Cain Blames Rick Perry Camp for Starting Sexual Harassment Story
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Herman Cain is defending himself anew and – without evidence – blaming presidential rival Rick Perry’s campaign of being behind the disclosure of years-old sexual harassment allegations against him. Cain is pressing forward, even as a third woman says she considered filing a complaint against him over sexually suggestive remarks and gestures.
“That is the DC culture: Guilty until proven innocent,” Cain told Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, in an interview published Thursday on The Daily Caller website.
As the allegations rocked his campaign for the fourth day, the Georgia businessman‘s team intensified its claim that Perry’s advisers or allies were the source of the initial story – in Politico – on Sunday night. It disclosed that the National Restaurant Association had reached financial settlements with two former employees who complained the Cain had engaged in sexually inappropriate behavior while head of the trade group in the 1990s.
Perry, himself, denied that he and his campaign were involved in anyway.
“We found out about the allegations against Mr. Cain the same time everybody else did,” Perry told the Red State blog.
A Perry aide suggested that Mitt Romney’s campaign was behind it, asserting ties between Romney’s campaign backers, Cain and the trade group without providing evidence of any involvement. The former Massachusetts governor’s campaign said it had nothing to do with the disclosures.
“I don‘t know what’s true and what’s not,” Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told NBC’s “Today.“ ”I’m not going to get in the middle it. We’re not the Sherlock Holmes of the presidential primary field.”
“I’m not the referee,” he added. “Primaries are tough.”
In a statement Thursday, Politico’s editor-in-chief John Harris said: “POLITICO, like other news organizations, can‘t be in the practice of confirming or denying who is or isn’t a confidential source for our stories. The story we published has now been corroborated by a multitude of sources and other news organizations as accurate.”
The finger-pointing came as Cain fought to contain the fallout of the allegations that were made public just two months before the leadoff Iowa caucuses and with polls showing him near the top of the pack national and in early voting states. The allegations – and Cain’s shifting answers to questions about them since they were first disclosed – threaten to undermine a campaign that many establishment Republicans long have viewed as a long-shot to win the party’s presidential nomination.
Conservatives have rallied around him, arguing – without any proof of liberal involvement – that the left was castigating Cain much as it did Thomas, also a black conservative, during his confirmation hearings in the early 1990s.
Cain has repeatedly denied that he sexually harassed anyone. Beyond that, he’s offered a series of conflicting explanations.
After initially saying he knew of no settlements, he has acknowledged that he knew of one agreement between the restaurant association and a woman who accused him of sexual harassment. He also has acknowledged knowing of the woman’s accusations against him, saying he stepped close to her to make a reference to her height and told her she was the same height as his wife.
On Thursday, Joel P. Bennett – the lawyer for one of Cain’s accusers – was seeking approval from the trade group for his client to issue a statement about her position, notwithstanding the confidentiality agreement she had signed as a part of the settlement.
A person close to the situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the accusations, said the woman was increasingly reluctant to speak publicly and said the fact that the incident has become public was very unsettling to her.
The latest allegations come from a woman who said in interviews with The Associated Press that Cain was aggressive and inappropriate with her, even extending a private invitation to his corporate apartment when she worked with him at the National Restaurant Association. The woman said Cain’s behavior occurred at the same time two co-workers had settled separate harassment complaints against him while he was leading the association.
Cain’s third accuser was located and approached by the AP as part of its investigation into harassment complaints against Cain that were disclosed in recent days and have thrown his presidential campaign into turmoil. She spoke only on condition of anonymity, saying she feared losing her current job and the possibility of damage to her reputation.
The woman said she did not file a formal complaint against Cain because she began having fewer interactions with him. Later, she learned that a co-worker – one of the two women whose accusations have rocked Cain’s campaign – already had done so. She said she would have felt she had to file otherwise.
She said Cain told her that he had confided to colleagues how attractive she was and invited her to his corporate apartment outside work.
His actions “were inappropriate, and it made me feel uncomfortable,” the woman said.
The AP confirmed that the employee worked at the restaurant association with Cain during his time there, that she has no party affiliation in her voter registration in the past decade and that she is not identified as a donor in federal campaigns or local political campaigns. Records show she was registered as a Democrat at one point previously.
Asked for comment about the accusations, including the most recent, Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon said, “Mr. Cain has said over the past two days at public events that we could see other baseless allegations made against him as this appalling smear campaign continues.” Gordon added, “He has never acted in the way alleged by inside-the-Beltway media, and his distinguished record over 40 years spent climbing the corporate ladder speaks for itself.”
And with that, Cain and his campaign started pointing the finger at Perry.
In an interview with Forbes on Wednesday, Cain said he believed a Perry consultant gave information about the allegations to Politico. After denying earlier this week that he knew about any settlements, Cain said he had outlined the allegations of a woman to the consultant, Curt Anderson, when Anderson was helping him on an earlier campaign.
He told his supporters by phone: “We now know and have been able to trace it back to the Perry campaign that stirred this up, in order to discredit me and slow us down.”
Perry’s campaign called that “reckless and false.”
And Anderson told CNN on Thursday that he never had a conversation with Cain about sexual harassment.
“It’s just not true,” Cain said. Asked in an interview whether he believed Cain was lying in his statement to Forbes magazine, Anderson said, “I’m not here to add any more name-calling.”
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Associated Press writers Kasie Hunt, Brett J. Blackledge and Mark Sherman in Washington, writer Beth DeFalco in Trenton, N.J., and news researcher Judy Ausuebel in New York contributed to this report.
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Comments (104)
kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:05pmI also re post
When Herman Cain grabs a boob or an ass let me know. Until then I could careless about anomynous sources who give no details. They aren’t saying what the details are because they are probably so ridiculous or trivial that everyone would give a collective “whatever”
I also add Cain cannot speak about it due to the fact that he was not privy to the settlement details and is also bound by the nondisclosure clause.
Report Post »Dixie Chicken
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:13pmTell me King Fredrich the Sexist and Clueless, how do you know the accusations are trivial and ridiculous? They could be quite serious. Regardless, this is not what the American people want. Obamas numbers are going up, economy numbers are looking better this month, OWS is changing the country’s convervsation. Tea Party time is over. Get the net.
Report Post »hi
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:27pmSorry Dixie, Everyone thinks the occupiers are druggie socialists/communists. They are stupid and should be protesting the government forcing banks to make loans to people they KNEW couldn’t afford them.
The occupiers should be protesting the government not asking for more government control of their lives.
Report Post »Founding Father2
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:48pmWell the right has circled the wagons trying to help cain withstand the lib media storm. Here is Ann Coulter defending Cain, sadly using the race card to do so: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2011/nov/coulter_cain_black.html
Report Post »Dixie Chicken
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:54pmI think you are slightly off there HI. Check out the poll below.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/03/more-americans-supporting-occupy-wall-street/
And FYI – the highest support for the Tea Party based on Gallup polls was 32%.
Also, you think Obama is a socialist. He was in Wall Steets pocket during much of these 4 years, he extended the Bush Tax Cuts for the top 1% (and a wall street bail out), he actually lowered our taxes (go ahead and see the difference taken out compared to years past), Obamacare is NOT a government take over of health care (single payer). Just because he wants to protect ordinary people from un-regulated capitalism. Medicare and S.S. are on the table for cuts.
And as far as international and defense – getting out of the absurd Iraq war, liberated Libya by ousting a dictator without a loss of one member of our military at a fraction of a percent of Iraq, got bid Laden, Anwar Al-aqi, and other top al-queda members, put the Somalia pirates in their place. Supports Israel in not allowing Palestine into UNESCO and UN until reasonable talks have been made, pass trad agreements with S. Korea, Panama, and Columbia (don’t you fools like that one?).
Obama has done a great job his first term. We are on the rebound after a stagnant decade and thirty years of Reganomics.
Report Post »kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 1:14pmAfter that Dixie I see that your are a ******* drone. I know see I wasted my time with you. I just hope a normal person can read your rantings and what foolishness you support and spew.
Report Post »Dixie Chicken
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 1:20pmDispute it king Fred the sexist and clueless. Are these facts wrong?
Report Post »kramh
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:03pmThis is quite a circus. Cain says the Perry camp is in the middle of his problems and the Perry camp claims that Romney started the ball rolling. Sounds like the Perry camp wants to roll in the mud. Rick Perry trys every which way to tear up all the contenders. He looks bad in the voters eyes and Obama wins. The Speaker had it right and could say I told you so.
Report Post »ambrosia
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:01pmIf Perry is to blame, he’s toast…no matter what.
Let’s recant-
Perry’s campaign had a one-night stand with Leftist Politico
and whispered sweet nothings into their ears to sabotage Cain.
Yes, Politics does make strange bedfellows….
Politico won’t reveal their sources…as expected from any CREDIBLE media with standards.
Cain’s campaign wants an apology…fat chance-
anyone who stoops so low in the first place
wouldn’t stoop so low to apologize to anyone for anything.
Perhaps, they can get Obama to apololgize for all
since HE is the GREAT APOLOGIST for all things anti-American.
GROW UP , FOOLS ONE & ALL !
Cain’s campaign should put ALL their findings on the smorgasbord table
for viewing, sampling & spitting up
and then, KEEP moving on & forward with the campaign
in spite of a bunch of sissy boys tryin’ to derail it
over gotcha’ grapevine gossip……oh-sooooo, manly !
Perry should pull out…
go chew on a Texan pulled-pork sammich’, Romeo
while YOU contemplate Judas.
Politico is a rag with no conscience, no clue, no clarity, no class and NO clout.
Screw the Republican Rats & the Democrat Hacks-
Report Post »IT is TIME for a THIRD party-
America is ready to rid herself of the unsavory on BOTH sides.
We did it with the Tea Party….we can do it with a THIRD Party.
We, the American People will decide the outcome of America’s leadership-
NO one else !
kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:39amDIXIE I didn’t say name call, I said name me one thing Herman Cain did to these women!! Either Name exactly what he did or shut your ignorant mouth!
Report Post »RabidPatriot
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:48amCain is acting like someone that got caught doing something he was not supposed to. When trying to explain himself, he is a stammering, bumbling, word repeating, stalling mess. He has handled the entire situation terribly. The internal workings of his campaign is also a mess. He does not seem presidential at all. I feel embarrassed for him when he is stepping on his tongue on national TV.
Report Post »Dixie Chicken
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:49amSettle down there big boy. Your sexist rants that it was somehow a gold digging womans fault disgust me. How do you know she is lying? It is all about the information that needs to be released. If he is a pervert then I am glad we found out before the primaries.
Report Post »kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:59amI post again
Report Post »You are just completely ignorant of how a non disclosure clause in these buy out agreements work. The man cannot publicly even acknowledge the existence of the agreement let alone the details, of which he was never privy too, since the agreement was between the NRA and the accuser. Not him!!! PLEASE GET THAT THROUGH YOUR HEADS!!!!!!!!
Okie from Muskogee
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:02pm@KingFriedRich
KingFriedRich is a sexist who hates woman! KingFriedRich is also a pervert that doesn’t care if men grope women unwontedly.
If Cain has nothing to hide, let the women talk!
You also can’t justify Cain lying about it.
First he didn’t know, then he knew some, and then he knew all about it. He said he hadn‘t thought of it since it occurred but yet he remembered it in his ’04 campaign! Cain is flip flopping (lying) and only someone without integrity or honor won’t admit it!
3 women and a witness….If you want another lying pervert like Edwards, Clinton, Kennedy, wide stance guy, Sanford, or wiener vote Herman Cain!
Report Post »Dixie Chicken
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:07pmAll caps, does that mean you’re yelling at me? Not sure where we are disagreeing.
A simple question King Fredrich the Sexist and Clueless – do you want to know what happened? Me too.
Do you want the facts released? Me too.
I have this queasy feeling you have been in the same situation as Cain. Did you inappropriately touch a co-worker? Shame shame King Fred. You should come clean.
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:11pm@KingFriedRich
“The man cannot publicly even acknowledge the existence of the agreement let alone the details, of which he was never privy too, since the agreement was between the NRA and the accuser.”
Did Cain acknowledge the agreement? YES
Did Cain give details of agreement? YES
Did Cain say he was privy to details he signed? YES
YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOUR TALKING ABOUT! GET THAT THROUGH YOUR HEAD!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:28amHey Herman, when you’re in a hole and you want to get out, the first step is to quit digging. You can put this behind you but, not this way.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:37amThat is exactly what he needs to do but looks like he prefers to keep blaming someone or something else – makes no sense
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 2:54pmI wonder where dixie douche was when Obama had all the Bill Ares and Rev Wright all the crap that never was looked into and he was NEVER even vetted but all of a sudden she want s to get to the bottom of THIS incident.. I know where the douche was she was in the voting booth pulling on all the D levers straight down the line..
Report Post »Dixie Chicken
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 3:34pmUnless he groped Bill Ayers or serviced Rev. wright then you are off topic good sir. There was nothing on him, the clintons didn’t find anything. McCain/Palin found nothing. Hannity, rush, and GB have found nothing. Conspiratal stories, yes. Anything of substance, No!
Report Post »fancydancy
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:28amSTOP BLAMING, HERMAN. Softly repeat you did nothing wrong and get back to attacking the issues. Bill Clinton taught us it will go away. The more you stir up your adversaries or make new ones, the more harm you will do. Let your records and character stand and the good people will see the truth and stand with you.
Report Post »Dixie Chicken
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:34amDifference between Clinton and Cain is that between Clinton and Lewinsky was consensual. We don’t know what happened in the Cain situation. Cain is oblivious to the international issues, waivers on abortion, has a horrible tax plan, and is clearly not ready for this position.
Report Post »kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:41amDixie- You finally admit you don’t know what Cain did, but you are sure he is guilty of the offense!
Report Post »Dixie Chicken
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:46amDude, never admitted I knew what he did. If allegations of this kind are made to someone trying to be president then it needs to be investigated and the truth needs to come out.
Report Post »kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:57amYou don’t know what happened, the original story said non sexual gestures and innuendo( aka dirty joke). But you have condemned the man. You are pathetic.
Report Post »Dixie Chicken
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:03pmI am no judge or jury nor have I condemned Cain. Your drawing at straws now King Fredrich. I think you are coming around though. You know Cain isn’t qualified or up to speed on international issues. It’s okay. You picked a loser and you don’t want to give in. I wouldn’t be surprised if Cain withdraws on Friday, the typical slow media day.
Report Post »reform
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 3:02pmDixie chicken there is no defense for Bill Clinton you come here and say he did nothing wrong. First off cheating on your wife if you want a BJ in the White House that’s fine shows me he has no respect for the woman he married. Now to defend him being the president and lying to the nation that he did not have sex with that woman is just wrong oral sex is sex. When we arrest prostitutes on the street for giving oral sex and the John’s that they do it to, is no different he is not above the law. Please go away with your thinking, the Senate should have done is duties and taking care of the matter once and for all back then.
Report Post »Dixie Chicken
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 3:30pmSorry Reform, never actually defended Clinton. Just stating the difference between the two. Is adultery wrong? Yes. Is sexual harassment wrong? Yes. Is one consensual? Yes. That woman you called honey had every right to go to her HR Dept. and make a complaint against you. Men who call woman “honey” express a sense of masculinity over women. A way of telling her she is less than you. You are a very petty person for saying these people are money hungry gold diggers. Puh-leez. None of us know the facts, all I am trying to get through to you Neanderthals here is that this guy has alarming character flaws, topsy turvy international views, no clear message, and is not ready for prime time.
Report Post »reform
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 4:04pmNice choice of words Dixie chicken so I am Neanderthal really like guess being raised around a southern aunt and all the family members using that expression was sexist in like honey,hun but it fits into your feminist world. Now let me add the caveat for you it just so happens this woman was lesbian in being a man I didn’t fit into her world now I did not know her sexual preferences at the time which I later discovered, so I ask you who was pushing the agenda more her or (you know this Neanderthal grow up).
Report Post »Blazen420
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:24am@ Dixie Chicken….. If whatever Mr Cain did was so atrocious, why didn’t these woman go to the police instead of an attorney?
Report Post »Dixie Chicken
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:28amThey went to HR you d-bag? Why is this the women fault and why are you questioning them. This guy wants to be our top cheese, these skeletons in the closets are real. It is a character flaw. He changes his story literally 4 times within a day. He is not up to date on international issues. He had 10 days to figure this out. He is not ready. Look, I like Cain and his story, but leading our nation, don’t think so. Independents will not vote for him.
Report Post »hi
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:24pmIndependents will not vote for socialism again. (Obama)
Report Post »reform
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 3:11pmYes a character flaw my butt I was called in to HR also the reason I called some woman honey and she wanted to sue real intentional on my part to try to demean her right. It became a big deal my local union had a be called in my character was put on trial in who I was as a person. So please don‘t tell me there aren’t women out there trying to gain headlines for monetary reasons, but I guess someone like you would think that that was sexual abuse right? And once again you stand in defense of Clinton!
Report Post »reform
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 3:22pmYes maybe he did have 10 days did it ever occur to anyone that in his mind this was a nonissue then as it is now in which he put the past behind him knowing what the truth was? Knowing that he did nothing wrong so the man move forward in his life things will not turn around in this country until loser pay laws become affective, or in other terms tort reform. And before you go on bashing me for possibly being a sexist in my 36 year career in a major grocery chain I’ve had to be a witness many a times that the accusation is against the person were not true so therefore they were put to rest with my statement and statements of others. And it’s funny you mention HR department it just so happens that the person that ran this department was a personal friend of mine“ sometimes I have to say and do things just to keep my job”funny how that works is it not basically have to lie for one reason or another to protect your assets.
Report Post »Founding Father2
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:19amAll of these accusations are a little confusing. Do you want a quick summary of everything that is happening: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2011/nov/cain_harassment_summary.html
Report Post »GilbertAcct
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:18amLets stick with the issues… Cain recently proved that his is oblivious to everything foreign. He didn’t know that China has had nuclear weapons for 50 years! He thought that, like Iran, they have “indicated” that they are “trying” to “develop” nuclear weapons. Come on Cain supporters, what is your justification for this lack of basic understanding? Don’t you think foreign affairs are kind of important to grasp before you become president?
Report Post »PilgrimStuckInBizarroWorld
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:23amThe truth will set you free.
Report Post »Cain 2012
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Fella
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:27amHahaha. You’ll get nothing but crickets from the Cain supporters. Someone should remind Cain that he’ll have to borrow the money from China in order to attack China.
Even Bill O can’t believe what a disaster Cain is on foreign affairs.
http://youtu.be/hbItrfEYF3o
Report Post »Dixie Chicken
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:29amThank you for your voice of reason Gilber.
Report Post »kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:36amPlease post link to were Herman says he didn’t know china has nukes. I have heard you guys say stuff before and the clips don’t show that at all.
Report Post »Dixie Chicken
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:42amThink the Blaze would post this? Get your news elsewhere King Fredrich the Sexist.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/herman-cain-worried-about-china-developing-nuclear-capability-despite-50-year-nuclear-program/
Report Post »GilbertAcct
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:48amOkay, since you can‘t use google and find it yourself I’ll post something.
“They‘ve indicated that they’re trying to develop nuclear capability and they want to develop more aircraft carriers like we have.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/03/herman-cain-china-nuclear-weapons_n_1073477.html?ref=politics
Here is a link where he explains his folly. This is similar to his agreement to negotiate with terrorists, which he had to go back on. This man is clueless in the foreign arena. I really liked Cain initially, but he has shown me too many weaknesses. I know you Cain supporters jumped on the boat and really love him because he’s more of a regular guy and a non-politician… but please try to avoid letting your enthusiasm lead you to irrationality. I don’t care about these harassment allegations. Heck, I bet many of you were saying a couple of years ago that you’d never vote for someone who was in support of TARP… but for some reason Cain gets an exception on this? Even though he was a huge supporter and said that anyone who didn’t support it was economically illiterate??!! That shows me that he is also weak on the economy. And don’t even get me started on his 9-9-9-9 plan.
Report Post »Fella
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:50amI am not shocked that a Cain supporter isn’t informed about his foreign policy.
Forward to 10:48 to hear him speak on China. http://youtu.be/s2MchTVZ4MM
LMAO Disaster! And you people have the nerve to call other candidates foreign policies, kooky.
Report Post »kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:52amCome on, are you kidding me? The guy is clearly talking about their build up and using the same strategy Reagan used to win the cold war. You guys are pathetic!!
Report Post »Dixie Chicken
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:55amKing Fredrich = clueless
Report Post »Fella
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:57amKingFriedreich, you are clearly a moron. That is not what he’s talking about at all.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Do you view China as a potential military threat to the United States?
HERMAN CAIN: I do view China as a potential military threat to the United States… we already have superiority in terms of our military capability, and I plan to get away from making cutting our defense a priority and make investing in our military capability a priority, going back to my statement: peace through strength and clarity. So yes they’re a military threat. They‘ve indicated that they’re trying to develop nuclear capability and they want to develop more aircraft carriers like we have. So yes, we have to consider them a military threat.
Report Post »hi
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:22pmCain realized his weakness and immediately educated himself and surrounded him with knowledgeable men. A Cain/Gringrich ticket would solve that problem. Cain is a genius. It was an easy task for him.
Obama’s foreign policy experience is bowing down,apologizing, helping to implement Al Queda leadership in Libya, and defunding our military!!!! . Is that what you want?
Report Post »GilbertAcct
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:40pmCain is a genius?? Haha. So this “genius”, in his 65 years of life somehow never picked up on the fact that China has nuclear weapons? Hey how about this “genius” and his support for TARP? How does a “genius” somehow not know what it means to be pro-life? He was trying to argue that he is hardcore pro-life, but in trying to articulate it he repeatedly described a pro-choice stance. You are telling me that a “genius” can be totally devoid of even an intermediate understanding of the conflicts in the middle east? If that is your definition of a genius, then I guess I have more of an understanding of how the layperson Cain supporter can keep supporting him despite his naivete on so many issues.
Report Post »hi
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:53pmI could cut and paste Pilgramstuckinbizzaroworld, but it’s right underneath this posting! Cain is a genius. He immediately educated himself in foreign policy and will be able to debate even Gingrich when it comes up.
Report Post »I guess you like Obama apologizing and bowing down to foreign leaders,helping to implement Al Queda rule in Libya, borrowing from China because he thinks borrowing snd spending is the way to prosperity, and defunding our military?
GilbertAcct
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 1:05pmNo I don‘t like Obama’s foreign policy. “Defunding our military”?? It looks like you need to do a little research yourself. Obama has bloated the military budget and spends more than even Bush ever spent… and Bush started 2 wars! The democrats are supposed to hate war, but now they support Obama and his reign of terror… they blindly and irrationally look past the obvious, just like you Cain supporters. I can‘t believe that your argument is that he is a fast learner and he’s now been briefed on foreign affairs for a couple of weeks, so we can let all these abjectly ignorant statements slide. If any of the other candidates were to say the things Cain has said, you would be all over them! Just take a step back and try to see things objectively instead of emotionally.
Report Post »Fella
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 1:07pmHe made these statements about Iran and China 2 days ago, you nitwit. Secondly, criticizing Cain does not make one a Obama supporter. Third, Gingrich would wipe the floor with Cain in a debate. If you support Cain that is the last thing you want. All that folksy talk may sound good to you, but he is no genius.
Report Post »kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 1:20pmHey numb nuts. Just because they have nukes doesn’t mean that they have the same capabilities that our arsenal has. That is what he was saying. So go say your hail Ron Pauls’ and go blame the USA for the terrorist animals attacking us!
Report Post »Fella
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 1:30pmEven in the face his own words you are going to try to spin it. lol you Cain zombies are unbeleivable. This is not about Paul. It’s about your messiah, Cain, being an absolute disaster when it comes to foreign policy.
Report Post »GilbertAcct
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 1:42pmKingfr… thanks for the name calling, I’ve noticed that this is an skill most Cain supporters have developed quite well. So explain how your genius Cain hear the question “Do you view China as a potential military threat to the United States?” and then think to himself that she must be asking my opinion on whether China is trying to exactly match our nuclear arsenal. He took a common sentence stated often about IRAN’s nuclear aspirations and inserted CHINA to try to sound like he knew what he was saying. He did the same thing on the abortion issue, not realizing that he accurately described himself as pro-choice. If you are going to like him for being out of touch, then stick with that… don’t try to tell me he is a genius.
Report Post »PilgrimStuckInBizarroWorld
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:17am: Why Herman Cain???
> Cain is an Associate Minister at the Antioch Baptist Church in Atlanta, a
Report Post »> church he joined at the age of 10.
> When you add up Cain’s accomplishments — reaching leadership positions in
> three different areas: information systems, business management, and
> banking —he brings experiences rarely seen in politics. Cain’s background and
> leadership skills will serve the nation well in international relationships,
> as Cain surrounds himself and listens well to the very best advisors in the
> nation re the various aspects of foreign affairs.
> Herman Cain may have the most impressive resume of anyone who has run
> for the US Presidency in the last half century.
>
PilgrimStuckInBizarroWorld
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:16am: Why Herman Cain???
Report Post »> This position has provided Cain with ur nation’s monetary system.
> Corporate Board Positions. Cain has served on the Board of Directors at
> Nabisco, Whirlpool, Reader’s Digest. AGCO, and Aquila. Cain has also been a
> leader in political activism and in the public forum of ideas . . . .
>
> Writer and public speaker, with a focus on leadership. His books include ”
> Speak as a Leader”, “CEO of Self”, “Leadership is Common Sense”, and “They
> Think You’re Stupid”.
>
> Nationally syndicated columnist.
>
> Commentator for Fox Business News.
>
> Opponent of Government Health Care. In 1993 Cain became a leading voice in
> opposition to Hillary-Care. Today he is a strong voice against Obama-Care.
>
> Radio Host. In 2007—capping off a remarkable 40 year career—Cain launched
> his conservative talk radio show on WSB in Atlanta (the largest talk radio
> station in America).
>
> Political Activism. Cain leads a grass-roots group of 100,000 political
> activists, in every Congressional District in the US, in support of strong
> national defense, major tax reform, caps on government spending,
> restructuring Social Security, and viable affordable health care reform
> Cain did all this starting from rock bottom. His father was a chauffeur
> and his mother was a maid. All four of his grandparents worked on small
> farms. His great-great grandparents were slaves.
>
smartgirl
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:15amThat Herman Cain. Such a rogue. He hit on me once in Denver and I closed him down. Oh, wait, he’s never been to Denver? Nevermind.
Report Post »PilgrimStuckInBizarroWorld
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:13am: Why Herman Cain??? >
Report Post »> CEO of Godfather’s Pizza. Cain was then asked by Pillsbury to take charge
> of their Godfather’s Pizza chain (which they were considering shutting down
> because the business was on the verge of bankruptcy). Cain completely
> turned the business around and made it profitable in 14 months.
>
> Corporate Ownership. Then in 1988 Cain led a buyout of the Godfather’s
> Pizza chain from Pillsbury. He was now the part-owner of a restaurant chain,
> reaching the top of the ladder in the fast food industry.
> Chairman of the National Restaurant Association. During this time Cain was
> selected by his peers as the Chairman of this group, and led interfaces
> with the US Government on behalf of the restaurant industry, gaining for him
> political experience and experience in government trade policies from the
> private sector side. Cain has also accepted other high level and important
> appointments . . .
>
> Adviser to the Federal Reserve System. Cain went to work for the Federal
> Reserve Banking System, advising the Feds on how monetary policy changes
> affect American businesses, both small businesses and large corporations.
> Chairman of Regional Federal Reserve Bank. In short time, Cain worked his
> way up to the deputy chairmanship and then chairmanship of the Kansas City
> Federal Reserve Bank. He was now only one step below the Chairmanship of
> the entire Federal Reserve System (the top banking posit
PilgrimStuckInBizarroWorld
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:12amLet’s talk about truth!
: Why Herman Cain???
> While not a career politician (having never held political
Report Post »> office), Cain will bring vast un-matched experience and leadership skills, honed
> over four decades at very senior levels in the fields of information
> systems, business management, private sector interface with the government,
> banking, work with the military, and political activism.
> Before the age of 35, Herman achieved and worked as:
>
>
> Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics.
> Master’s degree in Computer Science.
> Mathematician for the Navy, where he worked on missile ballistics (rocket
> science).
> Computer Systems Analyst for Coca-Cola.
> VP of Corporate Data Systems and Services for Pillsbury (the top of the
> corporate IT ladder in the computer world, being in charge of information
> systems for a major company). Then, armed with valuable knowledge in the IT
> world, Cain developed additional skills in other fields:
>
> Business Management. Cain took charge of Pillsbury’s 400 Burger King
> restaurants in the Northeast/Philadelphia area, which were the company’s poorest
> performers (lowest profits) in the country. He spent the first nine months
> learning the business from the ground up, cooking hamburger and even
> cleaning toilets. After three years Cain had turned the restaurants under his
> oversight into Pillsbury’s most profitable in America
>
>
V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:10amYea right, Herman.
You wasn’t her man.
Ron Paul 2012.
Vote for the gynecologist, not the sexual harrasser!
Report Post »kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:31amWell, we can actually confirm that Paul has seen exposed giblets. ;)
Report Post »Mike Benton
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:57amWhy is it that the spirit of the Constitution‘s 5th and 6th Amendments don’t apply in these “civil” cases? He should have the rights in the 5th:”…nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy…” And the 6th:”…to be confronted with the witnesses against him, to have a compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his defence.”
Report Post »This denial of basic rights happens too often. Let’s stop it anyway we can, or better yet MAKE THE ACCUSERS COME FORWARD ALONG WITH WHITNESSES IN HIS FAVOR. Let’s be American about it!
Dixie Chicken
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:06amWhat are “whitnesses”? This was a settlement where he paid her to be quiet. He could have taken this to court, have all the laundry aired, and be judged by a jury of his peers. He elected to settle, which, in my mind, says he probably would have lost a court case. Cains constitutional rights should not be a questions here, the real question should be is Herman Cain a worthy presidential candidate? This is a huge character flaw.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:09amDixie Chicken,
Report Post »There was no settlement. The gold digger got severance pay. Big difference.
CatB
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:24am@DIXIE CHICKEN …
What QP said! BIg DIFFERENCE! and the third person .. who wants to remain “anonymous”?? Either put up or shut up .. that person needs to be sued for liable! This is nothing less than a smear job who do not want Cain to run against Obama .. and it could and most likely is coming from both R‘s and D’s .. it doesn‘t have to be just one campaign and it doesn’t have to be just one side.
TEA!
Cain 2012!
Report Post »RACHAL44
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:52amBoth of the alleged “victims” are Federal Employees. Cain owes Perry an immediate public apology and shift his wrath possibly towards Obama. Any consideration I had in regard to voting for Cain vaporized upon reading about these false accusations against Gov Perry.
Report Post »kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:04amYou are a Perry supporter anyway who are you kidding?
Report Post »neverending
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:39amAmen and amen to that one.
Report Post »Blazen420
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:48amWho really cares anyway? Sexual harrassment charges are too broad. Some women would call looking at her the wrong way sexual harrassmant. Get over it and lets talk about the real problems, this is just a distraction and is non-relivant in my book.
Report Post »Dixie Chicken
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:00amOh, so it‘s the woman’s fault. Funny how conservative don’t want to hear more about this. I don’t want this guy anywhere near the white house. Get a clue, this is a huge character flaw.
Report Post »kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:05amExactly!!
Report Post »kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:12amHey dixie, What did Herman specifically do to these women? You don‘t know because they won’t say. I bet you are one of these women that make these bs claims to get attention or to seek revenge or just because you want someone you don’t like fired. I have seen it all.
Report Post »netmail
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:16amProblem is, people have opinions and are taking a position with little or no hard facts to back them up. The less information we have, the more emotionally charged this story gets.
Report Post »Dixie Chicken
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:25amKing Fredrich = sexist.
Report Post »florida123
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:46amDoes anyone in their right mind really give 2 craps that this guy might have stood too close to a female employee or that he might have invited another back to his apartment? Good Grief, if this is all they have on this guy after decades in the Corp. world, he should be nominated for sainthood…….When did women become such naive little weasles? How many of us have had male bosses stand too close or ask us out on a date………..This whole BS smear campaign has sealed my vote for Cain 2012!
Report Post »Dixie Chicken
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:59amReally, you don’t think it is necessary to find out what this is all about? Paying someone a years salary to keep quiet is suspicious. Settlement means that if you go into ligitation you probably lose. The GOP wanted to impeach Clinton for having consensual relations and you still support this guy?. This is sexual harassment, it is about creating a power trip over your subordinates. The GOP is nuts. Look, you guys want to nominate the most right wing fringe of your party, go ahead. Cain changes his tune every time he talks. He has no idea how to react to a tough situation. He had 10 days to prepare for this and has fumbled at every step. What’s he going to do when an international incident is happening? Obama 2012!
Report Post »kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:06am35,000 is the insurance standard settlement amount. So no, not fishy at all.
Report Post »reform
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 3:36pmFlorida 123 thank you not saying he‘s right or wrong but most romances come out of the workforce that you belong to and quite a few marriages I don’t have the statistics but most people meet their fiancés in the workplace. And I applaud Mr. Herman Cain for not dragging his wife on his side to show support as most of the rhinos do in this case. The way I read into this story is that from the beginning it has been a nonissue for Herman Cain that’s why the lack of response, because nothing came out of the court hearings that he truly was a guilty party to me was just the payoff like they always do. Now if you got proof of him sleeping with another woman then I may change my mind on his campaign. To me it’s like my neighbors down the street always gossiping on hearsay did you hear with they did when in fact they did nothing happens all the time.
Report Post »Founding Father2
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:41amHere is the video of Cain’s Chief of Staff demanding an apology from the Perry campaign and Politico: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2011/nov/block_cain_perry.html
Report Post »Cabo King
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:39amat least he has a birth cert.thats real
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:39amOnce again, Can someone please just tell me what the plan is for getting this communist piece of crap out of office, how are we gonna seal our southern border, and how we’re gonna get rid of obamacare?!?!?!?!?!?! I’m so sick and tired of this nonsenceical bull$****. If Perry’s crew is responsible for this distraction, I will be totally done with my support of anything Perry does.
Report Post »kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:38amWhen Herman Cain grabs a boob or an ass let me know. Until then I could careless about anomynous sources who give no details. They aren’t saying what the details are because they are probably so ridiculous or trivial that everyone would give a collective “whatever”
Report Post »blue_sky
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:35amNeo-cons still like to refer to this former chairman of the Federal Reserve bank (Cain) as a pizza man. Some even call him a tea party man. Ha-Ha-Ha.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:41amHerman Cain 2012!!!!
Ron Paul is a career politician with suspicious dealings with white supremest groups.
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:50am@QP “Willie”
This is a story over Herman Cain and Rick Perry. Learn to stay on topic.
The Cain train is over. The lady will come out and then those Cain train supporters will either continue supporting a man who is like Edwards, Clinton, Kennedy, wide stance guy, Sandford, and Weiner who they complained about making them hypocrites or they will leave Cain. One of the two will occur….
Report Post »kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:55amWhen Cain becomes President he can appoint Ron Paul to head up the fed would that shut you up? Ron Paul is not getting the nomination so forget about it. This would be the best place for him.
Report Post »kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:03amHey Okie, You actually are saying Cain is an adulterer? I don’t believe un wanted flirting is quite the same as sleeping with someone. You people act like Herman is Guilty of a crime here. He is NOT! So what if a couple tight asses didn’t like a dirty joke or getting a hug. Now on drudge we find out one is a dem operative. You Ron Paul Kooks are really becoming annoying.
Hey make sure when Paul doesn’t get the nomination, you morons go third party so we can have 4 more Years of the marxist and chief. You people are truely stupid.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:06amOkie from Muskogee/blue_sky (Same person)
My comment starts off with a statement about Herman Cain and adds a reply to blue_sky’s (your) Ron Paul ad.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:13amROTFL @ “Suspicious dealings with White Supremacist groups”
AHAHAH!!!
WHAT White Supremacist group, and where is the proof? This is the same garbage they tried on Ron Paul about welfare last election, saying he wrote some newsletter that he didn’t write.
The Tea Party is not a white supremacist group.
Report Post »saranda
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:18amKingfreddy – you are missing the point. The accusations are what they are. The fact that Cains story changed three times on monday then again on tuesday is part of the problem. Then he or his camp has now blamed everyone from the media to Romney to Perry is another part. Now we find out from his own Mr. Block that Cain briefed his team from his senate run in 2003\4 of the events when he originally said he could not remember events from 12 years ago is another part. Given 10 days to prepare a response he is full of inconsistencies as many say, I call them lies.
Report Post »kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:29amsaranda– No, I get it. You are just completely ignorant of how a non disclosure clause in these buy out agreements work. The man cannot publicly even acknowledge the existence of the agreement let alone the details, of which he was never privy too, since the agreement was between the NRA and the accuser. Not him!!! PLEASE GET THAT THROUGH YOUR HEADS!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:53am@QP “Willie”
Ha! You think I’m Blue Sky? I’m not! Good try!
You constantly post negatives against Ron Paul on an article over Herman Cain and Rick Perry. Why the hate QP Wille? Why the hate? Quit distracting from your candidate….
@KingFriedRich
How about you go look into a mirror and toss those insults out. You do not know me yet you insult me? Is that how all Herman Cain supporters act? Why the hate?
Yes, I think Cain is a pervert. If Cain has nothing to hide, he will allow the woman to talk. Cain also lied or nicely put, flip flopped on this story alone. First he knew nothing, then he knew some, and now he knows all. First he didn’t remember anything since it happened yet when he ran for senate in 04 he remembered it. He is a liar.
So, if you do not have the integrity or honor to admit these things, the very things railed against the left and their lying perverts, then understand Cain supporters are being equal to the left. Cain supporters are being just what conservatives do not like and complain about. Cain supporters are being hypocrites.
And Yes, I‘ll vote Ron Paul in a 3rd party because I won’t vote for a lying pervert on either side nor a progressive on either side. Apparently you will. Shows your character.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:33amLike most of these situations it is not so much the actual events but how he is approaching it with half truths, misrepresentations, convenient memory lapses and attacking those who identify something that actually happened. It also shows the degree to which people will filter out and reject information that is not consistent with the ideological choices. That is the really sad part here.
Report Post »kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:41amHey moron, He was not part of the investigation nor was he privy to the information in the agreement, other than there was a no disclosure clause. This means that he legally couldn’t say anything. So get you Ron Paul loving head out of your rear end and start telling the truth you idiots!
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:51am@KINGFRIEDRICH
Report Post »Wrong on a number of accounts. He WAS privy to the terms of agreement, he damn well knew what the payoff was. JROOK is dead on, this isn’t so much about the incident itself as it is about how poorly he and his staff handled it. If he can’t navigate his way through something this trivial, with 10 days notice if reports are correct, how is he going to handle a real crisis or even the day to day pressure of the presidency? Big FAIL
kingfriedrich
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:21amSimpleTruths- were do you find the supposed fact that he knows the exact amounts they got to leave? He was not part of the agreement between the NRA and the accusers. He heard through rumors what they may have got. That is why he said he thought he heard the amount was…. Please stop thinking you concretely know what is going on with this thing from 12 years ago when
Report Post »A) You weren’t there
B) The accusers own lawyer admitting he didn’t remember nor does he or she have a copy of the complaint.
hi
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:13pmOur ideology is FREEDOM. yours is enslavement.
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