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Perry denies leaking sexual harassment allegations
Associated Press ^ | Nov. 2, 2011

Posted on 11/02/2011 8:23:04 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry says his campaign didn't provide the media with information about sexual harassment allegations against his GOP presidential rival Herman Cain.

In an interview with the conservative blog RedState on Wednesday, Perry said he and his campaign learned about the allegations in a Politico story published Sunday.

(Excerpt) Read more at hosted.ap.org ...


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KEYWORDS: 8percentperry; cain; cainsexualharrass; desperateattacks; desperateperry; formerdemocratperry; hardballpolitics; herbcain; openbordersperry; rinosfearful; romneyperry2012
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To: Longbow1969
I see Cain as a former military man with a lot of depth that Christine O'Donnell never had. He is a brilliant man who succeeded in business simply because he has the intellect and perseverance to succeed at anything he sets out to do.

I am open to other candidates who might enter late, but both Romney and Perry are on my vote write in if nominated list.

Cain seems to be weathering this well.

41 posted on 11/02/2011 9:19:51 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: GOPyouth

You think Bush handled the media right?

Really?

No. I mean. Really?


42 posted on 11/02/2011 9:19:55 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (America First)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

I said handling a crisis. If you think he bungled 911, then I don’t know what to tell you.


43 posted on 11/02/2011 9:21:52 PM PDT by GOPyouth ("We're buying shrimp, guys. Come on." - Dear Leader)
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To: txroadkill
Do yo have a full quote from Wilson saying that he was present or are you just repeating Politicp misinformation?

"It was very uncomfortable," said the pollster,

Just what I thought. You can supply of full quote from Wilson saying that he was present.

44 posted on 11/02/2011 9:24:45 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: GOPyouth

You’re right on that.

But the media ate him for lunch, every other time, on every other issue.

Because he chose not to respond. That was a big mistake. Our side doesn’t seem to have learned from that, except for Palin, and now Cain. Those two seem to relish pushing back.

Which is why the left is afraid of them.


45 posted on 11/02/2011 9:24:50 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (America First)
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To: bigbob; All

If this drags on and Herman Cain falters in his bid for the GOP nomination, I think the majority of his supporters will turn to Newt. I think that Newt is the closet thing to Herman Cain in the field. I dunno.... just sayin’ . I hope Herman survives and comes out of this stronger than ever.


46 posted on 11/02/2011 9:26:44 PM PDT by no dems (Gingrich/Cain: The Dream Ticket in 2012 !)
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To: Longbow1969

Guessing, deflecting.


47 posted on 11/02/2011 9:27:33 PM PDT by jimnm
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To: Cringing Negativism Network; normy; Longbow1969

Your flailing again. We have one year to go. Cain is no distance runner and has a past in the corporate world with women, which has resulted in permanently putting his butt in some dark hole doing a radio show. Now do you have the brains to wonder why? Cain fell apart in the pizza bread and Pillsbury dough career and turned flakey. We are seeing why he had to leave it and take up flaking a radio show in a padded room. The guy is suspicious. Eventually he folds, or it comes out something is going on with him.

Rick will be the train at the station, on time, in the end.


48 posted on 11/02/2011 9:30:11 PM PDT by RitaOK (TEXAS. It's EXHIBIT A for Rick, who needs to pound the fiction flackers back into the Stone Age.)
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To: indianrightwinger

I don’t think Romney “escapes clean” from this. I think if Cain and Perry end up destroying each other’s campaign, the likely candidate to pick up their support wouldn’t be Romney. I’m thinking Newt; maybe Bachmann or Santorum.


49 posted on 11/02/2011 9:30:59 PM PDT by no dems (Gingrich/Cain: The Dream Ticket in 2012 !)
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To: baysider

I have to agree with Sullivan on this. Frankly, it was very disappointing to see Cain first charging Steve Anderson, then his campaign charging Wilson, when no one knows for sure who leaked the story originally.

If the story was as well known as Wilson says, and apparently it was, the ‘source’ could have been any of dozens of people. I was told 2 weeks ago that some ‘stuff’ about Cain was going to come out, and that by someone with only tertiary connections to the NRA. So if that person knew, there were already dozens of people in DC who were aware of this. Could have been a Republican or a Democrat.

Cain is learning the hard way that if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog. But HE should not be hurling unfounded accusations.


50 posted on 11/02/2011 9:31:22 PM PDT by EDINVA (We Can't Wait, either)
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To: indianrightwinger
Cain should STOP BS’ing his way through this issue and STOP accusing others for his troubles. He MUST do one and only thing and that is to come clean and set the record straight with FACTS. End of story.

I'm a Cain guy but I must say I agree whole-heartedly.
51 posted on 11/02/2011 9:32:46 PM PDT by no dems (Gingrich/Cain: The Dream Ticket in 2012 !)
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To: FreeReign
What the hell are you talking about, the article is sourced, I've given it to you twice. He says he was there, if you don't believe him that's your issue. The man is a know pollster in the GOP community, to lie in print would ruin his career and open him up to a liability suit from the NRA and Cain, I find it unlikely that he is being dishonest. Cain, on the other hand, changes his answer every time he is interviewed. Not only on this issue, but over several other issues as well. I don't find him credible.
52 posted on 11/02/2011 9:33:49 PM PDT by txroadkill (FreeRepublic.com- "A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villany" - Zotted Romney Troll)
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To: RitaOK
Could Herb be a drinker? I dunno but I was reading earlier where many people think that Rick Perry was drunk when he made that bizarre speech in New Hampshire the other night.
53 posted on 11/02/2011 9:38:16 PM PDT by no dems (Gingrich/Cain: The Dream Ticket in 2012 !)
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Chris Wilson who is claiming he was present when Cain was over the top sexually harassing someone is a Perry Pollster.

link to American Spectator just one of many links now that confirm Wilson is a Perry Pollster:

http://spectator.org/blog/2011/11/02/perry-pollster-linked-to-cain

“And what is Mr. Wilson doing now?

He is polling for a client named Governor Rick Perry.

Doubtless developing.”


54 posted on 11/02/2011 9:44:30 PM PDT by tinydancer
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To: no dems

..... people think Rick Perry was drunk when he made that bizarre speech in New Hampshire the other night.”

Well that’s another thing. Does ole Herb jog? Rick Perry jogs. I have never seen Rick take a drink. Maybe he does, but it sure as heck never got him tied up with a sexual harrassment scandal that cost anybody $35,000, with two other women coming out with complaints. And Rick Perry was not stuck in corporate world, but out front for ten years. Forget it. Rick was drunk with enthusiasm and had a blast in the NH appearance. The standing ovation at the end of his speech was not for his chug a lug ability.


55 posted on 11/02/2011 9:45:58 PM PDT by RitaOK (TEXAS. It's EXHIBIT A for Rick, who needs to pound the fiction flackers back into the Stone Age.)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Depends what you mean. He didn’t deny adding it to the required list, but he accurately noted that the plan included a no-fault opt-out clause, which required only that the parent fill out a form online that takes 30 seconds, and then checks off a box on the paperwork the state sends to them pre-printed with all the other information, and signs it and takes it to school the first day with their student.

So it wasn’t “mandatory”. It was “required”, but with an opt-out for any reason, making it optional at the choice of the parent.


56 posted on 11/02/2011 9:50:29 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: RitaOK

You need to lay off the coffee. Have you ever seen a Perry interview? Watch Hannity tonight. Perry has a very shallow mind. He took a long time deciding to run for president cause he had to learn to spell it without a “z”.
Obumo is not very intelligent but he’s gonna make Perry look like he just fell off the turnip truck.
Cain has the creds to blow holes through Obumo’s socialist venier and do it with class.

I think Cain should have just said “so what” and dropped it. With all the important issues to debate, who gives a crap about a decades old incident - one that occurs frequently in our PC sensitized litigionous culture.

And really - white wine at breakfast is that big a deal to you? Ya know, there was a day when champagne breakfasts, bloody mary’s in the airport, and 3 martini lunches were du jour. That was in the good ol’ days when Type A personalities got together and built successful companies.
If that’s what we can expect from Cain, I say bring it on!


57 posted on 11/02/2011 9:55:16 PM PDT by bossmechanic (If all else fails, hit it with a hammer)
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To: baysider

That is an excellent response, and kind of mirrors a response I gave earlier as an example of what Perry should have done with the original charges.

This whole thing has been hilariously sad, because the charges themselves are meaningless. Cain could have said “Two women in the 90s misconstrued something I said or did, and felt they were harassed. An independent investigation found no wrongdoing, and the women were offered and took a payment with severance. Out of deference to the privacy of these women, I will not discuss details, and so long as the women remain anonymous, I will not discuss details. Instead, I will continue to focus on how to fix this country’s real problems.”

And that would be that. Instead, we are at the third day, and despite the concerted effort of every conservative talk show host, and untold hours of breathless typing by supporters on blogs, Cain still has not gotten hold of the story, and instead is now throwing around false attacks on other candidates, and getting into fights with the media.


58 posted on 11/02/2011 9:55:20 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: bullypulpit

Yes Block is the “smoking man.”


59 posted on 11/02/2011 9:55:48 PM PDT by mockingbyrd
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To: EDINVA
I agree. Too many people knew about it for it to be characterized as a leak. I think that Politico did this all on their own.

BTW, I'm still waiting to find out who leaked the racist rock story.
60 posted on 11/02/2011 9:58:44 PM PDT by Quicksilver (Defeat Obama - zero-sum games will get us Zero, again.)
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