Posted on 11/02/2011 7:29:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
We have the starchy guy — tall, handsome, intelligent and rich, with a baronial estate — who’s hard to warm up to. And we have the spontaneous guy, who’s charming and easy to warm up to — until it turns out that he has an unsavory pattern with young women and a suspect relationship with facts.
It’s the Republican primary. Or “Pride and Prejudice.” Take your pick.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that it’s not the scandal that kills you; it’s the cover-up. Herman Cain has added a corollary: It’s not the cover-up that kills you; it’s the cascade of malarkey that spills out when you try to cover up the cover-up.
Sure, the dalliance with the grandfather, gospel singer, motivational speaker and self-made millionaire in the black cowboy hat was fun while it lasted, just as it was with Ross Perot, Donald Trump, Sarah Palin and The-Rent-Is-Too-Damn-High dude.
You have to give props to the C.E.O. of a pizza company who dons a white choir robe at a press event to sing a Lennon parody, “Imagine There’s No Pizza.”
And you have to give Cain credit for breaking creative new ground in unconventional when he responds to a scandal about sexual-harassment complaints when he was chief of the National Restaurant Association in the ’90s by standing up at the National Press Club here and singing a gospel song about “Amazing Grace” to the tune of “Danny Boy.”
Yet despite the taunting tweet from the Times blogger Nate Silver the other day, before the sexual-harassment scandal broke, asking if there was “anyone out there who 1) gets paid to write about politics; 2) is so sure Cain can’t win that they promise to quit their job if he does,” Cain was never going to be the Republican nominee.
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You know the rules:we need some CZJ pictures.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
What a racist thing to say!
Hilarious, coming from Dowd.
Can’t tell who’s MORE bitchy lately, Brank Rich or MoDo
that it’s not the scandal that kills you; it’s the cover-up
What cover-up?
I mean, she has no way of knowing what kind of pattern Cain has with young women - no way at all - yet she makes the charge, without any facts at all, and then immediately accuses Cain of having a suspect relation with the facts.
Stupid broad.
Ease up on Herman. It’s not like he bankrupted a great nation or tried to destroy western civilization
Let her mock it:
Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound)
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!
Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come;
‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.
Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease;
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.
God will grace the righteous in all things, even as those who revile him mock him and scorn him. Maureen Dowd doesn’t know the meaning of the words. I don’t associate humility with her writing! ‘Nuff said.
Racist much, Maureen?
Perfect description of every Dowd column...
“the cascade of malarkey that spills out...”
Ann Coulter has a point when she says that feminists rewrote their own rules on sexual harassment to support Bill Clinton. It is never right for any boss, especially the president of the United States, to mess with an intern, even if she’s the aggressor.Really? Monica was "the aggressor"?
And really? Maureen Barf Dowd criticized Clinton back in the 90s?
Really?
Is she describing her pal, Bill Clinton?
Black Man
Racist.
Its about time liberals get this thrown in their face.
Uh, did I miss the part where Herman Cain "blamed the women"?
He looks guilty?.....Jeez!...What a farce!
“Maureen Dowd says Herman Cain looks guilty”
Who’s Maureen Dowd? Does anyone still read the NYTimes? I thought they were going banckrupt?
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