Herman Cain: The Buffoon Strikes Again

POSTED BY: Niki2
UPDATED: Thursday, November 17, 2011 14:45
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From the looks of things, Cain has quite a history in that department, too.

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No he doesn't. There's zero proof of that. And Gingrich ? When has he ever harassed anyone ? Oh, that's right - never. Again w/ the red herring.

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There was certainly enough merit to the charges to result in at least one settlement, which certainly indicates that he has SOMETHING to hide, right?

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No, not right. There was simply enough merit to make this bogus claim go away, with out taking it to court and wasting so much money, over a she said/ with zero evidence to support her claim.

There's nothing in Cain's character or history which supports this crap. Nothing.

BTW, have you stopped beating your wife yet ?


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Originally posted by Kwicko:
But you're right - there isn't a "her"; there are several.

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Really? What are the names? What was there connection to Cain? When did this all happen? Who was paid? How much? Was there a deal? Who made the deal? Did Cain sign off on the deal? Was he even told? Remember all the answers must be specific and backed up by facts. You said several, so prove several.

Can you answer ANY of the following: who, what, when, where, why, or how? I can:

Who: Herman Cain
What: Nothing happened
When: Ever
Where: Anywhere
Why: Because nothing happened
How: Because he does not do those things

All the things I wrote are supported by the only facts that have been released with regards to these claims. Until someone comes forward to counter Cain's statements, there is no story.

H

"Hero. I have come to respect you." "I am forced to agree with Hero here."- Chrisisall, 2009.
"I agree with Hero." Niki2, 2011.

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
BTW, have you stopped beating your wife yet ?

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He should be arrested for that...after all beating a woman is very serious. He should be arrested and held in jail until he proves he did not beat his wife or work with Al Queda. How long has he been working with Al Queda? Pretty much since he killed that homeless man back in the nineties. Why did he kill him? The homeless fellow was black...must be a racist. Have him prove he's not a racist murdering wife beating Al Queda terrorist...who cheats on his taxes.

H

"Hero. I have come to respect you." "I am forced to agree with Hero here."- Chrisisall, 2009.
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Would be fun to bring up both Raptor's and Hero's ardent defense of Cain as having done nothing wrong when the whole story (or stories) comes out.

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Herman Cain may very well bounce back and remain a popular contender for the GOP presidential nomination, but the normal rules of politics would say that he has about 48 hours to get his campaign under control.

His fortunes have been bolstered as well by the way conservatives such as Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter have rushed to his defense. Limbaugh has sparked a familiar cry among tea partiers about "liberal media witch hunts." On Wednesday, Politico -- the news organization that broke the story -- reported that voters in Iowa aren't paying much attention: Cain still rides high there.

But no one, least of all the Cain forces, should believe he is getting this behind him. Far from it. The explosive way that a Washington lawyer has jumped into the middle of this episode, as he did Tuesday night when he called in to Anderson Cooper's CNN show, is throwing fat into the fire.

Joel P. Bennett, asserting he represents a woman who he says complained about Cain harassing her at the National Restaurant Association, told Cooper that his client wants to get her side of the story out. She is offended by Cain's proclamations that he was falsely accused and thinks he is lying.

At the moment, she has promised Bennett a copy of her original settlement with the restaurant association. Bennett probably will ask the association to release her from her confidentiality agreement so she can talk openly -- although she is reportedly still considering this request and could decide not to pursue a release. Even if she does try for a release and the restaurant group refuses, it seems probable that the contents of the settlement will find their way into the media. Leaks happen.

And at least one other accuser might be waiting in the wings: The New York Times reported Wednesday that the National Restaurant Association gave a second woman a full year's salary -- $35,000 -- as severance after she complained that Cain had behaved inappropriately toward her. A full year? That's a lot of money and suggests -- along with the Times' reporting of "heavy drinking" at the event in question -- that she may have a story to tell, too.

Once we see a real, live woman step forward and accuse a major presidential candidate of sexual harassment and lying, it will almost certainly become a circus with Cain smack in the middle of it. It may become unfair -- but it also can be politically lethal. Clarence Thomas survived because he was smart, tough and ready to take on his accusers. Cain so far has shown none of that.

Moreover, the sexual harassment story is only one of the possible scandals brewing around Cain. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported this week that a private corporation, set up by Cain's chief of staff, has given the Cain campaign some $40,000 in goods and services. The report has been overshadowed, but it won't go away: If that happened, those gifts could be violations of the law. The longer the sexual harassment controversy continues, the more the press is likely to dig in elsewhere.

So far, the greatest source of concern among some conservatives is how inept Cain and his team have been in responding. Politico gave them 10 days to prepare before going public on the restaurant association allegations, and yet Cain still didn't have his facts and story straight. For political pros, two days of conflicting accounts were painful to watch.

All of which is to say that Cain is now under enormous time pressure to get his campaign under control. He needs to put an end to the sex controversy and do it fast. If he permits this fire to rage through the weekend and into next week, he could well be toast.

What should he do? It may seem a hard call, but it isn't really. He should announce that he would be fine with the restaurant association releasing

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