Christiane Amanpour played Herman Cain like a violin.
I have to be honest, and I am not going to candy coat what happened to Herman Cain, when he appeared the Sunday talking head show "This Week" hosted by Christiane Amanpour. Christine had Herman Cain on as a guest mainly to ask him about stories that have already been proven false, like the allegation that the crowd booed during the Fox-Google debate when issue of the repeal of don't ask, don't tell came up. Personally, I didn't see what the big deal was. Progressives are normally the ones who boo soldiers anyways. They've been known to do much more then just boo. A story came out over the weekend by the Washington Post reporting that the Rick Perry's family leased a hunting lodge decades ago that had a rock that read "niggerhead" on it. The Washington Post reported that the Perry's didn't put that name on the rock, and that the rock was painted over by the Perry's in 1983. This was the October surprise that really wasn't by the Washington Post. That didn't stop Christiane from asking Cain about the story while leaving out the all important detail about the year the rock was painted over.
In the Washington Post story itself, the reporter Stephanie McCrummen wrote
"Ranchers who once grazed cattle on the 1,070-acre parcel on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River called it by that name well before Perry and his father, Ray, began hunting there in the early 1980s. There is no definitive account of when the rock first appeared on the property".
That paragraph stated that the the rock was there before the Perry's ever leased the lodge.
Down near the bottom of the story. Perry was quoted in saying
"“When my Dad joined the lease in 1983, he took the first opportunity he had to paint over the offensive word on the rock during the 4th of July holiday,” Perry said in his initial response. “It is my understanding that the rock was eventually turned over to further obscure what was originally written on it.”
The facts didn't matter to Christiane Amanpour. The facts were right there in the Washington Post story to read. The rock was painted over in 1983 (27 years ago) and eventually turned over in order to hide the name. Why didn't she first interview Rick Perry on the rock isssue? This was no harmless misunderstanding on her part. She knew exactly what she was doing. It's no secret that the media would love to destroy Herman Cain and Rick Perry, because they believe Mitt Romney would benefit from it. The media knows Mittens is the weakest candidate to take on Obama, and they want him to be the nominee at any cost. Herman Cain's biggest asset is also his biggest liability. He isn't a politician. He isn't a political insider. Those are good qualities to have, but since he's a conservative and isn't media savvy, he unknowingly lent himself to being set up as a useful idiot like in the niggerhead rock "non story". Back in 2009, Rush Limbaugh gave the keynote address at CPAC. Michael Steele was just recently named the Republican National Committee Chairman a few weeks prior. Michael Steele was invited on the then D. L Hughley Show on CNN the day after Limbaugh gave his widely carried speech. Any conservative who knows the media would have put 2+2 together and would have known that the only reason Steele was invited on Hughley's show was, because Hughley was going to use the opportunity to try and play Michael Steele against Rush Limbaugh. To many of us, some things are just too obvious. To the then naive Michael Steele it wasn't.
and Hughley accomplished his objective hook, line and sinker.
It was so easy for Hughely to set up Michael Steele into attacking Limbaugh. A certain percentage of conservatives have this annoying habit of continuing to think that they are going to be treated fairly by the media if they go onto their shows for interviews. Herman Cain fell into the same trap Michael Steele fell into. This goes back to one of my original questions. If the niggerhead story was really a story worth reporting on, why didn't Christiane Amanpour invite Rick Perry on her show to talk about it instead of Herman Cain? It was the Perry family who leased the hunting lodge not Herman Cain. As for Herman Cain, he shouldn't have played the fool by answering her questions.because he followed the narrative she set in the time line that the rock was could have been painted over "recently", Cain now has come out and corrected what he said now "knowing all the facts" that the rock was painted over 28 years ago. If I was Cain and I didn't' know all the details of the story, the last person I would have relied on to feed me the information would be someone such as Christiane Amanpour . Herman went on Sean Hannity's program yesterday to claim that the issue is over in his book now that he knows all the facts.
The media isn't going to let this issue go as easy a Cain says he has. They smell blood and I wouldn't be surprised to see this issue at least in their eyes continue into the next GOP debate next week.
Since the debate is co sponsored by the Washington Post which wrote the story in the first place. I am willing to bet whoever the narrator is will bring this non story up again to try and but Cain against Perry in an attempt to create a negative racial dynamic to the GOP race. Time will tell whether Cain's comments will hurt him in the polls. If anything, someone within his inner circle better give Herman Cain a crash course on how and why the media isn't his friends and to be suspicious whenever they ask for another interview.
In the Washington Post story itself, the reporter Stephanie McCrummen wrote
"Ranchers who once grazed cattle on the 1,070-acre parcel on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River called it by that name well before Perry and his father, Ray, began hunting there in the early 1980s. There is no definitive account of when the rock first appeared on the property".
That paragraph stated that the the rock was there before the Perry's ever leased the lodge.
Down near the bottom of the story. Perry was quoted in saying
"“When my Dad joined the lease in 1983, he took the first opportunity he had to paint over the offensive word on the rock during the 4th of July holiday,” Perry said in his initial response. “It is my understanding that the rock was eventually turned over to further obscure what was originally written on it.”
The facts didn't matter to Christiane Amanpour. The facts were right there in the Washington Post story to read. The rock was painted over in 1983 (27 years ago) and eventually turned over in order to hide the name. Why didn't she first interview Rick Perry on the rock isssue? This was no harmless misunderstanding on her part. She knew exactly what she was doing. It's no secret that the media would love to destroy Herman Cain and Rick Perry, because they believe Mitt Romney would benefit from it. The media knows Mittens is the weakest candidate to take on Obama, and they want him to be the nominee at any cost. Herman Cain's biggest asset is also his biggest liability. He isn't a politician. He isn't a political insider. Those are good qualities to have, but since he's a conservative and isn't media savvy, he unknowingly lent himself to being set up as a useful idiot like in the niggerhead rock "non story". Back in 2009, Rush Limbaugh gave the keynote address at CPAC. Michael Steele was just recently named the Republican National Committee Chairman a few weeks prior. Michael Steele was invited on the then D. L Hughley Show on CNN the day after Limbaugh gave his widely carried speech. Any conservative who knows the media would have put 2+2 together and would have known that the only reason Steele was invited on Hughley's show was, because Hughley was going to use the opportunity to try and play Michael Steele against Rush Limbaugh. To many of us, some things are just too obvious. To the then naive Michael Steele it wasn't.
and Hughley accomplished his objective hook, line and sinker.
It was so easy for Hughely to set up Michael Steele into attacking Limbaugh. A certain percentage of conservatives have this annoying habit of continuing to think that they are going to be treated fairly by the media if they go onto their shows for interviews. Herman Cain fell into the same trap Michael Steele fell into. This goes back to one of my original questions. If the niggerhead story was really a story worth reporting on, why didn't Christiane Amanpour invite Rick Perry on her show to talk about it instead of Herman Cain? It was the Perry family who leased the hunting lodge not Herman Cain. As for Herman Cain, he shouldn't have played the fool by answering her questions.because he followed the narrative she set in the time line that the rock was could have been painted over "recently", Cain now has come out and corrected what he said now "knowing all the facts" that the rock was painted over 28 years ago. If I was Cain and I didn't' know all the details of the story, the last person I would have relied on to feed me the information would be someone such as Christiane Amanpour . Herman went on Sean Hannity's program yesterday to claim that the issue is over in his book now that he knows all the facts.
The media isn't going to let this issue go as easy a Cain says he has. They smell blood and I wouldn't be surprised to see this issue at least in their eyes continue into the next GOP debate next week.
Since the debate is co sponsored by the Washington Post which wrote the story in the first place. I am willing to bet whoever the narrator is will bring this non story up again to try and but Cain against Perry in an attempt to create a negative racial dynamic to the GOP race. Time will tell whether Cain's comments will hurt him in the polls. If anything, someone within his inner circle better give Herman Cain a crash course on how and why the media isn't his friends and to be suspicious whenever they ask for another interview.
posted by Alpha Conservative Male at 7:53 AM
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The biggest problem that the RNC has is that they don't have each other's backs when it comes to a hostile media.
Which is why I love Bachmann and Palin. They KNOW that the media's goal is to discredit everything with an RNC label on it... if not today, then tomorrow.
Hey tyronne can you imagine when Perry is president them saying.The president is on vacation coon hunting at his family camp nyggerhead.
CB;"The rock was painted over in 1983 (27 years ago) and eventually turned over in order to hide the name".
That's not what this Texas resident told the Washington Post;
“I remember the first time I went through that pasture and saw that,” said Ronnie Brooks, a retired game warden who began working in the region in 1981 and who said he guided three or four turkey shoots for Rick Perry when Perry was a state legislator between 1985 and 1990. “. . . It kind of offended me, truthfully.”.
However, "selective conservative spin" demands that any information given, other than that of the conservative candidate, be branded as "a lie", and stricken from the record. Tyrone receives "10 Conservative Kudos" for not mentioning that retired Texas game warden, Ronnie Brooks, contradicts Perry's claim. Good job Alpha-Con!
CB;"If the niggerhead story was really a story worth reporting on, why didn't Christiane Amanpour invite Rick Perry on her show to talk about it instead of Herman Cain?".
To my knowledge, Perry hasn't done any media interviews about the ranch name. But don't you think that perhaps hundreds of T.V., radio and internet talkers have made requests, including CNN? I'm asking "why Perry thus far hasn't done any interviews?"
They have coon's in West Texas? Who knew? I would have thought the place was full of lizards and armadillos.
I suppose it's better than having the headline read that Perry was roping steers in San Francisco...
...cuz there ain't nothin' but steers and queers in San Francisco. Which one are you, anon?
There are rules for black Republicans that THEY MUST FOLLOW.
Rule #1.
Never, ever, ever, ever mention race or racism, UNLESS it's the racism of Blacks against whites.
Rule #2.
In cases of actual racism "pretend racism has never existed and is an imaginary construct of the liberal left in America".
Rule #3.
If someone calls you a "n1gger" directly? First apologize to the person who referred to you as such and then refer to Rule #1.
p allen "However, "selective conservative spin" demands that any information given, other than that of the conservative candidate, be branded as "a lie", and stricken from the record. Tyrone receives "10 Conservative Kudos" for not mentioning that retired Texas game warden, Ronnie Brooks, contradicts Perry's claim. Good job Alpha-Con!
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Call it what you want allen. This isn't even an important news worthy story.Of course you hand others have to harp on it, because the true story is something you can't handle. Obama is in deep trouble going into next year. That is what you should be focusing on, reality. Unless you have evidence that the Perry's put the words on the rock, this is a done and over story.
p allen "To my knowledge, Perry hasn't done any media interviews about the ranch name. But don't you think that perhaps hundreds of T.V., radio and internet talkers have made requests, including CNN? I'm asking "why Perry thus far hasn't done any interviews?""
If they did, the story that they requested interviews would have been reported by the media. The fact of the matter is that Amanpour brought this up to Cain, because Cain is black. Let's not play ignorant allen. As I said before, it's a done issue anyways.
anon "Hey tyronne can you imagine when Perry is president them saying.The president is on vacation coon hunting at his family camp nyggerhead."
Since that will never happen. Some things can only be left to other people's imaginations.
anon "There are rules for black Republicans that THEY MUST FOLLOW."
Since I am a black independent conservative, thank oddness the rules don't apply to me. I was worried for a second.
anon "Rule #1.
Never, ever, ever, ever mention race or racism, UNLESS it's the racism of Blacks against whites."
Black Republicans only mention race when race is actually relevant to a story or situation. Progressives have abused the word racist with no end in stop in an attempt to silence in opposition to progressive ideals.
anon "Rule #2.
In cases of actual racism "pretend racism has never existed and is an imaginary construct of the liberal left in America". "
If you have evidence of this. Please present it. Here say doesn't work here. The only racism progressives seem to be concerned about is the political altered definition of racism. that being if you don't agree with their way of thinking, you must be a racist.
anon "If someone calls you a "n1gger" directly? First apologize to the person who referred to you as such and then refer to Rule #1.
That is so stupid, it's hilariously funny. Once again, please provide evidence of this. In your perverted mind, you probably do believe this. Funny but sad.
So on the one hand you say that no one booed the soldier and then you say that you don't see what the big deal was. Which one is it? And I wonder why you sidestep the question of Republicans booing a soldier actively serving in Iraq by immediately turning around and whining "But progressives do it." Pathetic.
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