost £15.50.

However, manufacturers in China misread the measurement and accidentally made the whopping seven foot-long slipper, which was shipped to him along with the correct smaller size.

Apparently workers in the slipper factory assumed his giant order was for a shop window display.

Cheap PR stunt aside (now verified),

Shades of Spinal Tap’s notorious 11″ mini-lith, brought on by errant napkin work:

Category: humor, Video
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