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Herman Cain Blames "Democrat Machine" for Sexual Harassment Charges

Paul Constant
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@1 - This formula will put all future teabagger rallies in a new light.
MacCrocodile on November 8, 2011 at 2:16 PM Report this
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Well, if Gloria says it doesn't sound like him!
JonnyH on November 8, 2011 at 2:19 PM Report this
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"I have been married to my wife Gloria for 43 years, and she says this couldn't possibly have happened, but please leave her out of this"

Seriously?
also on November 8, 2011 at 2:26 PM Report this
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You never go full Patton!
lindsey on November 8, 2011 at 2:31 PM Report this
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"You know, for decades, the American people have wanted a businessman in the White House....Well a businessman named Herman Cain stepped forward. Here I am." First of all, nice dig at the first president with an MBA, George W. Bush. And second, have the American people really wanted a businessman in the White House ... for decades?
Bub on November 8, 2011 at 2:41 PM Report this
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@6: Didn't you hear? This is all a conspiracy to keep a businessman out of the White House!
Proteus on November 8, 2011 at 2:46 PM Report this
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Is "businessman" a new codeword for black? Or is he inventing some new prejudice?
SchmuckyTheCat on November 8, 2011 at 2:46 PM Report this
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"It's business, it's business time..."
DOUG. on November 8, 2011 at 2:47 PM Report this
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@5, Hump film title for next year.
Simone on November 8, 2011 at 2:47 PM Report this
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Is the 200% support from his spouse a veiled reference to him being a Muslim or a Mormon, or is he going for both GOP voting bases?
Will in Seattle on November 8, 2011 at 2:52 PM Report this
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Give her a lie detector test. If she passes, make him keep his word and take one, too.
Vince on November 8, 2011 at 2:54 PM Report this
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Wrong, Herman. The "Democrat Machine" is giddy over the prospect of you being the Republican nominee. Why would they try to destroy you now?
Mahtli69 on November 8, 2011 at 3:07 PM Report this
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@13, the funny thing is, it's surely a Republican machine, terrified at the prospect of a Cain candidacy, that's behind this coming out now. Karl Rove, working for Mitt Romney, anyone?
Fnarf on November 8, 2011 at 3:09 PM Report this
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At this point he should just adopt Mojo Nixon's put a sex machine in the white white house.
on November 8, 2011 at 3:12 PM Report this
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The Herminator referred to himself in the third-person three times, and 3x3 = ?, also, these "allegations" from the NINE-ties resurfaced nine days ago. all those nines must mean something if his wife supports him 200%, the #9 really is magic..
Oh and it's for teh grandchildrenz.
pissy mcslogbot on November 8, 2011 at 3:18 PM Report this
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This businessman angle is such crap. We didn't take Ross Perot entirely seriously, and he actually came to the table prepared.

Blaming this on a "Democratic Machine" is a back-door compliment if I've ever heard one.
Dougsf on November 8, 2011 at 3:29 PM Report this
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If Herman and Sharen did have dinner together one night many years ago, it is possible that there exists a credit card receipt or similar to prove that an encounter took place. I'll bet a lot of reporters will be looking for evidence that could sink Cain's credibility.
RedEye on November 8, 2011 at 3:34 PM Report this
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The thing that kills me is this has Karl Roves fat slimy fingerprints all over it. Why would Democrats do this now? If anything, we'd really like Cain to be the nominee, why sabotage that? On the other hand, Rove sees that Romney is really the only "viable" candidate the RePugs have. Therefore he destroys Cain.
CJWhite on November 8, 2011 at 3:39 PM Report this
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Cain says more sexual harassment claims will come forward, "not because I am aware of them, but because the machine to keep a businessman out of the White House will be relentless." [Or rather, he's harassed so many women, he's sure that more will come forward].

The_Shaved_Bear on November 8, 2011 at 3:40 PM Report this
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Damn the Democratic machine and their NRA plants, investigating and making settlements on (obviously baseless) sexual harassment charges decades ago just so they could bring the black businessman down during his preordained run for POTUS.

I bet they're the same precognitive operatives that placed Obama's birth announcement in Hawaiian newspapers mere days after he was brought to the US from Kenya, knowing he'd run for POTUS someday.
Banna on November 8, 2011 at 4:00 PM Report this
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Oh, and this is the PERFECT opportunity for the muh dik troll to return.
Banna on November 8, 2011 at 4:01 PM Report this
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it's democratIC party, businessman/narcissist.

so, what are the odds NOW, nate silver? still 17%?
Max Solomon on November 8, 2011 at 4:08 PM Report this
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One, what's the difference between an agreement and a settlement?

Two,
"I have never acted inappropriately with anyone. Period!"

sounds a lot like:

"I'm going to say this again: I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky."

Herman, you do remember that incident, no?
westello on November 8, 2011 at 4:08 PM Report this
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"I have never acted inappropriately with anyone. Period!"

If this doesn't paint a great big bullseye for every journalist with an ounce of investigative skill, nothing will. Gary Hart sound familiar at all, Mr. Cain? (I think I got the right name.)
NateMan on November 8, 2011 at 4:34 PM Report this
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#6

Actually Harry Truman was a small businessman.
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on November 8, 2011 at 4:54 PM Report this
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@23, it never left.
rob! on November 8, 2011 at 5:37 PM Report this
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Break out the butter - Cain is toast.
Betsy Ross on November 8, 2011 at 6:29 PM Report this
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@27: "am I being paranoid?"
Yes, always.
venomlash on November 8, 2011 at 6:39 PM Report this
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@12, contrary to what Maury Povich would have you believe, polygraphs are highly unreliable. If there was truly a foolproof way to determine whether someone was telling the truth, we could do away with a lot of judges, right? It's pseudo-science bullshit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph#V…
g on November 8, 2011 at 7:40 PM Report this
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Democrat machine... Sounds like a machine that manufactures new Democrats.

Of course, that's a load of bollocks. It's the Republicans who are manufacturing new Democrats at a furious pace. Keep up the good work, guys!
Brooklyn Reader on November 8, 2011 at 8:16 PM Report this
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Sorry, but as much as this guy makes me want to vomit, the timing (as usual) is just too convenient. While probably not the DNC or any specific organization, seriously, why come out right now specifically?
KittenKoder on November 8, 2011 at 9:23 PM Report this
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Wasn't Cain blaming the other GOP candidates for the first round of Sexual Harassment revelations?

But whatever. I honestly hate this, because we're stuck with a bunch of he said/she said and we'll probably never have any better evidence on which to base our judgement. There's plenty of undeniable reasons to fear a Cain Presidency (like the fact he came up with 9-9-9 plan for destroying the middle class).
dwightmoodyforgetsthings on November 8, 2011 at 10:44 PM Report this
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@34- Listen, clown, if there was some conspiracy to the timing of this, the fact that it happened during the primaries would indicate a GOP source.
dwightmoodyforgetsthings on November 8, 2011 at 10:47 PM Report this
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At this point it is not "he said/she said" but rather he said/they said... I look forward to the group press conference of his victims.

pissy mcslogbot on November 8, 2011 at 11:04 PM Report this
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Absolutely love this. Political drama, sex, soap opera, intrigue, "who done it" -- all rolled up in one.

Cain is making big $$$ off all this drama, so hopefully he'll be the Repub nominee.

Obama 2012!
Patricia Kayden on November 9, 2011 at 6:39 AM Report this
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@34: "the timing (as usual) is just too convenient"

Yes, Democratic operatives sent people back in time to be molestinated by him, to stop the juggernaut of the CAIN TRAIN. (There's a paper trail.)

Stupid as ever.
undead ayn rand on November 10, 2011 at 11:01 AM Report this

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