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Once is an event, twice may be a coincidence but three times is a trend.
1 posted on 11/21/2014 9:15:13 AM PST by pfflier
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ask Herman Cain


2 posted on 11/21/2014 9:15:56 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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Maybe because it looks like he was caught with his pants down.


3 posted on 11/21/2014 9:16:54 AM PST by Sasparilla
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I am very curious about this also. It seems to me a great example of the media protecting their favorites for years while ruthlessly attacking their enemies (e.g. Herman Cain.)

The question is: What caused Cosby to be moved from one camp to the other?


4 posted on 11/21/2014 9:17:03 AM PST by jtal (St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle ....)
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Where there’s smoke there’s fire and there’s a lot of smoke around Coz. I not ready to convict him on the basis of smoke but I sure as hell wouldn’t let him babysit or work with my daughter.


5 posted on 11/21/2014 9:17:42 AM PST by circlecity
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they didnt know this before?


6 posted on 11/21/2014 9:17:55 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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It went from something that 2% of the public was aware of to something that 80% of the public was aware of, and it’s disgusting and it’s criminal.

He was already a bad guy, it’s just that people now know that the good guy they thought he was, was a lie.


7 posted on 11/21/2014 9:18:02 AM PST by babble-on
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Because there is a distinct disconnect from our perceptions of the man and his reality.

Compare and contrast that to Bill Clinton. Were any of us surprised to hear he got caught with his pants down? Nope—because our expectations were that he was a pig.

Its all about perceptions.


13 posted on 11/21/2014 9:21:52 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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Don’t you understand? Cosby has criticized the “gangsta” and “thug” culture in the black community. He has criticized the government-dependent welfare mentality. He has to be destroyed by the “politically-correct” progressives. Cosby has been targeted by the prog media, and he will be destroyed, his reputation, his finances, everything but his life, because progressives are too nancy-pants to do any real violence. They have the power of The State to do that for them.


14 posted on 11/21/2014 9:22:10 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (Blog: www.BackwoodsEngineer.com)
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I think the FIRST mistake is to equate Cosby with Herman Cain. Secondly, Cosby’s persona is a portrayal perpetrated by Hollywood and the media. Two sects of which I don’t really hold any regard, frankly.

I actually don’t know, nor care to know exactly why Cosby and his wife have been ‘out there’ in the limelight trying to do whatever, promoting this or that, or anything. Yes, he has made statements that traditional liberalism does not agree with. Yet, my basic question in this is “what are his personal finances like at this point in time?”

I never liked him after I became of age, actually. His schtick thereafter weighed heavy on my smarmy bullshit scale. I remember back to his days on “I Spy” and think THAT character was more like what these eight women are claiming now. Not funny, cold and calculating..

Personally, I think it is entirely believable this man found out how to use whatever the then-equivalent of Rohypnol was to meet his needs..


17 posted on 11/21/2014 9:23:19 AM PST by Gaffer
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He isn’t “suddenly a bad guy”. I remember the stories that came out in the late 1990s about him having an affair in the 1970s. He was already married at the time.


18 posted on 11/21/2014 9:23:38 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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My 1st wife (RIP) had a similar story about Cosby, matter of fact it’s pretty much the same story. Hers was back in the late 80s when she was trying to become an actress and she was living in NYC, before I met her. I hadn’t thought about it until all these stories started coming out. She said he was a pig. I guess it’s a lot about how to prove it and if you think you can.


20 posted on 11/21/2014 9:24:39 AM PST by CJ Wolf
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Once is an event, twice may be a coincidence but three times is a trend.

I dunno. I remember way back when I lived in the Philadelphia area the regional transportation agency (SEPTA) staged a fake bus accident with no one on the bus. Several hundred people came forward to claim that they were injured in that accident (and were promptly busted).

I suspect that the first claim against Cosby MIGHT have some merit, but the rest are probably just people hoping to cash in with a quick settlement.

21 posted on 11/21/2014 9:24:52 AM PST by Cementjungle
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Rape, or even just multiple accusations thereof, tends to turn public opinion.


23 posted on 11/21/2014 9:27:18 AM PST by PGR88
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Because he could not keep his pants zippered up.


24 posted on 11/21/2014 9:27:31 AM PST by Parley Baer
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a distraction for Øbama . .
I pity tha’ fool !


26 posted on 11/21/2014 9:27:39 AM PST by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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Rumors about Cosby being a scumbag have been around for a long time, especially in show biz circles. He settled a civil case in 2005 because 10 other women were about to to be added to the suit. These same women are the one publicly hammering him now. The Left has been disenchanted with Cosby for a while over his off-the-reservation views, but he also campaigned for Obama. The political revenge angle is being over-played by some conservatives in my view, given all the other reasons this story is appealing to them media.


27 posted on 11/21/2014 9:27:50 AM PST by Callahan
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I struggle with the accusations. Had this come up about 7 years ago, I may have given more credence to the accusations of the past. But with the state of highly coordinated smear campaigns that have become the order for the day when a “target” is identified by the media, the left, the victims, etc. I am more suspicious of the BS.

Twana Brawley
The Lacross team
Cain
Etc.

Color me open to suspicious


29 posted on 11/21/2014 9:28:22 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (POTUS shall now be referred to as POPOF. President Of Pants On Fire.)
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It has to be rape-rape for him to be a bad guy, I think.


31 posted on 11/21/2014 9:30:51 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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Was Bill Cosby preparing to back a candidacy of Dr Ben Carson?

Cosby is a moderate, currently pro zer0 (because of race I assume ) but who has often spoke out against blacks who do not take responsibility for their own actions.

I can see him being framed and defamed like they did with justice Thomas.

He might be guilty, but I don’t trust his accusers.


34 posted on 11/21/2014 9:34:26 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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Because the one thing the Left hates most is a black conservative, and they found a skeleton in his closest.


38 posted on 11/21/2014 9:35:15 AM PST by ctdonath2 (You know what, just do it.)
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