GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain was predictably defiant when a pack of GOP pundits and insiders strongly hinted that he should fold up his candidacy tent. Cain said he was in the race to stay and did his by now patented bizarre, double-speak, Bill Clinton style denial that he did not have sex with that woman. The woman in this case is Ginger White, the latest in the legion of alleged Cain targeted sexual victims to come forth and wag the "inappropriate" conduct finger at Cain. But Cain´s defiance and defense was just a sideshow act to cover a candidacy that was never really a candidacy to begin with. Almost certainly the most surprised guy in the house at his string of straw polls wins in a few states was Cain. But Cain´s sideshow trail of wins served several purposes. It fanned the delusion that a man with no money, no political organization, no protracted work in primary states developing crucial party ties and loyalties, was actually a credible presidential contender.
That didn´t much matter since Cain gave the media and much of the public something that the GOP presidential candidate´s circus team didn´t and that was a flamboyant, sound bite spewing, political oddity. Cain spiced things up and that insured that every Cain inanity, gaffe, and malapropism would be the stuff of instant headlines and news bites. The lengthening trail of allegations of sexual harassment and affairs hurled at Cain was the topper. It pushed Cain from political curiosity to a hot ticket item with the media in an eternal hunt for the latest sex, salacious, titillation news peg. Cain´s sexual woes initially made him serviceable in another strange way. He now conferred a sort of respectability on the other
GOP contenders that had been stunningly lacking in recent weeks. As the GOP candidates went from dull to predictable to laughable in their debate performances, the great fear was that the GOP´s holy crusade to oust President Obama in 2012 would sink in a wash of vitriol, clownishness and the resultant public disgust. However, Cain presented an almost perfectly timed distraction that gave his GOP presidential aspiring counterparts time and breathing space to take the high ground, talk the issues of the economy, budget, and defense, without having to worry that the latest Cain goofball pronouncement or antic would further sully their image.
The best example of that is Newt Gingrich. Before Cain´s spectacular blow-up, Gingrich´s campaign was on bare life support. He wallowed in the lowest single digits in voter support. He was a tired war horse, that was seen as just along for the ride, media attention, and ego boost. Cain´s equally spectacular fall helped change that. Gingrich now finds himself the new GOP flavor of the month and going toe to toe with Romney in GOP voter approval. He´s labeled the political erudite, fount of policy wisdom, and party respectability. He even managed to get a kind word from Bill Clinton. GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain was predictably defiant when a pack of GOP pundits and insiders strongly hinted that he should fold up his candidacy tent. Cain said he was in the race to stay and did his by now patented bizarre, double-speak, Bill Clinton style denial that he did not have sex with that woman. The woman in this case is Ginger White, the latest in the legion of alleged Cain targeted sexual victims to come forth and wag the "inappropriate" conduct finger at Cain. But Cain´s defiance and defense was just a sideshow act to cover a candidacy that was never really a candidacy to begin with. Almost certainly the most surprised guy in the house at his string of straw polls wins in a few states was Cain. But Cain´s sideshow trail of wins served several purposes. It fanned the delusion that a man with no money, no political organization, no protracted work in primary states developing crucial party ties and loyalties, was actually a credible presidential contender. That didn´t much matter since Cain gave the media and much of the public something that the GOP presidential candidate´s circus team didn´t and that was a flamboyant, sound bite spewing, political oddity. Cain spiced things up and that insured that every Cain inanity, gaffe, and malapropism would be the stuff of instant headlines and news bites. The lengthening trail of allegations of sexual harassment and affairs hurled at Cain was the topper. It pushed Cain from political curiosity to a hot ticket item with the media in an eternal hunt for the latest sex, salacious, titillation news peg. Cain´s sexual woes initially made him serviceable in another strange way. He now conferred a sort of respectability on the other GOP contenders that had been stunningly lacking in recent weeks.
As the GOP candidates went from dull to predictable to laughable in their debate performances, the great fear was that the GOP´s holy crusade to oust President Obama in 2012 would sink in a wash of vitriol, clownishness and the resultant public disgust. However, Cain presented an almost perfectly timed distraction that gave his GOP presidential aspiring counterparts time and breathing space to take the high ground, talk the issues of the economy, budget, and defense, without having to worry that the latest Cain goofball pronouncement or antic would further sully their image.
The best example of that is Newt Gingrich. Before Cain´s spectacular blow-up, Gingrich´s campaign was on bare life support. He wallowed in the lowest single digits in voter support. He was a tired war horse, that was seen as just along for the ride, media attention, and ego boost. Cain´s equally spectacular fall helped change that. Gingrich now finds himself the new GOP flavor of the month and going toe to toe with Romney in GOP voter approval. He´s labeled the political erudite, fount of policy wisdom, and party respectability. He even managed to get a kind word from Bill Clinton. A multi-genre movie list embracing productions from world over like
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