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Herman Cain Fights Tears On Stage Discussing Cancer Diagnosis

Herman Cain Fights Tears On Stage Discussing Cancer Diagnosis

Herman Cain got emotional discussing his diagnosis with stage 4 colon cancer at the Thanksgiving Family Leader Forum in Iowa Saturday. (AP Photo)

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain got teary-eyed on stage in Iowa Saturday when asked about a great challenge he had overcome.

Seated beside some of his fellow GOP contenders for the Family Leader Thanksgiving Forum, Cain recalled the night he found out he had stage 4 colon cancer.

The Des Moines Register transcribed the exchange:

“I will never forget,” Cain began, “walking out of that surgeons office after she had just told us stage four …”

And then Cain paused. His eyes began to water.

Moderator Frank Luntz interjected: “Take your time.”

“It’s as bad as it gets,” Cain continued. “I will never forget before my wife and I were about to get in the car I said, I can do this…’

Cain paused again. The audience remained silent.

“She said, ‘We,’ ” Cain finished.

Cain’s hands covered his face. The audience erupted in applause. As Texas Gov. Rick Perry fielded the next question, Cain removed his glasses and continually cleared his eyes with a handkerchief.

It wasn’t the first time Cain has gotten emotional on the campaign trail: During a recent interview, he got choked up describing the role his wife would play at his inauguration, holding the Bible.

He also paused for a second time Saturday when talking about not spending enough time at home with his children when they were younger, calling it a “little failure in my mind” and a sacrifice he made to climb the corporate ladder.

“I always meant to be home and spend more time with them but I couldn’t because of the demands of my business life,” he said.

Herman Cain Fights Tears On Stage Discussing Cancer Diagnosis

Republican presidential candidates discussed personal and emotional issues during the Iowa forum Saturday. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

But Cain wasn’t the only candidate to have a raw moment at the forum: Both former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich got emotional as well, Santorum talking about his daughter born with a severe genetic disorder and Gingrich talking about a friend’s son who spent six years going through surgery to remove a series of tumors.

Santorum, whose daughter is still alive, said he did not let himself fully love her for the first few months of her life in order to steel himself for her expected death, the Register reported.

“I remember holding that finger, looking at her and realizing what I had done. I had been exactly what I had said that I’d fought against at the partial birth abortion. I had seen her as less a person,” Santorum said. “It does hurt to say that.”

For Gingrich, having watched a little boy struggle for years severe medical problems is a reminder for the year ahead, Radio Iowa reported.

“You look at that and you say to yourself, ‘All right, do I want some bureaucracy deciding that on a percentage basis this is not worth the investment?’ Gingrich said. “Or do I want a country that cares about every life of that depth? That is what next year’s all about.”

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  • lifelinz
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:22am

    Cain wins state poll of Tea Party members; Cain Train still rolling

    http://www.fultonsun.com/news/2011/nov/20/cain-wins-state-poll-tea-party-members/

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    • crazyrightwingmom
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 6:23pm

      No, it’s because the people supporting him want dramatic change for this country!!

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    • sndrman
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:54pm

      not dramatic but a good change not the “hope and change ”crap

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    • RejectFalseIcons
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:21pm

      Change is inevitable. The debate isn’t about whether change is coming (or is already here, or is ever-present)… it’s whether we change for the better or for the worse. All of the candidates except romney/perry represent different types of change for the better.

      Fiscal change is the most important, as every dollar that is looted makes capitalism as a whole weaker..

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 11:22am

      Herman Cain wants a war criminal in the White House!
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAD9pC-mAu4&feature=uploademail
      That is absolutely scarey. People PLEASE LEARN ABOUT UNITED NATIONS AGENDA 21 before you vote.

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  • KTsayz
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:21am

    I thought this was a very good debate. Luntz should moderate all of them. He was fair and everyone had the chance to speak… finally. I kinda wish Bachmann hadn‘t played ’the woman‘s role’ and poured the drinks for ‘the boys’, though. I know it was an act of kindness, but I felt it made her look more like a secratary rather than a president.
    I would rather my president not cry in public. I don’t like the demasulinization of men.

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    • Pouncing Porcupine
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:00pm

      @KT
      Your comments seem dichotomous to me. You don’t want the woman to fill a womanly role, and you don’t want the men to seem “emasculated”. Pick a paradigm and stick with it. Either woman is different than man, and will presume a different course of action for any given scenario, or man and woman are 100% equal and should handle everything in the same manner so as not to offend anyone. God forbid. Why Michelle Bachmann is even campaigning is bizzare to me. Yes, she is a very accomplished woman who fits the conservative mold very well. Yes, I admire her. Yes, I think she could do a better job as POTUS than Bammo. She will never be elected. She has to know that. She probably won’t even win the Minnesota primary. She should forget about becoming President and get on with representing her State. For that matter, Huntsman, Paul, Perry, Cain and Santorum should get a clue as well. This is between Romney and Gingrich, and I don’t think Romney is a lock. My problem with Cain is that he has danced around the sexual harrassment charges. He has not enphatically denied them. He has “rejected” them, and said they are “false”. How about coming out and saying, “These women are lying! I deny all of these accusations! We are suing them for slander!” I like him, but I believe he is guilty to some degree. I also believe that many Republicans would vote for him for the same reason that millions voted for Samabo…they want to prove they’re not racists.

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    • SerikFox
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 1:15pm

      @pouncing He said very early on that the two women were lying; and he went farther and said he never did harass anyone and said that if anyone else made a claim that they were lying because there was nothing there. The last one that came out was absolutely lying in her “press conference”. A software that analyzes voice stress said she was lying – and so did everyone else who saw it. That software has a 95% accuracy rate. It said Cain was telling the truth too. Since they both said opposite things the test would have had to have failed on both in order for Cain to have been guilty. That’s a 0.25% chance. 1/4 of a percent. That, combined with bialek’s performance at the conference leaves little doubt in me that Cain was telling the truth. As for the complaints that were actually filed; the restaurant association said that one of the harshest things on the complaint was Cain saying “you’re about as tall as my wife”. There is no evidence against Cain whatsoever, there is evidence against Bialek, and you’re ready to discount him? Also, your last statement about republicans wanting to prove they’re not racist: total BS. Republicans don’t care. That‘s why it’s never the republicans who mention race. I’m tea party and you know what? My best friend is asian. I have friends whom are black, mexican, white, whatever. Racism is the dumbest concept ever. It’s just a frikin pigment in the skin. Anyone with a brain doesn’t care about skin color.

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    • Pouncing Porcupine
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 1:40pm

      Really? Please direct me to where he used the word “lying”. I missed that one. I don’t care if your best friend is a blind Ethiopian midget-woman in a wheelchair. You still suffer from white guilt (i.e., you’ve got something to prove) if you’re willing to give Cain the benefit of the doubt in MULTIPLE accusations, and vote for him because it makes you feel good (ala Bammy). Stick a fork in Cain…he’s done. Cain himself has already played the race card. What he should have done, if he is innocent, was immediately filed a multi-million dollar slander suit against Buy-a-lick. To my knowledge he has neither done so, nor threatened to do so. He could probably get Levin to represent him pro bono.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 6:43pm

      @Pouncing
      “What he should have done, if he is innocent, was immediately filed a multi-million dollar slander suit against Buy-a-lick.”

      I’m not sure he can do that now, as his running for President makes him a “public person” now. Different rules apply to public persons.

      As to Michelle bringing out the drinks. I agree it doesn’t make her seem that Presidential. And there is nothing contradictory in saying bthat and decrying the emasculation of men. Political leadership is a MASCULINE job. Those women who take it on should excell at being like men in this regard. They should have more cajones than the men around them. Thatcher did.

      I thought it was an excellent debate. The best of the year. Newt and Santorum rocked, and I got a clearer understanding of why I don’t like Paul. I thought he was better than many of the libertarian cranks that support him but his idea that the state should get out of the marriage business showed a historical and political cluelessness driven by ideology. I liked Bachmann but she seemed less adept at addressing various issues than Perry. Cain was the worst at being rather shallow in his reponses. I like him as a person but he makes it clearer and clearer that he doesn’t spend much time thinking about the actual mechanics of governance and policy.

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    • KTsayz
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:50pm

      @Islesfordian. Thank you for putting Porky straight – political leadership is a masculine position.
      As for marriage, I don’t see any good reason for the government to involve itself with it. A state’s license is just a form of control – it will determine how you are taxed and what benefits/entitlements you receive, etc. There‘s nothing ’biblical’ about the state demanding you get its permission to consider yourself married. That should be left to you, your partner and the priest/pastor who officiates the union under the eyes of God.
      Ron Paul said just that toward the end of the debate. Paul believes, as many Christians do, that government should not interfere with your oath to God. Marriage is a God-given right, and state’s have no right to prohibit that.
      5 Reasons why Christians should not obtain a state marriage license
      http://www.sovereignfellowship.com/tos/21.28/

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    • Pouncing Porcupine
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:35pm

      Putting me straight? I’m the guy who used the phrase “womanly role” to characterize Bachmann. I wouldn’t want a feminine POTUS anymore than I would want some hairy male nurse tending to me if I were hospitalized. My point was that you want the woman to act masculine (or at least non-feminine), but you want the men to be macho. You’re double-minded, and therefore unstable.

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    • Pouncing Porcupine
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:51pm

      5 reasons why people SHOULD obtain state licenses to marry:

      1-Bigamy/polygamy.
      2-Incestuous marriages.
      3-Homosexual marriages
      4-Familial accountability.
      5-State law requires marriage licenses and the Bible commands us to obey the laws.

      Ron Paul is a whiney, sniveling little bee eye itch, and if he runs on a third-party ticket, he’s also a seditious traitor who will be personally responsible for four more years of Bammy. The Ron Paul supporters that I‘ve met personally aren’t that bright in the first place, and shouldn’t really be forming political opinions that could adversly affect the country as a whole. Just sayin’.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:23pm

      @Ktsays
      “As for marriage, I don’t see any good reason for the government to involve itself with it.”

      That’s because you are thinking of marriage as a PRIVATE institution. It isn’t. It is a SOCIAL one, and the government is the representative of the society. There are three very good reasons why the state needs to be involved: wives, children and property. The weaker parties in a marriage need to be protected in case the marriage breaks up, and women give up carreer opportunities to raise children. Children do better raised in committed stable marriages and emotionally healthy children are good for society. So the state should encourage children born in marriages over children born out of wedlock.

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    • colt1860
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:00pm

      A marriage license is just a tool for the State to control the finances of their Citizens. Marriage can always be defined by legal interpretation and lawful acceptance. How did we function without state managed marriages for more than 150 years? Our cherished Common Law (in most part, Christian principles) defined Marriage, and it was One man and One woman united for Life. Simple. It was the PROGRESSIVES that decided to create marriage licenses to further control the couple’s finances and offspring. Marriage Licenses have their history in the Progressives wanting the Law to accept biracial marriages, this then led to all marriages being licensed because they saw the effectiveness to control two free individuals united for life in one uniform State controlled process, with now the State having a say in most of the couple’s private and public decisions. Marriage Licenses were never a Conservative idea. As I said before, Marriage can always be defined by legal interpretation and lawful acceptance, as it always had been before

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  • truthseekerusa
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:18am

    I am most concerned about Cain’s safety and am glad he now has secret service protection. Obama has identified himself with the Occupy movement and it is already coming back to haunt him. it Democrats that are running for reelection are trying to keep him out of their districts, one reason is that Americans are getting fed up with him and them. Cain has stood up against the Occupiers and Obama will have to defend his support. When Cain hesitates before reply to a “gottcha” interviewer, it proves to me that he is capable of deliberation before answering. That is what helped to make him so successful in the business world.

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    • survivorseed
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:20pm

      and he’s obviously been to the Glenn Beck school of embarrassing pretend crying

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    • stoptheliesbho
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:31am

      @SurvivorSeed: pretend crying? No such thing. There were tears. They were real. That is called real crying. The intentions behind those tears? Man doesn’t even know the intentions of his own heart most of the time (that’s Biblical). Don’t judge Glenn or Herman intentions. ESPECIALLY when they have both dealt with things from addiction to Stage 4 cancer. Those are VERy difficult roads to travel, and unless you have before, you cannot judge the pain of having to.

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  • BurntHills
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:12am

    God bless each of our candidates, whoever gets the nomination. they all possess the #1 quality that the communist half-American obama can NEVER lay claim to, these good Americans ARE each and every one of them a FULL 100% AMERICAN .

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    • THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 2:35pm

      How many times did your mom purposely drop you head first? Are you really that stupid to not know that most of these clowns aren’t any better than obama. IF YOU DON’T PUT THE CONSTITUTION FIRST IN EVERYTHING and pass policies against it you are nothing more then a homegrown terrorist. Most of you morons here on the blaze don‘t even kwe don’t know what to look for in a president. We don’ t need romney the “white obama”, we dont need the globalist warmonger that has gotten wealthy as a insider called newt, we dont need michelle and her votes for the UNpatriot act, we dont need perry and his forcing of gardisal on little girls, so his buddies can make a profit, WHAT WE NEED IS A MAN OF CONVICTION, INTEGRITY, PRINCIPAL, NO SKELETONS IN HIS CLOSET, A LOVER OF OUR COUNTRY, OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR FREEDOMS, SOMEONE WHO DOESN’T FLIP FLOP FOR VOTES, A PATRIOT, ONE THAT IS AN EXPERT ON THE ECONOMY, ONE THAT IS AGAINST THE CENTRAL PRIVATE BANK CALLED THE FEDERAL RESERVE, ONE THAT IS FOR WAR ONLY WHEN NEEDED, ONE THAT WILL BRING OUR TROOPS HOME FROM ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL WARS, ONE THAT REALIZES THE STATES AND THE PEOPLE OF THAT STATE SHOULD DECIDE WHAT IS BEST FOR THEM, AND THE ONLY ONE IN THIS CROWD OF LEMMINGS AND FAKES THAT HAVE TRIED TO STEAL HIS MESSAGE IS DR. RON PAUL

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 3:47pm

      Truth, I am with you. The biggest threat we have is there are too many who do not know the Constitution. Our schools have been messed up for a long time. It takes people actually willing to stop listening to the establishment, the media, and research themselves. Instead of believing the lies, the minipulation of questions in debates and the blackout of certain candidates by the media, they should be going to the Congress website and look at the voting records of candidates that are in Congress, research the other candidates private dealings and look for how many times the candidates have changed their position on anything. If candidates change their positions, they are lyiing to you. Vote for the candidate that is a Champion of the Constitution, does everything according to the Constitution and will take his oath seriously to “Protect and Defend the Constitution of the United States. What is wrong with our country is the fact that we have eroded the original intent of the Constitution and do not abide by the Rule of Law anymore.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 3:48am

      THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE

      “In early 2003, the Iraq Resolution was challenged in court to stop the invasion from happening. The plaintiffs argued that the President does not have the authority to declare war. The final decision came from a three-judge panel from the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit which dismissed the case. Judge Lynch wrote in the opinion that the Judiciary cannot intervene unless there is a fully developed conflict between the President and Congress or if Congress gave the President “absolute discretion” to declare war” -WIKI

      What illegal war?

      Senate 77 to 23 (yea to nay)
      House 297 to 133

      Are we suppose to have 100% voting yea?

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_war_resolution

      For the Afghanistan war Congress passed & the President signed “Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists”. With people like Kerry, John Edwards, Ted Kennedy, &m Billary, that is probably the best you can do,

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 4:16am

      “According to the Commission on Terrorist Attacks, as many as 20,000 individuals trained at Bin-Ladin supported camps throughout Afghanistan from May 1996 to September 11, 2001. However, out of this large number, only a select few went on to receive specialized terrorist training. ”

      http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/al-qaida-camps.htm

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  • SFsuper49er
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:11am

    You shouldn’t have to go to college to understand our tax code… Fairtax.org is for the people

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    • lifelinz
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:15am

      Your also shouldn’t be able to suck up our resources in this country without paying something into it … 9-9-9/Fair Tax indeed!

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    • the_truth_or_not
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:50pm

      @lIFELINZ
      First I want to say, Yes GOD bless Mr. Cain! In every aspect of his life.So far he seems to be the most nobel of the GOP candidates. I havent made my mind up yet It is still early. So far, He seems to be the best and would have my vote if the election was today.

      Now the only problem I find with 9-9-9, What happens thirty years from now when it has ‘progressively’ become 42-42-42, By no means of Mr. Cain or the congress which enacted it?

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    • lifelinz
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 1:54pm

      9-9-9 goes away in a couple of years. Cain’s 9-9-9 plan is only Phase 1. Phase 2 is the Fair Tax, repeal of the 16th Amendment. 9-9-9 morphs into 0-0-23. Everyone now has 100% of their income and everyone buying new US goods will then pay 23% sales tax.

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    • Pouncing Porcupine
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 2:05pm

      You want to make taxes for fair? Eliminate the EITC, which is merely welfare for the masses. That would save billions instantly. I never hear anyone suggesting that.

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    • Pouncing Porcupine
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 2:10pm

      *more* fair

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  • BurntHills
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:07am

    all of our candidates are more than qualified and worthy to be the 100% AMERICAN next President.

    obama can not EVER lay claim to their #1 qualifying attribute: THEY are all 100% AMERICAN.

    we’re voting ANYONE BUT obama 2012.

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  • marybethelizabeth
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:06am

    A Republican male with colon cancer?

    Check the pet store gerbil sales!
    Get to the bottom of this!!

    Low
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    • TheLadyJ49
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:11am

      He beat the cancer.

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    • lifelinz
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:12am

      Somebody is watching too much Christmas Vacation and Eddie’s sexual preclevities.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:56am

      What are you implying her Mary Beth? So you are saying that my dad’s colon cancer was due him buying gerbils for sexual gratification? You are one sick woman or maybe you are a transgendered male and using those gerbils yourself? You see to be implying you know something first hand.

      You are one disgusting individual.

      They answered the question, perhaps you failed to read the article or maybe your education from the public school failed and you don’t know how to read.

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    • dontbotherme
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 1:50pm

      Marybeth…. What is wrong with you?

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  • momsense
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:00am

    Anyone remember just how much Obozo knew about foreogn policy? I‘m still waiting for something original that wasn’t designed by Bush and that isn’t an apology.

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    • ADNIL
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:09pm

      I remember an “apology” tour and bowing to saudi princes. Pizzed me off!

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  • your sensei
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:58am

    With nothing left to say and nowhere to go, Herb Cain resorts to the pity platform. God told him to run for president. God gave him cancer. Hey, how about god for president? Naw.

    Cain/Bohener 2012

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  • NILAP
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:53am

    Hey dummy Tea Partyers, we the MSM have given you Newt as your current flavor. We destroyed the Cain Train. Get with the program. All roads lead to Romney. We have chosen and we have decided. We don’t even mention Cain on the talking head shows, don’t you notice. Its all Newt for now.

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    • lifelinz
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:01am

      Get a clue. I am not a Tea Party person and I support Cain. Reset assured the Obama machine is lock and loaded to run against Romney and through his flip-flopping Romey-care blueprint for Obama-care in his face. To this day Romney defends it, yet it is bankrupting his state.

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    • TheLadyJ49
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:13am

      Romney is just another Obama, and the Tea party are the only ones with enough to see that most of what is being offered is just more of the same. As far as your comment on derailing the Cain Train?? We knew from the start it was a very sad and cheap set up. Been done before, and we see though it.

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    • cwrink
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:14am

      Where is your shame?

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    • prairiegirl
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:20am

      Hey Lapdance, us dummies don’t bend to the talking heads on the tube like you. When you are drowning in taxes you’ll wish you had hugged a “tea”. We surround you.

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    • PATTY HENRY
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:26pm

      CAIN VINDICATED !! Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/11/09/big-media-is-biggest-loser-in-cain-controversy/?intcmp=obnetwork#ixzz1eAPPvmPY

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:18pm

      @PATTY HENRY I viewed your link..it said nothing of Cain being vindicated..it just inferred that a lot of men have been elected who had been accused…We never trashed Cain for his being accused of sexual harassment…we were only concerned about his ethics .like the alleged lawsuit against him bilking his employees out of their retirement while giving millions to his cronies.. his chairmanship and running of the Federal Reserve and mocking the ones wanting it audited. and his progressive liberal church which had Jesse Jackson as a speaker whose affiliated with Reverand Wright and Louis Farrakan. and his liberal wife. and his for the TARP giving 700 billion to Sharia Compliant Banks .I know you love his 999 plan which in just a few years could become his 30 30 30 plan I admire your dedication no matter what…

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    • LeadMetalGuitarist
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:06am

      I’m a tea partier and I support Mr. Cain, and just because the headlines arent focusing on him right now doesnt mean that you’ve “destroyed the cain train” He is still extremely high in the polls, and just because the stupid freekin media isnt covering him right now doesnt mean that people on the right have forgotten about him that fast, we arent idiots

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  • webwhitehouse.com
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:37am

    The more they try and rip Cain appart, the better he looks.

    Cain v Obama 2012. Can’t wait!

    http://www.webwhitehouse.com

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  • scjeff
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:27am

    Herman has my vote and my support. Newt threw away his first wife while she had cancer! No comparison.

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    • Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:36am

      How many wimpy Republican candidate are going to cry now? What a bunch of babies. lol

      Nice candidate field. You’ve got a bunch of Hillary Clintons.

      Crybaby for President 2012!

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    • MrBigTime
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:36am

      Jeff, you bought into a MSM perpetuated falsehood.

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    • lifelinz
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:36am

      Character does matter. To be fair to Newt – his first wife wanted the divorce but then you have to ask why she wanted one. Cain has been married to one woman for life. Marriage is not easy, but he has endured and enduring is the character trait I want in the White House!!!!!

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    • fatjack
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:50am

      scjeff
      Newt threw away his first wife while she had cancer!
      _______________________________________________

      jeff that’s an out and out lie.

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  • vadaann
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:03am

    You can tell when someone is of good character when you see the media trying to destroy them.

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  • sandrunner
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:54am

    Stop voting for politicians that brought this country to its knees.

    START with a Business Man like Herman Cain.

    Money is not the root of all EVIL…the root of all evil is POLITICS!

    get rid of politics, you get rid of the corruptions in Washingtion DC.

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    • lifelinz
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:57am

      Money was never the root of evil … the love of money is. CAIN 2012!

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    • fatjack
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:48am

      obama/cain, back to back neophytes.

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    • Your Name Here
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:13am

      I just started reading the new book “Throw them all out.” and I had to set it down as my blood was beginning to boil from the outright corruption going on.
      And then you see the clip of Pelosi when asked about her IPO of Visa. her face has the look that says “How DARE you question ME!”
      It‘s time to open the windows and blinds of the back rooms in Washington and let the sun shine in and expose all the special deals and exemptions from the laws that these ’crony capitalists’ are doing.

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  • Hickory
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:53am

    I have given full support for Herman Cain on this board and I will continue to give that level emotionally and financially. He is a good and decent man. Many on the left ridicule him for not having all the foreign policy details at his finger tips………. neither did Ronald Reagan at this stage. I worked in the Reagan campaign and will continue honor him too. Herman, we, your friends and neighbors have a deep respect for you and believe you are the right choice.

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    • lifelinz
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:01am

      Despite the recent polling showing Newt leading – Newt crested to early and he also will be vetted and the numbers will come back down for him. Cain will be there to pick up the votes. Many polls still show Cain leading in Iowa. There are also many undecided, I wish this debate was on TV. It was the best one so far that allowed them to speak openly about their faith and what made them into who they are today. Mitt made a mistake not going. Cain will reap the benefits in 5-6 weeks in Iowa.

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  • hersey10
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:52am

    What a really good article .

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  • marybethelizabeth
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:47am

    How extremely self centered. Maybe sociopathic. He wouldn’t she a tear for anyone else

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    • hersey10
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:53am

      Go back into the hole you crawled out from . Miserable beast .

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:59am

      Oh MaryBeth, go in the bathroom and have some fun with your Ron Paul photos. We’re trying to have a grownup discussion here.

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    • kain-victus
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:37am

      You need to ask yourself “What is wrong with me? Why would I post such a ridiculous, hateful comment? Why would I ever condemn this man for getting emotional while describing such a powerful moment in his life and the unwavering love and support of his wife.” It sounds to me like you are a braindead idiot!

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    • COFemale
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:02pm

      She should go buy some gerbils, i hear Pet Smart is having a sale.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:24pm

      QPWILLIE, you can click someone’s name and see their last posts. If you had clicked marybethelizabeth, you would see they have absolutely nothing to do with Dr. Paul, yet you took the opportunity to slander Dr. Paul. Shame on you.

      marybethelizabeth is a leftist troll and nothing more, spreading disrespect for anything GOP

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    • hypnos
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 1:34pm

      Peta says they are going to head on a gerbil,which is really mean to the gerbil.

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    • LeadMetalGuitarist
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:11am

      Wow, that is completely uncalled for. These people were just describing a significantly emotional event in their lives and your going to say they are selfish and they are only crying for themselves? Are you insane, so am I to believe that if something happens to you and you are crying about it that you are caring for only yourself, being selfish? These hatefull comments show nothing but an evil heart, you should look at yourself in the mirror before condemning others because anyone with a brainstem can figure out that there is something seriously disturbing about you

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  • libertylady2
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:39am

    @ QPWillie…exactly! I don’t mean to be so cynical, but I think Herman is reevaluating the wonderful woman he married. I see him acting like a man who is remorsefull for his mistakes. We never saw that from Bill Clinton! Anyway, I wish him the best. I’m voting for Newt.

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  • Bobbyinwastate
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:32am

    Herman Cain at this point in time is heads above Obama in knowledge/ability. I was first attracted to him because of his stance on The Fair Tax I have never wavered. Go Herman!

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    • lifelinz
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:06am

      Everyone do their homework on 9-9-9 and the subsequent Fair Tax. Cain is the only ONE (non-politician) who will throw out the status-quo income tax system. I believe this is why he now has secreat service detail.

      http://999calculator.net/

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    • SFsuper49er
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:54am

      We must have tax reform ….. We must have Cain….. Fair Tax is the way to go !

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    • SFsuper49er
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:06am

      Anything our government don’t want… You know it’s good for the people ! If the government don’t want the Fair Tax. It means they can’t profit off it….. A very good thing ! Our current Tax code is corrupted . That’s why they like it and why we have had it for a very long time…. Fair Tax is the answer . It’s Fair, Simple and everyone understands it… That‘s why they don’t want it… That’s why we should …

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  • Profx72
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:09am

    What I have always liked most about Herman Cain is his Humanity. He isn’t a shill, or an empty suit, or a politician: he’s a man. Domestically, I have no doubts about his qualifications. On Foreign Policy, I have my concerns, but they are the same concerns that I have for ALL of the Candidates. At this point, I’m leaning toward Cain…Liberal Media be damned!
    http://www.MaverickVoice.com

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:22am

      No president has ever walked into that office knowing everything about foreign policy and how they would handle every situation. I guess Eisenhower came closer than anybody but he still had to decide how to handle situations as they came up.

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    • sempek1
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:33am

      My take as well. Cain is the MAN!

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  • Lordchamp
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:07am

    I think if Herman can cram/study on some of the current events some very quickly that he can still be a very strong force. He also needs to come out with another 9-9-9 type plan for something like energy to draw the attention back to him. I fault his campaign management at this point. I think the man himself is very capable of running this Country. Foreign policy is very simple. Rebuild the military and say come with us or go it alone. Period!

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    • sawbuck
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:25am

      If by chance Mr Cain takes the Nomination,I’m concerned by that too.
      The Obama team will most likely use it ,
      in a add campaign “999” flip it “666” .
      It was already done by MIchele Bachmann.
      To look EVIL. he should have went with “ 888 ” .
      Then they can flip it all day long.

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    • lifelinz
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:10am

      His energy plan is coming out in a week or two. Drill baby drill and open up that pipe line from Canada to North Dakota. Drilling here in American along with 9-9-9 morphed into Fair Tax will create a BOOM in this economy where ALL of us will get wealthier. The poor in this country have TVs, heat, air condition, microwaves, food stamps, etc. Let’s put things in perspective. Only in America!

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  • loriann12
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:07am

    I know exactly how he feels. My breast cancer came back in my lung and on my spine. I was told with stage 4, it’s a matter of getting it, beating it into remission, getting it, beating it again and again. I don’t know if his is the same or not. They said that it becomes like any other chronic disease, but it doesn’t stop the fear. I’ll have it the rest of my life. When I was stage 3 they said (of breast cancer) you’re never cured unless you die of something else. you’re always considered in remission.

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    • hi
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:11am

      Prayers that the Lord takes away your fear. I pray you find strength, courage, comfort in Christ, Loriann12. I wonder if there is a Christian website to post instead of this one. Sometimes the comments on this one aren’t very Christian and uplifting.

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    • Cat
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:44am

      Lori
      Trust you live life to the fullest every day, you must
      (Got those “Made in America” collar tags ready?)

      Hi
      There are many Christians with cancer forums
      Google ‘Christians with cancer’
      (I don’t just race powerboats and build buildings)

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  • demint.disciple
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:05am

    I guess he thinks he can cry his way into office.. Hey look at the bright side, if elected he and Bohner can go on golf outings and cry together at the 19th hole, over what a great country this once was..

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    • The Crismil
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:23pm

      Shortest verse in the Bible: “Jesus Wept.” He obviously didn‘t do it in private or it wouldn’t have been seen. And I’ve had enough of the lefties trying to make the Christ out to be some wimp. If you don’t think Jesus was “manly”, try taking the burdens of the world and walking with a cross to the top of a hill knowing what was to come!

      I’m glad to have seen some heart up there.

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  • eddie333
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:53am

    I don’t understand why so many conservatives have withdrawan their support of Herman Cain because of liberal media smears and lies. We have seen the liberal media smear GW Bush for eight years, and then Sarah Palin. And now we see it with Herman Cain and fall for it again???

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:07am

      It makes me worry …and a bit disappointed in the tea party. If the left can make them crumble that easily on Herman, what’s going to happen as they walk their way through Newt and each of the other candidates? As the leftists make their way through all the other candidates, will these people just wind up not voting or worse, vote for 0bama?

      For heaven’s sake, it‘s not like we didn’t know they were going to do it.

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    • Live_Free_orDie
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:13am

      I haven’t withdrawn anything…he’s still at the top with me…so far!

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    • sempek1
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:35am

      My take as well. Haven’t we learned enough about their strategy to try to control elections? We can’t let them try to tell us who to vote for again. Use our own minds. Not the media’s. Cain is the MAN.

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    • Annie Fields
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:46am

      I haven’t abandoned him! I’m voting for him with gusto! There‘s nothing he lacks as a man of deep principle he can’t learn from a briefing book – as opposed to Obama, for whom there aren’t enough briefing books in the world. I don‘t care if he’s not a tv president. I want him alone, with his principles, in the Oval Office – TV BE DAMNED.

      You watch… He’ll do okay in Iowa, okay in N.H., then the media will write his obituary then he will WIN SOUTH CAROLINA AND FLORIDA.

      Remember where you heard it first ;)

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    • lifelinz
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:17am

      Cain said something interesting on the Letterman program that is worth noting – that I wish he would have said in response to allegations at press conference. It wasn’t until Cain got into the beltway that these sexual allegations came up. Believe it or not … there are some white people who don’t like being held accountable for their job perfermance and/or told what to do … let alone by a black man or woman who happens to be the CEO. The beltway is a different breed. Cain found that out the hard way. Where are all the sexual allegations from the private sector and military sector that Cain worked in the other 39 years of his life. You mean to tell me he all of sudden became a sex manaic at the Restaurant Association? Beltway indeed! And liberal bias. Don’t fall for this crap. Cain 2010!

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    • THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 2:47pm

      Why are you so surprized? I’m not, what happened is most of the sheeple that were humping cains legs have moved on to the war monger named newt, and the reason they did that is because they are nothing but pied piper rats that follow anyone the media pushes as the front runner, they have no common sense just a desire to belong to whatever looks popular, it’s the same losesrs that gave each time another victim came forward. Ha ha, you fools, you must not think people have noticed how you have slinked away from your cain group leg humping. Newt is your next leg of choice, He’s whistling for you, you better hurry. You fools.

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    • Patrick Henry II
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 4:32pm

      @ the truth shall make you free
      You are the lowest denominator you accuse Cain of. Just look at your filthy comments while accusing Cain of being just who you are.

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    • THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:57pm

      @Patrick Henry the 8th,
      Actually old chap the lowest coming denominator are those that support herman the serial groper, Since your such a genius tell us how this man is a conservative. What`s filthy is his actions toward women. BUT OBVIOUSLY you could care less because it wasn’t your daughters, wife or sister that got groped or harrassed. My analogy of you dry humping his leg offends you? GOOD, you offend me by pretending to be a conservative while supporting another rino, It wouldnt be so bad if you phonies just came out and admitted YOUR NOT A CONSERVATIVE. Let me educate you on what A TRUE CONSERVATIVE IS. A TRUE CONSERVATIVE IS ONE THAT SUPPORTS THE CONSTITUTION AND THE PRINCIPLES OF “WE THE PEOPLE” PERIOD! You don’t comprehend that, You think a conservative is what flush, deadhead, beck, sean the mouth hennity, and the ankle biter levin told you it was. Our founding fathers were All conservatives but when you see a true conservative like Dr Ron Paul youbfind it strange that a man soild vote our constitution before corporations or big government, The bottom line is you support a loser, Not because the color of his skin or even his success in business, YOU support a loser because he like you do not grasp the importance of holding onto our freedoms and constitution. EVERY PROBLEM WE FACE AS A COUNTRY RIGHT NOW CAN BE TRACED BACK TO ONE THING, AND THAT ONE THING IS THAT MORONS VOTED IN MORONS THAT DID NOT HLOD FAST THAT GOD GIVEN AND HOD INSPIRED PARCHMENT CALLED THE

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  • piper60
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:52am

    Nice to know that politicians can show emotion without being made fun of.

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