Debate Audience Boos Moderator for Questioning Cain About Harassment Allegations
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ROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) — Businessman Herman Cain is continuing to defend himself against accusations that he sexually harassed women when he led a Washington trade group more than a decade ago.
Cain says at a Republican presidential debate Wednesday that the American people “deserve better than someone being tried in the court of public opinion based on unfounded accusations.”
Cain says that since the allegations surfaced more than a week ago, “voters have voted with their dollars,” and supported his campaign.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was asked about the allegations against Cain. Romney says Cain has responded to the questions and “people can make their own assessment.”
The questions about the Cain allegations generated boos from the audience at Oakland University.
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piper60
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 5:06amMSM has obviously gotten together with the party establishment and all the rinos, and decided that a black man who is not only conservative, but has a viable tax reform plan is not to be tolerated. Why can’t they let the people decide who to vote for?????Hmmmmm???? Smells like Soros(spooky dud).
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:44amWhitefall, I had a very successful business, where many people knew who I was, but I had no idea who they were. They were customers of my business. Unless I’d seen them many times, in doing the course of business with them, I wouldn’t have been able to recognize them.
Herman Cain is a very intelligent man. He‘s a number’s guy, as I‘m a number’s woman. Number’s people like absolutes. We like that 2 + 2 always equals 4. We are NOT touchy feely type of people, where mentally ill, gay person, wants 2 + 2 to equal 5. We know that if you have two of something, and another two of the same thing, you have four of that thing, not five.
Report Post »Oldphoto678
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:41amI don‘t care one way or another what cain did or didn’t do. We have already picked mit romney as your nominee, and Obama as your next President.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:56amOooo…Scary…
Report Post »Halloween is over OLDPHOTO. Your blacks and whites are turning to grey, and there is nothing you can do about it.
GETLIFE
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:31amDon’t waste your time, DIANE. WHITEFALL’s post is copied and pasted (except for the first line or so). He is just trying to engage whomever he can in an anti-Cain conversation. If he/she were seriously concerned about liars and getting the truth out — well, we all know there are much bigger fish to fry.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:15amKeep it up, MSM! Your arrogance and partisan bias is undeniable and quickly becoming unbearable.
Report Post »You are draining your last reserves of credibility. Keep it up!
WhiteFall
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:09amThe best quote of tonight’s debate came across the bottom screen prompter ” Who has the worst memory Perry or Cain?”
Report Post »WhiteFall
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:03amNice try Diane TX.It doesn’t make sense. Read the entire Glenn Beck interview, Cain knew exactly who she was and why they were speaking. He was engaged in the conversation and spent time speaking to her with his security in check. He certainly didn’t stand there and watch her fake a conversation with her self. He said he had never SEEN her before, again what motive does a conservative radio talk show host have to make up a story like this? to get an interview with Beck? Like I said He lied,
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 5:19pmLet’s try this…You are on the capaign trail for days. You meet thousands of folks everyday who shake your hand and speak to you. You are trying to get to the stage because you are late and yet you are expected to remember any of those folks 4 weeks later ?
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:59amIt’s pretty clear to me that the lefties are trying to turn Herman Cain into some kind of “Black” sexual predator of White women. Someone, previously, has posted a comment about a “White” love child. How can that be? Herman Cain is a Black man. The child would have been half Black. This whole thing is completely ridiculous, and that‘s why I don’t believe a word of it. Soon, the DNC will have 50 or maybe a hundred WHITE women claiming that “scary” Black man, Herman Cain made sexual advances on them.
Barack Obama doesn’t want to run against Herman Cain because Herman Cain is an authentic Black America. Cain is a self-made man who’s mother was a maid, and his father worked as a janitor. Herman Cain IS the American Dream. Barack Obama is the American nightmare.
Report Post »DRSAVAGE24
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 6:29amIsn’t that the truth. Cain really did come from humble roots and pulled himself up. He’s a perfect example of the American dream. Obama hung out with Marxists his whole life. Where has the guy ever actually worked? Sounds like he’s been in academia his whole life.
But this is what the left always does, right? They take good, decent, successful people like Herman Cain, Clarence Thomas, or Sarah Palin and drag them through the mud and try to destroy them. People like this should be an example to young people of what you can become in America. Instead, the left celebrates the alleged rapist Bill clinton, the alleged crazed sex poodle Algore, and John “I cheat on my dying wife and father a bastard child” Edwards.
Up is down, down is up in today’s America. Really quite sad.
Report Post »GayDem4Beck
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 6:30amObama was ‘Selected’ and then ‘Elected’ as we have been told before. Cain’s family worked hard and fought for everything they had and have today. Cain knows how do get the job done and how to find the right people to fix the right issues and problems. That is what intelligent people do. ‘Cain-in-2012′
nObama in 2012 – No BO in 2012 – Fight BO in 2012 – ‘Are you tired of BO, then vote Cain in 2012′
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:51amStick together candidates! Support Herman Cain against the irresponsible and corrupt media. If they get away with this smear campaign, YOU are next. (Well… you’re probably next anyway….)
Report Post »Puddle Duck
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:42amRead this fellow Blazers… http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2011-11-09.html
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:21amIf you’re “FOR” Herman Cain, can you still be racist? That‘s in reference to Ann’s article – that if you’re against Obama, you’re a racist.
Report Post »TDOM
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:29amexcellent strory thanks
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:35amI guess I am a racist against HALF African American people.
Report Post »Call me a purist….
GETLIFE
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:49amI need to edit my post. Actually, with the current Machiavellian return to 1960′s political rhetoric, use of the term “black” is certainly authorized. (Besides, “African American ” was just one step away from plain old “American.“ ”Black” is much more useful….)
Report Post »quicker
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 5:54amGreat story.
Report Post »Talmid of Yeshua
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:36amAmen Herman. You have my vote.
Hey, Clinton.. have you seen my cigars?
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:31amHaven’t you ever heard of something being “staged” In front of a convenient witness? A person says “something” (unknown) to another person, and storms off. The witness only sees the person going up to the other person, and being hugged. The person storms away from the other person.
The witness has no knowledge of what was said between the two people. Herman Cain could have said – Thank you for your support. If it was staged, she could have pretended that she was angry. Since the witness couldn’t hear what was said – it really doesn’t matter.
Report Post »mama mama mad at obama
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:22amHow about Bill Clinton! there is real charactor? I have not seen Cain with any Cigars!!! ask monica were there at you Liberials.
Report Post »suz
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:21amlove the herman cain!
Report Post »LovinUSA
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:20amFirst of all…B-R-A-V-O !! , Mr. Cain, you handled the situation just like I knew you would , (2) I do not think this should have been brought into this debate, this is a separate matter, and there is nothing that shows absolute truth to any of it, it is UNFOUNDED and highly untasteful, it doesn’t say much for this Moderator and her constituants. POORLY handled. The more that is put on this mans shoulders makes him the one I want to vote for, so keep up your garbage, Libs, your just making him SHINE all the more!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »marion
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:02amI don’t know if Herman Cain is clean or not, but the stories these women (if you can call them that) are far from the grand bombshell to destroy a candidate from remaining in contention, and as Herman said, for each allegation I have thousands of people that will say the opposite. I am sure that after this length of time, if they were real, there would be several men coming forward to say this or that was said or mentioned about this or that woman behind their back, because as nice as Herman is, I am sure there has to be a select few that don’t like him (that’s just nature). Since there hasn’t been anything, he has my vote and the boos and applause proves people are not only done, but tired of the smear tactics by whoever it may be.
Report Post »ecmarc
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:02amI don’t understand Glenn Beck sometimes. He tells us to be against the Federal Reserve on his TV show and even has FED critic G. Edward Griffin on, but then goes all out in support of a former Federal Reserve employee for President. If even a small amount of what Griffin says is true, then someone like Cain has to know about or be directly involved in a lot of the crime going on there.
Report Post »KTsayz
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 6:36amIt might not be Beck. This site isn’t run by him but a supposedly ex-HuffPo person.
Report Post »Seems Beck has forsaken the Blaze.
hauschild
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 8:50amYou think the Beckster’s got time for this nonsense?
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:57amWhen Maria B. asked her question to Cain, Cain should have replied….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGQ-ISsDm8M
Report Post »Lee Murphy
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:42amThings are going to get worse for Cain. According to a report in the Daily Rash, a white shoe salesman from North Carolina claims he‘s Herman Cain’s illegitimate son. http://www.thedailyrash.com/disabled-shoe-salesman-claims-he-is-herman-cains-illegitimate-son
Report Post »lifelinz
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 8:52amOh by the way – Cain is my father too! I’d like to borrow some that $1.2 million he raised for Iowa and stay in my own home paid for by my father Cain. Good grief! You can’t make this stuff up if you tried. No one takes that story seriously – especially when you get to the very bottom at what he wants.
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:00pmi want cain to father my next child
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:20amI think the “ladies” are lying. I visited some of the lefty sites, and they’re pushing the concept that Republican women will be frighten of a Black man being sexually aggressive towards White women, and won’t vote for Herman Cain. Really? I think those lefties believe we‘re still in the 1950’s. LOL!
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:27amI think those ladies are being paid. I thought it was a hoot that they were booed. Lol! It gives me hope that the progressive machine might be loosing power.
Report Post »RUGER MINI 30
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:40amAllred, Axelrod, and Obama… it’s obviously a ruse. If you can’t see it, you’re a dunce, and you deserve the result.
They fear the Georgia Black Man and will stop at nothing to smear and slime him. Obama is a coward, a chicken-@ss coward.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 10:38amNo worries, the white women wont have to fret over whether to vote for Cain or not. He wont be on the ballot.
Obama Wins!
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:02amI believe Cain is innocent of the accusations, but I’d still vote for Cain even if the lies were true. We’ve all done things in our life which are shameful. He’s a good man.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:12amLies are lies are lies. At least Monica Lewinski was a willing participant.
Report Post »JediPatriot
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:32am@ Captain Crunch – Because we give politicians such great power, we need to hold them to a higher standard. There are thousands of people that could be potential leaders, in this country, that have never harmed another human being out of anger, jealousy or greed. However, we are limited to these few, because they have the wealth to fund campaigns.
Report Post »I would hope, as people of what used to be a great nation (and still could be) that, if it were to come out that he did do these horrible things, that we could find a better person to be president. That is, if voting really works.
Peace
RUGER MINI 30
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:44amAt least he wasn’t tweeting pictures of his junk or hosting a ****-brothel. Even if it were true, which I don’t believe for one second, I’d still vote for him.
Report Post »gtrissel
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:01ambest debate yet…people are dis-interested in the women coming out.. look who they are linked too. no creditability.
Report Post »ArgumentumAdAbsurdum
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:56amSo i guess its common practice to reach settlements with people making “unfounded accusations”
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:01amyes, it’s cheaper than paying legal fees…and CAIN was not involved with these decisions it was human resources… get this: Atlanta CBS station: CAIN IS NOT LYING: http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/16002149/investigator-herman-cain-innocent-of-sexual-advances
Report Post »YEAHYOURIGHT
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:06am@Argumentum…
Duh. Of course it is common practice to pay these accusers to go away rather than incur the cost of defending against even the most frivolous of them. Even just to avoid the bad publicity is usually worthwhile. And this is done without input from the supposed “accused.” Welcome to the sexual harassment victimhood industry.
Where have you been?
Report Post »shelblynn
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:07amDuh argumentumadabsurdum, I hope you were sarcastistic and not stupid about what lawyers and companies do to just give the accusers who filed unfounded claims what they want – $$$$
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:25amYou’ve just nailed the state of Justice in this era, “It doesn’t matter what the truth is, the court case will bankrupt you, so the LAWYERS convince their clients its Cheaper to make a settlement than to fight it in the courts! Same with Plea Bargains, it doesn‘t matter to the lawyers if you’re guilty or not, they’re trained in law schools, to Bargain their client the best deal possible, AND NEVER ADMIT GUILT! JUSTICE USED TO BE BLIND IN AMERICA, Now, she’s just blinded by all those $’s that can be donated to the cause of the month club pick!
Report Post »ArgumentumAdAbsurdum
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:33amyes you guys are right, maybe once you pay someone off but multiple times against the same person.. no, unless there is some voracity to the claims
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:34amlol arugment. In the ninties, i worked for an established manufacturing co. in a new plant they’d built in my hometown. my line partner was absolutely lazy and useless. she charged the company with some kind of mental stress accusation (it was the cleanest, easiest and best paying job most of us had ever had). the company settled for 15k and an agreement that she would cease and desist. boy, was i ever pissed. i knew my and others testimony would exonerate the company. but it was cheaper just to settle. i’m still pissed (at that useless bit…)…some 20yrs later.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:41am@shelblynn
Report Post »Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:07am
Duh argumentumadabsurdum, I hope you were sarcastistic and not stupid about what lawyers and companies do to just give the accusers who filed unfounded claims what they want – $$$$
****
Don’t forget…,.The lawyer gets 1/3, a percentage of which is then “tithed” to the dnc!!!
Diane TX
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:50am@ Argumentum
Yes it’s very common. The costs of Attorney fees, Court fees, and time wasted exceeds the costs of just paying the accuser to go away. My small business was attacked by one of these low life type of people. She was mad that she didn’t get a choice assignment, so she lied and lied. When her first attempt failed, she went to the EEOC and said that we were a racist Company that refused to hire Blacks – which was very strange since a Black man worked for our Company for many years. Also, many of our customers were Black people. The racist complaint went nowhere, but the EEOC still insisted that they would take us to Court, (apparently because she wasn’t elevated to a position she wanted).
Anyway, it was just less expensive to pay her a few thousand, and never hear from her again.
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:58amI’ll write-in Ron Paul if I have to…I don’t care how many white-hoodrats throw their panties at Cain.
Report Post »quicker
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 5:59amIt is cheaper than drawn out court battles.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 6:45amArgumentum …
Yes
Nutshell law (Less than 1500 characters)
There is a saying in the business world, ‘Avoid litigation at all costs.’
That birthed a blooming legal industry known as mitigation.
In the mitigation process, the mitigator (usually an attorney or retired judge) convenes a meeting with both parties in separate conference areas and listens to the claims.
Evidence can be produced by both parties, but usually the mitigator simply listens, then moves from one conference area to the other and negotiates a settlement agreeable to both parties.
The entire process can take hours or even days, but it is more cost effective for both parties then litigation.
Arbitration is another process, where judges adjudicate cases with both litigants presenting their argument to the court.
In arbitration, professional witnesses are called upon to inject opinion related to the resolution of the matter.
The judge makes the final decision, not the litigators.
Oddly, neither party is bound by the judgment, even though the judgment is considered a court order.
(Probably get some feedback for the last sentence, but I’ve seen it happen several times)
A settlement is just that … Take this money and go away
Report Post »Lorben
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:53amOMG! America has awoken! Watch out MSM…your death is near!
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:00amGET THIS!!! Atlanta CBS station: CAIN IS NOT LYING: http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/16002149/investigator-herman-cain-innocent-of-sexual-advances
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:06amPATTY HENRY interesting, thanks
Report Post »donottreadonme
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:13amWhile Rove may be pushing the accusations some because Rove is a mouth piece for the establishment GOP, who are backing Romney, the evidence of the origins are purely pointing at the Democrats. After all, the liberal propaganda outlet Politico is the media that broke the story. The have published at least 60 articles on that topic alone.
Report Post »dutchy
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:42amYes, I hope Glenn reads this! Of course Cain is innocent and the thugs at the SEIU want to ruin him. Go Herman Cain!!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:51amAs head of the NRA… Cain was the opposition to SEIU (OWS)! So, guess who is behind the Attacks?
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:02amWOW!!! YOU are correct!!! I bet Ann Coulter would love to see this!
Report Post »YEAHYOURIGHT
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:08amGreat point!
Report Post »ArgumentumAdAbsurdum
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:24amactually, the evidence is pointing towards republican groups(perry campaign and karl rove’s group) pushing the accusations into the spotlight.
Report Post »Twobyfour
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 5:10amArgumentumAdAbsurdum, let’s hear the evidence then. I hope you really mean evidence, not assumptions or conjectures. Elucidate.
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:32amHearsay to smearsay,at this point .
Report Post »I dont care if Herman would want to hang a red light on the WEST WING DOOR.
Better wake the he// up people,He’s the only horse in the race, that has any chance, to beat Obama.They will tear MITTa new one,Just like MCcaine in 08′,”who beat MITT….!
in case no one notice,Ohio Just had their ass, handed to them,The Dems ,are locked and loaded.
And was sleeping in 09′election,but are awake now, and will stay awake,thru-2012′.
and I dont want to hear any“cow dung ”,About“Ron Paul” either .Obama’s team would love nothing more.That would be a wet dream,for the likes of them.A whinny ROSS PEROT who has been in
congress forever.It would be a land slide.We better get it right.
Our country has turned to shiot.The “anybody but OBAMA” side, better get their act together,or its going to be 4 MORE YEARS–maybe longer.And while i’m on my soap box,What— in thee hell — is going on with —– Mr. Glee Beck.I miss the attack dog.Spread to thin ?picked to many “green apples from the tree” what ?