It's cool, they've already clarified that it is someone else's fault. Sure, the journalist in question already put out a statement telling everyone "I don't work for Politico anymore and am in no way related to the woman", but they weren't aware of it at the time. They had heard the allegation but had not heard anyone refute it, and if no one denies the charge it must be true. Shame on whoever fed them false information. Heck, they will soon confirm that it was probably the media who put the rumor out there trying to lead Cain's campaign on and make them look like fools.

"Based upon information available at the time of Mr. Block's Tuesday night interview on Fox News, the campaign was led to believe that Mr. Josh Kraushaar, currently with the National Journal and a former employee of Politico, was the son of Karen Kraushaar," campaign spokesman J.D. Gordon said. "We have since learned that is not the case." (new window)

See? Honest mistake made based on the information available at the time that lead them to say the rumors were definitely true. I'm surprised Block didn't also say that they have proof Obama is behind this because of Sharon Bialek's relationship with a man named David Axelrod. (new window)

keylock71: Jesus Christ... I have a hard time believing Cain's campaign is this incompetent.

He was going to fail anyway because economics criticized his 9-9-9 plan of being a terrible plan and he is poor with clarity about it. Then this thing happened. It's like watching an amateur in a talent show trying to seem flashy only to suddenly set the stage on fire. He wasn't going to win but he made everything more hilarious.

Which accuser? There's, like, five now.

IXI Jim IXI: Josh Kraushaar tweeted earlier in the day, apparently after getting questions, that he's in fact not related to Karen Kraushaar, and simply has the same last name.


I guess they all look the same to him.

They're both half-orcish, so it's easy to make that mistake.

Herman Cain will win the primary, thanks to the Tea Party. It has already been decided.

Has he brought in George Soros or ACORN yet? You can't have a party without them.

RexTalionis: As I mentioned in an earlier thread, as a Politico reader, it's rather surreal to see Politico cast as an arm of the vast left-wing conspiracy, considering its readership skews a good way to the right and the editorship of Politico is center-right at the very least.

Center right of a normal political spectrum, sure. But the current one in America? It's on the level of Pravda.

Sperman Cain !

keylock71: Jesus Christ... I have a hard time believing Cain's campaign is this incompetent.

Really? Perhaps you just need another cigarette.

RexTalionis: As I mentioned in an earlier thread, as a Politico reader, it's rather surreal to see Politico cast as an arm of the vast left-wing conspiracy, considering its readership skews a good way to the right and the editorship of Politico is center-right at the very least.

Politico is a liberal plant website the funded by the Rand Corporation, in conjunction with the saucer people under the supervision of the reverse vampires.

We're through the looking glass here, people.

Cain has consistently relied on conflation and obfuscation. His handling of harassment accusations will be no different. He depends on the stupidity of his supporters.

Grungehamster: It's cool, they've already clarified that it is someone else's fault. Sure, the journalist in question already put out a statement telling everyone "I don't work for Politico anymore and am in no way related to the woman", but they weren't aware of it at the time. They had heard the allegation but had not heard anyone refute it, and if no one denies the charge it must be true. Shame on whoever fed them false information. Heck, they will soon confirm that it was probably the media who put the rumor out there trying to lead Cain's campaign on and make them look like fools.

"Based upon information available at the time of Mr. Block's Tuesday night interview on Fox News, the campaign was led to believe that Mr. Josh Kraushaar, currently with the National Journal and a former employee of Politico, was the son of Karen Kraushaar," campaign spokesman J.D. Gordon said. "We have since learned that is not the case." (new window)

See? Honest mistake made based on the information available at the time that lead them to say the rumors were definitely true. I'm surprised Block didn't also say that they have proof Obama is behind this because of Sharon Bialek's relationship with a man named David Axelrod. (new window)

Seems to be a trend of his.

"I don't have facts to back this up, but..."

WizardofToast: He was going to fail anyway because economics criticized his 9-9-9 plan of being a terrible plan and he is poor with clarity about it. Then this thing happened.

You forgot his attempt to clarify 9-9-9 by saying that the poor can just buy used food or live in concentration camps.

I wonder what Cain will have to say about all this during the debate today (in five hours), yet I'm not sure if I want to risk getting brain damage to watch it.

His smile?



Looks like he had it at age 5



I think we need statements from the little girls that were his peers then.

Car_Ramrod: "I don't have facts to back this up, but..."

"Al Gore is made entirely of processed cheese."

Classy - meanwhile, Rush Limbaugh called Sharon Bialek's teenage son a "Nazi brownshirt" for encouraging her to speak publicly about Cain's alleged assault.

The GOP seems hell-bent on losing the 2012 presidential election. I've heard some theories that the party apparatus intends to throw the White House this cycle while trying to increase their hold on the legislative branch, in order to spend four years obstructing anything Obama proposes and purposely trying to drive the government's finances off a cliff.

At minimum, it makes for better eleven-dimensional chess than "idiots on parade".

Craptastic: Which accuser? There's, like, five now.

The one who he claims he just told was the same height as his wife. Her name finally came out and it is Karen Kraushaar. Josh Kraushaar was a reporter at Politico, and they are the organization that broke the story. This led to online conjecture that either Politico set up this claim somehow or that Karen Krausharr (who had been avoiding the media until her name leaked) had manufactured the scandal through her son Josh.

Mark Block went on Hannity and pointed out the politico connection, and when asked by Hannity stated that the campaign had confirmed the relationship between Josh and Karen Krausharr. Meanwhile Josh Krausharr is out there tweeting that he left Politico for the National Journal over a year ago and is not related to Karen Krausharr at all.

Cue campaign saying that they were acting on all the information that was available when they said they had already verified the rumor accurate.

My favorite of these bullshiat denials has been how one of them lived in the same apartment building as David Axelrod. It's so utterly ridiculous that I'm not even sure I'm equipped to properly describe how stupid that is.

It's like.... 'Boyfriend beating his girlfriend for kissing the other girl while they engage in a 3-way' stupid. It's like Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman discuss evolution stupid.

RexTalionis: As I mentioned in an earlier thread, as a Politico reader, it's rather surreal to see Politico cast as an arm of the vast left-wing conspiracy, considering its readership skews a good way to the right and the editorship of Politico is center-right at the very least.

From wiki:

John F. Harris and Jim VandeHei left The Washington Post to become Politico's editor-in-chief and executive editor, respectively, launching the newspaper on January 23, 2007. Frederick J. Ryan Jr., former Assistant to President Ronald Reagan,[2] is president and CEO.[3]



After the liberal watchdog group Media Matters for America accused Politico of having a "Republican tilt", Politico's Ben Smith answered: "Media Matters has a point: ...that Bush's public endorsement made us seem too close to the White House. That was clearly a favor from the president to us (albeit a small one), and felt to me like one of those clubby Beltway moments that make the insiders feel important and the outsiders feel (accurately) like outsiders."

sprawl15: WizardofToast: He was going to fail anyway because economics criticized his 9-9-9 plan of being a terrible plan and he is poor with clarity about it. Then this thing happened.

You forgot his attempt to clarify 9-9-9 by saying that the poor can just buy used food or live in concentration camps.

And yes, the "ARE THERE NO JAILS? ARE THERE NO WORK HOUSES?" amendment.

/oh wait, that was RON PAUL

I think this Josh Kraushaar needs to take a polygraph to confirm he's not related.

HERE I AM!
GROPE YOU LIKE A HERMAN CAIN!

mongbiohazard: My favorite of these bullshiat denials has been how one of them lived in the same apartment building as David Axelrod. It's so utterly ridiculous that I'm not even sure I'm equipped to properly describe how stupid that is.

It's like.... 'Boyfriend beating his girlfriend for kissing the other girl while they engage in a 3-way' stupid. It's like Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman discuss evolution stupid.

It does show how utterly desperate they are in doing research on these women. Seriously, if they are checking out the names of everyone who lives in the same building as them, you know Cain has people pawing through their garbage hoping to find that they have a subscription to Cosmo as proof they are sluts.

mongbiohazard: My favorite of these bullshiat denials has been how one of them lived in the same apartment building as David Axelrod. It's so utterly ridiculous that I'm not even sure I'm equipped to properly describe how stupid that is.

It's like.... 'Boyfriend beating his girlfriend for kissing the other girl while they engage in a 3-way' stupid. It's like Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman discuss evolution stupid.

Not to mention that it was a completely different David Axelrod.

Link (new window)

For all the unfounded claims of hippies spitting on Vietnam vets, spitting is much more common among the right wingers.

They do it when something so disgusts them that they have to get the taste out of their mouth and put it back where it belongs.

thirdrail: I think this Josh Kraushaar needs to take a polygraph to confirm he's not related.

I want to see the long-form DNA-test results.

ok so it turns out that this guy isn't really the son, but that doesn't mean he still isn't part of the democrat machine

HairBolus: spitting

never mind - wrong thread

WizardofToast: keylock71: Jesus Christ... I have a hard time believing Cain's campaign is this incompetent.

He was going to fail anyway because economics criticized his 9-9-9 plan of being a terrible plan and he is poor with clarity about it. Then this thing happened. It's like watching an amateur in a talent show trying to seem flashy only to suddenly set the stage on fire. He wasn't going to win but he made everything more hilarious.



So he's the William Hung of the GOP?

 A SECOND HERMAN CAIN HAS JUST HIT THE SOUTH TOWER

depmode98: ok so it turns out that this guy isn't really the son, but that doesn't mean he still isn't part of the democrat machine

Again, from wiki:
John F. Harris and Jim VandeHei left The Washington Post to become Politico's editor-in-chief and executive editor, respectively, launching the newspaper on January 23, 2007. Frederick J. Ryan Jr., former Assistant to President Ronald Reagan,[2] is president and CEO.[3]

/Technically, Reagan USED to be a Democrat, so . . .

depmode98: ok so it turns out that this guy isn't really the son, but that doesn't mean he still isn't part of the democrat machine

Nice.

// which campaign do you work for?

HighOnCraic: depmode98: ok so it turns out that this guy isn't really the son, but that doesn't mean he still isn't part of the democrat machine

Again, from wiki:
John F. Harris and Jim VandeHei left The Washington Post to become Politico's editor-in-chief and executive editor, respectively, launching the newspaper on January 23, 2007. Frederick J. Ryan Jr., former Assistant to President Ronald Reagan,[2] is president and CEO.[3]

/Technically, Reagan USED to be a Democrat, so . . .

Oh, and the guy wasn't working for Politico when the story came out, but other than that, you've got a great point.

A Dark Evil Omen: [0.tqn.com image 54x11] A SECOND HERMAN CAIN HAS JUST HIT THE SOUTH TOWER

Oh, the humanity!