Your morning jolt: Herman Cain on his own ‘high-tech lynching’ a la Clarence Thomas
Last May, GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain gave an interview to the conservative Washington Examiner newspaper that resulted in these paragraphs:
But wouldn’t liberals and Democrats still find a racially-based way to attack Cain? They certainly found a way to attack Clarence Thomas, the black, conservative Supreme Court justice.
“They’re going to come after me more viciously than they would a white candidate,” Cain responded. “You’re right. Clarence Thomas. And so, to use Clarence Thomas as an example, I’m ready for the same high-tech lynching that he went through — for the good of this country.” Cain smiled broadly. “I’m ready for the same high-tech lynching.”
The prediction by Cain, a Baptist minister married 43 years, may be more accurate than he’s comfortable with.
On Sunday, Politico.com reported that, on two occasions during the 1990s, the National Restaurant Association settled claims by two female employees who alleged inappropriate behavior by Cain, who then headed the lobbying organization.
Fox News is already letting it be known that Cain, whom a Des Moines Register poll said holds a slim lead in Iowa, will appear on the network late this morning to answer the charges.
Cain’s spokesman, J.D. Gordon, didn’t do so well last night in a phone interview with Fox’s Geraldo Rivera, who attempted to wheedle a denial:
Said Gordon:
”I can tell you that we’ve seen this played out before. It’s just a prominent conservative leader targeted by liberals simply because they disagree with his politics. Mr. Cain deserves better than this.”
Which tells you that the specter of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is likely to figure into Cain’s defense today. Thomas’ 1991 confirmation hearing included testimony from Anita Hill, who worked with Thomas at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She alleged inappropriate behavior on Thomas’ part.
The withering response from Thomas became famous:
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In an interview several days ago, on the topic of Iraq and Libya, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss was critical of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy – but with a notable exception:
“He’s had Secretary [Hillary] Clinton out there. She’s a hard worker, has been a very forceful secretary of state, and has done an outstanding job.
This Washington Post piece offers something of an explanation:
Seven months later, with longtime U.S. nemesis Moammar Gaddafi dead and Libya’s onetime rebels now in charge, the coalition air campaign has emerged as a foreign policy success for the Obama administration and its most famous Cabinet member, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Some Republicans derided the effort as “leading from behind,” while many others questioned why President Obama was entangling the nation in another overseas military campaign that had little strategic urgency and scant public support. But with NATO operations likely to end this week, U.S. officials and key allies are offering a detailed new defense of the approach and Clinton’s pivotal role — both within a divided Cabinet and a fragile, assembled-on-the-fly international alliance.
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On Friday, at an Augusta convention, Charlie Flemming was elected president of the Georgia AFL-CIO. He’ll replace the Richard Ray.
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Might lions and tigers and bears on their way here? In a note to constiuents, the escape of exotic wild animals from an Ohio compound was on the mind of state Sen. Buddy Carter, R-Pooler, who wrote:
Although it failed to pass, during the last legislative session, SB 188 was introduced and would have allowed the creation of harvest-hunt preserves for the hunting of alternative livestock.
Also failing to pass during the 2010 session were two bills (SB 424 & HB 1270) that would have allowed the operation of exotic game ranches and exotic game licenses for those wishing to hunt on them.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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Buck Hayek
October 31st, 2011
9:18 am
Herman Cain is a complete fraud. His tenure at Godfathers was a failure, they lost market share, they cut 20% of their stores, and Pillsbury dumped them for a big loss. Cain reports only $100,000 of Godfathers equity after his management buyout.
His puny $3 million net worth is primarily from his AM radio connections and his Elmer Gantry style speaking fees as a “motivational” hack.
Now he has serious ethics problems.
Hitch your wagon to this Con man, GOP! You will be sorry.
the original and still the best John Galt
October 31st, 2011
9:20 am
“Sexual harrassment” is the ultimate accusation that is used to intimidate, when nothing else can be found. I don’t know whether Cain did anything wrong, and neither do you, but I do know why this is coming up now.
Aquagirl
October 31st, 2011
9:25 am
“High-tech lynching?” Whatever, Herm.
Menz: the true victims of sexual harassment.
clem
October 31st, 2011
9:32 am
his campaign guy, mr. block, is one smarmy guy…..anyone thinks Politico is strickly liberal, needs to review who really works there….they reported that they have seen documents.
and who really believes clarence thomas deserving of highest court? i saw the hearings and remember thomas very uneasy about his own alleged peccadillo…
mb
October 31st, 2011
9:37 am
Mr. Cain, get over it. You’re not just a talking mouth piece on Faux News anymore where you could say anything you wanted with no regard to the truth or day to day consistency and still have 95% of your listeners lapping up every word you say as the gospel truth. You’re running for President of the U.S. where your words are going to be scrutinized for truth, accuracy, and consistency. If you want to play in the big leagues start acting like it.
Frederick Douglass
October 31st, 2011
9:39 am
Wait a minute, let me clear my cobwebs. If this is some made up lie, concocted by the liberal media, then why did the National Restaurant Association settle a suit concerning this matter? Are we to assume that whenever a prominent conservative gets caught with their proverbial “pants down”, it’s going to be a contrived scheme by the liberal media to discredit them?
JAWJA
October 31st, 2011
9:39 am
He wasn’t running for president when these charges were filed. So the charges weren’t of a political nature. They’re coming up now because he’s running for president, and , it’s important for voters to know the kind of man Herman Cain is. Blow some more smoke, maybe you can cloud the issue. This is the most ignorant campaign I’ve ever seen, Surely the Koch brothers can do better than this.
td
October 31st, 2011
9:43 am
Here we go with the lib double standard: I am sure everyone of you talking about sexual harassment charges against a conservative should disqualify them from office were the same people saying Bill Clinton was “lynched” for having sexual relations with a subordinate.
You can not have it both ways people.
td
October 31st, 2011
9:45 am
mb
October 31st, 2011
9:37 am
“You’re running for President of the U.S. where your words are going to be scrutinized for truth, accuracy, and consistency”
Unless you are a socialist African American running to become President in 2008.
RON PAUL 2012
October 31st, 2011
9:47 am
….. Help Restore America ……
Mark
October 31st, 2011
9:49 am
@ Frederick Douglass
Don’t they always blame the Liberal media for everything? It’s pathetic
td called back
October 31st, 2011
9:52 am
Actually, you can have it both ways. The @talkmaster tweeted this morning that if you haven’t been accused of sexual harassment, your nads haven’t dropped. But I recall he had a problem with Clinton’s relationships with women. Maybe you can only have it both ways if your politics skew the “right” way?
Mark
October 31st, 2011
9:54 am
@ mb
October 31st, 2011
9:37 am
Mr. Cain, get over it. You’re not just a talking mouth piece on Faux News anymore where you could say anything you wanted with no regard to the truth or day to day consistency and still have 95% of your listeners lapping up every word you say as the gospel truth. You’re running for President of the U.S. where your words are going to be scrutinized for truth, accuracy, and consistency. If you want to play in the big leagues start acting like it.
Well he’s not actually running for president anyway. His campaign is nothing more than a pocket stuffer to sell his books and make a name for himself within the GOP. If you notice he’s already started flip-flopping with the abortion issue. Stick a fork in Cain, he”ll be a figment of everyone’s imagination very soon.
Edward
October 31st, 2011
9:57 am
Like bullies on a playground, the “conservatives” only answer to every criticism: but but THEY did it first! People like td are so predictably pathetic.
Road Scholar
October 31st, 2011
9:58 am
td: “You can not have it both ways people.”
Exactly td. So Cain is guilty? His campaign chief could/would not answer a yes or no question. I recall Clinton did the same. The crime of having illicit sex was between his wife and family and him. It is not a crime (barring the lieing). The last time I checked sex discrimination is.
Southern Comfort
October 31st, 2011
9:58 am
td
I think you’re projecting just a bit. I haven’t heard anybody say that he shouldn’t be allowed to run for office. If people are indeed saying that, then that’s not a reason to disqualify a person. However, whenever someone’s running for public office, especially one with the magnitude of POTUS, you should expect every little thing you’ve done in the past to be pulled out for all to see.
I’ve noticed that every conservative that has addressed the whole issue on Cain has automatically credited this as some “liberal” attempt at discrediting Cain. Politics in the US is a very dirty game, and it’s not above reproach that another GOP campaign “leaked” these details to Politico just to stir things up. Campaigns always anonymously release dirty information on their competitors when they think they’re losing in the polls. The way Cain is surging right now, I’d suspect another GOP campaign of trying to sabotage Cain’s standing right now just as much as I’d suspect some grand “liberal” character assassination attempt.
Shine
October 31st, 2011
9:58 am
td, Sexual harrassment will be more of a concern for conservative voters than liberal ones so your statements are lame as usual. If you flirt its sexual harrassment and if you dont your “gay”. But Cain has come out in favor of states rights and now is in favor of the illegally ratified 14th ammendment. As you say, cant have it both ways.
Raquel Morris
October 31st, 2011
9:59 am
I guess we now know why Mrs. Cain hasn’t bothered to join Herman on the campaign trail. She’s known all along that his campaign has a fatal flaw.
td
October 31st, 2011
10:02 am
Edward
October 31st, 2011
9:57 am
You are partially correct with the “THEY did it first” comment. It is a pure double standard libs live by. If there leader does it then it is nothing more than an attack by the “religious zealots” and “a persons private live has nothing to do with the way they can lead” but when there is a similar charge against a conservative then this is the worst thing in history.
Road Scholar
October 31st, 2011
10:03 am
Edward: Remember that they raled about the repubs being more righteous and that they would do it correctly and that they would not be separatists. They would include both parties in decisions, ya know that bipartisan stuff? Does “Family values” ring a bell?
So what do they do? The same crap!
LCarter
October 31st, 2011
10:04 am
NO Candidate deserves ANYTHING, when you run for POTUS, you address and or refute information and claims that arise during the vetting process.
Sorry, I’m really sick of the double standard and hypocrisy of some the campaigns and supporters. We already have one great speaker with Teflon.
This allegation needs to be refuted, if not it goes directly to his ability to lead an organization. If this is true, this will be the second lawsuit payout that Cain has been involved in. In the business world, that’s a management bailout for bad behavior that costs the company and its shareholders.
Wake up people.
td
October 31st, 2011
10:07 am
Road Scholar
October 31st, 2011
9:58 am
td: “You can not have it both ways people.”
Exactly td. So Cain is guilty? His campaign chief could/would not answer a yes or no question. I recall Clinton did the same. The crime of having illicit sex was between his wife and family and him. It is not a crime (barring the lieing). The last time I checked sex discrimination is.
If I am not mistaken just the fact that a person has agreed to relations with a person they have power over then by definition that is considered harassment or at least abuse of power.
Centrist
October 31st, 2011
10:07 am
Yep – standard Democratic party procedure (including the media).
Jon Lester
October 31st, 2011
10:10 am
Either the women had all the evidence they needed, or the association made a very careless business move by spending a large amount of money to shut them up. Isn’t Cain’s business acumen his whole selling point?
I could say similar things about his questionable theology as practiced, but the problems in that area ought to be obvious by now.
td
October 31st, 2011
10:14 am
It is time again for the daily educational announcement:
Any Georgia voter that is planning on coming to the polls next Nov. to just vote for Obama needs to know that there vote is not going to be counted. All 16 votes from Georgia will be cast for the Republican nominee and zero votes will be cast for Obama. If you are just coming out to vote for Obama then you are wasting your time and your gas money.
JacketFanMarcus
October 31st, 2011
10:15 am
This is an establishment GOP and Rick Perry scheme against an GOP outsider. The Dems and liberals would wait until the general election to attack Herman.
Ain’t it interesting that the story breaks when Herman “happens” to be in Washington DC today. Not in Iowa or South Carolina.
Hmm…..
vote for cain because he is black....
October 31st, 2011
10:16 am
Southern Comfort , October 31st, 2011, 9:58 am— i would put money on a repub having let that cat out of the bag. in fact, am sure they all knew before now and were just waiting for the right opportunity.
cartoon
October 31st, 2011
10:17 am
I wouldn’t have put it that way.
vote for cain because he is black....
October 31st, 2011
10:18 am
td- tell them again. AAs did not/will not put Obama in office.
vote for cain because he is black....
October 31st, 2011
10:20 am
oops, not saying to not vote though! everyone needs to vote!!!
Becky
October 31st, 2011
10:20 am
I would like to know what percentage of sales Boortz is getting from Herman’s book.
Always follow the money trail.
Frederick Douglass
October 31st, 2011
10:22 am
Hell maybe Herman forced a couple of subordinates to dance with him at the National Restaurant Association’s annual Halloween ball. It’s almost 2012, heaven forbid we let something get in the way of the Republican’s mission statement of removing Obama from the White house.
Road Scholar
October 31st, 2011
10:26 am
td: Clinton’s indiscretion was acceptible to both parties. Remember the bimbo’s kiss and smiles? I doubt if Cain’s alledged indiscretion was mutually acceptible. Huh?
clem
October 31st, 2011
10:27 am
so if this were happening to a democrat, centrist and td would not be saying anything? i doubt it.
DannyX
October 31st, 2011
10:29 am
Centrist is right, this is another act of the evil liberal media!!!!!
50 years ago the liberal media planted that Obama birth announcement in that Hawaii newspaper knowing that Obama would some day need proof of his US citizenship when in fact Obama was born in Kenya.
The sneaky liberal media then framed Herman Cain when Cain was head of the National Restaurant Association knowing full well that Cain would someday run for president! This is a major conspiracy!!!
Hey Obama, where is your flag pin???????
Mark
October 31st, 2011
10:29 am
@ td
October 31st, 2011
10:14 am
It is time again for the daily educational announcement:
Any Georgia voter that is planning on coming to the polls next Nov. to just vote for Obama needs to know that there vote is not going to be counted. All 16 votes from Georgia will be cast for the Republican nominee and zero votes will be cast for Obama. If you are just coming out to vote for Obama then you are wasting your time and your gas money.
I guess this same old announcement is your only comeback since everyone else on here is in disagreement with you today. LMAO! you are too funny!
clem
October 31st, 2011
10:31 am
$10 bucks says this was revealed to news sources by a republican….remember rove makes block look like an amateur when it comes to dirty tricks
RGB
October 31st, 2011
10:31 am
@td re: “Unless you are a socialist African American running to become President in 2008.”
Your characterization of Obama as a socialist is incorrect.
You see, socialists protect their borders and support their military.
double
October 31st, 2011
10:32 am
sexual harassment-Here goes the libs-td you done it first-Time about fair play-Repeat centrist liberal news,democrat party.why do we know what to expect from you?Like two little kids,you hit me firs-no-you hit me first.
Garth
October 31st, 2011
10:35 am
Same ol’ liberal tactics–false allegations, where’d they get these women–accusers of the Duke Lacrosse team? It’s literally quite funny to hear the left describe a black man as a “racist.” Can’t the left come up with something novel . . . and with substance?
yellowdog
October 31st, 2011
10:39 am
most men can be rightfully accused of such indiscretion; lets move on to brains! cain is woefully lacking and says nothing in the time allotted him whether debates or interviews….there is no lynching here, as there was none with thomas; both lack intelligence, purely and simply.
vote for cain because he is black....
October 31st, 2011
10:39 am
….and because he is a racist. check the records garth.
carla roqs
October 31st, 2011
10:41 am
hold your horses yellow dog, thomas has tons of sense, just not when it comes to women. and no i am not a supporter of his at all, do not like him at all. but cannot let you equate his level of ignorance to that of cain, omgosh.
DannyX
October 31st, 2011
10:44 am
“Same ol’ liberal tactics–false allegations”
Exactly, the liberal media forced Cain to settle. Disgusting.
More bad news. Last week the liberal media planted a birth announcement in a Boise Idaho newspaper, knowing that Alejandro Lopez Carrillo will someday need proof of his US citizenship so he can run for president. Don’t let the liberal media get away with this, they changed Alejandro’s name to Logan Brandon James. When Logan runs for president in 50 years he will have all the cover he needs! Alejandro was born in Guadalajara! Don’t be fooled again America!!!
Frontman
October 31st, 2011
10:47 am
Just like Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign, Raquel?
Ga Values...Just call me heartless
October 31st, 2011
11:00 am
Unlike our Mayor, this proves that Cain is straight.. You go boy..
UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
11:05 am
Hey atleast Cain didnt use the oval office as his personal brothel….aka Clinton.
girl six
October 31st, 2011
11:10 am
heartless– say whaaaaa?
Becky
October 31st, 2011
11:10 am
Even without the UGA moniker, one would know you aren’t exactly a genius there Bubba.
UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
11:14 am
Becky….not worthy of a response!
Mark
October 31st, 2011
11:16 am
@ UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
11:05 am
Hey atleast Cain didnt use the oval office as his personal brothel….aka Clinton.
Cain has never held an office! Try again.
UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
11:17 am
Mark…not yet.
Clinton "Skink" Tyree
October 31st, 2011
11:24 am
Will the only person in the country who’s surprised by these allegations please go stand in the corner.
naksuthin
October 31st, 2011
11:27 am
Politico is a conservative leaning publication that is run by a former aide to Ronald Reagan.
So the charge that this is a liberal attack doesn’t hold water.
Hot Dog
October 31st, 2011
11:33 am
Introducing Karl Rove…Does that name sounds familiar? Get ready everyone. This new revelation is Karl Rove’s handy work. Cain must be BRAIN DEAD to think he has a chance at the presidential nomination. Before it’s over with, it will be Mitt and Rick as the Repubthugs nominee! Just remember you saw it here first…from HOT DOG!
UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
11:34 am
Hot Dog….we didnt see it here first from you! Mitt has been leading in the polls the entire time.
Wallis T. Coper
October 31st, 2011
11:34 am
i tole everone, cane was juss like the other blks, an was herassing wite woman, an cane an oboma need to be, voted out of there office, this is the way blks an moslems are an we need a wite man or sara palen as president
Hot Dog
October 31st, 2011
11:35 am
By the Way, For those of you who don’t know this, Politico is NOT a LIBERAL PUBLICATION!
honested
October 31st, 2011
11:36 am
uga,
cain has probably held all the offices he will ever hold.
His abject lack of comprehension of even the necessary qualifications for leadership (much less obviously no possession of those qualities) should be enough to deter the average voter.
Add in the sophomoric web ad, the book tour nature of the campaign and frost the cake with not one but TWO former subordinates paid to keep quiet about sexual harassment and yes, I THINK WE HAVE A LOSER.
But thanks for wasting the repugs time.
UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
11:39 am
honested….”His abject lack of comprehension of even the necessary qualifications for leadership (much less obviously no possession of those qualities)’…..are you sure you are not referring to Obama?
Hey atleast Cain’s “book tour” is not being paid for by the American people…..Obama on the other hand……
Wallis T. Coper
October 31st, 2011
11:41 am
if cane wins him an oboma, will take all are money, an give it to the blks, mark my words, we muss vote cane, an oboma out, an take are county back, before oboma gets us, in to many wars, an runs are defficit up nother billon dollers
The Ghost of Lester Maddox
October 31st, 2011
11:42 am
The 11th Commandment: “Thou shalt NOT be black and be conservative”
The 12th Commandment: “Thou shalt have no other God before thy labor union”
The 13th Commandment: “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, but THOU SHALT COVET THY Republican neighbors’ money and things.”
UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
11:45 am
The 14th Commandment: If anyone dislikes Obama they shalt be called “racists”….but thou Democrats shall slander Cain at will.
honested
October 31st, 2011
11:46 am
uga
Pay attention to where cain’s money is coming from.
Is the Secret Service free?
UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
11:47 am
Honested….HAHAHA He is not using the secret service…..OMG! You have got to be kidding me.
Centrist
October 31st, 2011
12:01 pm
Lots of baseless harassment charges are made for various political, disgruntled employee, and for economic gain. It is just a fact of business and political life anymore. Such charges always have a ghost effect even if dismissed, and political (media) opponents unfairly use it as a club as we see here. This statement from Herman Cain and the fact it was resolved will be purposely lost in the mist of repeating the accusations:
“I have never sexually harassed anyone, let’s say that. Secondly, I’ve never sexually harassed anyone, and yes, I was falsely accused while I was at the National Restaurant Association, and I say falsely, because it turned out, after the investigation, to be baseless. The people mentioned in that article were the ones who would be aware of any misdoings, and they have attested to my integrity and my character. It is totally baseless, and totally false, never have I committed any sort of sexual harassment,”
Mark
October 31st, 2011
12:02 pm
@ UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
11:17 am
Mark…not yet
Well then your statement about him never using the oval office as his personal brothel is wrong.
Oh and don’t worry, if he does ever hold an office, you can be sure it will not be POTUS
UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
12:03 pm
Mark…..Actually no…..you are wrong. Because he has never been in the oval office, he could not use it as his personal brothel. I know it is hard but try to keep up.
“It will not be POTUS”….I am not saying that he will definately get the office, but I am certainly not ruling him out.
td
October 31st, 2011
12:04 pm
October 31st, 2011
11:47 am
Honested has been trying to tell us he has never sent any money to the Koch brothers. How believable can he really be?
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Off de Plantation
October 31st, 2011
12:10 pm
Whew! I was wondering if Jimmie and the other “Rick Cabezas” were going to lay off criticizing Herman Cain for more than one day. Glad to see they’re back on track with their bad-mouthing. Keep it up, Jimmie and you brain-dead socialists! There are more and more leaving the “plantation” and that is bad news for the Dummycrats. Imagine: Blacks that actually think for themselves without massuh jerking their strings! OMG!
Hot Dog
October 31st, 2011
12:12 pm
Hey UGA 1999 , You didn’t see MITT and RICK! That’s the first from HOT DOG! Now get over it!
Mark
October 31st, 2011
12:17 pm
@ UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
12:03 pm
Mark…..Actually no…..you are wrong. Because he has never been in the oval office, he could not use it as his personal brothel. I know it is hard but try to keep up.
“It will not be POTUS”….I am not saying that he will definately get the office, but I am certainly not ruling him out.
Well you need to review your original post where you tried to compare Cain with Clinton. Seems like you need to keep up or stop posting nonsense. Idiot!
Tea Party Hobbit
October 31st, 2011
12:20 pm
Hot Dog, Which Rick?
As for Cain, I will give him benefit of the doubt, regarding his statement on the matter, as reported by Centrist. I still think it comes down to footrace between him and Romney.
A PIMP CALLED CAIN
October 31st, 2011
12:23 pm
call me BIG DADDY, u want extra cheese with my whopper?
Charles
October 31st, 2011
12:24 pm
Funny how Cain predicted this coming from the “liberal media”, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the likes of Karl Rove didn’t leak it to Politico. Rove with is checklist of why Cain would definitely not be the candidate is not above doing something like this. Let’s face it, the GOP isn’t crazy about Mitt, but it’s starting to look like he’s their best chance. They hate it, but they will work with what they have.
A PIMP CALLED CAIN
October 31st, 2011
12:25 pm
pimping aint eazy
Charles
October 31st, 2011
12:25 pm
Saxby wasn’t the only person on the Right who made the Hilary comment. It’s obvious that this was one of the GOP talking points. They just refuse to give the President credit for anything positive. But they will give him all the credit for everything bad in our country.
A PIMP CALLED CAIN
October 31st, 2011
12:26 pm
LET HERMAN B HERMAN
A PIMP CALLED CAIN
October 31st, 2011
12:27 pm
@CHARLES
its called envy, lol.
A PIMP CALLED CAIN
October 31st, 2011
12:27 pm
i’m a real black man , i keep my ho’s in check
double
October 31st, 2011
12:28 pm
never sent any money to koch,bayer,johnson&johnson.I would believe this,before I would believe the constitution was rotten,and religion thing of past.TD master of deception.
Tea Party Hobbit
October 31st, 2011
12:35 pm
Charles, I definitely could see it being Rove behind this. I detest the man and his crony fake conservatives. He is a pet for Rush Limbaugh now, his prized “architect”. But I am sick of the old guard GOP, they don’t really believe in small government. Just reallocating to their issues instead of the Dems’ issues. That is why I am so hopeful that Cain can win the nomination and put a real conservative up there for the first time in decades. Herman is a tough son of a gun, and he will fight up to the very end!
LDH
October 31st, 2011
12:37 pm
Let’s see if this is same old tactics:
Bush Sr. was asked what he knew and when about supporting the Contras
Clinton was asked about Jennifer Flowers
Bush Jr. was asked about being paid to fly in the Air Guard when he was not on drill
Kerry was asked about his Swift boat activities and awards
So EVERY candidate for president has something dredged up but THIS case is clearly shows liberal bias – NO it does not.
UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
12:40 pm
Hot Dog…How about posting something that actually makes sense? Is it that hard?
Happy Go Lucky
October 31st, 2011
12:40 pm
It was so easy to tell when the “occupiers” were run out of Woodruff Park. They showed up on J. Galloway’s rantings with their idiotic blogs. Damn, I wish they had jobs and would go back to doing something constructive.
UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
12:41 pm
Happy….agreed.
Mark
October 31st, 2011
12:45 pm
@ UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
12:40 pm
Hot Dog…How about posting something that actually makes sense? Is it that hard?
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black?
A PIMP CALLED CAIN
October 31st, 2011
12:49 pm
THE REPUBS PET NEGRO has been a bad boy
findog
October 31st, 2011
12:49 pm
I recall two things from 25 years ago
President Reagan having Reverend Jackson negotiate with Libya to get our downed pilot from his bombing run on Gaddafi; and my Battalion Admin Officer informing me there was a sexual harassment charge for [her direct quote], “laughing whenever a female soldier did something stupid.” A couple years later I walked into a meeting of six women planning to take out a boorish Captain through a synchronized placement of sexual harassment charges.
Republican’s wouldn’t dare speak against their, “best president ever,” but were quite vocal against Clinton and Obama’s bombs only campaign
Misuse of sexual harassment laws for quick financial or political gain have really cheapened our criminal justice system
UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
12:49 pm
Oh look Mark is standing up for Hot Dog…..are we in 3rd grade now? Good Lord talk about the Dem menality? “pot calling the kettle black”?? hahahaha geez!
Frederick Douglass
October 31st, 2011
12:50 pm
UGA 1999
“Hey atleast (sic) Cain didn’t use the oval office as his personal brothel….aka Clinton”.
And thanks to an inquiring media, and an informed electorate, the pervert never will.
UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
12:56 pm
Freddy….you are right Clinton will never use it again! haha.
Wallis T. Coper
October 31st, 2011
12:56 pm
cane an oboma are sosilist an, when we take are county back, we will vote them out of there office, cane is tryen to act wite, that,s why the peple are voting him out, he is obomas blk frend tryen, to give my money to sosilists, an occapy wall street is nothing but blks an homeliss collecking wellfair checks from palosi an oboma so they done have too work like i done for 62 years in the carpit mill
Frederick Douglass
October 31st, 2011
1:03 pm
UGA 1999
You sir have cheapened my daughter’s 1999 degree from UGA, henceforth no member of my family will ever attend that institution again, that is all.
clem
October 31st, 2011
1:04 pm
the hermanator is on cspan now starting 1pm
honested
October 31st, 2011
1:05 pm
Come on rethugs, get behind the sure loser and nominate cain.
The hilarity will be ceaseless and it will probably make rove’s ears fall off.
In any case, Obama 2012!
kjdr
October 31st, 2011
1:06 pm
but it is just about sex
UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
1:06 pm
Freddy…..I am sure they wont be missed! haha.
Yankee in Atlanta
October 31st, 2011
1:07 pm
Wallis T. Coper it is 2011, not 1911. Your racism has no place in today’s society. Get an education before spouting off your hate. Do you even realize Cain is not in cahoots with Obama and supports you assuming you are a Tea Party Repulican?
UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
1:10 pm
yankee….Wallis is not a repub. He is attempting to make fun of us.
A PIMP CALLED CAIN
October 31st, 2011
1:12 pm
pimping aint dead,
Big Hat
October 31st, 2011
1:18 pm
Herman is the Koch Brothers’ “House Negro”, and plays the role so well.
UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
1:19 pm
It is so funny how black people are more racist towards other blacks than whites are about blacks! Cracks me up!
Wallis T. Coper
October 31st, 2011
1:21 pm
TO: yankke in atlanta, cane is not tea party an, he is obomas puppit an, tryen to give my money to sosilists an, i will fite to get my county back from the blks an, allegal aleens an, if you done fite they will move in your naberhood an bring your forclosers down in value an have trash an drugs everwhere, you muss vote for parry or gingrich they will fite the blks
clem
October 31st, 2011
1:23 pm
most analyses i have read now, though not independent in my mind, point out the hermanator’s plan is bunk….
he’s not getting rid of imbedded taxes…corporations still get taxed so they will imbed in price…..
Wallis T. Coper
October 31st, 2011
1:29 pm
TO: yankke in atlanta, i tell the honist truth an, mose peple will not an, cane juss is not who he said he is an, he is
UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
1:31 pm
SWEET! Derek Lowe is gone!
Smoke
October 31st, 2011
1:31 pm
There are two things Dixiecrat fail to mention when alledged inappropriate behavior comes up. First, they forget that they have a history of not associating oral activities with the “real” thing.” Second, tell don’t include BBCGHL when they reference Clinton.
Smoke
October 31st, 2011
1:41 pm
BBCGHL? It is so easy to say Clinton did it, but it is rather hard to say that Barr, Burton, Chenoweth, Gingrich, Hyde, Livingston did “it.” We know how the Cain-Perry crowd like to keep thing simple.
UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
1:47 pm
Smoke….Barr, Burton, Chenoweth, Gingrich, Hyde and Livingston were all presidents? WOW! Who knew? Did they all also lie on the stand about it?
Smoke
October 31st, 2011
1:50 pm
How many Dixiecrats have endorsed Cain, or have come to his defense?
clem
October 31st, 2011
1:57 pm
i’m lazy today…can someone explain how a 9-9-9 covers social security and medicare which are currently nearly 16% and we are getting close to cash neutral on ss, big deficits on medicare soon…..if the true rate for ss and medicare is say 18%, then that leaves only 9% to run rest of government…know that is a very simple way to look at it, but has anyone seen the numbers for say next five years under 9-9-9
Ga Values...Just call me heartless
October 31st, 2011
1:58 pm
Looks like Rick Perry/Karl Rove are behind this… I always thought Perry was a LIBERAL & this proves it.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/67223.html
Not So Casual Observer
October 31st, 2011
2:00 pm
Not one person on this blog or on TV or on radio or in another news organization can say Cain is guilty beyond doubt.
Settling a lawsuit does not provide proof of guilt, certainly when the party settling the suit is not the accused individual. If a settlement also determined guilt there would be far fewer settlements.
Cain is a black, personable, ordained minister and this personality alone leads to personal attention and what one woman, or two, may characterize as “inappropriate behavior”.
Or, these two women may have simply seen an easy target (the Association) who would settle rather than spend the many thousands of dollars required to fight the allegations. Both sides were using LAWYERS, the plaintiffs’ lawyers seeking an early cash bonanza but the defendant’s lawyers seeking a long trial to pad the pocketbook.
If, as has been surmised, Republicans are responsible for this leak then I will vote in the GOP primary for Cain regardless of the veracity of the claim. The GOP sees Cain as an outsider, and a threat, therefor the Party is concerned Cain could not be controlled if he won. I see that as a BIG POSITIVE.
The time has come to vote the professional politicians out of Washington – on both sides of the aisle.
Smoke
October 31st, 2011
2:01 pm
It was a trick comment. I wanted to see if someone would really defend them. They all were so holier than thou during the impeachment, were constitutiinal officers, lied to their constituents about their moral character, and no one thought to ask them the question when they were doing the asking!!! Hey Cain, we found you another advocate!
Not So Casual Observer
October 31st, 2011
2:06 pm
Clem,
Easy as pie! 9-9-9- broadens the tax base. More people paying tax = more tax revenue.
Those in the “cash economy” would suddenly be paying tax rather than evading tax.
Also, from the corporate side, the companies “off-shore” would now be encouraged to bring operations back and rather than be a country avoided by multi-nationals due to our high corporate tax rate the US would become a “tax haven” for foreign coporations.
There is more but those are the basics.
JAWJA
October 31st, 2011
2:08 pm
Reminds me of AHNALL; wonder when the illegitimate babies will show up.
clem
October 31st, 2011
2:10 pm
thanks, (i kinda surmised that)but have you seen the numbers and more importantly, have some form of unbiased verification?can you direct me to that website
Smoke
October 31st, 2011
2:12 pm
Why would liberals leak a story about Cain now? Could you really imagine Obama bringing up something like that when Cain has more holes in his policy statementss than the moon has crater?
Wallis T. Coper
October 31st, 2011
2:24 pm
cane done it, an he knows he did, these was wite women, an cane shold not be tryen to mix with us,an stick to his own kine, its about time some one has saw throgh his sosilist lies
Mark
October 31st, 2011
2:42 pm
@ UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
12:49 pm
Oh look Mark is standing up for Hot Dog…..are we in 3rd grade now? Good Lord talk about the Dem menality? “pot calling the kettle black”?? hahahaha geez!
I was not standing up for anyone, I chimed in because you had the audacity to tell someone to post something that makes sense when you are doing the same thing. Don’t forget your original stupid comment
UGA 1999
October 31st, 2011
11:05 am
Hey atleast Cain didnt use the oval office as his personal brothel….aka Clinton.
I don’t know if your are clueless or just plain stupid!
Smoke
October 31st, 2011
2:53 pm
When was the last time you saw someone defend a settlement agreement and concluded that the accused party was innocent beyond a reasonable doubt? Telling me someone is a minister does not add any credibility to a debate about character. Dixiecrats shout Jackson and Sharpton but whisper Swaggert, Bakker, Haggard and Paulk.
Happy Go Lucky
October 31st, 2011
3:08 pm
Wallis T. Coper 12:56pm
Not that I’m all that excited to read your posting but do us all a favor and have someone translate it for me. It looks quite a bit like some sort of AFRICAN-AMERICAN jive talk…is that it?
Wallis T. Coper
October 31st, 2011
3:21 pm
TO: happy go lucky, if you wont black talk “american-affracan” than go to occipy atlanta, there are alot of blacks talken there getto, an you must be a librel, sence you done stand up for your own kine
justin
October 31st, 2011
3:25 pm
@ Happy Go Lucky
October 31st, 2011
3:08 pm
Wallis T. Coper 12:56pm
Not that I’m all that excited to read your posting but do us all a favor and have someone translate it for me. It looks quite a bit like some sort of AFRICAN-AMERICAN jive talk…is that it?
Now if someone posted something negative like WHITE-AMERICAN redneck talk they would be accused of racism. *food for thought*
td
October 31st, 2011
3:38 pm
Rush: “What would the Left be doing right now if there was an assault on Obama of this nature? They would be going after these women; they would name names, and destroy them. They would call these women racists for trying to destroy a black politician; they would claim they were working for the Republican National Committee, that they were hired by the Republican National Committee to destroy Obama. They would claim they were the bad guys. . . . This is war, and that’s how they fight it. Anything goes, as far as they’re concerned. They can’t allow a black or Hispanic [Conservative] to rise to the top.”
clem
October 31st, 2011
3:55 pm
funny, bet it was your side that leaked this info
Wallis T. Coper
October 31st, 2011
4:00 pm
cane is not a tea party canidate, he is a blk puppit, the librels put in to get aboma back in his office, done fall for this wite americans we muss unite to take are county back from all the allegals an blks
Not So Casual Observer
October 31st, 2011
4:35 pm
The leak was most likely from the GOP, the Dems would have waited until he was the nominee and this would have been their usual “October Surprise”.
Not So Casual Observer
October 31st, 2011
4:37 pm
clem @ 2:10,
I believe Cain has the explanation on his web site.
Not So Casual Observer
October 31st, 2011
4:49 pm
Smoke @ 2:53,
If this was an answer to my post at 2:00, you missed the meaning or I was not clear.
My points were:
Black ministers are gregarious by nature and their friendliness could easily be misconstrued or simply used as means to make some $$$$$.
Cain was not the defendant, the Association was, and the settlement could well have been a business decision based upon the cost to settle versus the cost to litigate. Happens all the time when the individual is being accused but the organization is being sued.
The minister comment was relative to my first point above regarding his personality, not his character.
When there is corroborating testimony for the women involved, under oath, then we may be able to ascertain guilt but an accusation is simply that and nothing more, regardless of the payment of a settlement (see second point above).
The other side of this, from Cain’s position, could be that if the women were actually sincere in their claims why did they settle for money without an airing of their grievance? Because this was never about anything but money! A large Corporation or Association is an easy target.
jayone
October 31st, 2011
5:56 pm
If these charges were in 1991 why did they not come up when Mr Cain was running for President the first time? I know why he never stood a chance of get the vote. Now that he’s leading in the poles it show’s it’s ugly head. There must have been some sort of true to the allegations why would they pay to have the women keep there mouths shut. As in any payment made to keep your mouth shut there has to be some true to it.
Alabama Communist
October 31st, 2011
6:15 pm
More Hot Breaking News On Herman being the Founder of the TSA Patdown Method….His Campaign Manager ” Smoking Joe Frazier” said today .” Of course Herman touch his Staff when giving them instruction on to handle Hot Pizza in his Office with his hands on individual training.”..The Communist Occupy Media started this rumor to smear my Candiate just because some Sister got a Cashier Check 21 years ago made out to Cash”
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October 31st, 2011
6:52 pm
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Lib in Cobb
October 31st, 2011
7:32 pm
To all the Repubs in the Atlanta area who are sooooo ready to have President Obama move into retirement. Please note. There has never been an kind of controversy of a sexual nature either before of after President Obama’s dramatic win in 2008. Nothing, no children out of wedlock, no sexual harrassment, no bathroom stall foot taping, no hookers, no strippers, no BJs in the White House, no affairs, no man/boy. We have an honorable man as our President. Now Herman Cain the most recent “GOP Flavor of the Month” seems to have had some troubles of his own. That noise you hear is the wheels falling off of the Cain Campaign Bus.
Brock
October 31st, 2011
8:18 pm
Agree that the Dems would have saved this until closer to the election, that is just good strategy. Sure these are only allegations settled to end litigation, I’ll give Cain that. But wow, he has handled this very poorly. Americans will forgive alot, but not lying.
This does make me wonder about Cain’s slip re abortion being a choice. Maybe he has a “choice” that he’s responsible for?
kbb
October 31st, 2011
8:26 pm
The “liberal media” has nothing to gain by running this story so early in the election process. Guess who has the most to gain from discrediting the leading Republican candidate before Iowa has even voted. hmmmm……..
Cain He Win? NO!
October 31st, 2011
8:29 pm
Targeted by liberals? I don’t think so. Look among the GOP candidates. They are the ones who have something to lose.
Cain brought this on himself. He got to high and mighty. They had to bring him down and let him know he is still a black man in america.
OldTimer
October 31st, 2011
8:32 pm
Cain preaches 999 while the people that trusted him are calling 911.
Cain He Win? NO!
October 31st, 2011
8:34 pm
@Wallis T. Coper October 31st, 2011 4:00 pm
Put down the meth pipe. You are talking nonsense.
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8:38 pm
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Rogie
October 31st, 2011
8:57 pm
“Lynching?” Now there’s a provocative choice of word from Mr. Cain.
Cain He Win? NO!
October 31st, 2011
9:25 pm
@UGA 1999 October 31st, 2011 11:05 am
When the republicans don’t have something of substance to say, they berate the people.
Jezel
November 1st, 2011
7:04 am
Do not agree with Cain’s politics…and do not condone personal attacks on any candidate. It cheapens us all. Why not concentrate on what he can and cannot do for OUR country?
girl six
November 1st, 2011
10:05 am
yankee, cool your heels honey, w.t is prob an AA just trying to keep up trouble. everyone did a good job ignoring him until you responded. it takes a great speller to misspell so many words perfectly–always a clue.
Sajid Khan
November 5th, 2011
9:03 pm
Herman Cain is Beyond Doubt Guilty.
It Is Vital That We Know the Relationship Between Brain and Mind.
It is the brain that acts first and lets the mind manage the damage of clearing up the mess. It is the mind that feels guilty and at the same time tries to hide this guilt. The brain is like the small child that is being scolded by the mind/manager. The brain feels it wants what it wants like an addiction. The brain produces the emotionally challenged behavior and when confronted by the mind it acts as if it does not know what the mind is talking about. All this thinking activity of the brain takes place biochemically and all biochemical reactions have a physical impact on the body. When the brain is being scolded by the mind the brain wants to escape and this feeling of escape is physically reflected in the eyes. The eyes seem distant.
Lets take the case of Herman Cain. In his case one can clearly see from the distant look in his eyes that his brain wants to escape the scolding of his own mind! He is guilty! His mind is definitively trying to cover up the emotionally challenged behavior of his brain. He is also guilty of a bigger moral crime of knowingly lying.
The fact that one of the women was supposedly harassed over a two month period shows his brain’s emotionally challenged behavior was not a one time brain directed, without thinking act, which means it was not without the mind’s knowledge just an unconscious act. It does not look like a well deliberated mind and brain act like the likes of 24-7 horny Tiger Woods and Anthony Wieners of the world. But it was definitely a subconscious act which means it was a blind act of the brain which the mind wanted and accepted too. It is something like the brain committed the crime and the mind acted as a look out.
It was a repeat behavior in which the mind and brain were both involved. This means his stepping out of line was not merely a one time act. It means his brain and mind was not prepared to take no for an answer. I am sure over the years he must have repeated this emotionally challenged behavior with others too and so in the coming months more women will come forward.
The fact that she was paid one years salary means that Herman Cain’s own colleagues must have believed her allegations to be credible enough.
He is guilty of a bigger moral crime of knowingly lying because no one can forget such a big blot on one’s resume, especially some one running for the highest office of the most powerful country in the world. And if Mr. Cain’s mind really feels that he does not remember all these details then this raises very serious even more and more questions about the state of his brain and mind. If Mr. Cain’s recollection is fuzzy as he claims then his brain and mind is definitely not fit to lead this nation.
The woman must have felt afraid to report and so she suffered repeated abuse and when she felt she could no longer take it any more that she put her job on the line and she complained to the management. It is clear that the management sided with Mr. Cain because the woman had to get a lawyer.
I do not know anything first hand about this case but I do not need to as I am expert on the brain and mind relationship. Analyzing Mr. Cain’s body language it is very clear that he is guilty. It is not just the distant look in his eyes. His subconsciously pulling in his lips is also a clear indication that his mind is trying to cover up the behavior of his emotionally challenged brain and it’s own compliance in this mess.
This face/body language reading is just one of the practical applications of my US patented hypothesis!
We can and will have to bring body language reading to the level of pure science. This will help us in all kinds of relationships, even determining the quality of the wisdom level of the presidential candidates…
I would like to challenge Mr. Herman Cain to a debate on this and if I loose I will have my left hand skinned alive on CNN. I am this certain!
Sajid Khan
President
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