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Junior Chimp
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« on: November 09, 2011, 10:36:59 AM » |
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From a purely political standpoint, at least the guy has more sense than John Edwards.
Cain could not have thought that he had a legitimate chance to win the nomination when he entered the race, and jumped in to promote his worldview (or book tour, depending on how cynical you are). He was hoping to get enough attention to have this mildly noticed, while he couldn't have dreamed of getting enough attention for the media to bother digging up a fifteen-year-old scandal.
John Edwards, a prominent national figure after his VP run in 2004, with a halfway decent shot at becoming the 'anti-Hillary,' runs despite having cheated on his wife (the nationally beloved Elizabeth Edwards) within the last year.
They're both scumbags, but at least Cain could have reasonably expected that his scandal would never come to light during the campaign. Edwards just got lucky that no one but the tabloid press took the allegations seriously until after he lost.
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