Herman Cain is the remarkably gifted, accomplished man who tried to run for President in 2012, but whose campaign was ended by the sudden emergence of a group of women alleging sexual impropriety….then magically disappearing about one nanosecond after he dropped out of the race.
Mr. Cain’s latest commentary discusses Russian “hacking” and whether it affected last year’s presidential race.
Here is what he has to say:
Hillary didn’t lose because of the Russians. Hillary lost because she was a terrible candidate, and because the majority of the voters in 30 states believed she would be a terrible president.
. The Russians didn’t prevent Hillary from running any ads in Wisconsin.
. The Russians didn’t tell Hillary to threaten the jobs of Pennsylvania coal miners.
. The Russians didn’t tell Hillary to expose classified information to them, although they may well be benefiting even today from her having done so.
. The Russians didn’t tell Hillary to give Anthony Weiner access to content on her non-secure server.
. The Russians didn’t tell Hillary to call half the voters “deplorable.”
. The Russians didn’t tell Hillary to make shady deals with foreign nations via the Clinton Foundation.
. The Russians didn’t make a video hectoring labor unions for not putting Hillary 50 points ahead of Trump.
. The Russians didn’t tell Hillary to accuse Donald Trump of horrible things while defending her husband for doing far worse things.
. The Russians didn’t tell Hillary to botch the situations in Syria and Lebanon.
. The Russians didn’t tell Hillary to whip out that stupid “reset button,” although they certainly took advantage of the foolish notions behind it.
Does Mr. Cain have a point? Actually 10 of them? I’d say so.
Hillary Clinton was a godawful-bad candidate. So godawful-bad that an unlikable, thin-skinned egomaniac with a big mouth he could not keep shut and no political experience, beat her in an electoral landslide.
If Democrats feel better blaming Russia for her loss – you know, put on a little dog and pony show for the low-information crowd – I’m sure Republicans will be more than happy to sit back and watch them do it.
But, as Herman Cain so articulately notes, that isn’t the reason at all.
In fact, if there is a Hillary 2020 movement, I wouldn’t be surprised if Mr. Cain was among her first contributors.
