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Do You Believe Herman Cain
Nodems2000

Posted on 12/01/2011 7:04:57 PM PST by Nodems2000

Well what does everyone think after the Hannity interview? I've listened carefully to all his interviews and even though I liked Herman very much, I believe he was involved with these women, even if they are scumbags. First, has anyone noticed how he seems to "prey" on women who are vulnerable and bogged down with financial and legal issues? Second, he has said repeatedly "my wife loves me so much" but he's yet to say "I love MY wife so much". Doesn't that sound very egomanical? Third, he said his wife would never tell him not to run. I'm suspecting she wouldn't dare tell him not to run because she's riding the Cain Train too - the Cain Money Train. If you watched her interview she sure didn't seem to be madly in love with him from things she said. And now he's going to "analyze" the phone bills to see if they match up with hers and he and his attorney will do an investigation. When Sean suggested he could get the info to clear himself very easily, such as videotapes in hotels, plane tickets, etc., etc. he suggested Sean wanted him to play detective! Well, sorry Herman, but it would take all of ten minutes to pick up the phone, call the Ritz downtown Atlanta and ask for videotapes on such a date and at such a time! That would end it once and for all. Him and his "analyzing". God help the 3 a.m. phone call - God forbid the red phone goes off for a missle coming our way - by the time he got done analyzing we'd all be bar-b-que!


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To: lonestar

Me too.


201 posted on 12/01/2011 10:14:24 PM PST by PghBaldy (War Powers Res: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/warpower.asp)
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To: so_real

Your post represents my ideas completely, so once again here is your post;

(Herman Cain represents my conservative views better than most everyone on the stage today. When the character assassins in the media, and on this forum, unjustly stab him in the back, they stab me in the back. I am as Tea Party America as anyone and I take it personally. I’m tired of being stabbed in the back. I won’t help any candidate achieve victory over Herman Cain in this way. False allegations, accusations, and innuendo change my opinion of him not one iota. They only make me further detest the establishment and the candidates the establishment would lord over me. I stand with Cain.)


202 posted on 12/01/2011 10:14:47 PM PST by Islander2
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To: mnehring

We all tend to judge others by ourselves. If you are honest, decent , faithful and loyal you think others are the same as you are until they prove themselves to be otherwise.

If you are devious, selfish , a gossip and tend to sneak around a bit, you think others are the same. Usually others don’t stick around you long enough for you to form a true opinion about hm or her.

These women seem to fall into the latter category.


203 posted on 12/01/2011 10:15:14 PM PST by Paperdoll (on the cutting edge)
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To: murron

I know. We’re convicting Cain on the most minimalist of evidence. If we were the jury, he’d be getting the chair.

When those emails are released, and they eventually will be. We’ll know better as to whether he’s fit for office or not.

Cain has shown that hes not the deepest guy, perhaps not deep enough for what is expected for a presidential candidate, but to convict him for what hes being accused with the available evidence, is not right.


204 posted on 12/01/2011 10:16:18 PM PST by Jonty30 (If a person won't learn under the best of times, than he must learn under the worst of times.)
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To: Paperdoll

Agree 100%


205 posted on 12/01/2011 10:17:27 PM PST by Sprite518
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To: txroadkill

(He lied when he admitted that he was sued but said that it was investigated and found to be baseless and dismissed. We then found out that in fact she was paid a settlement.)

Please show proof where he was “sued” and the outcome. Otherwise your credibility is zerol


206 posted on 12/01/2011 10:20:54 PM PST by Islander2
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To: Nodems2000

I still have doubts that he is guilty, as I do believe the left wants to take Cain out to retain the 98% black vote. We already know that the left will stop at nothing. What bothers me is this: where was his wife? Why doesn’t she attend functions with him? Why would he take women out for dinner alone? As a CEO, and as a pastor, there are things you just don’t do, for the sake of showing that you are above board and have no intention of getting into a scandalous position. I think, if he is not guilty, he probably understands that now, but he played it a little loose for someone of his stature.

Personally, I think that if he’d not said he had no skeletons in his closet, there’s be none of this, but once those words were out, the creeps all come out of the woodwork after you. He should’ve been savvy enough to know they could NOT leave THAT unchallenged. It is why I continue to believe that he is probably innocent, but made some unwise decisions meeting with female colleagues or people working for him for dinner, or trying to help them out. He should’ve told his wife, kept his wife with him, informed her of people asking for help in whatever manner. It would’ve saved him a lot of trouble later. 20/20 vision is always after the fact, isn’t it? They tried this with Nicki Halley in SC as well, and she flat-out denied it and told them to put up or shut up. It worked.

Cain’s answers have left a number of people feeling a little unsure. If he is not guilty, he should just say that there are no scandals he has been involved with and these women need to put up or shut up, too! You notice how the stories change. As an educator, I know what this means. Lies. They have to keep trying to make it more believable, so it gets changed a little here or there. Pretty soon it looks so incredible and it all falls apart. Seems like these do too! Who is paying these women? George Soros?


207 posted on 12/01/2011 10:24:05 PM PST by Shery (in APO Land)
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To: Shery
You notice how the stories change.

And that destroys Cain's credibility.

208 posted on 12/01/2011 10:28:34 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: Nodems2000
Yes! I believe Herman Cain! He was proven innocent of the other accusations with voice analysis lie detecting software, so why wouldn't I believe him now?

Investigator: Herman Cain innocent of sexual advances

Yes, I know. The media didn't spend two weeks 24/7 trying to get this prof of Mr. Cain's innocence out to the public like they spent the two weeks 24/7 trashing him did they?

And it's not because they didn't know about it, because I spend several days emailing the link to the truth every where I could think of. They didn't even try to clear his name they just slowly stopped mentioning it until this new accusation came up and then they gleefully piled on Mr. Cain again. Sad that some find soooo much pleasure in throwing stones, but find it too big a task to pick them back up.

209 posted on 12/01/2011 10:55:41 PM PST by GloriaJane (Pro Choice = Pro Death - Pro Life = Pro LIFE!)
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To: Islander2
"(Herman Cain represents my conservative views better than most everyone on the stage today. When the character assassins in the media, and on this forum, unjustly stab him in the back, they stab me in the back. I am as Tea Party America as anyone and I take it personally. I’m tired of being stabbed in the back. I won’t help any candidate achieve victory over Herman Cain in this way. False allegations, accusations, and innuendo change my opinion of him not one iota. They only make me further detest the establishment and the candidates the establishment would lord over me. I stand with Cain.)"

I'm with you! I stand with Cain too!!!

210 posted on 12/01/2011 10:59:55 PM PST by GloriaJane (Pro Choice = Pro Death - Pro Life = Pro LIFE!)
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To: Nodems2000

obviously most of the GOP outside FR does not


211 posted on 12/01/2011 11:00:20 PM PST by wardaddy (Michelle, Sarah, Perry now Newt over Mitt.....that is how I've seen it and it's where we are)
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To: Spunky
Well all I can say is if my husband didn't talk to me and ask if it was alright to help a woman out financially (what he said) I sure as h*ll would suspect something else was going on.

precisely what Mrs Wardaddy said tonight sitting by the fire after we got the rugrats and other critters to bed...and she was a big Cain supporter...I confess I never was and I have never failed to admit that

I wasn't a big Newt supporter either in this race though I am old enough to place him with Magnus and Rush as part of a threesome of biggest influences for conservatism since WFB and Barry lit the torches 50 years ago...Sarah almost made membership...sad really..she coulda been a contender. She has that same "it" factor the others did/do.

I now support Newt and have since Perry collapsed but I never expected it. He has simply prevailed ..warts and all. I at least know he is capable and will fight and does have a good nose for political winds which are frankly now solidly behind our sails like I have not seen since early fall 1980.

212 posted on 12/01/2011 11:07:17 PM PST by wardaddy (Michelle, Sarah, Perry now Newt over Mitt.....that is how I've seen it and it's where we are)
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To: Islander2

Thank you and keep the faith, my FRiend. It wasn't too long ago that every media outlet was insisting Romney had an insurmountable lead. We knew differently, but that did not stop the 24/7 news cycle from attempting to override our common sense. Then the Iowa straw poll came to be -- only to show Romney losing it ... in 7th place ... with a 10th of the votes of the two leading candidates Bachmann and Paul. The media is telling us Cain is finished now -- are they any more believable today? The Republicans can't win without us. We hold the cards if we only we have the courage to know we do. Who on that stage is *most* likely to look out for We the People? I'm glad you have not been swayed from this most important aspect of the election. I have not either. And I think most of our FRiends will come around in time. We grassroots America must hold tight to the agenda we set forth in 2010.


213 posted on 12/01/2011 11:11:19 PM PST by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: Jonty30
What didn’t happen? What was he supposed to admit to?

He said the POLITICO story http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/67194.html "Herman Cain accused by two women of inappropriate behavior" was a hit piece with no truth in it. When the story broke his first response was that the story was false and that he was never accused of sexual harassment.

That was a lie. He was accused of sexual harassment at least twice while at the National Restaurant Association.

After those facts surfaced he said that 'yes he was accused of it, but it was investigated and found to be unfounded and no settlement was ever paid'.

That was a lie. There were at least two women who were paid settlements that amounted to a years salary for both of them.

Cain was screwed no matter how he answered the question. If he had said that he knew them, it’s basically an admission that he had intercourse with them and had them bear his children, as far as politics goes. Even if he had only known their first name and nothing else.

He should have told the truth when the story first broke. The truth being that he was accused by two women while he worked at the NRA and they were both paid a settlement by the NRA. 

At that point he could have spun it however he wanted and would have been credible but instead he lied twice by the time all the facts came out so what he said after that was no longer believable.

Without context, the admission of knowing somebody means nothing. She said she sent him the texts. She didn’t say that she received any texts from him. Once the info on the texts is released, we’ll have a better basis for evaluating as to what happened.

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/ginger-white-claims-affair-herman-cain-20111127-es Go to the link, you can watch the video or read the transcripts. Her cell phone bills show text and calls out going and incoming. The sex doesn't matter, what matters is that he hid it from his wife for 13 years, he has admitted that himself. It shows poor judgment for a man, who has at least twice been sued for sexual harassment, to engage in another relationship with a woman he met while working putting himself in a situation that could get him sued again. For the sake of the argument let's both say he never had sex with any of the women. That does not change the fact that he lied to the American people twice and did not have enough sense to avoid putting himself into a relationship that could hurt his wife, himself and his employer.

I have a few women who text me all the time, I don’t send any suggestive texts. They are casual friendships. According to you, I can’t be a Republican unless I admit knowing these women and if I did admit knowing them, I can’t run because my admission of knowing them automatically means I’m sleeping with them. At least according to the Republican standard of accepted behaviour, as defined by many Freepers.

Are you hiding it from your wife? Because if the answer is yes then I would question your judgment too and wouldn't vote for you either.

I swear, Jesus Christ himself could not run as a Republican, if you were to hold Him to this impossible standard.

My standard is not to lie to the American People and not to engage in secret relationships that are harmful to you, your family and people who trust you.

Your Republic wouldn’t even have gotten off the ground if you were to hold the Founding Fathers to the same standard, I guarentee that.

It was held to that standard, it worked out pretty damn good.

214 posted on 12/01/2011 11:14:51 PM PST by txroadkill (FreeRepublic.com- "A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villany" - Zotted Romney Troll)
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To: wardaddy

I now support Newt and have since Perry collapsed but I never expected it. He has simply prevailed ..warts and all.

I've given Gingrich the vast majority of victories in the debates. He is a skilled orator. But abandoning Cain because he is *alleged* to be a philanderer by disreputable sources only to support Gingrich who is a *known* philanderer with documented verification defies logic. I'd accept Gingrich for VP because he could show Cain the ropes and protect him from the Washington machine. But Gingrich is not a Tea Party advocate. He is not looking out for us.


215 posted on 12/01/2011 11:19:46 PM PST by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: Islander2
Please show proof where he was “sued” and the outcome. Otherwise your credibility is zerol

Get real, it's all over the media he has even acknowledged it. Two Women who were employed by the NRA retained council and filed suit against the National Restaurant Association naming Herman Cain and the NRA as defendants. Either you've been living in a cave or you don't understand the legal terms.

He is the Statement From the NRA about one accuser:

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-11-04/politics/30358714_1_herman-cain-sexual-harassment-allegation-cain-scandal

216 posted on 12/01/2011 11:30:20 PM PST by txroadkill (FreeRepublic.com- "A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villany" - Zotted Romney Troll)
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To: so_real
Gingrich has admitted cheating on his second wife. he married his first wife as a teenager with her preggers and she was his teacher and 7 years older. That marriage was annulled.

The allegations against Cain are quite different.

If they have such dirt on Gingrich as has been accused of Cain...settlements, severance, quid pro quo, giving money to a mistress for years without telling wifey...all that and his notion that he did not recall at first even though it was proven he sure recalled in 2003 which caused him to change his tune pronto

sorry...not exactly the same

just for arguments sake if half the Cain stuff is true..in order of marital malfeasance I'd go Newt, Cain and Clinton in order of severity from least to worst with Newt a 1-2 and Cain a 3-5 and Clinton an 11

but don't fret, there is plenty to attack Newt over besides that comparison

and for some of it I don't have a defense and will concede....he has a long track record...a lot of good, some not so good and some I did not agree with at all

I am unaware of any politician I have ever agreed with all the time...not even Palin or Magnus or Helms etc....I even disagreed with Clarence Thomas once over cross lighting and Scalia a few times.

I have disagreed with Rush and Hannity and Savage a lot the past few weeks.

It happens.

I hate to break it to you but Cain is done and I am of the opinion it was self inflicted and not just over the women or the denials but some stumbles in debates and interviews too.

217 posted on 12/01/2011 11:33:45 PM PST by wardaddy (Michelle, Sarah, Perry now Newt over Mitt.....that is how I've seen it and it's where we are)
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To: Nodems2000

I still have doubts that he is guilty, as I do believe the left wants to take Cain out to retain the 98% black vote. We already know that the left will stop at nothing. What bothers me is this: where was his wife? Why doesn’t she attend functions with him? Why would he take women out for dinner alone? As a CEO, and as a pastor, there are things you just don’t do, for the sake of showing that you are above board and have no intention of getting into a scandalous position. I think, if he is not guilty, he probably understands that now, but he played it a little loose for someone of his stature.

Personally, I think that if he’d not said he had no skeletons in his closet, there’s be none of this, but once those words were out, the creeps all come out of the woodwork after you. He should’ve been savvy enough to know they could NOT leave THAT unchallenged. It is why I continue to believe that he is probably innocent, but made some unwise decisions meeting with female colleagues or people working for him for dinner, or trying to help them out. He should’ve told his wife, kept his wife with him, informed her of people asking for help in whatever manner. It would’ve saved him a lot of trouble later. 20/20 vision is always after the fact, isn’t it? They tried this with Nicki Halley in SC as well, and she flat-out denied it and told them to put up or shut up. It worked.

Cain’s answers have left a number of people feeling a little unsure. If he is not guilty, he should just say that there are no scandals he has been involved with and these women need to put up or shut up, too! You notice how the stories change. As an educator, I know what this means. Lies. They have to keep trying to make it more believable, so it gets changed a little here or there. Pretty soon it looks so incredible and it all falls apart. Seems like these do too! Who is paying these women? George Soros?


218 posted on 12/01/2011 11:35:38 PM PST by Shery (in APO Land)
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To: wardaddy

I try not rate people based on my perception of the severity of their sins. It's a losing argument in the long run. My point is that Cain is the recipient of allegation, Gingrich is historically defined by fact. Is Gingrich more conservative than Cain? more successful in business? less of a career politician? more attractive to minority citizens? more opposed to amnesty for illegal residents? more likely to eliminate health care mandates? less of a climate change sucker? No ... no ... no ... no ... Gingrich is a skilled orator with a gift for slinging bias back on the heads of the media elites. That is his most attractive feature. I am a Tea Party type. I'd happily vote for Cain or Bachmann. I'd be willing to support Santorum. I'd even vote for Ron Paul. I'm flexible. But I wont jump from Cain to Gingrich in the face of all the positives that would be abandoned in doing so. Gingrich is not better for me. And after the success in 2010, I've no intention of letting the media pick my candidate for me now.


219 posted on 12/01/2011 11:51:58 PM PST by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: so_real

by all means if Cain is still around when your primary is on then vote for him

that is the primary season..one’s choice and time to express it

my tagline explains my progression

Bachmann ideologically would be my first pick

Of big names I also like DeMint but he enjoys being conservative kingmaker in the safe Senate seat


220 posted on 12/02/2011 12:12:50 AM PST by wardaddy (Michelle, Sarah, Perry now Newt over Mitt.....that is how I've seen it and it's where we are)
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