We’re getting slightly mixed message from Herman Cain’s campaign staff on whether the candidate intends to remain in the Republican presidential hunt. From the Associated Press in Atlanta:
Herman Cain’s Iowa campaign chairman [says] that the candidate is reassessing his presidential campaign a day after an Atlanta businesswoman alleged a 13-year extramarital affair with the Republican.
Steve Grubbs says that on a conference call with senior staff early Tuesday, Cain said the allegations have taken an emotional toll on his family but that he’s moving ahead with the campaign.
Still, Grubbs said Cain told his staff he would be reassessing how to move forward given that the allegations have damaged his fundraising.
The Iowa chairman said Cain still planned to deliver a foreign policy speech in Michigan later Tuesday.
On the other hand, Daniel Malloy, the AJC’s man in Washington, just got off the phone with Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon, who sent this note:
Gordon acknowledged that Cain in a staff call this morning used the word “reassess” about the campaign, but said it was not about whether or not he was going to drop out. Similar reassessments took place after the Iowa straw poll and at one point when the campaign was low on money, he said.
“My interpretation of that is that we are looking to assess where we are at today and where we need to be moving into the primary,” Gordon said.
The campaign will rethink what states Cain visits, the types of speeches he gives and what interviews he conducts.
National Review Online was listening in on the five-minute conference call, and has already produced a transcript.
Earlier this morning, Atlanta radio talk show host Neal Boortz, for whom Cain often subbed on AM750 and 95.5FM News/Talk WSB, said that it might be time for Cain to leave the race.
Boortz was touted on Monday as a VIP who would be attending the Saturday opening of Cain’s new Georgia headquarters in DeKalb County.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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284 comments Add your comment
Jennifer
November 29th, 2011
12:01 pm
He’s toast, too many character issues to overcome, will drop out by week’s end, which will be big boom for Gingrich.
Please
November 29th, 2011
12:03 pm
jennifer — and then we can begin discussing his moral failings…
sam
November 29th, 2011
12:04 pm
Cain is an idiot … Gingrich is an idiot too … this is funny stuff for the Republicans
Raising Cain
November 29th, 2011
12:05 pm
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.
Clay
November 29th, 2011
12:06 pm
Why on earth did he run if he had all of this in his back ground? He knew it would come out. I liked Cain; but, now I wonder if he never thought he would make it this far and was just entering the fray to sell books and he ended up a front runner by mistake?
You are Right Clay
November 29th, 2011
12:09 pm
Clay you hit it right on, he was looking more for publicity for his books and radio show than being serious about president. He HAD to know this stuff was going to come out.
Steve
November 29th, 2011
12:10 pm
Maybe all the Republicans should dropout. The only one who makes any sense is Jon Huntsman and he is polling at 2%. The rest are all clowns or flip floppers! Obama 2012!!!!
Joe the Plumber Too
November 29th, 2011
12:10 pm
@ raising: and where there is a democrat, there’s an _________( choose one: idiot, liar, fool, bedwetter).
Darwin
November 29th, 2011
12:11 pm
You really have to hate Democrats and President Obama to want to vote for this crowd. Sad…
Black man's krytonite
November 29th, 2011
12:11 pm
Cain was a playa!! Men in power can’t handle the power. The list of those who abuse their power is too long to list here. Boortz and the tea party convinced this guy to run and he fell for it. Does he have to give the Koch Bros any of their money back?? Oh well, if women couldn’t vote for Cain I know they can’t be possibly thinking about voting for Newt…can they??
RJC
November 29th, 2011
12:12 pm
Strike 3, Your outta hereeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Evander "The Ho Chasin'" Holyfield
November 29th, 2011
12:12 pm
The guy is a dope. Didn’t know that China has had nukes for 50 years. Didn’t know that his pecadillos would re-surface. Doesn’t know that the only reason he was popular for a minute was because he was black and would match up against the Obama-nation.
If the Repugs want a true black conservative go after Thomas Sowell. Intellectually he would wipe the floor with this clown.
Ron Paul in 2012!
Surely...
November 29th, 2011
12:12 pm
…the Obumbler followers will not make the same mistake they made just over 3 years ago…what is the old saying about insanity being people who do the same thing while expecting different outcomes…
Dave
November 29th, 2011
12:14 pm
@sam, I hope that Newt does well. He is head and shoulders above the other GOP candidates as far as smarts and the ability to debate issues. He would easily outdistance anyone in a public forum. Of course, your Community Organizer (Obozo) would be reduced to a fetal position after 30 minutes of a discussion about anything regarding presidential policies. The media just lobs softball questions at Obama and Newt would address the issues head on. That way, Obama would have no place to hide, no teleprompter to read from and actually have to explain how the disaster that is his presidency is the “change” all of the idiots that voted for him wanted.
mj
November 29th, 2011
12:14 pm
So Sam, which Democrat idiot you support?
clem
November 29th, 2011
12:16 pm
i have mixed emotions…on one hand he should be applauded for entering the political ring….on the other hand, though we want folks who represent the best of our country, he surely fell short in this arena….intellectually for sure and if charges against him personally are true then he has insulted americans by lying straight to their face
Sam
November 29th, 2011
12:16 pm
Just got to wonder how Cain’s ‘friend’ Newt seems to always be a step ahead of this issue.
Dawg '88
November 29th, 2011
12:17 pm
sam…typical garbage from a liberal.
What more do you have to say about your “savior” Obama about his intellect when he supports the right to kill the unborn. He supports partial birth abortion and defends the right to do a saline abortion as well.
One crushes the baby’s skull and sucks out the brain. The other injects saline in the baby and it burns the baby inside out. What competent, intelligent person would support such a thing. Not to mention that the babies are then torn apart limb by limb. He supports this because of a thirst for power…Planned Parenthood and abortion (death) advocates contribute more than anyone to his campaign.
Don’t believe all above or support it yourself….what would God say?
Oh forgot…liberals believe God is a delusion and those who have faith are fools. Sad….liberals generally hate everything that is good and decent just to support immoral behaviors and elicit power.
The delusion is that Obama has done anything to help America. I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t defend the rights of the most vulnerable Americans….the unborn. Liberals and Obama trust in their own powers….I Trust In The Lord!
Sad….Cain and Gingrich support the most vulnerable and have strong faith. The fact that false allegations and unjust commentary about their intelligence seems to be more important than getting the right man in the White House.
Go ahead and keep supporting the Abortion President and disrespecting honorable men who are willing to protect Americans in their most vulnerable moments of life….God is only played for a fool for so long.
Barack Obama….The Abortion President and Defender of Immoral truths…
Carol
November 29th, 2011
12:17 pm
Surely,
…the Obumbler followers will not make the same mistake they made just over 3 years ago…what is the old saying about insanity being people who do the same thing while expecting different outcomes…
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You mean win???? LOL.
Sam II
November 29th, 2011
12:18 pm
I just saw a different Sam was also on this blog, the one above is not the first one.
Black man's krytonite
November 29th, 2011
12:18 pm
does this mean we will be subjected to more “and I’m a Mormon” commercials?
JR
November 29th, 2011
12:18 pm
The only Presidential candidate that’s really toast is Barak Obama. Well, besides Jon Huntsman and Ron Paul.
Dawg '88
November 29th, 2011
12:18 pm
Darwin…I hate the fact that Obama is a defender of murder of the unborn enough to vote for someone. Thats all I need to know and believe.
God help us…
me
November 29th, 2011
12:23 pm
amazing our President (Clinton) had an affair IN THE WHITE HOUSE….. people need to look in their own mirrors…… way too much judging in this Country…. sad sad
Raising Cain
November 29th, 2011
12:24 pm
Whether it’s Cain (Republican) or Edwards (Democrat), where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Arrogance breeds a lot of smoke and fire. These are egomaniacs, which politics and power serves as an aphrodisiac.
Really?
November 29th, 2011
12:24 pm
Was enjoying reading the comments until the abortion discussion appeared. Not sure what that has to do with Herman Cain and his supposed indiscretions.
Atlanta Native
November 29th, 2011
12:26 pm
Wake up, voters. Ron Paul is the only candidate who speaks the truth and is ready to make the hard-nosed cutbacks that will put this country back on track again. His main fault has nothing to do with these idiotic ethical missteps of the other candidates and unkept promises they have made to their constituents over the years. Nope, Ron Paul’s main fault is that he isn’t cute, he isn’t a pretty boy. And he isn’t a pompous intellectual, either. He’s an honest, non-partisan, what you see is what you get guy: highly principled, studied, a big-picture thinker who understands the U.S. role in the world, recognizes cause and effect expenditure relationships and that decisions have consequences. Yet he is roundly ignored by the media. Reporters and anchors readily rattle off the “Republican candidates” yet somehow Ron Paul’s name doesn’t get on their scripts. Perhaps he is too smart for the average American.
Mark
November 29th, 2011
12:26 pm
@ Clay
November 29th, 2011
12:06 pm
Why on earth did he run if he had all of this in his back ground? He knew it would come out. I liked Cain; but, now I wonder if he never thought he would make it this far and was just entering the fray to sell books and he ended up a front runner by mistake?
My sentiments exactly! Cain is only in this for the name recognition and to make money off American’s dumb enough to buy his books. He had to have known his past was going to raked with a fine tooth comb. Cain is not even worthy of being President of his HOA!
Black man's krytonite
November 29th, 2011
12:28 pm
Dawg88, I feel your passion about the abortion issue. But, you can’t paint all libs with broad strokes like you have. Many people are vehemently oppossed to abortion and are libs. But you can not believe in your heart of hearts that newt supports the most vulnerable when he left his wife while she was suffering the most and needed his support. And I know you can’t believe cain was being the supportive husband while having a 13 year affair. They are flawed men who happen to be running for president. Their character is being called into question, not their intellect. And as far as president Obama being a “saviour” the only people I have heard say that was Hannity and now you.
I for one
Carol
November 29th, 2011
12:28 pm
Dawg 88
Get a life. We are NOT electing a Pastor, we are electing a President. I feel sorry for the Repugs who keep bringing up abortion as the be all end all for their choice. Think about it, There have been several Repub presidents since Roe v Wade including your beloved Ronald Reagan. Why didn’t ANY OF THEM try to have it overturned during their presidency? Because they know that they can keep people like you on the hook forever with this ONE wedge issue. If they reverse it they will NEVER have a better trump card in the future.
Whatever anyone does in this regard is between them and their God just like any sin. Taking a hard stance on this issue while giving a pass on adultery, lying or any other sin doesn’t make Repubs better than anyone. It just means they pick and choose which sins THEY think are less egregious to God.
Greg
November 29th, 2011
12:28 pm
My eight year old son woke up screaming last night. I asked what was wrong, he replied I had a nightmare that Dale Russell was standing outside our house with a microphone and satelitte truck. I got back in bed and start balling my head off too. Not safe to let your kids watch TV news these days.
Carol
November 29th, 2011
12:32 pm
Greg
My eight year old son woke up screaming last night. I asked what was wrong, he replied I had a nightmare that Dale Russell was standing outside our house with a microphone and satelitte truck. I got back in bed and start balling my head off too. Not safe to let your kids watch TV news these days.
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This entire scenario is scary to me. Your kid should be crying if his dad was reduced to tear from a news report.
Atlanta Native
November 29th, 2011
12:33 pm
If you guys insist on bringing up Roe vs. Wade, guess what? Ron Paul is blatantly against abortion — and he is an OB/GYN — yet he has vehemently stated that he would NOT try to overturn that ruling that gave women freedom of choice. Rather, he would leave it up to the states. He is a realist, in other words; and has found the perfect compromise on the issue.
Ed
November 29th, 2011
12:33 pm
If I were Barack Obama I would be very concerned about Cain’s predicament. No matter the validity of the Cain attacks it just sets the stage for a brutal campaign against Obama, his ethnicity notwithstanding. There will be no kid gloves treatment of Obama because he is black. Katie bar the door as GOP opponents take him to the woodshed.
No, Carol...
November 29th, 2011
12:36 pm
…the Obumblers hope to re-elect the Obumbler, still with that hope and change mantra – by the way, how is the “hope and change” thingy working out for you – LOL – THAT is the insanity to which you Dems seem to aspire, and to which the insanity will apply if the Obumbler wins again…
Jimmy the Cricket
November 29th, 2011
12:36 pm
Embattled Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain told his staff Tuesday he is “reassessing” the viability of his campaign in the wake of a Georgia woman’s allegations she had a long extramarital affair with the Georgia businessman, CNN’s John King has learned.
Sleepin’ with that white woman was the lynchpen of death… you’re old coon
Carol
November 29th, 2011
12:39 pm
Jimmy the Cricket
Sleepin’ with that white woman was the lynchpen of death… you’re old coon
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Shhhhh don’t tell anybody, but she’s not white. She’s 1/2 white. I guess now people will blame Obama for planting her 13 years ago to keep cain from winning the nomination.
Cableman
November 29th, 2011
12:39 pm
It’s a shame when you have to fight for your private affairs, how about I look into your life and see what we come up with, everybody has a secret closet. dammit stay out of my business.
bernard rolax
November 29th, 2011
12:40 pm
dawg 88 get a grip this man once was so pure until he forgot about his past so again he’s really tearing his family up day by day he has a problem with keeping his mind on work (HIM RUNNING THE USA) will be done for good. President OBAMA is what AMERICA needs to get us up and running. MR.SAIN PLEASE STOP THE MADNESS AND STOP MAKING A FOOL OF YOURSELF…
Black man's krytonite
November 29th, 2011
12:41 pm
Ed, the hate for president Obama has always been about color. No one can point to one piece of legislation that has called for people to say the things that are being said. The president is going through what all degree carrying, intelligent black males encounter in the corporate sect. This is just being played out for the whole country and world to see.
Owen Mahon
November 29th, 2011
12:41 pm
Everybody has a PAST … When will brothers learn cheap thrills aren’t everything? Well, this has cost cain EVERYTHING – Idiot!!!
Carol
November 29th, 2011
12:41 pm
No, Carol
how is the “hope and change” thingy working out for you – LOL – THAT is the insanity to which you Dems seem to aspire, and to which the insanity will apply if the Obumbler wins again…
++++++++
Actually it’s working quite well. The President and many Democrats hope that you Repubs will continue to implode because you have certainly changed this country into the disgusting mess that it is.
We continue to hope that as a result of your behavior over the past 3 years President Obama will be re-elected, many of your folks will be booted out and we can get this country back on track.
kgray
November 29th, 2011
12:41 pm
Ed, apparently you are delusional. Gringrich want have a snowball chance in He@@ to win the nomination for the GOP. If, his past indiscretions as in 2 extramartial affairs will always be at the forefront of his campaign and woman want forget. Secondly, when you throw stones and try to get the former President impeached because, of his indisretions and you were caught doing the same thing, this presents a problem. I wouldn’t vote for him as President of a Pie Factory and certainly not the POTUS.
Cableman
November 29th, 2011
12:41 pm
reassess your on lives, and repent to God and move on.
hl
November 29th, 2011
12:42 pm
Cain’s polling in key states was released today before the latest allegation. He would be able to stay in but people question his foreign policy experience and believe it or not some are questioning his regressive taxation.
artb
November 29th, 2011
12:43 pm
Hey Herman, who are you going to blame this “hi-tech lyching” on?
TRUTH
November 29th, 2011
12:46 pm
HERMAN…really?? You thought the Koch Brothers money was going to cover all the women that were coming out. I bet they are claiming they AIN’T your brothers from anotha Mudda…
C’mon ReTHUGS, theres got to be somebody that can run. Newt? Uhhh, no. Willard?? Uhhhh, no. You guys have painted yourselves into a corner of crazy. That’s one thing the American public will NOT do. Vote for crazy.
OBAMA 2012!!
Please
November 29th, 2011
12:47 pm
Hey Dawg 88 — Do your homework. Newt is in NO way a protector of unborn life. But I guess the truth does not fit your narrow agenda.
Cobb County New't Neighbor
November 29th, 2011
12:49 pm
New’ty is and has always been a LOW LIFE person, always working sleezy deals and trying to play a holyier than though attitude, his three mariages and the last is nothing but LOW, Down Pompas Ass! who has ole New’ty by his —— well you can fill in the blanks. NEW’T is a MAJOR SCUMBAG – JUST LIKE HERRMAN THE PIZZA GUY! THE REPUBLICANS NEED TO QUIT PULLING THE CANIDATES FROM UNDER “ROCKS” —–
Dave
November 29th, 2011
12:49 pm
*groan……of course it’s about his skin color, Carol. Of COURSE it’s racism…..*sarcasm. You Libs always resort to the race card with Obumble because any time you see his poll numbers, “it’s because people are against Obama because he’s black!”. Carol, the racism card is just dayum well maxed out and it’s the most overused excuse around. Nooooo, it COULDN’T be about his socialistic policies, apologizing for America, broken promises (lies) he made during his campaign JUST so he would get elected, etc…..
barry
November 29th, 2011
12:49 pm
To all the people who really think he is running for president just to sell books are idiots! I don’t believe a man would risk a 43year old marriage just to have a #1 bestseller.
Mr. Thomas Anthony Jones, Sr
November 29th, 2011
12:51 pm
As an Yellow-Dog proud Democratic voter and contributor I am glad that Cain is getting what he deserved. He said that I and other African-American voters were stupid, ignorant, and brain-washed. Well Mr. Cain I do not go around harassing a bunch of white back-stabbing white women.who just go with me or the money thay can steal from my family. In this world we all get what we surely deserve and your time has now come. As a pround “brain-washed” African-American whose vote and money goes to the Democratic party I just want to say that you embarrassed the African-American community. People who embarrass us need to know we have lnog memories. By the way Cain I want you to tell us why you never marched for Civil Rights in the 1960’s. The African-American community does not tolerate any cowards!
REALITY
November 29th, 2011
12:51 pm
REALITY Folks..get ready for four more years of Obama..PERIOD…
sam
November 29th, 2011
12:52 pm
lol … Dave you funny … listen man … i dont care what you guys say about obama …. he is doing fine … put somebody on the ballots who makes sense …. no drama, and i will vote for them … i am a black man and i never liked cain from the beginning … he talks too much … shut up and do your job man. alot of people dont like obama for some other reason. if he was a Republican i would vote for him. the guy just make sense man
see no evil
November 29th, 2011
12:52 pm
Sure Herman Cain tells the truth and all of these women are liars… LOL. Herman Cain couldn’t tell the truth if his life depended on it. Just check out all of the “politifact” investigations into Cain. All lies and many of them “pants on fire”! It’s a fool who believes a word that crosses his lips.
p.s. Boortz is nothing but a blow-hard who likes to stir the pot. You get more intelligent news from TMZ of Entertainment tonight.
Chuck
November 29th, 2011
12:54 pm
Dave. Get Help! ASAP. And stop doing, whatever drugs, drugs you are on. Newt is no match for the President. I wish this would come to be but I know it never will.
Joke
November 29th, 2011
12:54 pm
hmm..so as Americans we ARE worried about Character flaws..maybe we should have been worried about REAL POLITICAL EXPERIENCE flaws..then we wouldn’t have ended up with the Wall Street Puppet aka “Obama.”
Carol
November 29th, 2011
12:54 pm
Dave
*groan……of course it’s about his skin color, Carol. Of COURSE it’s racism…..*sarcasm. You Libs always resort to the race card with Obumble because any time you see his poll numbers, “it’s because people are against Obama because he’s black!”….
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You have me mixed up with someone else. I don’t pull the race card unless I believe it’s actually true. None of my comments discuss race.
Yep, Carol...
November 29th, 2011
12:56 pm
…same ‘ol mantra -”get this country back on track” – you really meet the definition of insanity to a “T” – I believe with the Dems have been in charge of the congress for the past 6 years, and it is the Dems who have “ridden this train off the track” – and the Dems continue to be “led” by a bumbler who has no earthly idea about how to lead – but let’s not let facts get in the way of “the mantra”…
Black man's krytonite
November 29th, 2011
12:56 pm
Dave…Race issues still run deep in this country. Members of the house and senate on both sides have never embraced him. They won’t work with him, nor offer up any ideas of intelligence. Anyone that made it past 3rd grade social studies knows our system is set up so that the President does not have much power. It’s a checks and balance system. The real problem are the men and women in the house and senate. Again, any intelligent, black male with a degree in the corporate world has or is going through the same. It’s nothing new to us.
Tammy
November 29th, 2011
12:57 pm
A little bit too much “let me just put the head in” if you ask me.
Hey, Dave...
November 29th, 2011
12:58 pm
…”i am a black man and i never liked cain from the beginning … he talks too much … shut up and do your job man. alot of people dont like obama for some other reason. if he was a Republican i would vote for him. the guy just make sense man”
And just what is it about Obama that “makes sense”? He does not lead, he does not lead, and well, he does not lead…so to
blkshepherd
November 29th, 2011
12:59 pm
The Only one I feel bad for is Mrs Cain and their children. I would be offended if I were Mrs.Cain because its Clear to see what type of Flavor Hermy perfers in his ahem Time off. Clearly, Like Tiger Woods he has a taste for a certain Type. Yes, eventually whats done in the dark will come out. I know Mrs. Cain feels like a Fool being used. Its clear Mrs Cain, you were simply a Cover.
If he was SO in love with you he would never have crossed to the other side of the street and I refuse to believe all these women who Suppose to be his friends, whom he helped with then they had money problems made these stories up. Why oh WHy would they seek to destroy him? Friends DONT do that. They are throwing him under the bus while its moving.
Sorry Cain, You attack Obama. now how does it feel? BTW, I had no intentions of Voting for you Anyway. with or with out scandal. I simply Never like your face. and BTW I am very Black. So dont try to pull that race card crap on me.
Atlanta Native
November 29th, 2011
1:00 pm
ATTN: Cobb County New’t Neighbor
Right on, brother!
Uh, Dave
November 29th, 2011
1:00 pm
“i am a black man and i never liked cain from the beginning … he talks too much … shut up and do your job man. alot of people dont like obama for some other reason. if he was a Republican i would vote for him. the guy just make sense man”
Just what is it that Obama has done “to lead”? I wish, like you, that he would ” shut up and do your job man”…
GUNGA DIN
November 29th, 2011
1:01 pm
I’ve always questioned the sanity of these candidates that refuse to accept the fact that they can not win. how big is their ego. do you really want a candidate that is that out of touch with the real world. this includes cain, bachman and all those other low end candidates who are barley a blip in the polls. how delusional can you be !!
Winger
November 29th, 2011
1:01 pm
Carol – I don’t want our train back on Obama’s track to socialism. He’s already telling privately owned companies how much they can charge for their goods and services. Wait until he tells you how much you can earn, then tell me you like that train. Anyway, the media now elect our politicians instead of just reporting on the campaigns. They depend on people like you.
sam
November 29th, 2011
1:02 pm
Hey people I refuse to believe in this racism crap .. lets move on from that. out of all the guys running for office black or white …. who has any PRESIDENTIAL experience … tell me who. i am glad cain is done because he was an embarrassment the GOP and black people …
hl
November 29th, 2011
1:02 pm
If Cain’s values were pulling him down, Newt’s wouldn’t be rising.
Joe the Plumber Too
November 29th, 2011
1:05 pm
@ black mans: “the hate for president Obama has always been about color.”
I can’t stand the piece of crap, does that make me anti-black? Cause if it does I sure hope nobody tells my mama and I lose my invite to family reunions and ballgames. You need to get off your pity party race baiting garbage and be the best man you can be. Being black doesn’t hold blacks down in America anymore, it’s clowns like you always playing the race card that does. Coming up, I made sure I didn’t listen to the idiots on the street corner bit**ing about how wronged they’d been done, I saw past that and realized I could go as far as I allowed myself to go without some sympathy crutch because I was born American, you should try it sometime.It doesn’t matter who runs against urkle, the pretender in chief is toast. In a little over 11 months, he gets fired and in just 13 months him and me-shell get evicted.
RAMZAD
November 29th, 2011
1:07 pm
Herman Cain was never right for America, and he was not even bright enough to recognize that he would prove it himself.
Carol
November 29th, 2011
1:07 pm
blkshephard
The Only one I feel bad for is Mrs Cain and their children. I would be offended if I were Mrs.Cain because its Clear to see what type of Flavor Hermy perfers in his ahem Time off. Clearly, Like Tiger Woods he has a taste for a certain Type. Yes, eventually whats done in the dark will come out. I know Mrs. Cain feels like a Fool being used. Its clear Mrs Cain, you were simply a Cover
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I agree. I feel most sorry for his family. They never had to go through this if his ego hadn’t gotten in the way. But someone somewhere told him to run. He says it was God–maybe? I know that the Bible does say pride goes before destruction…
Hard Truth Soldier
November 29th, 2011
1:10 pm
I got the biggest question that’s never asked, where the hell do these women come from, and why is it so important to destroy a man when he running for office? Most of you so called “Moral” Americans need to quit with your lies, 60% of you can’t stand your spouses to the point where you divorcing in this country, and they pay these adultress sluts to talk. She was a slut, nothing more, nothing less, and the media eats this stuff for lunch. I wonder how often she thought about Hermans wife if any of this is true. Men in power aren’t the problem, women chasing married men that they know have a family is the real problem.
MB
November 29th, 2011
1:11 pm
I wonder if all of those who have contributed to the Cain campaign feel, well…… “cheated on”.
td
November 29th, 2011
1:11 pm
Black man’s krytonite
November 29th, 2011
12:41 pm
Ed, the hate for president Obama has always been about color. No one can point to one piece of legislation that has called for people to say the things that are being said. The president is going through what all degree carrying, intelligent black males encounter in the corporate sect. This is just being played out for the whole country and world to see
This is total bull and you know it. Obama got a total pass from the press on his rise. His version of his background was all that was ever played to the American people. He won the historical election and is the first African American to be President. The feel good story is over now and it is time to show him for the Socialist he is and all the gloves will be taken off this time. Has nothing to do with race and everything to do with philosophy.
The one great thing about Cains candidacy is this whole racist bull is over now and Obama can be treated as any other Socialist candidate is treated.
fred
November 29th, 2011
1:14 pm
Hopefully the idiot cain will pull out of the race instead of denying everything and shove his 999 up his rear! Good Day!!!
Mark
November 29th, 2011
1:15 pm
@ No, Carol…
November 29th, 2011
12:36 pm
…the Obumblers hope to re-elect the Obumbler, still with that hope and change mantra – by the way, how is the “hope and change” thingy working out for you – LOL – THAT is the insanity to which you Dems seem to aspire, and to which the insanity will apply if the Obumbler wins again…
You obviously have spent too much time listening to Sarah Palin
Mitzymy
November 29th, 2011
1:16 pm
Herman Cain never wanted to be president. He knew he wasn’t qualified, and it took him by surprise that anyone took him serious. He just wanted to be better known so that he could pad his retirement package. He was in his 40’s or 50’s when he was courting all of these women. Men who want to be president have already started working on it by that age, and realizing that what they do will end up on record somewhere. He had not thought about it until Obama was elected, as his latest woman acknowledged. She said their affair stopped in 2008.
Justin
November 29th, 2011
1:17 pm
@ td
November 29th, 2011
1:11 pm
Black man’s krytonite
November 29th, 2011
12:41 pm
Ed, the hate for president Obama has always been about color. No one can point to one piece of legislation that has called for people to say the things that are being said. The president is going through what all degree carrying, intelligent black males encounter in the corporate sect. This is just being played out for the whole country and world to see
This is total bull and you know it. Obama got a total pass from the press on his rise. His version of his background was all that was ever played to the American people. He won the historical election and is the first African American to be President. The feel good story is over now and it is time to show him for the Socialist he is and all the gloves will be taken off this time. Has nothing to do with race and everything to do with philosophy.
The one great thing about Cains candidacy is this whole racist bull is over now and Obama can be treated as any other Socialist candidate is treated.
I’m beginning to believe that you are just one ignorant @sshole!
Hard Truth Soldier
November 29th, 2011
1:19 pm
Don’t make this a RACE ISSUE, it’s stupidity, not race that got Herm backing up.
fred
November 29th, 2011
1:20 pm
:Joe the Plummer too……. Good statement. Seems like when one talks bad about the idiot from Kenya it ALL ABOUT RACE!!!! Thats not true, I dont like his White Half either. Hopefully Americans will boot his chicken lickin butt out of DC. If not, we sure got plenty more jokes for him.
rob
November 29th, 2011
1:21 pm
as an independant voter….Newt would absolutly crush Obama in the debates, Newt would speak and Obama would spend 10 minutes stuttering along trying to prentend he knows how to rebuttle…
catlady
November 29th, 2011
1:21 pm
Will he “reassess” what he thinks about the issues? or IF he thinks about the issues?
Mr. Thomas Anthony Jones, Sr
November 29th, 2011
1:22 pm
As an African-American who is a Yellow-Dog Democratic Voter andContributor, I say that Cain’s behavior embarrassed the African-American Community. We do not tolerate any one in our community whose behavior is an embarrassment to our great community. There is no excuse his wpomaniziong and lies. We in the African-American Community do not tolerate liars in our midst and Cain owes usall an profounf apology for his womanizing and lies. Maybe if he would quit hanging around the adulterer Gingrich and McClain he could see the error in his way. Apolgize Now Cain!
Carol
November 29th, 2011
1:22 pm
Hard truth Soldier
Men in power aren’t the problem, women chasing married men that they know have a family is the real problem.
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Both are adults. Neither seem to have a learning disability. They are BOTH equally wrong. Who said she went after him? She may have simply said yes. And even if she pursued him, if he was so morally upright then the answer should have been no.
Fat Seecious
November 29th, 2011
1:25 pm
When Republicans started turning presidential races into morality plays, they should have realized that even good men and women make mistakes. Let’s not forget who told us that CHARACTER MATTERS. You bet it matters. And it’s destroyed half your field.
Carol
November 29th, 2011
1:26 pm
Justin
Obama got a total pass from the press on his rise. His version of his background was all that was ever played to the American people. He won the historical election and is the first African American to be President. The feel good story is over now and it is time to show him for the Socialist he is and all the gloves will be taken off this time. Has nothing to do with race and everything to do with philosophy.
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A pass you must be suffering from amnesia:
1. He’s not a U.S. Citizen
2. He doesn’t wear a flag pin so he’s not patriotic
3. He attended a racist church for 20 years.
4. He pals around with terrorist.
5. He’s a Muslim
And that’s just the beginning of the list. Almost every one of those has off shoots. You Repubs kill me with your history lessons after the fact.
itsme
November 29th, 2011
1:27 pm
How in the world could Herman Cain be forced to get out of the race and Newt Gingrich still be a viable candidate?!
flash
November 29th, 2011
1:29 pm
The biggest problem is that he is a big lie the other issues is between him and his wife.Only a fool would believe Cain a DAM FOOL
Linda
November 29th, 2011
1:30 pm
It’s over, too many character issues…..
Smoke
November 29th, 2011
1:30 pm
I wonder if Rep. Joe Wilson will be in the balcony when Cain goes to South Carolina?
MRB
November 29th, 2011
1:31 pm
Unfortunately, if there truely were nothing to all of these allegation, Mr. Cain would have already begun civil, slander proceedings against these women.
Hard Truth Soldier
November 29th, 2011
1:32 pm
O.K. didn’t wanna talk Race in this but since it is so relevant in this discussion, lets get real. President Obama has never been looked at as a Bi-Racial Prez, he’s been looked at as a black President. America will always find away to make race relevant in these issues, but be honest when you do. White people, Black People stop thinking you truly know each other, because although close, our worlds when it comes to race are a million miles apart.
honested
November 29th, 2011
1:32 pm
If only this could have waited until deep into the primaries.
Between this clown and the newtster, Democratic fundraising should break all previous records this year.
Is this the best repugs can put forward?
Paul
November 29th, 2011
1:32 pm
Thanks for the rare wise comment herein, Steve – moderate Hunstman or moderate Obama for me, steering clear of the nutjobs on BOTH sides. Actually, moderates are at around 88% of us, the rest are just louder and more obnoxious.
The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
1:34 pm
All this love and support for Obama because every liberal is scared of an alternative voice! You always question the validity and morality of the GOP candidates. What exactly has Obama done while in office or before he got elected for that matter? Please….seriously list his outstanding accomplishments/achievements as president. It’s time for a new voice in this country and Obama is not the answer. You may not agree with GOP candidates, but sticking with the same ol same ol isnt going to get us anywhere. I do agree with Obama on one thing though….It is time for CHANGE!!!!!
Smoke
November 29th, 2011
1:35 pm
All Cain has to do is get Clarence Thomas to hold a special hearing and testify under oath down at the Georgia Pacific building.
Hard Truth Soldier
November 29th, 2011
1:37 pm
@ Carol, It’s a womans right to say no. Why go public, for money? Sorry that’ s a tramps move right there. Makes all women look like Goldiggers.
The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
1:38 pm
Baseball analogy:
If Fredi Gonzalez had 4 straight years of losing seasons as the head coach for the Braves then everyone would be looking to hire a new leader. Period!!! Someone who could possibly get results. It may not be guaranteed, but its worth a shot considering Fredi wasnt getting the job done. You may not agree with potential coach replacements coaching methods or strategies, but you already know what you get with Fredi…..more losing seasons.
Now apply that to this hot mess of a political climate. We need a new Leader!!!
Fat Seecious
November 29th, 2011
1:39 pm
It never ceases to amaze me that the Republican response to a Republican scandal is DEMOCRAT this and LIBERAL that. If you can’t address the issues under your own roof, how in the world do you expect to be the leader of the free world?
Would you think...?
November 29th, 2011
1:40 pm
Would you think that the American people could have an Intelligent conversation about the leadership abilities of candidates and the issues facing our great nation??? Would you think the discussions could be held without name calling, character assination, accusations, lying and cheating? Would you think the American people could find a person of leadership and with plans to bring this country together? Would you think it could be done with race baiting, and class warfare? Come Americans put forth some positive effort!
William Smith
November 29th, 2011
1:40 pm
Does anyone vote for anyone anymore. Most voters vote against someone this is considering both parties. To claim any party has the moral high ground is to ignore the state of our nation. A song years ago was called the “NAME GAME” now both parties sing the “BLAME GAME’. When will we get a rational candidate like Daffy Duck.
Carol
November 29th, 2011
1:41 pm
The Ruthless Way
All this love and support for Obama because every liberal is scared of an alternative voice!
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Why do Repubs always resort to saying that pointing out the obvious about one of their own means they are afraid of them? People said that about Sarah Palin. No one was afraid of her. People couldn’t believe that the Repubs actually thought she was ready to get that 3 a.m. call and know what to do. There could be serious candidates that the Dems would be concerned about, but your side either won’t support them or they won’t run.
Would you think...?
November 29th, 2011
1:42 pm
Sorry, the statement ought to read “Would you think it could be done WITHOUT race baiting and class warfare?”
honested
November 29th, 2011
1:44 pm
Ruthless,
If you analogy reflected what the President has done, you would be right.
But what needs to change is the whiny back-bench baggers in Congress that have resisted any sort of change (and any sort of reasonable behavior) for over 1/3 of the time in question.
J
November 29th, 2011
1:45 pm
Carol…….
Really, I thought this article was about Herman Cain and his inability to keep it in his pants…..I am a proud DEMOCRAT and I am the first to say that President Obama has disappointed me in some of his actions, but I support him fully as POTUS, but let’s not forget the uphill climb that the REPUBLICANS puts this country in….PLEASE STOP WITH THE NONSENSE THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA IS NOT A CITIZEN….BUSH was a friend of terrorist, so was his daddy, and being a muslim does in no way make you a bad person. Please stop the nonsense when you get on here and become internet political gangsters. This race should be about the best candidate, whether it be Dem or REP. I am also an African American so the race card is not in play here, let’s stop the madness and address the issues as to why this country is failing. Support the President because HE IS PRESIDENT regardless of his race….no one say you have to agree with everything but you should support the him, maybe then the country will rise.
The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
1:45 pm
@Carol…
Our point is the guy you obviously support isnt getting the job done. You as well as many other liberals are focused on the precarious backgrounds of the GOP while Obama had a very questionable background. My point is simply this…..Obama isnt getting the job done and he is the only Democratic Candidate for the presidency of the U.S. Because of that I have to look at all other alternatives since I dont feel he has done a good enough job as the president. Since the only other options are most likely one of the GOP candidates I think their voice should be heard and given a chance. If they take office and suck as bad as Obama has the past 3 years then gues what??? We as a republic and democratic society get to voice that opinion in 2016. We could vote in someone else.
Crash001
November 29th, 2011
1:45 pm
Dawg ‘88 – when or why do you think President Obama believes in abortion? He has made it very clear of his stands on it. What I heard him say is “I don’t believe it right but it is an individual choice”. Question for you is do you believe in Adultery? If you read the Bible at all, GOD has a problem with it. Has President Obama committed Adultery or paid for some women to have one?
Facts we know – Newt has committed Adultery twice in his previous two marriages. He is in his third and the only reason he probably hasn’t cheated is he too old.
Carol
November 29th, 2011
1:47 pm
Would you think
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Great points!
The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
1:48 pm
@ honested,
I agree with you too. I was simply focusing on the presidency. However, the same could be said for the amount of time the Democrats held power in congress prior to that. There was a reason there was change in congress the last time.
Newt A.k.A Boss HoGG
November 29th, 2011
1:48 pm
First, the T-party love affair was with Mitt, then, Bush 2.0, then, Cain, now Newt(hazzard county’s finest). Maybe the issue isn’t with liberals, the issue might be with the republicans. I’m a registered independent because I see flaws in a 2-party system. I supported President Obama in ‘08 and I will support him in ‘12. Being the HR Profession, I do see a steady increase in new hires and will continue in 2012. Both parties have to give something up to change the economy, dems will have to cut spending and republicans will have to stop protecting the rich and wealthy. Terms in which both sides are angry and upset, that’s when you are on the right track. Herman Cain destroyed himself, no one else did it. Just like when I hire individuals, everyone is great until we run that background check/drug test. Then comes every excuse in the book.
I will say thing, Michelle Obama is a CLASS ACT, she did not deserve to get treated that we that she did at the nascar event. I thought/still think bush was the worst president ever, no African-Americans ever showed disrespect to Mrs. Bush. We didn’t like her husband and his political views.
PoBoyZ
November 29th, 2011
1:49 pm
All politicians are liars and cheats. The only difference is some have been revealed and some are yet to be revealed. Our time is better spent talking about the SEC Championship. Now go DAWGS.
Smoke
November 29th, 2011
1:50 pm
All this love for Boehner and McConnell because every Dixiecrat is scared of alternative voices for the 99%. What have they done and seriously list their accomplishments. You may not agree with Obama, but sticking with the same old crowd who have obstructed the real change is not getting us anywhere.
honested
November 29th, 2011
1:51 pm
For those intent on focusing on the ‘President’s background’, AMERICA KNOWS THE PRESIDENT’S BACKGROUND and most of us support him.
The doofuses the GOP puts up to oppose him are the ones with the obvious problems with background, comprehension of the job at hand and an attachment to failed ideology.
Mr. Thomas Anthony Jones, Sr
November 29th, 2011
1:52 pm
Is Cain a minster or an adulterer. I repeat is Cain a minister or a adulerer. You can not be both Cain. Your actions are a total embarrassment to us the African-American Community. We do tolerate your phony Republican facade. All you did at the National Restaurant Association was chase white women. What is up with that gartbage. Did you do any work in Chicago. You owe the National Restaurant Association a refund for all the money you cause that organization. As a Brainwashed Democratic voter and contributor I want you to tell why you did not march for Civil Rights in the 19620’s, but chase white women’s skirts in the 1990’s. We are going to be on you like a fly on flypaper if we catch you, a minister chasing any other women we are going to publicize you and them and make sure you apologize to us. And Cain start marching in Civil Rights Marches. We do like folks who do not march for Civil Rights, Reverend Cain. Compredre, Mr. Cain. Understand!!!!!.
Newt A.k.A Boss HoGG
November 29th, 2011
1:57 pm
Funny to hear Republicans talk about the job that Obama has done. Let’s take a closer look at his track record vs Bush………
Remember 2000-2008, bush bailed out the Banks with Tarp, now reading that almost $8Billion was giving to the banks in secret. 2 Failed wars with thousands of Americans lost their lives and tens of thousands injuried for Nothing, “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED”, bush could not get Osama, BlackWater, Katrina, WallStreet, Housing Market, Rich Tax Cuts when he inheritated surplus from Clinton………I will stop there. This country was destroyed under Bush, 8 years of bush/it. If you gonna be made at someone, be mad at your own party, they caused it
Self_Made
November 29th, 2011
1:59 pm
This is where perverted politics will get you. When you employ an electoral strategy that seeks to divide people to the point where you retain the biggest “chunk” of voters…when you vilify all people, including citizens, who don’t fit into the “real American” box…when you stand on morals, principles, and values but only in regards to “other kinds of people”…when you try to present multi-billion dollar multi-national corporations as “small business owners” and try to make them accountable to NO ONE…
…this is what you get in your field of candidates. Best of luck.
Ed
November 29th, 2011
2:00 pm
Since when can a “minister/reverand” not be a pastor and an adulterer? Ever heard of MLK, Jr., and Jesse Jackson for beginners?
honested
November 29th, 2011
2:00 pm
Newt A.k.A…..
And that sir, is the truth!!
The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
2:05 pm
@ Newt A,K,A.
I havent read anyone on this blog defending Bush. What we are talking about is the current political climate. President Obama was elected to change our country for the better and to correct the mistakes made under the Bush admninistration. He HASN’T!!! Unemployment is up…..deficit is up….spending is up…etc etc etc. No one disagrees that things got messed up under Bush, even with some crazy stuff happening under his presidency. All the OTHER VOICE is trying to say is Obama isnt correcting the problem. Plain and simple. It’s time for a change of pace!!
John Adams
November 29th, 2011
2:06 pm
This is just another attack on Cain by the leftist liberal media (local Atlanta affiliate on the liberal Fox News).
I don’t know if this excuse makes sense but hey, at this point we Republicans will try anything. That’s all we can do. We are toast.
Jeff
November 29th, 2011
2:08 pm
Honkies for Herman
Madea
November 29th, 2011
2:09 pm
Cain must think we’re as stupid as his wife apparently is.
seriously
November 29th, 2011
2:09 pm
The majority of politicians do chase tail, its not a republican thing… look at Clinton, he was still chasing tail while in the white house. I would still rather have Herman Cain in the white house than suffer another four years with Obama.
Carol
November 29th, 2011
2:10 pm
J
I am also an African American so the race card is not in play here, let’s stop the madness and address the issues as to why this country is failing. Support the President because HE IS PRESIDENT regardless of his race….no one say you have to agree with everything but you should support the him, maybe then the country will rise.
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Unless someone else is using my name (I need to go through these posts) I haven’t said anything about RACE and the president except in response to someone else who thinks I did.
I wholeheartedly support the President. Voted for him once and plan to again. Like you, I don’t agree with everything he has done or how he has done it. Most people don’t agree 100% with anyone. But I believe in many of the things he has done and definitely many of the things he is trying to do.
By the way, I don’t always vote along party lines either. I voted for GWB the first time. I was happy I was allowed to correct my mistake even though it didn’t work.
td
November 29th, 2011
2:12 pm
Justin
November 29th, 2011
1:17 pm
“I’m beginning to believe that you are just one ignorant @sshole!”
Why? Is it because you are learning that all white people do not hate black people? Is it because you are learning that philosophy matters more than race?
It must be hard walking through life seeing everything based on color. You my friend need to wake up and do some soul searching and find out what you really believe in and not just think everything has to do with color. I promise you will be a lot more happy with life in general.
Justin
November 29th, 2011
2:14 pm
@ seriously
November 29th, 2011
2:09 pm
The majority of politicians do chase tail, its not a republican thing… look at Clinton, he was still chasing tail while in the white house. I would still rather have Herman Cain in the white house than suffer another four years with Obama.
Your comment is just proof that conservatives are willing to cut off their noses to spite their faces. You would rather have Cain who knows nothing about protecting you and has no clue what foreign policy really is?
honested
November 29th, 2011
2:16 pm
Rutheless,
The President has succeeded in preventing the disaster he was presented from worsening. Attempts to correct the mess have been met by kicking and screaming from the ‘conservative children’ in the Congress who sat politely by as the disaster was being enacted.
Without the Stimulus, unemployment would likely be 11%. And by the way, what plan does anyone riding in the repug Clown Car to each of the bogus ‘debates’ have in mind for correcting unemployment?
Without elimination of the spending attached to the offshore military adventurism and a return to sane taxation, you are not likely to see any improvement.
So, if you are riding in the clown car, get used to misery, because that is all they have planned.
The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
2:16 pm
@ Justin…..HA HA HA
And what foreign policy experience did Obama have when he was running for president. My oh my how hypocritical you are. Thanks for that laugh. I needed it!
The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
2:18 pm
@ honested….
That’s all empty conjecture and party line talking there. Do some real homework on each of the candidates instead of classing all GOP supporters as clowns. I think its time you stop sipping the kool-aid!!
Just the facts
November 29th, 2011
2:20 pm
Cain is done. He needs to step out quickly for the sake of his family. To stay in past this week would be due to ego. He was not honest about these things, and he is just not credible at this point. With all that said, either Newt or Romney will beat Obama. Obama will lose OH, FL, IN, NC, VA, WI, NV, CO and IA. No way he will win the general election. Sure, he will carry CA, CT, WA, NY and IL, but everything past that is in play.
Bootnewt
November 29th, 2011
2:23 pm
Cain: Down the Drain.
Lorraine
November 29th, 2011
2:25 pm
Cain needs to go somewhere and sit down, what you do in the dark will come out in the light!!!!
td
November 29th, 2011
2:26 pm
honested
November 29th, 2011
1:51 pm
For those intent on focusing on the ‘President’s background’, AMERICA KNOWS THE PRESIDENT’S BACKGROUND and most of us support him.
Please tell us his background? What was his college grades? Where is his thesis? Why has his campaign spent $2 million to make sure we do not know anything about his college years?
His approval rating is 42% and I do not think that is MOST of the people. His approval rating among independents is down to 30% and it is 5% among Republicans. Only the left approves of Obama.
Justin
November 29th, 2011
2:26 pm
@ The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
2:16 pm
@ Justin…..HA HA HA
And what foreign policy experience did Obama have when he was running for president. My oh my how hypocritical you are. Thanks for that laugh. I needed it!
Surely you just!
I’d rather have someone in office who has at held an office making foreign policy decisions than a clown like Cain who hasn’t run anything but his mouth.
Black man's krytonite
November 29th, 2011
2:26 pm
oh no, we’re are going to be subjected to more “…and I’m a mormon commercials.” as if people didn’t know there are actual black mormons or mormons that work everyday.
@Just the facts…cain can’t even get his talk show back. unless he takes the pre empted by Braves baseball time slot. it would have to be Mitt cause I can’t see one woman voting for newt.
Self_Made
November 29th, 2011
2:26 pm
Criticism of Obama is not ALL about race, but a lot of it is. Obama’s policies haven’t been a COMPLETE disaster, but they haven’t helped much and made some things worse. Newt Gingrich is possibly the smartest candidate on either side (Ron Paul, Jon Huntsman, and Obama offer real challenges to that), but he’s far from the BEST candidate.
Give me Jon Huntsman and I just may be able to vote for a Republican for the first time since GHW Bush. Other than him, they all sound like Friar’s Club roasters trying to “out-outrage” each other. If times weren’t so serious, the laughter wouldn’t be so nervous.
The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
2:29 pm
@ Justin
I am glad you feel that way and respect that. With your current logic then you surely must have voted for McCain in 2008 right? He was loaded with foreign policy experience while Obama…well…ran his mouth!
WAR EAGLE
November 29th, 2011
2:29 pm
Dawg! What are you Smokin? Keep abortion legal! We don’t need illegit Btards running around from al lthese black baby mama’s and trailor park trash girls. i do not wnat my money keeping some illegit kid around to commit crimes. As for Obumbler, he is a muslim! THAT is the problem I have with him, not that he is black, but htat he is a muslim and his policies are worse than bush’s. I would vote for Mr. Keyes, or Rr. Cosby over Osama bin obama. So stop electing people b/c of color. elect them b/c they have a plan, not just “change” but how are they gonna do it. Get the whole story and not the snap shot version.
Smoke
November 29th, 2011
2:30 pm
People have been supporting Dixiecrats who have failed our country. Simple question. If you hate and don’t want government, how in the world can you effectively and efficiently run it?
T Knight
November 29th, 2011
2:31 pm
I wish Herman Cain nothing but the best. Though he is not my candidate, he is a class act. The ALLEGATIONS are going to be hard to recover from. My thoughts and prayers are with he and
his family.
td
November 29th, 2011
2:33 pm
“President Obama’s slow ride down Gallup’s daily presidential job approval index has finally passed below Jimmy Carter, earning Obama the worst job approval rating of any president at this stage of his term in modern political history.
Since March, Obama’s job approval rating has hovered above Carter’s, considered among the 20th century’s worst presidents, but today Obama’s punctured Carter’s dismal job approval line. On their comparison chart, Gallup put Obama’s job approval rating at 43 percent compared to Carter’s 51 percent.”
According to Gallup, here are the job approval numbers for other presidents at this stage of their terms, a year before the re-election campaign:
– Harry S. Truman: 54 percent.
– Dwight Eisenhower: 78 percent.
– Lyndon B. Johnson: 44 percent.
– Richard M. Nixon: 50 percent.
– Ronald Reagan: 54 percent.
– George H.W. Bush: 52 percent.
– Bill Clinton: 51 percent.
– George W. Bush: 55 percent
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/11/29/obamas-job-approval-drops-below-carters
jld
November 29th, 2011
2:37 pm
Gingrich will be next to go and like it or not ORomneycare is going to get picked for the Pubs.
ld
November 29th, 2011
2:39 pm
It’s not that I’m a Huntsman fan, but what’s left? The right-wing of the GOP will not forgive Newt his affair; the moneyed intere$t of the GOP will not forgive Newt his “dances” w/compromise and the mainstream GOP is, hopefully, smart enough to know that Newt, as a very high ranking gov’t official was stupid enough to act in a manner that made him suseptable to potential blackmail and the INDEPENDENTS loathe his hypocracy.
Poleesemenses
November 29th, 2011
2:39 pm
Cain is able….or he was. Yep, my man has dipped his pen into too many inkwells. Oh well.
mybad
November 29th, 2011
2:39 pm
Philandering husbands always deny the truth. It’s guy code. But they can’t seem to argue with cell phone records. Caught my own husband the same way. He used to tell me I’m crazy. That was when he mattered to me. Now, I just don’t care anymore.
ld
November 29th, 2011
2:39 pm
What’s left is milk-toast Mitt.
I wonder
November 29th, 2011
2:44 pm
If our current Socialist leader had been as scrutinized would he be in office? This isn’t about right wing or conservatives. Dirty politics plain and simple. Cain shouldn’t be running if he’s covered up this behavior. I guess if his name was Bawney Fwank or perhaps Clinton or Kennedy there might be a different standard. Throw all the bums out!!
ld
November 29th, 2011
2:47 pm
The current polarized Congress exist as an inept body in no small part because of the rules laws and efforts of Newt when he was Speaker–building, of course, on the judge-and-hate-thy-neighbor discourse of the religious right. The GOP held both houses of Congress and the White House for SEVEN long years and never passed any ban on abortion–THAT would have removed the incentive for the one-issue “value” voters to go to the polls and vote contrary to their own best economic interest and the best interest of this nation and its majority. There are few “moderates” in either party because of the judgmental nature of those who fight against individual liberty when it doesn’t meet their personal standard.
td
November 29th, 2011
2:47 pm
“New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ripped President Obama for the failure of the debt supercommittee, calling the president “a bystander in the Oval Office” in comments Monday.
“I was angry this weekend, listening to the spin coming out of the administration, about the failure of the supercommittee, and that the president knew it was doomed for failure, so he didn’t get involved. Well, then what the hell are we paying you for?” Christie said in Camden, N.J. ” ‘It’s doomed for failure, so I’m not getting involved’? Well, what have you been doing, exactly?”
Now that is telling the truth.
ld
November 29th, 2011
2:48 pm
Haven’t you read the news? Barney Frank already sees the writing on the wall and is not running for another term.
Uh, Mr. Thomas Anthony Jones, Sr...
November 29th, 2011
2:54 pm
…do you support Jesse Jackson and PUSH? If so, please rethink everything you have said about “the Affrican-American community” and their non-support of “womanizers…
Did you support Bill Clinton (who, by the way, is not A-A)…if you did not support either of these people of note, please carry on…otherwise, STFU…
ld
November 29th, 2011
2:54 pm
The President and Congress are two different branches of government. Also, all other members of Congress–everyone but the super-committee (and their lobbyists)–were, by design, bystanders in that debacle.
Concerned Citizen
November 29th, 2011
2:55 pm
The problem with politics in America is that the vast majority of Americans know very little about the way our government is supposed to work. They were too bored in school to try learn anything about the system or maybe too much emphasis on math, reading and science. First of all our founding fathers did not intend for politics to become a career. If you read Article 1 Section 4 (amended by section 2 of the 20th amendment) of the US Constitution it states that congress will meet “at least once a year” which does not suggest that this was a full time job.
What does all this mean? It means we need realistic term limits for our congressmen and realistic compensation as it pertains to what they do and how long they serve…no golden parachutes.
PMC
November 29th, 2011
2:58 pm
Are there any politicians without character concerns?
Seems like being a pompous arrogant bag of wind is a huge prerequisite of the job.
ld
November 29th, 2011
2:58 pm
The only people may be more stupid that men in high-ranking gov’t positions who cheat on their wives and think they will not get caught — including but not limited to Clinton and Gingrich — (aside, perhaps, from the woman they’ve cheated with that then marry the cheat thinking they will be faithful–duh?) are those people that are willing to re-elect such cheats that have previously acted to leave themselves open to potential blackmail thinking those skunks will change their stripe– (w/apologies to skunks).
Sick of Republicans
November 29th, 2011
2:58 pm
While I am not a Cain backer and would never vote Republican knowingly after eight years of Bush/Cheney and Sonny Perdue, I still don’t understand why Newt is being given a free ride when allegations against him have been proven and Cain is being destroyed based on allegations. Newt is worse, scum, and downright a slime ball.
Carol
November 29th, 2011
2:58 pm
Concerned Citizen
What does all this mean? It means we need realistic term limits for our congressmen and realistic compensation as it pertains to what they do and how long they serve…no golden parachutes.
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That’s certainly a good start. Think about it. We limit the President’s term and that’s the highest office in the land. Yet the people who he has to work with can stay in office and raise h@ll until the drop dead. Makes no sense.
ld
November 29th, 2011
2:59 pm
Concerned Citizen [ @ 2:55 p.m. ]
AMEN!
Rock Gaines
November 29th, 2011
3:03 pm
I’m so sick and tired of the Democrat vs Republican battle in Washington and elsewhere. I realize that it’s unrealistic to think that there would be bi-partisan agreement on everything, but to have the discord we have now is crippling our nation’s recovery. The failure to work together in Washington is killing us. Both parties are responsible for the lack of progress in solving the major issues we have in this country. We spend way too much time posturing, name-calling and taking the hard line instead of coming up with compromise that just might work.
It’s like a divorce where the grown-ups are fighting over everything – and the kids suffer because of it.
cb
November 29th, 2011
3:04 pm
Black Man’s Kryptonite Strikes Again. I don’t believe the lies by these Caucasian women, but get enough to LIE and in this Bias society they do damage because of the underlying racism. The system is corrupt!!
Carol
November 29th, 2011
3:04 pm
Sick of Republicans
I still don’t understand why Newt is being given a free ride when allegations against him have been proven and Cain is being destroyed based on allegations. Newt is worse, scum, and downright a slime ball.
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But Newt is a “slick slime ball.” Newt is ‘clever’ enough to make people believe he’s the smartest man on the planet. I listen closely to his answers sometimes and I swear it sounds like he just throws words into the sentence to confound people. He is the master of using a couple of out of the ordinary, well-placed words. They seem to go a long way with this guy even when they don’t really make sense. And of course his buzz phrases like “social engineering.” Gotta love the guy LOL.
ld
November 29th, 2011
3:05 pm
The problem is that Congress makes the law and polititions make up Congress and polititions make the rules that decide how we vote for members of Congress.
Perhaps we need a new constitutional convention or at least shame enough of the current batch to get a law passed that will enable/require citizens to vote “propositions” or otherwise vote on laws members of Congress must obey.
Pipe dream, likely: power corrupts and absolute power corrupts. Judges rule from bench to make Judges more powerful; Congress write laws to make Congress more powerful. Presidents that are not comfortable or any good w/bully pulpit (Bush) get bored and yearn to be “war president” with huge amount of power of Commander and Chief.
ld
November 29th, 2011
3:06 pm
Newt is not likely to have a “free ride”; the only thing the media likes more than building up one of these sleezeballs is tearing them down afterward.
Carol
November 29th, 2011
3:06 pm
Rock Gaines
I’m so sick and tired of the Democrat vs Republican battle in Washington and elsewhere. I realize that it’s unrealistic to think that there would be bi-partisan agreement on everything, but to have the discord we have now is crippling our nation’s recovery.
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You said a mouthful!
casper09
November 29th, 2011
3:06 pm
dawg88 you have no right to used the word faith when you mention the names of cain and newt the good books says what;s done in the dard will surely come to the light my mother told me as a child you will wreep what you sew newt left a dying wife playing around with his mistress cain has been cheating on his wife now you wanna talk about faith but one thing is for sure besides all the garbage you are spilling obama is our president elected bu the american people get over it and there is not a damn thing you can do about quite frnakly i could care less if he is re elected but we the people elected him get over it you hater
Smoke
November 29th, 2011
3:08 pm
Cain has the traits of a number of CEOs. Fuzzy on details, take credit when it’s not due, blame others for failure and walk away with a boatload of money. Why isn’t Rick Santorum the GOP frontrunner?
ld
November 29th, 2011
3:12 pm
Support Bill Clinton for what? Hadn’t heard he was running for anything.
ld
November 29th, 2011
3:12 pm
Google “Santorum”. Intolerance of other’s individual libert is ugly; sometimes there is poetic justice.
oldtimer
November 29th, 2011
3:13 pm
Who knows…maybe it is all a lie. It has worked before. I do not think he would run, knowing this would haunt his family. He is a pretty smart guy.
td
November 29th, 2011
3:13 pm
Concerned Citizen
November 29th, 2011
2:55 pm
Newt attempted to get a Constitutional Amendment as part of his Contract with America. It passed the house 227- 204. No Dems voted for it and it did not get the 3/5 majority needed to be sent to the Senate.
Realists
November 29th, 2011
3:13 pm
the new racism is saying ” its not about race” if Pres. Obama was white or republican nothing would be said about ObamaCare, and the Jobs bill would be passes without hesitation!! FACT!
Like all Democrats...
November 29th, 2011
3:14 pm
…are saintly, right? RIIIGGGHHHTTT…..pot, meet kettle, also known as Bill Clinton, JFK, Jesse Jackson, Marion Berry, Bill Campbell, – shall I go on….
Mark
November 29th, 2011
3:15 pm
@ td
November 29th, 2011
2:33 pm
“President Obama’s slow ride down Gallup’s daily presidential job approval index has finally passed below Jimmy Carter, earning Obama the worst job approval rating of any president at this stage of his term in modern political history.
Since March, Obama’s job approval rating has hovered above Carter’s, considered among the 20th century’s worst presidents, but today Obama’s punctured Carter’s dismal job approval line. On their comparison chart, Gallup put Obama’s job approval rating at 43 percent compared to Carter’s 51 percent.”
According to Gallup, here are the job approval numbers for other presidents at this stage of their terms, a year before the re-election campaign:
– Harry S. Truman: 54 percent.
– Dwight Eisenhower: 78 percent.
– Lyndon B. Johnson: 44 percent.
– Richard M. Nixon: 50 percent.
– Ronald Reagan: 54 percent.
– George H.W. Bush: 52 percent.
– Bill Clinton: 51 percent.
– George W. Bush: 55 percent
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/11/29/obamas-job-approval-drops-below-carters
This makes me want to vote for Obama again! Thanks a lot pal!
Smoke
November 29th, 2011
3:15 pm
Forget the accusations, Mrs. Cain should ask Herman if he has a record of calling or texting her 61 times in the past four months? I haven’t called anyone 61 times about anything in the past year, including my girlfriend or my wife.
td
November 29th, 2011
3:16 pm
Carol
November 29th, 2011
3:04 pm
Have you ever listened to any of Obama’s speeches with that critical of an eye? Does he not do the same thing?
ld
November 29th, 2011
3:16 pm
Though I may find the purported/described activities of gay men barfable, I do strongly believe that my individual liberty — and yours — is fragile; and I believe that denying individual liberty to any other person (that has not, by criminal conduct, thrown away their right to liberty) damages our own.
Buzz phrases, Carol?...
November 29th, 2011
3:17 pm
…kind of like “hope and change”, or get this country back on track”, or “increase revenue”, or “pay their fair share” – yep, when Dems say it, it is OK, when anyone else says it, it is a “buzz phrase”…
Realists
November 29th, 2011
3:18 pm
forget about the fact that this country supposed to be founded on “innocent until proven guilty” smh u make an allegation and the whole world believes you without even having any facts what so ever….FYI women do lie…..
Adam
November 29th, 2011
3:21 pm
@ Carol
November 29th, 2011
12:17 pm
“…You mean win???? LOL”
Really? You consider our current state of affairs as winning? You would seriously consider the re-election of Mr. Obama winning? For who…A political party or the country? It definitely would not be a win for the economy nor the country as a whole. This isn’t team sports where you can blindly be a fan without much consequence. As this president as proven, the one in the oval office has a huge impact on the direction of the country as a whole, and any honest observer would have to say that arrow is trending downward at an alarming pace.
ld
November 29th, 2011
3:22 pm
We need a VIABLE third option; however, the rules put in place in each state and on a national level by the DEMS and GOP to limit their competition only to each other make that unlikely–it is also the reason that the two major parties of our political are so polarized and impotent at competent governence.
td
November 29th, 2011
3:22 pm
Realists
November 29th, 2011
3:13 pm
the new racism is saying ” its not about race” if Pres. Obama was white or republican nothing would be said about ObamaCare, and the Jobs bill would be passes without hesitation!! FACT!
FACT- You are full of crap. You just can not stand the fact that you can not play that race card this time around for Obama. If Mr. Cain did nothing else with his campaign he has made it impossible for the claim of racism to be used this next year. This is about philosophy not race and you my friend need to accept those FACTS.
Tea party Nut miceters
November 29th, 2011
3:23 pm
MR. President 51.5% GOP clowns 48.5% What a real bunch of GOP clowns come on man!!!
ld
November 29th, 2011
3:24 pm
Though I don’t care for Obama, aside from using the “bully pulpit” or vile back-room dealmaking, there is little any President can do to get laws passed. Or do any of you know something I don’t?
clem
November 29th, 2011
3:25 pm
interesting read on the newster:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newt/
td
November 29th, 2011
3:26 pm
ld
November 29th, 2011
3:22 pm
What is a reliable third party candidate going to give us? Where would this person be philosophically? More conservative? More liberal? In the middle? How would this person (with no political allies) work with congress?
Arlene Brumfield
November 29th, 2011
3:27 pm
We live in a time where any person with an agenda to ruin another person, can call up one of the 24/7 news channels and say they slept with a candidate, and it becomes a news flash and every other news source grabs it and soon people believe what talking heads tell them!! Why did the media choose to ignore stories like these about Obama?! If the media had vetted Obama, like they have Cain, Hillary Clinton would be President today!!
Thinking out loud in N.C.
Yes, Id...
November 29th, 2011
3:27 pm
…the President can LEAD, and just what is wrong with using the “bully pulpit” or vile back-room dealmaking” – that is pretty much what LEADING is all about at this level of government…
ld
November 29th, 2011
3:28 pm
The next election will not be about “race”; it will be about “class”: the so-called “1%” investor class vs. the so-called “99%” mega-rich investor class–the investor class has been engaging in modern class warfare for over three decades–and winning.
Smoke
November 29th, 2011
3:29 pm
Dixiecrats reminding Democrats about adultry count in their ranks is really funny since they are comparing them in the same light as Cain and Newt. I guess they don’t realize what they are saying. Too bad they didn’t put Cain on speakerphone and let Ms. White speak first!
Mark
November 29th, 2011
3:31 pm
@ td
November 29th, 2011
3:22 pm
Realists
November 29th, 2011
3:13 pm
the new racism is saying ” its not about race” if Pres. Obama was white or republican nothing would be said about ObamaCare, and the Jobs bill would be passes without hesitation!! FACT!
FACT- You are full of crap. You just can not stand the fact that you can not play that race card this time around for Obama. If Mr. Cain did nothing else with his campaign he has made it impossible for the claim of racism to be used this next year. This is about philosophy not race and you my friend need to accept those FACTS.
No you are full of crap! We’ll just see how much the race card is used once Cain is bounced out of the primary on his ass! You typical conservative racist will be back at it again calling Obama and Michelle monkeys just like in 08
ld
November 29th, 2011
3:31 pm
Deal-making, YES–that’s called compromise; the vile back-room kind, NO–that’s what we have now–including deals used by members of Congress for insider trading. The use of the “bully pulpit” is to LEAD–but it ain’t any easier to LEAD Congress than it is to herd cats because Congress is following the lobbyi$ts.
ld
November 29th, 2011
3:32 pm
oops the mega rich investor class vs. the 99% working class. mea culpa.
Realists
November 29th, 2011
3:32 pm
@td FACT how can a pres operate and do wht he thinks is necessary if the majority of congress is against him….everyone wants a quick fix!! if u gain 30lbs in 2months please believe its gonna take atleast 6 to get it off!!!! no pres!!! i repeat no pres can bring this country out of the hole its in in one term……but of course obama let the american ppl know that they care more about politics than getting this country back but regardless of what u say i believe bill maher when he said ” denying racism is the new racism”
td
November 29th, 2011
3:33 pm
ld
November 29th, 2011
3:28 pm
You have to be kidding right? The real class warfare is the 53% of tax payers vs. the 47% leeches. The 47% wants the government to take care of them and give them more, more without them having to take any type of personal responsibility or having t work for what they are given. “Just tax the rich more so I can have more Food Stamps, free phones, free Internet, free medical care…”.
Smoke
November 29th, 2011
3:33 pm
Have you noticed that Liberals have not mentioned “race” when it comes to Cain’s problems? Cain and the Dixiecrats have, but Liberals have sat back and just watched and commented on the silliness.
rita
November 29th, 2011
3:34 pm
i second what cable guy has to say. stay out of my business and there personal business.
TruthBe
November 29th, 2011
3:37 pm
Once again the Democrat smear machine at it’s finest work. The Democrats can’t afford a Black Republican Politican with National Support of the People. Because it takes the “Racist Black Vote” away from them and the right to call everybody else racist. And you Black Democrats are playing right into their arms. Get back on the DNC Plantation and stay there boy. And as for if Cain did or didn’t have these affairs you democrats really don’t give a damn because you ALL were there to help and support Clinton when he had all of his affairs. In fact the media cover for him as well as the Womens Lib groups. After all “he’s just a man” Remember????.
Realists
November 29th, 2011
3:40 pm
@TruthBe you’re probably one of those sick white men that molest little boys!!
ld
November 29th, 2011
3:41 pm
OWS identifies the 1% & 99%; however, I believe that these numbers are “broad-stroke” talking points. The mega-rich are less than half of one percent; the rich are more like the next several percent. The median income are the “silent majority” “middle class”. The poor, and poorly educated, at least seem to only vote in presidental elections. If “values” (religious) voters voted their pocketbooks, the vote would likely be more lopsided–but still not 99-1.
There are still individual liberty issues those of us that stay “independent” consider–right to bear arms. Then there are practical and fear issues–how much is pratical and how much is fear is debatable: security, military, immigration, etc.
I’m looking for a candidate that believes in individual liberty, equal right under law, fair and just capitalism, separation of church and state, and a reasonable degree of practical compassion AND the courage to take an unpopular stand and LEAD. Don’t see one.
td
November 29th, 2011
3:41 pm
Realists
November 29th, 2011
3:32 pm
Obama had a filibuster proof Congress for two years. Name any other President that has had that much power? What did he accomplish? He spent a year passing a health care bill that the majority of the American people said they did not want. He spent $1 trillion on a stimulus package to bail out unions and public sector employees. What else did he really accomplish? Where was the jobs package? Reagan worked with a Congress of a different party and got things accomplished. Clinton worked with Newt and turned the economy around.
He has shown no leadership and has shown to be totally out of touch with the American people and the needs of the people. He had the power and Congress did not hold his agenda up. He does not deserve another term and those are the real facts.
luangtom
November 29th, 2011
3:42 pm
While it may be amazing to many that the Democrats soon forgot that their man Bill had an affair while in the White House, they have the media behind their current darling in the White House. No big out-cry over not calling a Christmas Tree a Christmas Tree…..it is now a Holiday Tree. No outrage that he still has not shown he is eligible for balloting by providing a valid birth-certificate. No outrage that he cow-tows to every Muslim country in the world. Afterall, he has the media behind him. He is their darling.
We will continue to see the Republicans self-destruct and destroy themselves. We will have Obama for another four years and we will have a national catastrophe, martial law will be declared in some form or another and there will be no need for a Congress. Afterall, we have the media darling to run the country even deeper into a socialist state. All will soon forget Obama told us he “will create millions of jobs”. Then, “I will save millions of jobs.” Now, it is a new battle-cry to soon be determined.
Afterall, he is the media darling.
ld
November 29th, 2011
3:44 pm
A reasonable degree of practical compassion means REQUIRING a reasonable degree of individual responsibillity. Fair and just capitalism means that the worker that makes the employer rich earns a living wage and the executive that craps out gets nothing.
honested
November 29th, 2011
3:44 pm
To all the misguided wrong-wingers, DEMOCRATS DID NOT DO THIS!!
We would love to see the likes of cain, newt, bachman, santorum, perry or even trump in the clown seat.
Cain did this to himself by being so arrogant as to assume his past would not be mentioned!
So, as long as the gop must chose a candidate by their blind allegiance to buzzwords and failed ideology, this is the sort of deeply flawed and unqualified candidate that will float to the top.
You got what you asked for!
CmdrR
November 29th, 2011
3:45 pm
“13-year-old affair” ? And, is it really spelled “claimes” ?
Anyway… It’s amazing that Cain lasted this long, or that this revelation knocked him out, and not his utter lack of qualifications or statesmanship, or demeanor, or charisma, or intelligence, or… etc.
I’m not sure the GOP did itself a favor by revving things up a year early. It’s certainly made the party leadership appear incapable of policing itself. Seriously, whether 7 of the 8 (or whatever number at the dias) aren’t nominated, they ALL represent GOP goals. In theory, anyway. It’s been a sloppy show so far.
Double Pepperoni & Cheese
November 29th, 2011
3:45 pm
This woman has some genuine ammunition. Not good looks, but apparently something got her paid. Hard to understand why Cain would jeopardize himself by associating with her record of fraudulence and joblessness. Nothing wrong with helping people but this looks ugly. Such a disappointment, but once again, this is standard of leadership these days, dire chaos. What’s down in the well is going to come up in the bucket. I’m not a hater, it’s the games people play with our lives. Herman wasn’t going to win the white house anyway. Well, at least he will still have pizza to eat for a long time…
Concerned Citizen
November 29th, 2011
3:47 pm
Another truth be told is that too many people vote for a candiate based soley on the “cover and not the book”…”oh he or she looks like me I’ll vote for them.”
clem
November 29th, 2011
3:50 pm
td, think you need to check your facts on filibuster proofness:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster
The Truth
November 29th, 2011
3:52 pm
Do you idiot Republicans actually think that as bad as you say that Obama is that someone would vote for a Republican for President after the last two failures you guys had? George H.W.’s economic policies were a failure and he ended up being a ‘one-termer’. George W. ruined the economy and brought on the melt-down of Wall Street in 2008 and took us to a three trillion dollar failure of a war that was based on lies.
Looks like you guys are the clowns, Bozos or whatever you want to call it… Now you have Newt Gingrich who was a lobbyist for Freddie and Fannie and the pimp-pastor, Herman Cain. You guys are a joke and everyone know it… LOL.
td
November 29th, 2011
3:53 pm
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ld
November 29th, 2011
3:54 pm
Aside from the fact that Obama did in the two years past call the tree a “Christmas” tree–WTF difference does it make if he did not use YOUR preference of adjective? December 25 is a date even most biblical historians will acknowledge is not the exact date of Jesus, so those that want to put the “Christ” back in “Christmas” are overheated and making much ado about nothing.
For those of you that are real big on pputting “Christ” back in “Christmas”, I make a reading suggestion–a Christain magazine:
THE GOOD NEWS MAGAZINE: http://www.GNmagazine.org or they’ll send you FREE–yes F R E E — a Christian magazine — every few months — just for the asking. The November/December 2011 issue has an article beginning at page 20: “Do You Know the Surpriosing Origins of the Christmas Holiday?” They have a separate booklet on the same subject.
I strongly object to some of the positions this current president has taken and find Obama rather inept; however, let’s be critical where it matters — there’s enough of that to consider — Obamacare, etc. — without irrelevant clutter.
ld
November 29th, 2011
3:55 pm
td
cute
u must b in advertising?
ld
November 29th, 2011
3:58 pm
To Cain supporters:
Cain used the media to sell his books and have a good time on contributed $–that seems to have been is expectation if not his wet dream–and more power to him in that regard–just don’t expect those of us w/any sense to want him as president.
td
November 29th, 2011
3:59 pm
ld
November 29th, 2011
3:44 pm
“Fair and just capitalism means that the worker that makes the employer rich earns a living wage”
What is a living wage? How much money is a living wage? How much profit should a business owner make?
It all depends on the skill set the worker brings to the table. Example: At Microsoft the top three founders are billionaires and the next 200 are millionaires. These people worked long hours for less money to begin with and now it has paid off for them. There were months and even years where Gates, Allen and Balmer barely made enough to eat but now they are super rich because they brought a product to market that the market demanded. People that have went to work with MS in the past several years do not make this type of money because there current skill set and there aversion to risk (the market) does not make them worth as much.
Mr. Thomas Anthony Jones, Sr
November 29th, 2011
4:00 pm
As a loyal Yellow-Dog African-American Democratic Voter and Contributor I hate to go after Rev. Herman Cain, but you have to do your duty when you see a sinner. Where those rockis I piled up. As a Democrat I noticed the Republicans ore the Party of Marriage and Morality. If they are God is up there laughing. Let run down list. President Eisenhower had a affair with his female driver; Gov. Nelson Rockefeller was a divorcee;Newt Gingrich dumped his sick wife who had Ovarian Cancer at the Hospital;McClain dumped his wife as soon as he got away from my boys in Hanoi; and now Reverend Cain is chasing white women’s skirts. And the Republican Tea Part racists claim they are Party of morality. Didn’t that hypocrite Gingrich have an affair while he was charging the First African-American President Clinton of Adultery? Didn’t he hypocrites? Yeah I throw rocks. Anytime I see a lying Republican I throw throw rocks.
ld
November 29th, 2011
4:01 pm
Good News Magazine booklets are also free. Yes, they will accept donations.
They have a lot to say about the USA & EU roll in the “end times” and a lot of other interesting literature.
SJR
November 29th, 2011
4:01 pm
Cain clearly did not think through his decision to run for president. Cain and the rest of his idiot republican candidates need to drop out of the race. Any U.S. citizen that has a brain, or a drop of common sense would not even consider voting for a Republican. It is amazing how soon everyone forgot who got this country into this mess in the first place, and how everyone expected Obama to fix this mess overnight. Everyone needs to wake up, and realize that it is going to take a lot longer than 3 years to get things done. I don’t care what anyone says, Obama has accomplished more in 3 years than Bush did his entire 8 years in office. We finally got an intelligent President who has good ideas, and is trying to implement them, but it is difficult when he has the party of “NO” shooting down everything he presents. The bottom line is that it is all about race…if Obama were white, all of his ideas would be golden. Instead, the Repub’s would love to see the President fail. I would rather go another 4 years with our current President, than to risk falling back into the 18th century with the idiot Repubs that have put the country in the position that we are in now.
Obama 2012!!!!!
The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
4:04 pm
@honested
“So, as long as the gop must chose a candidate by their blind allegiance to buzzwords and failed ideology, this is the sort of deeply flawed and unqualified candidate that will float to the top.
You got what you asked for!”
That’s pretty funny….that’s exactly how all us GOP/Independent voters feel about you Liberals and your choices for president. A.K.A. I can’t lead my way out of a paper bag, but take all the credit from a liberal and biased media who give all liberal drones talking points to blab on blogs OBAMA!!! It’s time for change. Get over it!
Chan
November 29th, 2011
4:04 pm
Why does everything with Horny Herman always lead to reASSessing.
Chip
November 29th, 2011
4:05 pm
I agree with ya td. What do we have to lose? I remember when there were no republicans here in the first place to confuse our society. Peace be with y’all.
Chip
honested
November 29th, 2011
4:09 pm
ruthless,
So why did you guys elect the predecessor that made the mess?
Didn’t you know that it takes longer and costs more to clean up after a disaster than it does to prevent the disaster from happening?
I guess it is hard for you not to look at shrub and not think ‘heck of a job’, right?
The CHANGE needs to be in the House, before the teaklan re-breaks the world.
Samford99
November 29th, 2011
4:10 pm
I am embarassed to live in a red state. Collectively, we are ruining the United States of America and thus the world. I think people must go out and vote democrat so that we can restore the south. Otherwise, southern culture will be forever lost. Northern republicans are to blame, although they are not bad people. They are just confused and living a dishonest life. Fake southern accents are everywhere now. I met a small business owner with a pretty deep southern accent. It took me a few minutes until I found out he was from Ohio.
clem
November 29th, 2011
4:10 pm
oops, my mistake on filibuster proofness see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress#Senate
Carol
November 29th, 2011
4:11 pm
Truthbe
Once again the Democrat smear machine at it’s finest work. The Democrats can’t afford a Black Republican Politican with National Support of the People. Because it takes the “Racist Black Vote” away from them and the right to call everybody else racist. And you Black Democrats are playing right into their arms. Get back on the DNC Plantation and stay there boy. And as for if Cain did or didn’t have these affairs you democrats really don’t give a damn because you ALL were there to help and support Clinton when he had all of his affairs. In fact the media cover for him as well as the Womens Lib groups. After all “he’s just a man” Remember????.
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What the heck are you talking about? You guys keep bring up Bill Clinton. Yet you don’t want anyont to talk about GWB our most immediate past president. What makes you think Dems have anything to do with Cain’s problems. Most Dems I know never even believed he was a serious candidate. You don’t see the DNC running ads against Cain. The only time the man’s name comes up is when it’s associated with another “alleged” scandal involving another woman. Don’t look to Dems for causing Cain problems. Look to Karl Rove who emphatically stated that Cain would NOT be the Republican nominee just a week before the first story broke.
cloonfush
November 29th, 2011
4:11 pm
What if he really is innocent and these sleezy broads are all lying for money. An African American Republican President is a huge threat to the race hustlers and the entire Democrat Party.
Frederick Douglass
November 29th, 2011
4:12 pm
SJR
‘Risk falling back to the 18th century’
No, the 16th century is more like it. Remember they tried to foist a Henry the VIII look alike (Christie) on us, and now they’re pushing someone who acts like old Henry, (Gingrich).
td
November 29th, 2011
4:13 pm
I will preach with all my juices to make sure that our legislative majority here in Georgia is changed. We are not safe at the mercy of republicans. My neighborhood has lost an estimated value of 28,000,000$ because of republican policies. Think about this please and spread the message.
honested
November 29th, 2011
4:15 pm
cloonfush,
But Colin Powell won’t run with these doofuses and clarence thomas couldn’t get elected.
With the pool empty, there is no threat.
It All Plays Out
November 29th, 2011
4:16 pm
This situation is hubris and karma rolled into one.
The unqualified and politically inexperienced Herman Cain wanted to be a presidential candidate, for whatever private reasons–ego? book tour/sales? future as talk show host? He shot up fast; he was treated as a possible candidate, complete with the predictable examination of his private past…and things have emerged that probably will rule out his candidacy for the voters.
As many have noted here, he should have known that these past actions would come out… the harassment settlements, the financial assistance to this latest “friend.”
And the karma for his hubris, the sad karma? His marriage will probably never be the same…..nor his family……….
The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
4:16 pm
@ honested
I’ve never once said anyhting about Bush or supporting him. However, since you brought up the house and congress and all…I think you may have forgotten that the Dems ran the house and congress for a lot of Bush’s term. SO maybe you should point the finger at the right party? Or is it more fair to say that both parties suck and are at fault? I think if you can put down the kool-aid for one minute and think rationally that both parties are at fault in congress for the mess that we are in.
Unfortunately for us as citizens we elected an inept president to fix this mess that both parties put us in. It’s time to make a change and give something else a shot. People talk about limiting the terms on senators in this blog. I completely agree. I say lets limit Obama to a 4 year term and hopefully a new direction will help get us out of this mess.
RonPaul4President
November 29th, 2011
4:16 pm
AtlantaNative, you hit the nail on the head. Ron Paul is the only guy out there smart enough and honest enough to run this country. Will it happen this time? Doubt it, we’ll get stuck with another liar/loser.
Holden Magroyne
November 29th, 2011
4:18 pm
OBAMA 2012!!!
Independent voter
November 29th, 2011
4:18 pm
All these republican candidates got issue I mean everyone of them. Please 2012 election hurry up so we can put Obama back in office.
cloonfush
November 29th, 2011
4:20 pm
Why is there no outrage that Herman Cain is being made into the stereotypical black male who can not control his sexual urges. What if none of this stuff is true and these women are all being paid handsomely to destroy him?
Carol
November 29th, 2011
4:22 pm
cloonfush
What if he really is innocent and these sleezy broads are all lying for money. An African American Republican President is a huge threat to the race hustlers and the entire Democrat Party.
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Maybe one that really had a chance. How come the Repubs didn’t run somebody like JC Watts. By the way where the heck is he? Or Reggie White? Alan Keyes had tried a few times. Ya’ll have had some guys who really might have been able to pull this off, but you weren’t having it. So now you’re stuck with the likes of Herman Cain.
Repubs talk about not vetting Obama and just looking at the cover. Isn’t that what happened with Cain. You figured he was black and the opposite of Obama except for the family part. He has “executive experience.” He’s a businessman. He’s conservative. He’s the Kochs brothers ‘brother from another mother.’ All you did was read the cover and maybe the foreward. Nobody bothers to read the book all the way through.
ld
November 29th, 2011
4:22 pm
td:
There is an old joke about the body parts arguing about which is more important: brain vs. heart vs. b hole.
The brain was certain it was most valuable; the heart was equally sure it was most valuable. The b hole closed up for several days and the heart and brain began bowing in submission.
What would YOUR quality of life be like if the contractors your city hired quit picking up trash? If janitors etc. did not clean up your mess and the mess of others? If restaurants and dry cleaners and a multitude of other businesses had only their owners to work in them?
Henry Ford–heard of him?–said his workers deserved enough to be able to afford to buy the product they made (automobiles) — I agree. A clerk in a grocery store should earn enough to not need foodstamps–so should our enlisted personnel in the military–those w/families often do not.
In years past, open violence against Union members was the norm. The investors of the employer class want $ to be free speach w/regard to their interests in political debate (applaud recent Supreme Court decisions; hire lobbyists en mass) but want to deny the employee class the same or any semblence of GROUP OR ORGANIZED CLOUT.
I’ve never been a member of any union; in my experienc– the only place I ever worked where there was a union–I did more work for less pay (because of senority issue) than the union members except when I was shift supervisor and made extra. Unions are not all good, but giving the employer class the clout they now have has drowned out the voices of the employee class with regard to laws–all kinds of laws. That is corrupted capitalism. The US is a corrupted representative government because the “democratically” elected representatives has been corrupted and their incentive for what is ‘good’ governence has been corrupted in furtherence of their own best interest–and they have made the laws that enabled this to be so by using their $ to ADVERTISE–spin–indoctrinate voters into knee-jerk decisions.
The dozen million illegals keep wages low–as GOP’s sainted Ronald Reagan intended when he wanted them to have amnesty. The GOP uses the illegal immigration issue to stir the masses yet will NOT punish the employer/lessor class w/$ and jail time for hiring or renting to the illegals. As long as there is this job$ draw, the flood will continue and supply and demand will keep wages low.
These are just a begining of what I mean by class warfare and fair and just capitalism. The working class US citizen has been pixxed on by “trickle down” economics for decades. Enough already.
An article in Rolling Stone magazine November 24 issue (available on line)identifies corrupt captialism at work in government.
Either you are among the wealthiest 15% in the country and part of the employer/lessor class that has been “making a killin’ ” under trickle down or you’ve been ‘drinkin th kookaid’ too long.
Frederick Douglass
November 29th, 2011
4:23 pm
cloonflush
An African American Republican president is never going to happen. Herman Cain has single handedly made that possibility a bridge too far. For all of his silly inane talk, he has crystallized the myths that many right wing racists have about blacks, the man accomplished next to nothing of substance.
The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
4:23 pm
Ron Paul and his foreign policies will hurt us. Other than that I think he’s a great candidate.
honested
November 29th, 2011
4:24 pm
rutheless,
So in repug math, 2 years with a small majority and a veto happy clown is equal to ‘Dems ran the House and Congress for a lot of Bush’s term’.
Democrats were elected in 2006 to START REPAIRING the disasters wrought from 2001-2006. The 2008 results helped things along.
With appropriate responses from Congress since 2008, things would be farther along but I, for one, am quite pleased with the progress that has slowly been occurring.
I just wish so called ‘conservatives’ could see the absolute failure of their ideology and either help or get out of the way.
Shaking your fist doesn’t change the facts.
Carol
November 29th, 2011
4:25 pm
The Ruthless Way
Ron Paul and his foreign policies will hurt us. Other than that I think he’s a great candidate.
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Ron Paul actually does have some good ideas. I think his biggest problem is some of his bad ideas are so extreme they are scary. He sounds like Jekyll and Hyde to me. He’ll say something I really agree with and then out of nowhere come up with some absurd resolution for another problem.
sheepdawg
November 29th, 2011
4:28 pm
newt’s next. this is too funny to be real, yet hardline gop’ers are oblivious. idiots
Amazing Comments
November 29th, 2011
4:28 pm
Samford 99:
What does voting Democratic have to do with “restoring the South”, whatever that means? And what does any of that have to do with Herman Cain and his problems (subject of this column)? Just wondering…
The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
4:29 pm
@honested…ever heard of Barney Franks? Just asking. Maybe you should look at who had critical roles during a lot of that mess when it was happening. And as you say it takes years and years for things to occur. A lot of this mess could have been avoided if policies had been put in place during Clintons term in the mid 90’s. Go back and research it. Instead of doing that you want to get all over Bush and congress, rightfully so I might add, for not “fixing” the issues. Well we elected Obama to do just that. Guess what? He hasn’t fixed anything. He has made it worse. I’m not real sure how liberals can be proud of the fact that he “stopped” the bleeding when unemployment is down even worse, higher defecit, spending even more, etc, etc, etc. It should be going in the reverse direction. Stop sippn that purple syzurip and get back to reality. Oh and I love pugs by the way. Cute dogs.
sheepdawg
November 29th, 2011
4:30 pm
just imagine….perry/ bachman would be the most comical tandem since….bush and cheney
ld
November 29th, 2011
4:32 pm
Even you GOP employer class golfers know about “handicap”?
Beginning in the shrub’s war-president hole, McCAIN would have not been able to right our ship of state even if he had won instead of Obama.
“Conservatives” want to conserve the status quo–the lingering EFFECT of eight hears of governence by oil slick Dick under the figurehead of Bush; if you think the status quo is acceptable, but those bushhogs back in office. Otherwise, hope the current inept fellow has begun to learn from his mistakes or, preferably, let’s find someone new.
Not all of Ron Paul’s ideas are nuts. On the plus–and minus side–some of those that are, he REALLY strongly believes.
The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
4:32 pm
@ Carol….yeah I call him the alien candidate lol. He does sound cooky sometimes. I think thats part of why he could be good because he is so different. However his foreign policy views do not mix with mine. We would become insignificant in the world militarily and while no one likes war does anyone really want to see a communist or totalitarian nation rise up and taking others out at the expense of being isolationists? I dont.
cartoon
November 29th, 2011
4:34 pm
Cain? If you look up “unelectable” in the dictionary, then you would see a picture of that idiot.
R
November 29th, 2011
4:37 pm
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Cain’s toast, too many character issues to overcome, will drop out by week’s end, which will be big boom for Gingrich.”
Losing to Gingrich based on his relationship’s character- I just can’t wrap my head around this one at all. Or was it the “I didn’t have sex with this woman” statement?
ld
November 29th, 2011
4:41 pm
Remember Ross Perot? If he had been as good at finding solutions as he was at succinctly identifying problems, he would have had promise. As I recall his solution to everything was to “form a committee”–we see what (super) committees are capable of resolving.
I agree with the fervent GOPer among us that we need someone to LEAD; we just disagree on the correct direction. Before “In God We Trust” the US motto translated something along the lines of: from many, one or one among many. We need to get back to that basic–we, the people, the many as opposed to just the few, should be able to prosper. Personally, many of us do not want a half dozen homes; most of us would just settle for one we could keep in good condition and not need to permanently share ownership of it w/a mega-for-profit corrupt financial institution who thinks a “meeting of the minds” in a credit contract is they get to change it at any time in their favor.
yes, many folk bought homes they could not afford; but that was what builders were building and affordable homes–to rent and/or buy– were gobbled up by Ronnie Reagans dozen million invasion sanctioned to keep wages low.
Carol
November 29th, 2011
4:41 pm
Mr. Thomas Anthony Jones Sr.
Didn’t that hypocrite Gingrich have an affair while he was charging the First African-American President Clinton of Adultery? Didn’t he hypocrites? Yeah I throw rocks. Anytime I see a lying Republican I throw throw rocks.
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Please don’t call Clinton the first AA President. It ticked me off when he was in office and I really hate it now.
I for one didn’t give Clinton a pass on the cheating. But I had a bigger problem with him lying about it. Admit it, you and your wife deal with it and move on. But don’t lie to the whole nation.
The other example of Repubs amnesia (and I know you’re not one but it just came to me) is the they forget that they are the ones always pushing the family values mantra. It’s not like Dems are Godless Hedonistic heathens. We acknowledge that humans are flawed and accept that they will work on being better. According to the Bible that I read that’s how it works. Repubs on the other hand act as those they were there sitting beside God as he gave direction found in the Bible and them alone. So when people rip one of your candidates for ‘falling’ it’s because you put youselves up on the friggin’ pedestal in the first place. “for all have sinned and come short…” Dems get that. Repubs pretend that scripture doesn’t exist. If one of theirs messes up they either make them quickly go away or resort to bringing up Bill Clinton.
ld
November 29th, 2011
4:42 pm
Barney Frank got the message; he’s not running for another term in office. Now if we could just shame many more of those old-timers out.
td
November 29th, 2011
4:43 pm
sheepdawg
November 29th, 2011
4:30 pm
just imagine….perry/ bachman would be the most comical tandem since….bush and cheney
Obama/Biden is way more comical then Bush/Chaney ever thought of being.
ld
November 29th, 2011
4:44 pm
Carol
Re: “pedastal”
AMEN!
honested
November 29th, 2011
4:44 pm
td,
Obama/Biden will be re-elected…..
perry/bachman could provide months of hilarity along the way.
ld
November 29th, 2011
4:46 pm
Speakin o sinners
There’s a new list of “happiest” mug shots on the web; John Edwards’
pic is among them.
honested
November 29th, 2011
4:49 pm
I wonder if this whole fiasco will change another item of blind repug allegiance…..the misguided assumption that radio talk show hosts have any concept of the requirements of leadership.
The loudest mouth does not a leader make.
td
November 29th, 2011
4:51 pm
honested
November 29th, 2011
4:44 pm
td,
Obama/Biden will be re-elected…..
Way to early to tell right now. Didn’t you say the same thing about Barnes a year before the election?
clem
November 29th, 2011
4:55 pm
damn you must have a good memory
ANGRY AS HELL
November 29th, 2011
4:59 pm
Carol gets my award for “Best-Thinker-on-This-Blog” today. The facts are that this family values issue doesn’t quite work for these conservative Republicans. They can’t keep their p#@$%&s in their trousers. Bill Clinton and John Edwards may be a slime bags, but they never went around preaching from a pulpit about the sanctity of the American family and directly or indirectly pointing fingers at their political enemies, accusing them of immorality. Herman Cain is just more proof that people who live in glass houses ought not throw stones. His wife and children must be proud.
dcb
November 29th, 2011
5:04 pm
This entire topic fits into this picture that I received in an email recently:
Isn’t it amazing that, within only one week of Tiger Woods crashing his Escalade, the press found every woman with whom Tiger has had an affair during the last ten years? And, they even uncovered photos, text messages, recorded phone calls, etc.! Furthermore, they not only know the cause of the family fight, but they even know it was a wedge from his golf bag that his wife used to break out the windows in the Escalade. Not only that, they know which wedge! And, each & every day, they were able to continue to provide America with updates on Tiger’s sex rehab stay, his wife’s plans for divorce, as well as the dates & tournaments in which he will play.
Barack Hussein Obama has been in office for more than two years, yet this very same press:
Cannot find any of his childhood friends or neighbors;
Or find any of Obama’s Punahou high school or Occidental/Columbia college classmates;
Or find any previous girlfriends prior to Michelle;
Or locate any of his college photos, papers or grades;
Or determine whether he attended Occidental or Columbia as an American citizen or Indonesian, British or Kenyan exchange student (all of which he could have claimed);
Or determine how he paid for an Occidental, Columbia & Harvard education;
Or discover which country issued his visa to travel to Pakistan in the 1980’s;
Or even find Michelle Obama’s Princeton thesis on racism.
They just can’t seem to uncover any of this.
Yet, the public still trusts that same media to give them the whole truth today!
Not to worry though, this same media cabal has already begun to thoroughly investigate and report every detail of the lives and careers of all possible candidates who might challenge the president in the 2012 election.
Simply amazing, isn’t it?
Atlanta Native
November 29th, 2011
5:06 pm
The Atlanta Native on here is not me! I may have to get a new moniker.
ANGRY AS HELL
November 29th, 2011
5:10 pm
dcb– no, maybe what the American public should do is get its news and facts from the FOX news network or one of those whack job “birther” groups.
Ol' Timer
November 29th, 2011
5:19 pm
He’s just counting the number of books he has to sell before he packs it in.
Bob
November 29th, 2011
5:19 pm
Don’t be too quick to judge. Anyone considering a run for POTUS or any major office would know the liberal media will dig up any and every bit of dirty laundry. So, Cain is a smart man and a successful businessman…would he run if these allegations were true? Maybe, if he let visions of grandeur cloud his judgement, but I think it’s the Democrats’ MO of character assassination…just my opinion.
Bob
November 29th, 2011
5:21 pm
And if this accuser is proven wrong, she should be tried for treason, along with all the media that got on her bandwaggon in order to sell sensationalism.
Ol' Timer
November 29th, 2011
5:25 pm
@Deb — Nobody had to find Tiger’s women. They came out from under the rocks with lawyers in tow.
One would think after two or three years that someone would come forth with information vindicating the “birther” positions. The crazy sheriff in Arizona said he had investigators working on it and proof would be forthcoming. I’m waiting Sheriff Joe.
saywhat?
November 29th, 2011
5:33 pm
The Sperminator- I mean the Hermanator- just found out that karma is a biatch. The louder you preach hypocritical sanctimonious crap, the harder you fall face first into the toilet. It couldn’t have happened to a more deserving schmuck.He better move over though and make room for Newt, who is soon on his way.
The mental midgets seeking the repub nomination guarantee four more years for Obama- suck on it righties.
Torba
November 29th, 2011
5:46 pm
To all of you “holier than thou” naysayers, remember the passage “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.” I, for one believe that many people expect any presidential candidate to be super human, and above all the rest of us earthly beings. One of our most beloved presidents, John Kennedy, had affairs. And yet he effectively and efficiently ran our country until his untimely death. Wake up people! That being said, no one has actually proved that Herman did have an affair, or that he actually harrassed women. The court of public opinion strikes again! Wake up people…don’t you know that much of what you hear on the news is crap? In light of this fact, I don’t know why anyone even wants to be our president.
Brad
November 29th, 2011
5:47 pm
Abortion? Don’t you IDIOTS know that the PRESIDENT has NOTHING to do with that? The SUPREME COURT said it is legal, GET OVER IT. The President can’t change that, so what does it matter?
KD
November 29th, 2011
5:50 pm
This is soooo SAD and not very smart! Anyone who is running for public office should do ALL of their reassessing (look into your closet) prior to throwing their hat into the race. Unbelieveable.
It All Plays Out
November 29th, 2011
5:57 pm
What Frederick Douglass wrote at 4:23 pm is so insightful, that I am cutting and pasting it here:
“An African American Republican president is never going to happen. Herman Cain has single handedly made that possibility a bridge too far. For all of his silly inane talk, he has crystallized the myths that many right wing racists have about blacks, the man accomplished next to nothing of substance.”
That is very true. Hubris, Herman Cain, simply hubris.
ld
November 29th, 2011
6:06 pm
What the American public should do is get its news from a wide variety of sources and THINK.
SoftballMom
November 29th, 2011
6:13 pm
Why in the world would anyone even consider voting for him in the first place? His 9-9-9 plan is an absolute joke unless you are a fan of Neal Boortz. If you are a female-as stated earlier-where there is smoke, there is usually fire. And what do the Repubs have to offer up in his place? Newt! I don’t know which is worse! Thank God I vote Democrat!
ex-blk-water
November 29th, 2011
6:19 pm
To all of those who ever want to be in politics. Please hire a PEF (Political Enforcement Firm) to take care of all your skeletons so that this type of stuff does not harm your campaign. My agency does just that. We do not care about your party or message. This type of stuff should have been taken cared of before he announced he should have ran. Rick Perry, Newt, and Romney have similar agencies that do the same things. Nothing wrong with sacrificing a few for the good of many.
Baltisraul
November 29th, 2011
6:27 pm
When all the late night talk shows spend their monolog on poor Cain, you know it is over for him. How did he think he could keep this quiet?
dinkdunk
November 29th, 2011
6:44 pm
A stinkin wet sponge has more leadership qualities that the bonehead that currently live in the WH.
RGB
November 29th, 2011
6:49 pm
Abortion? Don’t you IDIOTS know that the PRESIDENT has NOTHING to do with that? The SUPREME COURT said it is legal, GET OVER IT.
Hmmm. And all this time I thought the president nominated members of the Supreme Court who decided cases brought before them.
“…so what does it matter?”
50 million unborn babies killed. And counting. Just because you don’t value the lives of the unborn doesn’t mean that everyone is as debased and cruel as you.
td
November 29th, 2011
6:53 pm
dcb
November 29th, 2011
5:04 pm
Although Obama has spent over $2 million over the past three years trying to make sure this information does not reach the light of day for some reason. I think the gloves will be off next year and we shall find answers to some if not all of these questions.
red herring
November 29th, 2011
6:58 pm
most presidential candidates don’t make it to the top of that gene pool without having a super sized ego and usually that means some affairs/women issues—still herman cain is not guilty until proven so. Even so liberals should not crucify him because Clinton committed perjury and should have been kicked out of office. Liberal candidates can escape on issues such as womanizing, etc because their voters are voting not for morals but for benefits. Conservatives will not vote for such candidates because they are voting their conscience and beliefs. While not perfect these republican candidates are better than the other choice—we have not had a successful president since bill clinton and he was successful due to having a republican house and senate. the media gave obama a pass and he was elected even though there was plenty of evidence that he was a racist, his pastor was a racist, his attorney general was racist and most of the people he made into Czars were racists but that’s o.k. because they were black racists? white people can be intimidated at the polls? Still it is all about power but the american people had best vote for someone that will try to restore America to her original values and will push congress to balance the budget of the U.S.. It is foolish to think we can keep on with more stimulus, bailouts, etc. but that’s the only plan obama has. Obama’s plan of running the budget on 50% borrowed money from China must stop. He was right 3 yrs. ago–it was time for hope and change but not the kind he brought with him. Now we all should be hoping for hope and change in 2012. I for one hope we elect a President that will strive for fair taxation, reducing the deficit, a balanced budget plan, bringing back manufacturing jobs that will hire high school graduates into decent paying jobs, closing the border, and downsizing our bloated federal government by returning most functions to the states. Maybe Santa will be good to the USA a month early next year.
SoftballMom
November 29th, 2011
7:01 pm
And here we go again-typical Republicans deflecting the real issue-which is Cain and his alleged affairs -NOT abortion! Hence, the title of the article– Herman Cain ‘reassessing’ his presidential bid.
PEWTER
November 29th, 2011
9:45 pm
Anyone on here calling President Obama inept, is just stupid. George Bush (Jr. and Sr.) was inept. Ronald-the retard-Reagan was inept. ALL Republicans are inept. Obama has tried to do more to correct this mess that Bush left us, than any stupid Republican could even dream of. Republicans are the scum of the earth! The entire world hates your guts. You would pull the plug on a dying loved one, just to collect the insurance money. You are scumbags!
PEWTER
November 29th, 2011
9:49 pm
And quit saying how smart Newt-the pedophile-Gingrich is! He’s not only a pedophile, he’s a cheat, a thief, a liar, etc… Obama would wipe his butt with Newt in a debate. He brings NOTHING to the table that our current GREAT President Obama couldn’t wipe the floor with him on. Quit grasping for straws you stupid a$$ Republican retards… you’re done in 2012. Thank God! NOBODY, domestic or abroad, wants you to come near the White House and ruin the world! You’re the scum of the earth!
PEWTER
November 29th, 2011
10:32 pm
To ALL Republican, sore loser, retards… do me, and ALL of America a favor. WHEN Obama is re- elected president again in 2012, find the highest mountan, or the tallest tree, or the tallest building, or the tallest structure of any kind, and…. JUMP! Do us all a favor and JUMP! Please JUMP! Rid us of your lying, hypocritical, non-thinking nonsense. If you’re too cowardly to jump, as you are in everything else you say and do, contact your nearest Democrat to push you! You’re the scum of the earth!
Jessica
November 30th, 2011
7:23 am
All of you people are idiots. Cain had stage 4 cancer for a long time. I am sure he wasn’t hooking up with that TRAMP while he was sick. Also, she just happens to be broke. All she wants is money. Has anyone asked the other women if they were flirting with him? An old man is not going to grab a girl’s crothch if she doesn’t send signals that she wants him to. Cain is older and grew up in a different era. I don’t care what he and Mrs. Cain do in their marriage, OUR ECONOMY SUCKS! He is the only one who can fix it. GO CAIN!!!!!!!!!!!