David Limbaugh: Obama's Behavior Is Getting Worse

Obama's behavior is getting worse?  Thought it was already bad but looks like at the press conference yesterday he sunk to a new low.  We gave you the liberal point of view from the Huffington Post and now the point of view from a conservative columnist.  The reactions from the two sides are very similar.

One thing is very clear in that Obama is still not taking responsibility after almost three years in office, but continues to blame others and incidents for the economy.  Still have a hard time figuring out how the Japanese tsunami caused our economy to tank.  Must be missing something along the way.  Democrats were in charge of both Houses during President Bush's last two years which Obama conveniently forgets as he blames Bush.  That 'Blame Bush' mantra doesn't seem to be working any more but it hasn't stopped Obama from continuing to use that rhetoric.

He is never going to stop blaming everyone and everything but himself for the problems he has caused. Thursday, he told us yet again that our economic mess was created by George W. Bush, the Japanese tsunami, the two wars, the Republicans' gamesmanship over the debt ceiling, and Europe's financial instability. Oh, yes, and many of our problems even "predate the financial  crisis." 

The new bravado out of Obama doesn't seem to be working.  David Limbaugh in this paragraph is saying what so many of us have thought about Obama since before he took office:

Our chief executive either is a mastermind at Machiavellian manipulation or has deep psychological and emotional problems. I've never seen an adult in an important leadership position -- especially not the president of the United States -- show such frightening immaturity and self-absorption. 

Doubt if David Limbaugh is going to be getting any invites to the White House any time soon!  It is great to read articles that tell it like it is and this is one of them (my bold in article):

Obama's Behavior Is Getting Worse
David LimbaughColumnist, Townhall.com
October 7, 2011 

Obama's Thursday news conference was a sober reminder of the nature of the man in the Oval Office. I infer that even many of his supporters in the liberal media are finally catching on to the magnitude of his personality disorders. 

How could a man in his important position continue to act so childishly, accepting no responsibility for his policies and behavior and demonizing everyone who dares to disagree with or oppose him? It's worse than embarrassing; it's unsettling. 

From the conference we are reminded that Obama believes that: 

--Only "big and bold" intervention by the government can get an economy moving; so long as he cites a few "expert economists" who agree with him, there can be no other legitimate opinion. 

--Anyone who disagrees with or opposes him is engaging in partisan politics rather than acting in good faith, on principle and in the best interests of the country. Republicans have blocked him for partisan reasons for not just the past six months, but the past 2 1/2 years. He has "gone out of (his) way in every instance to find common ground" with Republicans. You know, as with "I won, John" and "I don't want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talkin'" and "stay in the back seat." 

--If Republicans continue to oppose his jobs bill, it will be because they don't want laid-off policemen, firefighters and teachers working again. 

--The failure, waste and corruption in his $868 billion stimulus package are irrelevant when considering whether to embark on another such reckless venture. He doesn't need to explain away the damning empirical data on his stimulus bill, because economists told him it would work and therefore it did work. If he hadn't spent all that borrowed money, we would have experienced another great depression. Anyone who disputes this is either a rube or improperly motivated. 

--It doesn't matter that he famously breached his promise that unemployment would not exceed 8 percent if Congress passed his stimulus bill or that studies show that only 7 percent of the stimulus money went toward infrastructure despite his commitments to the contrary. Nor does it matter that he cavalierly joked about having lied about the existence of a plethora of "shovel-ready jobs." He is a well-meaning liberal, after all. 

--His good intentions also exempt him from accountability on the Solyndra scandal, because his ideology inclines him toward a blind faith in the existence of cataclysmic man-made global warming, which in turn requires him to mandate government subsidization of "green technologies." Those allegedly noble intentions further entitle him to a pass for ignoring those who warned the government not to proceed with the project. His intentions relieve him from responsibility for Solyndra's abject failure to meet the projections of the same kind of geniuses he is berating us for not following on his jobs bill. 

(snip) 

--He has complete confidence in Eric Holder, so he doesn't need to worry about the facts on "Fast and Furious," either; Holder's dubious testimony is of no concern to Obama, and he doesn't have to answer for it, because he trusts Holder, and therefore, so should we. Besides, even if it should turn out that Holder did something wrong, Holder is the attorney general and Obama's not responsible for him. 

(snip)

Excerpt:  Read More at Town Hall

Even when all the facts point to problems in Obama's Administration, he refuses to acknowledge there are any problems from Solynrda to Fast and Furious -- nothing to see, move along.  Talk about someone who refuses to take responsibility for anything, Obama rises to the top of any list.  The Attorney General has been far from up front and ethical over Obama's term starting with the Black Panther voter intimidation early in the Administration and it has gone downhill from there but he garners praise from Obama.

It is time for Republicans to take off the gloves and hit Obama harder with the facts because it looks like he cannot stand to be challenged.  His 'my way or no way' is going to be his downfall as it is for most people.  Unless you are a dictator, it doesn't work in any field.  People will not work hard for those who refuse to take responsibility for making a mistake and consider themselves perfect.  Their employees are going to start looking for another job.  In this instance, the easiest thing to do is replace Obama, the wannabe dictator, at the ballot box on November 6, 2012, and solve this crises of a President who will never take responsibility for anything as it is always someone else's fault.  Time to put an adult in charge as President!

Huffington Post: Obama 'Sarcastic, Demanding, Partisan' At News Conference

Imagine the shock to wake up to this headline from the Huffington Post on the front page of AOL this morning.  Maybe the media is starting to slowly turn.  He has not acted Presidential for as long as we can remember as he is always in campaign mode but now the media is picking up on his tactics.  This month's flavor is the new, aggressive tone out of Obama.  Wonder what next month's flavor will be as he morphs into anything he thinks can win him votes.

Who was he referring?  Republicans or foreign competition?  Media doesn't seem to know but are guessing it is foreign.

"I'm not going to cave to the competition," President Barack Obama declared midway through Thursday's news conference.

What an odd thing to say but it is obvious that whoever he meant, he has taken the 'my way or no way' approach.

If I remember right, Senator Reid, Majority Leader of the Senate and a Democrat, was who killed the Obama Job's bill in the Senate.  Yet today Obama became 'sarcastic, demanding, and partisan' at the news conference in his attacks on Republicans when his own Democrats killed the bill in the Senate.  This from the man who said "I WON" to start off his first and last term in office.  Don't know when we have had someone as President with the arrogance of Obama who demands everyone fall in line or else.  Now if a member of the Senate doesn't vote for his bill, they are the bad guy and have to explain why.  Does he have several hours to sit and listen why his jobs bill is a non-starter since he wants an explanation?   Bet there are some Senators who would be glad to tell him in a face to face with details why his bill is bad.  Has he even read his bill that others wrote for him?

"Any senator out there who's thinking about voting against this jobs bill when it comes up for a vote needs to explain exactly why." 

We know what his campaign rhetoric is going to be:  Blame Congress!  He is acting like he has had no part in this stalemate or the huge deficits or the bad economy.  He is the most partisan President ever but blames everyone else especially Republicans.  Hate to think what this last year would have been like without a Republican House after the first two years of Obama and the Democrats in charge of both Houses.  He would have browbeat Pelosit and Reid into submission to pass what he desired that day with no thought to the consequences.

He had a ready suggestion for how voters would respond to Republicans in Congress if they don't get with his program. 

"If Congress does nothing," Obama said, "then it's not a matter of me running against them. I think the American people will run them out of town." 

I have a better suggestion, let's run Obama out of town and start over with a President who doesn't travel the Country campaigning and instead does his job.  Why isn't Obama demanding that the Senate Democrats pass a budget which is already past due as of 1 October 2011?  The House passed their budget in April but the Senate is stalling once again on the budget.  In fact, the Senate hasn't passed a full budget since the Democrats took over the Senate in 2007.  The current occupant of the White House doesn't seem to care as long as he can get his way.   He acts more like a spoiled brat than a President.

Like a parent admonishing a child, Obama laid out a stern – and utterly unrealistic – "expectation" that every legislator would vote for the jobs bill. 

If everyone doesn't vote for this bill, is Obama going to take his basketball home so no one can play?  This was a good comeback from the Speaker:

Republican House Speaker John Boehner, appearing at a Washington Ideas Forum not far away, threw cold water on any such notion, with a scold of his own: "We're legislating. He's campaigning." 

The most amazing part of all of this is how the mainstream media is picking up on his news conference and portraying Obama in a not particular flattering way.

Obama News Conference: President Goes On Offense Over GOP Opposition To Jobs Bill  

WASHINGTON — He deployed hand chops, finger wags, furrowed brows. He was sarcastic, demanding, partisan. 

"I'm not going to cave to the competition," President Barack Obama declared midway through Thursday's news conference. 

He was talking about America's economic rivals abroad. But he could just as well have been referring to his Republican antagonists at home. 

Obama, so often partial to a measured, professorial mien, opened his hour-plus news conference by throwing down a marker to the Republicans who have dared to dis his jobs plan. 

"Why would you be opposed?" he demanded of those who are against his jobs proposal. 

"Any senator out there who's thinking about voting against this jobs bill when it comes up for a vote needs to explain exactly why." 

Standing ramrod straight, Obama kept up the newly aggressive tone that he's adopted as the 2012 campaign approaches, punctuating his words with the single hand chop, the double hand chop and the bouncing fist. 

To enumerate key points, he'd raise a balled-up hand, then extend the thumb, next the pointer and work his way down to the pinkie. 

Like a parent admonishing a child, Obama laid out a stern – and utterly unrealistic – "expectation" that every legislator would vote for the jobs bill. 

"They should love this plan," he insisted. 

Republican House Speaker John Boehner, appearing at a Washington Ideas Forum not far away, threw cold water on any such notion, with a scold of his own: "We're legislating. He's campaigning." 

Obama didn't just call out Republicans in Congress. His admonishments extended to those vying to run against him. 

"You've got Republican presidential candidates whose main economic policy proposals is, we'll get rid of the financial reforms that are designed to prevent the abuses that got us into this mess in the first place," Obama said. "That does not make sense to the American people." 

For all his exhortations for Republican cooperation, the president's intended audience was clearly the American voters who will decide whether he gets another four years in the Oval Office. He mounted the kind of spirited offense that disenchanted liberals have often found lacking in his first term, and that is aimed at repairing his sagging approval ratings. 

Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged the Democratic ticket's peril as he spoke at the same forum where Boehner appeared.   

(snip) 

Back in the East Room, one questioner asked Obama if he was worried that he'd lost his widely praised "powers of persuasion." 

"Well, no," Obama said. 

Then came a long discourse on the causes of cynicism in American society and the frustrations that people are feeling. 

The presidential finger of blame was pointed, again, at Republicans in Congress. 

"What the American people saw is that Congress didn't care – not just what I thought; they didn't care about what the American people thought," Obama said, referring back to the fractious debate over raising the national debt limit. 

The president also acknowledged, though, that he had used up a considerable amount of political capital fighting the economic wars of his first term. 

"And I've got the dings and bruises to prove it," he said. 

The president said his door remains open to those who want to negotiate. But the chummy overtures to Republicans of weeks and months past were gone, replaced with sarcasm. 

He treated the Republicans' proposals for creating jobs with derision. 

"Their big ideas, the ones that make sense, are one we're already doing," he said.
"It's not enough." 

He proposed a "little homework assignment" to prove his point: Ask the Republicans for their jobs plan, he suggested, and have it evaluated by budget analysts to determine what it would do for the economy. 

"I see some smirks in the audience because you know that it's not going to be real robust," he told reporters.    

Excerpt:  Read More at Huffington News

Obama treats Republicans like they are scum but then wants them to pass whatever he dreams up without even bothering to read what he has sent the Congress.  He must be slow on the uptake not to realize that bills are originated in the Congress not the White House.  Maybe he should read that pesky document called "The Constitution" to learn what his powers are and what powers belong to the House and Senate.  He is not a king for a dictator although he wants to be either one so he doesn't have to deal with the peons that hold the fate of his agenda in their hands -- the Congress of the United States elected by We The People!

January 2013 cannot come too soon when we throw this 'sarcastic, demanding, partisan' out of the White House.  Where is Obama going to live when he no longer can call 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue home?  Maybe some African country can make him king, and he will live happily ever after among his subjects since he has said on several occasions it would be easier to rule.

Corps of Engineers Bribery Arrests Involving Alaska Native Corporations

Four people from the Corps of Engineers have been indicted on bribery charges stemming from contracts for no bid with the Alaska Native Corporations who front the bids and others do the work.  Sounds a lot like other programs like 8(a) which has made minority companies rich and in many instances given the Department of Defense and other agencies inferior products which tend to run way over budget.  We saw it up close and personal in San Antonio, Texas, from an 8(a) company whose owner then established 8(a) companies for his children.  When it was all said and done, Kelly AFB had little to show for $13M they had given them over the years.

Finally some federal employees have been caught in this contracting scandal by the Corps of Engineers:

A spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers said in a statement that the agency "takes these allegations and the integrity of the contracting process very seriously. 

"We hold all of our employees to the highest standards of conduct," the statement continued. "The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been cooperating with the FBI and other federal investigating agencies to uncover this alleged scheme to defraud the U.S. government." 

It is the tip of the iceberg because the Federal Government is rife with all kinds of deals made on contracts that could never pass the smell test for honesty.  Department of Defense because of their large volumes of contracts are probably the worst.  

In the 1990's Air Force Material Command released a solicitation for B-2 Test Program Sets.  After millions and millions of dollars were wasted, all the Air Force had to show was a few cards that did work but the vast majority were useless.

One type waste was discovered in 2004 involving  how Oklahoma used federal contracting money to fund Democrat candidates.  The would give them or members of their family state/federal contracts so they would have the money to run for office.  NOTE:  A bill was passed making this practice illegal to give contracts to someone running for office or their family so many months before an election after this was discovered.

In 2004, We had this happen in our Senate district when the State through the Federal Bureau of Reclamation awarded a sole source $500,000 contract to a Democrat candidate running for the OK Senate.  When looking at the contract that involved an Environmental Impact Study at Lake Thunderbird as part of the name, it was discovered the sole source contract had no requirement to provide an Environmental Impact Study at the end of the contract.  In fact, the contract had not Purpose listed.

When OK Purchasing was confronted, they pulled the sole source and went out on bids but the problem was they went to companies at Tinker AFB that would never bid on such a small contract.  More importantly they were NEVER involved in bidding on contracts for Environmental Impact studies.  As you can guess, no one bid except the candidate running for Senate using her husband's company who never had done an Environmental Impact study.   She also used the phone number and address for the contract as her campaign number and address.

She lost the election after we outed her in the media, but nothing was ever done to Purchasing or the Bureau of Reclamation.  The US Attorney investigation was killed by a federal elected official.  This was her second contract -- the first was for a federal/state contract dealing with US History in the high schools when she was not certified to teach high school.  That was only for $180,000.

If that happens in a state like Oklahoma, can you imagine how bad it is throughout the Country?  We believe this is a tip of the iceberg.  There are not enough federal agents to track everything down and go to the grand jury for indictments which we believe is what people like this count on.

Corps of Engineers Bribery Arrests Praised by LawmakersBy Charles S. Clark, Government ExecutiveOctober 6, 2011 | 9:38 a.m. 

The Justice Department's indictment -- announced this week -- of four alleged conspirators charged with bribery and kickbacks under two contracts with the Army Corps of Engineers was praised by members of Congress, but the development could renew scrutiny of subcontractors and preferences for Alaska native corporations. 

Four Northern Virginia men, two of them private contractors and two of them employees of the Army Corps of Engineers, were charged in the District of Columbia with a conspiracy involving more than $20 million in bribes and kickback payments and the planned steering of a $780 million government contract to a favored contractor. 

Arrested on Oct. 4 were Kerry F. Khan, 53, of Alexandria, Va.; his son, Lee A. Khan, 30, of Fairfax, Va.; Michael A. Alexander, 55, of Woodbridge, Va.; and Harold F. Babb, 60, of Sterling, Va. The elder Khan and Alexander are federal contract officers. 

Investigators said the alleged scheme, which dates back to 2007, involved funneling more than $45 million to a favored company and padding invoices with fraudulent expenses totaling some $20 million, which was split by the four defendants. According to the indictment, Babb facilitated the conspiracy using subcontractors awarded through his position as director of contracts at EyakTek, an Alaska native-owned small business headquartered in Dulles, Va. 

EyakTek, whose website says it consistently has been among the top 100 federal contractors, was the prime contractor for two major Army Corps of Engineers information technology awards: the Technology for Infrastructure, Geospatial and Environmental Requirements contract and the Contingency Operations Readiness Engineering and Support contract. 

The company on Tuesday announced that Babb's employment had been terminated. "EyakTek is cooperating fully with the federal government in its investigation," said Rod Worl, chief executive officer of the Eyak Corp. and president of Eyak Technology. "Eyak and its shareholders will not tolerate this type of conduct by anyone employed by or associated with an Eyak company." 

The Sept. 16 indictment, which was presented to a grand jury in May and unsealed on Tuesday, was a multiagency effort, involving the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, the FBI's Washington Field Office, the inspector general for the Small Business Administration, the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, the Internal Revenue Service's criminal investigations unit and the Army's Criminal Investigation Command's major procurement fraud unit. 

That team's takedown also included confiscation of 29 bank accounts, three luxury vehicles and seven high-end watches, according to a Justice news release. Officials also began forfeiture proceedings for 16 properties, 14 in Virginia, one in West Virginia, and one in Florida. 

If convicted, Kerry Khan and Alexander face up to 40 years in prison, Babb up to 35 years, and Lee Khan up to 25 years. 

(snip)

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., who has conducted hearings on the contract assistance program for Alaska native corporations, said in a statement, "The criminal charges filed in connection with this brazen contract fraud are testimony to the problems with large no-bid contracts that Alaska native corporations are allowed to enjoy at the expense of American taxpayers. 

"For several years I've been crusading against the large loopholes in our contracting laws that allow waste, abuse and -- as these charges show -- fraud," she said. "The Alaska native corporations should compete for these large contracts and further should not be allowed to 'front' for other corporations that are actually doing the work. Congratulations to the inspectors general who found this fraud. Government auditors are the best investment the taxpayers can make." 

Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., chairman of the House Small Business Committee, also was effusive. "Bribery, kickbacks and pass-through contracts will not be tolerated -- crooked contractors and corrupt public officials cannot be allowed to steal $20 million from hardworking taxpayers," he said in a statement. "The integrity of the federal procurement system needs to be protected so that the public has confidence in government contracts and small businesses have every opportunity to compete. I am pleased that the system worked." 

Excerpt:  Read More at the National Journal 

Rick Perry Campaign Raises More Than $17 Million in 49 Days

Is this the reason the other candidates are going ballistic against Governor Perry?  

Rick Perry Campaign Raises More Than $17 Million in 49 DaysPosted on October 5th, 2011 

More than $15M Cash on Hand; Donations from all 50 states, D.C., Guam;51 percent of donors from out of state 

AUSTIN – RickPerry.org, Inc. today announced it raised more than $17 million for the GOP primary race between Aug. 13 and Sept. 30 from more than 22,000 unique contributors. Because of his August 13th entry into the race, Gov. Perry raised funds for just 49 of the 92 days in the quarter. 

“The generous contributions from Americans across the nation prove the overwhelming support for Gov. Perry’s principled, conservative leadership and vision to get America working again,” said Perry Campaign Manager Rob Johnson. “The governor will continue travelling the country talking directly to Americans about restoring our economic strength, job creation and putting our country on a path to prosperity and opportunity for future generations. Gov. Perry deeply appreciates the energetic support and hard work of the thousands of Republican volunteers and activists who’ve helped us build a strong and growing organization in just seven weeks.” 

Donations were received from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam, with 51 percent of donors from outside the state of Texas. As of Sept. 30, the campaign has $15 million cash on hand. All but approximately $50,000 raised will go towards the primary race. 

Source:  RickPerry.org

Just wait until the end of the next quarter after Americans see Rick Perry across America and learn to know him better.  Great 49 days of contributions.

“Why I Support Rick Perry” — Dr. Melissa Clouthier

Posted on October 5th, 2011

Dr. Melissa Clouthier, a widely-read and well-respected conservative blogger, wrote a great piece on her support of Rick Perry to get America working again:

Rick Perry will be the next President of the United States if I have anything to do with it.
Who am I? I’m a mom, a doctor, a business owner, a former Michigander, Californian and New Yorker, a conservative with a libertarian streak, a Tea Party attender and reporter, a blogger, an activist, and for 14 years, a Texan.

Dr. Clouthier is also one of the most prolific conservatives on twitter.

I live under the light hand of the Texas system–a hand that Governor Perry has done everything in his power to make lighter. He cut the size and scope of government even as the Texas population grew faster than any place in the nation. We started a business here with nothing but a credit card. You know how much money we were making a month when we first moved here fourteen years ago? Two thousand a month. Gross. With a baby. Slowly, surely, we built our business and life here. 

When we first got to Texas, my husband worked with doctors who were heavily involved in the Worker’s Comp (work injuries) and Personal Injury (car accidents) system. It was rife with abuse. There were rings of lawyers, doctors, and accident fakers who exploited the system. Governor Perry directly took on the fraud and abuse which meant taking on the trial lawyers association. In one day after the law was passed (my husband had long since gone into practice for himself and had a holistic practice), the shysters lost the whole scam. It was beautiful to behold. 

And then, this last year, Governor Perry pushed through “loser pays” on lawsuits. I cannot even tell you how much lawyers in Texas hate Rick Perry. And it’s one reason I love his record. It’s also a reason, they’ll fight tooth and nail against him nationally.

Perry has curbed malpractice judgments. So now, doctors are moving to Texas in droves. The Houston medical center is a haven of medical innovation and bold new treatments. People fly from all over the country to come here for cancer treatment and more. When a family member was diagnosed with cancer, do you know how long it took to get an appointment with the number one specialist in the world? Less than one week. I would shudder to be in Massachusetts suffering under impossibly long doctor wait times. 

Rick Perry has fought Barack Obama from day one. I don’t know how many lawsuits have been filed back and forth against the federal government, but I know there’s multiple fights with the EPA, there’s Obamacare, there’s Medicaid, there’s the border, and on and on. Other people talk about fighting President Obama. Governor Perry has gone straight at President Obama’s socialist agenda and tangled with him both rhetorically and in the courts of law.

Dr. Clouthier offers a clear distinction between Rick Perry, President Obama, and the other GOP candidates, highlighting Gov. Perry’s record and conservative resolve.

I want our president to know what it’s like to have skin in the game, to be in the military…to sacrifice. Rick Perry was a C-130 air force pilot who finished as Captain. Pilots need to make quick decisions in demanding situations..life and death decisions. 

Governor Perry is solidly anti-abortion, pro-gun-rights, anti-job killing regulations, pro-capitalist, pro-America, pro-Israel, and for economic expansion. More than being for these things, his professional walk supports these things. He doesn’t just talk or evangelize (though he does both), his record supports these principles. 

I believe that Governor Perry can bring the success that his administration facilitated in Texas to America. The Obama-Keynesian experiment has been an abject failure. What’s the alternative? A mushy Mitt Romneyesque big government Republicanism that expands the power of the government just at a slower rate? A rhetorical flourish from a businessman with no legislative experience?

 Read Dr. Clouthier’s full write-up here.

As I read Dr. Clouthier's full article, I was sitting here thinking she speaks for a lot of us who have witnessed what Rick Perry has done in Texas.  Even black Texas Democrats are saying he is not the least bit racist so what gives with some of our attack dog candidates who ignore facts?  Would they rather scare senior citizens like Romney or declare that they won't support Perry because a rock makes him racist like Cain?  Just like on Gardisil when Bachmann wouldn't let it go.  What's with our candidates who cannot seem to get it through their head that Obama is the enemy?

When Obama came to Texas this week, he was greeted with an ad by Perry.  This week Romney was at The Villages in Florida scaring senior citizens on what Perry would do for social security.  Unlike Romney who has flip flopped BTW, Perry understands the problem younger people are facing with the Social Security scheme.  Never has Gov Perry advocated that current recipients or those near retirement would have their benefits changed.  That doesn't stop Romney from lying and saying he does.

I still haven't recovered from Herman Cain going on Hannity, discovering the truth about the rock and refusing to apologize to Governor Perry.  Is this what happens when you were a Romney supporter in 2008 and now running in the race with him.  You forget your integrity because this sure shocked me out of Cain.  Cain has no Government experience at all so why is he running when we need someone that understands what it is going to take and how the bureaucracy works?  Who got Cain in the race and why?  Was it to run interference for Romney because that looks to be what is happening?

We have to take a stand that we will accept no more candidates being chosen by the elites and the media.  Another tainted debate out of Fox News like Orlando and Fox should never be allowed to moderate a debate again.  After you learn what happened from Howard Kurtz with the facts of the biased Fox debate, then Fox News people along with Roger Ailes have a real problem with integrity and credibility.

There are some so-called conservative sites who have also been playing right along with Fox News in trying to push candidates who are not conservative or have little to no experience.  Why?  Who is pulling their chains and what would be gained to have a candidate like Romney who is not a conservative or Cain with no experience when we know Cain endorsed Romney in 2008?   I shudder to think what it would be like as Romney is not conservative.  Might be the biggest bait and switch ever.  If Cain is conservative, how could he endorse Romney in 2008?  Will someone answer that question?

All the answers go back to the elitist, insider Republicans who want to choose our candidate who would enhance their bottom lines the most and could care less about what happens to the Country if what we are witnessing is an example.  The attacks with lies and innuendos against Governor Perry are so far over the top that they leave a lot of us wondering why so much vitriol from fellow Republicans toward a sitting Governor of a state that is doing very well compared to the rest.  Whatever the reason it is not something I want to keep witnessing out of Republicans but we don't see it stopping with Rove and Ailes in the background pulling puppet strings.  This is hurting Republicans as a whole and that one group doesn't seem to care.

Bozell: Rick's Rock vs. Rev. Wright

These words ring so true:

"You know who ought to recognize injustice? Anyone who reads The Washington Post expecting Republicans and Democrats to be treated with equal fairness and accuracy." Brett Bozell

The hit piece by the Washington Post shows a coordinated effort to take out Rick Perry orchestrated in my opinion by Rove and others in coordination with the Washington Post since Herman Cain came out last week saying he couldn't support Rick Perry which made no sense.  It does now as he most likely had a copy of the story.  They are getting sloppy when you can figure out what is happening in short order.

As we posted yesterday some black Texas Democrats have defended Perry against the accusations of the Washington Post, Herman Cain and Mitt Romney.  They are smart enough to realize even though they disagree with Perry philosophically, that he is not racist and never has been.

As the days have gone on, we are noticing more and more writers going after the Washington Post, but where is Fox News on the story.  Has Ailes killed that story like he has others.  Who is their next flavor of the week since Christie turned them down?  Can Ailes and Rove seriously think that once the American people see Herman Cain that he can win the GOP nomination?  His quick jump to automatically paint Perry as being a racist based on the Washington Post article says more about him then anything.  We saw that in the White House when Obama automatically took the side of the black in Boston against the police without facts.  Herman Cain has done the same thing this time to a fellow Republican.  He should be ashamed and Romney even more so but neither one have apologized.

Bozell has it right about the Washington Post and their double standards when it comes to protecting Obama and Rev Wright versus attacking a Republican candidate.  He sums it up perfectly with this paragraph:

The Post should have done more investigating and less sympathizing with Wright. But the Post should have also done more investigating before they published this ridiculous fraction of a story about some painted rock on a Texas ranch. Any editor worth his salt would have laughed the reporter out of his office and back to do more record-scrubbing ... and less paint sniffing.

Once again the Washington Post has shown the lack of ethics we have come to expect.  Next question is what did the Post get out of this article?  Is the Obama Education Department going to back off on their assault on Kaplan, a for-profit university owned by the Post?  Does make you wonder as the hit piece by the Post was so ludicrous.  Have to give them credit that they actually got black Texas Dems to admit that Perry isn't racist -- almost fainted with that one!  When you get some of Perry's fiercest critics saying he is not racist, then you know the Washington Post, Herman Cain, and Mitt Romney are on the wrong side of this one.

Bozell: Rick's Rock vs. Rev. Wright
By Brent Bozell October 5, 2011 6:30 am 

Is there a clumsier group of newspaper character assassins than the hit squads at The Washington Post? On Oct. 1, the Post was back on the racist-Republican attack with a 3,000 word, investigative treatise over a rock. Specifically, Gov. Rick Perry had leased a property where the N-word was painted on a rock, and then he had it painted over with white paint. 

But investigative genius Stephanie McCrummen could see a virtual Klan hood on Perry's head. "As recently as this summer, the slab-like rock -- lying flat, the name still faintly visible beneath a coat of white paint -- remained by the gated entrance to the camp." 

Near the end, she underlined it again: "In the photos, it was to the left of the gate. It was laid down flat. The exposed face was brushed clean of dirt. White paint, dried drippings visible, covered a word across the surface. An N and two G's were faintly visible." 

Three thousand words on this. 

Apparently, investigative reporting at the Post means staring at old rocks under paint (with a microscope?) to discern almost invisible letters and suggesting this should ruin a presidential campaign. It resembles the Post feverishly fumbling through foreign-language dictionaries trying to find a racially defamatory definition for "macaca" to torpedo Sen. George Allen's re-election in 2006. 

The fact that these Republicans are racist is never established. Two days after the rock "scoop," a Post front-page article by Amy Gardner found Perry's record on race was "complicated"... by the facts. Yes, Perry "appointed the first African-American to the state Supreme Court and later made him chief justice" and oh, yes, "One chief of staff and two of his general counsels have been African-American." But many "minority legislators (read: Democrats) say Perry has a long history -- dating to his first race for statewide office more than 20 years ago -- of engaging in what they see as racially tinged tactics and rhetoric to gain political advantage." 

What kind of offensive tactics? Guess what's listed first: "Black lawmakers have been particularly troubled by Perry's recent embrace of the Tea Party movement." 

By contrast, does anyone recall The Washington Post being the first investigative journalism outfit to reveal the racist, anti-American and anti-Semitic rants of Rev. Jeremiah Wright in 2007? Of course not. That fastest-turtle award would go to ABC's Brian Ross on March 13, 2008. By that late date, after all the investigators had finished their naps, 42 states and the District of Columbia had already voted for a nominee. 

That's not to say the Post was unfamiliar with the scent of this scandal at Obama's own Trinity United Church of Christ. The news folks could have read Post columnist Richard Cohen denouncing Wright in a column on Jan. 15, 2008, over how Trinity's church magazine fulsomely praised anti-Semitic Louis Farrakhan. But the Post "news" hunters weren't turning over that rock. 

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Excerpt:  Read More at GOPUSA 

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Welcome to Texas President Obama

AUSTIN – With President Obama set to arrive shortly, the Perry campaign is welcoming him to Texas with the video, “Jobs 101.”

Texas Chief Justice Says Ranch Furor an Overreaction

This article by the Texas Tribune gives the details on the rock incident that Cain and Romney were so fast to go after Governor Perry inferring he was racist.  Those are some the most offensive comments to date out of those two because the Governor is not racist in any way, shape, or form.  Never thought I would see the day when Texas Democrats stand up for Rick Perry but what they have said is true about the Governor and how he treats people from other races.  These Democrats are more honest then two of our candidates who never bothered to get the facts before trashing Governor Perry.  Anything to score points.

The black Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court who Governor Perry appointed has now added his comments (see below) to the controversy started by the hit piece by the Washington Post and fanned by Karl Rove and his two puppets running for President Romney and Cain.  Are you going to believe the Chief Justice of the TX Supreme Court along with a group of Texas Democrats or the Washington Post, Herman Cain, and Mitt Romney?  The answer is clear when you have black Texas Democrats defending Governor Perry that Cain and Romney are once again on the wrong side of this issue.  Do those two even know what a hunting lease is all about?  We have our doubts.

Now we are learning that the rock was painted over by Perry's parents shortly after they signed the hunting lease in the early 80's.  When it is brought out by the Washington Post as a very important issue, you know first it is a hit piece and then you begin to ask "Why?"  The Washington Post along with Cain and Romney are completely ignoring the facts that Governor Perry has always appointed the best people to the job regardless of race.  


One week he gets trashed for a bill from 2001 when he had been in office a few months that gave the children of illegals in-state tuition in Texas (only four voted against) as being soft on immigration, and the next week he is basically called a racist.  The establishment Republicans are now going over the top in their attempts to take him out and have found willing accomplices in the mainstream media who are afraid that Perry can beat Obama.  Forget the polls, go talk to people throughout the Country and you discover this adoration of Romney is not there like it is in the MSM and Cain is even less.   Media led by Fox News with Roger Ailes and Karl Rove are trying to drive this Republican primary.  We noted that the Fox Flavor of the Week Christie decided not to run in the Republican Primary after all.  

You need look no farther than Karl Rove to know where this trash came from and to know that he is driving Romney and Cain on this issue.  Cain is no different than Obama or his supporters when he uses the Washington Post article to attack a fellow Republican inferring they are racist.  Was advance knowledge of this story given to Cain the reason he said he couldn't support Perry if he was nominated?  I will be willing to bet that that is the case which also confirms that Rove was involved in this like others stories he has have been planting against Perry.   With this one, Rove has reached an all time low and frankly anyone donating to his Crossroads group needs to think twice if this is the way he is going to treat fellow Republicans or has he crossed the line since he has supported Democrats/Independents in the past against Perry.    

Since Cain endorsed Romney in 2008, looks like he is right there again.  What did Romney promise Cain this time to run interference?  To hear Romney on Hannity made you want to throw up considering how his Mormon Church treated blacks over the years and in a lot of cases still does.  

How many blacks did Romney appoint as Governor?  Cannot find the answer in search but did find a lot of links from the Massachusetts Resistance site which details as late as 2002 how pro-gay marriage and pro-choice Romney was when he ran for Governor -- he is a flip flopper just like John Kerry.  Mitt Romney is not conservative even a little except he is running for office and will do and say anything to get elected.  Look at the links on the Mass Resistance site and then come back and tell us that Romney is conservative.  

Texas Chief Justice Says Ranch Furor an Overreaction

• by Emily Ramshaw

• 3 October 2011

Updated 2:22 p.m.
Wallace Jefferson, the first black chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, said the hunting ranch name controversy is "much ado about nothing" and argued the implication that Rick Perry is insensitive to matters of race is flatly wrong. Jefferson, who was appointed to the post by Perry, and whose great-great-great-grandfather was a slave owned by a Waco district judge, said the reality is quite the opposite: Perry "appreciates the role diversity plays in our state and nation."

Jefferson said he can recall his first conversation with Perry, in 2001, like it was yesterday. They talked about how Jefferson's father and Perry had both been Air Force officers. Jefferson said Perry shared his view that in all circumstances, merit mattered, not race.

"To imply that the governor condoned either the use of that word or that sentiment, I find false," Jefferson said.

Original story:

At a critical juncture in his race for the GOP presidential nomination, Gov. Rick Perry has been forced to do something no candidate wants: confront incendiary allegations involving race and prejudice. 

While he should be bragging about fundraising totals and reconnecting with primary voters after his less-than-stellar debate performances, the Texas governor is instead defending himself from accusations that his family’s West Texas hunting camp was long known by the racially offensive name “Niggerhead.” The Washington Post reported Sunday that the name was visible on a rock at the camp in the 1980s and 1990s and possibly far more recently. 

Perry has forcefully denied that his family ever used the term and has said that this parents painted over the rock in the early 1980s, shortly after they first leased the land. 

Even some of Perry's fiercest Texas critics say they do not believe he is racist. They point to his record of appointments as evidence: He appointed the state’s first African-American state supreme court justice, Wallace Jefferson, and later made him chief justice. (Jefferson’s great grandfather was a slave, “sold like a horse,” Perry once said with disgust.) Perry’s former general counsel and former chief of staff, Brian Newby, is black; so is Albert Hawkins, the former Health and Human Services commissioner who Perry handpicked to lead the massive agency in 2002. 

“He doesn’t have a racist bone in his body,” said former Democratic state Rep. Ron Wilson, who is black and served with Perry in his early years in the Legislature. “He didn’t then, and he doesn’t now.” 

Added Dallas Democratic Sen. Royce West, who is also black: “I don’t agree with him on policy issues, but you can point to many things he has done that were sensitive to ethnic minorities.” 

Indeed, in his 11-year gubernatorial tenure, Perry has appointed more minorities to statewide posts — including university regents and secretaries of state — than any governor in Texas history. The biggest beating he’s taken on the campaign trail so far? His unwavering support for granting in-state tuition to the children of illegal immigrants in Texas. 

“Texans need to see that no matter where you come from, the color of your skin or the sound of your last name, that if you are willing to work hard and play by the rules you can become anything you want in this state,” Perry said in a 2010 interview with The Dallas Examiner.

(snip) 

And he has at times gotten crosswise with minorities for what has appeared to be his defense of the Confederate flag. Most famously, at his 2007 gubernatorial inaugural ball, Perry dismissed the outcry after rock star Ted Nugent showed up to perform in a shirt emblazoned with the Confederate flag. Later, a Perry spokesman said the governor would never wear the flag himself, but that Nugent was perfectly entitled to do so. 

In Texas, a southern state where geography and race history often collide in uncomfortable ways, Perry will likely be forgiven — even by critics who say his conservative policies disproportionately harm minorities. 

“He appointed a black man chief justice of the state Supreme Court, for crying out loud, one of the many high-profile positions he’s given to minorities during his time as governor,” Jason Stanford, a Democratic opposition researcher and author of an upcoming book on Perry, wrote in a weekend blog post. “… If he were an n-bomb dropping cracker, we’d all know.”

But it should be no surprise to Perry if the unwanted attention lingers nationally. During a 2006 gubernatorial debate, Perry chastised independent candidate Kinky Friedman for using racial epithets in his musical acts and for describing Hurricane Katrina evacuees as “crackheads” and “thugs.” 

“Mr. Friedman, words matter,” Perry said. “If you’re going to be the governor of the greatest state in this nation, you bet you use those types of terms and it’s going to deflect from being able to do the good things that need to occur.”   

Excerpt:  Read More at the Texas Tribune

What is wrong with the so-called conservative sites that didn't bother to vet Romney and where he stood in the past on issues?  Who is actually behind some of the sites that they would ignore the Fox unethical debate in Orlando?  The answers will come out someday and would bet a lot of people are going to be shocked that Fox News under Ailes put profit margins over what is best for the Country.

The establishment, elitists, insider, Rockefeller, country club, moderate, liberal Republicans or whatever name you want to give them are the ones behind the weak dollar Romney and against Perry who believes in the strong dollar.  That group wants Perry defeated to keep the dollar weak and money flowing into their bank accounts.  


Getting more obvious by the day this is about the rich getting richer and the middle class being left behind.  If this group of Republicans want to start class warfare to return to the days of the northeast Rockefeller Republicans running the Republican Party, they are in for a rude awakening.  Not going to happen.


Bottom line is I don't see how Romney or Cain can look themselves in the mirror with their comments this week.  If Perry makes a mistake, he apologizes.  Those other two just keep right on going like nothing ever happened.  I will take the person who admits they made a mistake any day of the week.  

Newsmax: Rick Perry's Still Got Game

When I read this article this morning from Christopher Ruddy after reading about Cain's remarks, the contrast is amazing.  Governor Perry has been getting clobbered from the other candidates and the Fox Orlando debate where set-up questions were asked.  Lost a lot of respect for Bill Sammon after that debacle where they made sure they put the camera on Perry not on Perry and Romney.  Romneycare seems to be off limits to Fox News.  Why?  Doesn't suit their narrative?

Karl Rove should resign from Fox News and would if he had any ethics left after his attacks on Perry for Romney.  Jeb Bush confirmed that it was Rove not him and his brother who had the heartburn with Perry.  It actually goes back to 1998, not 2007 with Rove.  Yet Roger Ailes keeps Rove on there as the expert.  Rove was one of the ones behind Kay Bailey's race for Texas Governor against Rick Perry in 2010.  Bush 41 and Rove got Romney to endorse Kay Bailey.  Connect the dots and you can see the fingerprints of Rove and his people all over the Romney campaign and who is behind the dropping of anti-Perry stories.

Anyone who has an idea of how Rove has run campaigns knows he is behind the bad publicity on Perry trying to tank him for Romney.  Would bet money he is behind all of these other candidates being mentioned to get in the race because he says Republicans are unhappy with the field.  Not the rank and file Republicans but the Insider Rockefeller Republicans -- the ones who want to choose our candidates for President and other offices.

Now Fox's latest flavor is Chris Christie who who believes in heavy gun control, the mosque at ground zero is okay and no need to document foreigners.  He is not conservative but anything to keep the Republican primary in a flux is what the establishment Republicans want.  Seriously, don't think that Ailes, Fox News, and  Karl Rove care if we win in November in 2012 and are perfectly content to have Obama for four more years because they cannot stand a Republican Administration where they are not involved.  For those you don't know Roger Ailes was Nixon's media consultant in 1968.

Makes a nice little group all from Nixon who want to continue the soft money policy  where the rich get richer and the middle class gets tanked.  Is that what this is all about?

Rick Perry’s Still Got Game
Sunday, 02 Oct 2011 07:08 PM
By Christopher Ruddy
Rick Perry took some serious heat for what was perceived as a less than sterling performance in the Sept. 22 Republican presidential debate held in Orlando. 

In my book, the Texas governor remains a very strong candidate for the GOP nomination, because of all the GOP candidates, he has one of the best records of governing as a sensible conservative. 

For sure, debates help provide us insights about a candidate, but the most important criteria for me is a candidate's past track record. In this regard, Perry shines brilliantly — he’s still got game. 

I had a front-row seat at the Orlando debate, where I thought Perry’s energy levels seemed unusually low. New to the national stage, Perry had apparently shown up for the debate after days of marathon campaigning. 

Though he fell short of expectations that night, I had a different take on the evening. Perry is a candidate who actually believes in something, a rare quality these days. 

Earlier this summer I visited with Perry in Austin. In private he’s extremely engaging, and he responds pensively to questions. 

Publicly, Perry has quickly developed a reputation for a “quick draw” — offering fiery, sometimes exaggerated, talk. For example, Perry has been busy fending off attacks from his GOP rivals over his view that Social Security is a “Ponzi scheme,” assuring voters that he would preserve the program for those on it or near retirement and fix it for younger workers.

Perry has consistently maintained that the first step to fixing Social Security is to admit the program has problems. Though impolitic, his comments have been courageous. There is no doubt he is right: We will have a problem with Social Security. 

I also liked that Perry stood his ground on his immigration positions. As Texas’ governor, Perry holds a strong record in securing our border and reducing illegal immigration. He backed Arizona’s anti-illegal law and had Texas join to support the law in its subsequent legal fight with the Department of Justice.

He has poured state resources into securing its border with Mexico. Still, Perry has angered many by defending his support for giving children of illegal immigrants in-state college tuition.
He stated at the Orlando debate that those who did not support the tuition program might not have “a heart.” 

Later, in an exclusive interview with Newsmax, Perry said he regretted the comment and said he was “a bit over-passionate” in his remarks. 

Story continues below.

It’s important to remember that Perry has never embraced some of the hair-brained schemes that have been cooked up for illegals, such as giving them welfare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

Perry believes, as I do, that tuition breaks are a small investment that can go a long way in helping make these undocumented immigrants into productive citizens. America cannot long survive as a robust economic engine if we create a permanent underclass.

This is why even many conservatives agree that children of illegals, who themselves did not break the law, should be allowed a public education, and even tuition breaks at state colleges.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has come out in support of Perry’s tuition program, calling a similar proposal in Florida “fair policy.” 

Perry has laid the major blame for the immigration problem on the federal government, telling Newsmax in a recent interview that illegal immigration wouldn’t be a problem “if the federal government had simply done its job through the years to secure our borders.” 

He’s right, of course.

The bottom line is that Perry has compiled a solid conservative record since switching from Democrat to Republican in 1989.

As governor, he has refused to raise taxes in Texas and vetoed more than $3 billion in proposed spending, becoming the first Texas governor since 1945 to reduce general-revenue spending.
He angered his state’s trial attorneys by enacting the strongest tort reform law in the nation, including the provision that the loser should pay almost all the costs of a failed lawsuit. 

He approved budgets investing billions in education, but criticized George W. Bush’s intervention in education under “No Child Left Behind.” 

His policies on taxes and tort reform have encouraged business activity in Texas, which has accounted for more than 40 percent of all new jobs created in the country since 2009.
In my view, no other candidate in the race can lay claim to a better record of conservative governance. 

Perry’s main problem, as I see it, is that even though he has been governor of the country’s second most populous state for more than 10 years, he has been a relatively unknown in Republican and media circles. This has left many who are unfamiliar with his track record to form an opinion of him today based on isolated comments he has made and from media spin. 

Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney has sought to dismiss Perry’s candidacy by suggesting he lacks the former Massachusetts’ governor’s business experience. I don’t buy it.

First, Perry has solid military experience as an Air Force pilot, serving for five years and rising to the rank of captain. This counts a lot in my book. 

Perry has also done a great job governing Texas — that’s the important thing. 

While I believe Romney is a good man and would be a fine president, he also carries the stigma of the healthcare reform he instituted in Massachusetts, which has led to a sharp spike in healthcare costs in the state.

The Romney program is eerily similar to Obamacare in that it mandated every citizen to get private health insurance. Obamacare is one of the key reasons President Obama should be defeated in 2012. How does the GOP make that argument if Romney is the nominee? 

For his part, Perry says a repeal of Obamacare is the “highest calling for whoever is the next president.”

It is still early in the race, and Perry has time to help people better understand him. As GOP voters mull their choice for president, they should ask themselves who has the experience and track record to be the type of president this nation so desperately needs.

Read more on Newsmax.com: Rick Perry’s Still Got Game

Morning Examiner: Cain’s Bachmann moment

Herman Cain needs to drop out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination with his latest attack on Governor Perry since he didn't bother to get the facts first.  He used the race card just like the Obama supporters and frankly Gov Perry is probably one of the least racist persons around.  Unlike Cain he has lived  his religion in not treating his fellow man like the scum Cain is treating Perry.  For Herman Cain to do this and sound just like Al Sharpton points out the type of person he is and it is not a pretty picture.

We would have to ask how much Rove/Romney are paying him to make these comments or what have they promised?  The VP perhaps if Romney gets the nomination?

Since Herman Cain said he could never support Rick Perry if he got the Republican nomination, we will be most happy to oblige and say that not one of the people involved in this site would ever vote for Cain with his racist comments against the Governor.  The Rockefeller, insider Republicans are pulling out all stops against Governor Perry.  We consider this the latest in a long line of stories dropped by Rove and his people.

Just remember if Governor Perry wins the White House, then he will be the first Republican President since President Eisenhower not to have the Bush 41 team that swarmed the administration of Richard Nixon and have been part of every Republican Administration since.  Did they tank Nixon?  Wouldn't shock me even a little.  Did they tank Ford against Carter?  You betcha thinking that Bush 41 would get the nomination in 1980 but the conservative Ronald Reagan had something to say about that but then he was undermined on several things  that Bush 41 cabal during his Administration.

Now we are back to that same group trying to take out Governor Perry that Cain has now signed on with.  Shame on him for selling out.    

Morning Examiner: Cain’s Bachmann momentBy Conn Carroll 

On Saturday, The Washington Post published a seven page hit piece on Texas Gov. Rick Perry alleging that a rock on a ranch his father leased for hunting once had a racial slur carved into it. The Post does not allege that Perry named the ranch, or that he carved the slur into the rock. Only that the name of the ranch was well known to locals and that Perry did nothing about the rock. Perry spokesman communications director Ray Sullivan responded: 

A number of claims made in the story are incorrect, inconsistent, and anonymous, including the implication that Rick Perry brought groups to the lease when the word on the rock was still visible. The one consistent fact in the story is that the word on a rock was painted over and obscured many years ago. 

Upon reading the story, liberal exploiters of racial issues promised to profit from the article. The Rev. Al Sharpton told Politico he plans to be “all over” the story on his MSNBC show Monday: “At worst, he either thought it was something he could identify with and even have some bit of irony. At best, he’s insensitive. How can someone who would seek the highest office in the land be so insensitive to the implications of that name?” 

Sharpton’s response is entirely foreseeable and expected. Unfortunately some Republican candidates have chosen to mimic Sharpton’s attacks. Asked about the story on Fox News Sunday, Herman Cain told Chris Wallace: “[There] isn’t a more vile, negative word than the N-word and for him to leave it there as long as he did before, I hear, that they finally painted over it, is just plain insensitive to a lot of black people in this country.” 

Calling a fellow candidate racist in any primary is a serious charge that should not be made until one is sure of all the facts. By his own statement, it is obvious that Cain was not 100% sure about the story (hence the “I hear” qualifier). Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., collapsed in the polls after she echoed a liberal-trial-lawyer created attack on Perry over the vaccine Gardisal. 

After a good stretch, this attack more backfire on Cain too.