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The going rate to destroy a career
10/14/2016 | Steven Hoffman

Posted on 10/14/2016 7:13:44 AM PDT by shoff

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Written from my own frustration with the accusations
1 posted on 10/14/2016 7:13:44 AM PDT by shoff
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To: shoff

Well done.


2 posted on 10/14/2016 7:20:25 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: shoff

Nicely done essay. It’s good to see original work posted here on FR.


3 posted on 10/14/2016 7:20:45 AM PDT by Blennos
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To: shoff

a little more detail....
Cain admitted the 13 year relationship.
He didn’t admit it was sexual. She said it was romantic.
White apologized for making it public and hurting his wife & kids.


4 posted on 10/14/2016 7:26:59 AM PDT by stylin19a
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To: shoff

I heard Herman Cain say that it was the lawsuits (4 of them IIRC) that got him to drop out. He said he could not of afforded them.


5 posted on 10/14/2016 7:27:28 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (Enforce the Law. Build the Wall.)
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To: VRW Conspirator

Cain also had been charged and had to settle a sexual harassment complaint when he was President of the Restaurant Association. That made the charges more believable. Trump as far as we know has never been charged in court. I bet the MSM looked up and down to see if he had.


6 posted on 10/14/2016 7:52:41 AM PDT by lone star annie
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To: shoff

What I don’t understand is how these vague and highly suspect charges of sexual impropriety can even influence an election anymore. As we’ve seen, they seem to get leveled so often and under such questionable circumstances that they should lack all credibility. And they only seem to injure conservative candidates, never liberals.

So it’s very likely they’re just lies from the start, and even if they’re true, do I really give a tinker’s damn if Donald Trump grabbed some butt 30 years ago?


7 posted on 10/14/2016 7:54:12 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: VRW Conspirator

So what did the Rats accomplish? Four years later they are looking at a guy who CAN afford the lawsuits. In fact, a guy who LOVES lawsuits. Further, a guy who has a track record of WINNING lawsuits. If I were a lawyer and got a call from one of these five women today, I would not take it.


8 posted on 10/14/2016 7:54:33 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: stylin19a

I didn’t realize Cain admitted the affair. (if it was no-sexual wouldn’t that make them friends?) I did see White later lied about her business partner and was sued, lost and never paid the judgment.


9 posted on 10/14/2016 9:37:52 AM PDT by shoff (Vote Democratic it beats thinking!)
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To: rockrr

Thanks


10 posted on 10/14/2016 9:38:33 AM PDT by shoff (Vote Democratic it beats thinking!)
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To: Blennos

Thanks it means a lot to me!


11 posted on 10/14/2016 9:39:05 AM PDT by shoff (Vote Democratic it beats thinking!)
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To: VRW Conspirator

My bad for missing that. I seem to remember though the sex scandals really took the wind out of his campaign.


12 posted on 10/14/2016 9:42:25 AM PDT by shoff (Vote Democratic it beats thinking!)
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To: lone star annie

Oh they are working on that.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-bloom/why-the-new-child-rape-ca_b_10619944.html


13 posted on 10/14/2016 9:45:20 AM PDT by shoff (Vote Democratic it beats thinking!)
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To: IronJack

I’d like to believe with fact checking on the internet and how these always come up at the last minute against winning non-democrat politicians the public has grown weary and sceptical of these claims.


14 posted on 10/14/2016 9:49:41 AM PDT by shoff (Vote Democratic it beats thinking!)
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To: wastoute

The rats hope to destroy Trump, win the election and then cast aside the useful idiots that made it possible.

liberals are stupid, if they were smart they wouldn’t be liberal.


15 posted on 10/14/2016 9:53:05 AM PDT by shoff (Vote Democratic it beats thinking!)
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I have been thinking about this. There probably are two or three “acquaintances from my youth that might suggest I groped them.

I know that I always was pretty sure that my dates “wanted to be kissed.”

Probably not always true.

And there was that girl in Burlington when someone dared me to grab a her rear end as she walked by. A draft beer in my face and a slap cured me of THAT behavior.

So in my case you would have to find them, but if you did I am sure they would sell me out for a pizza.


16 posted on 10/14/2016 10:12:10 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Brace. Brace. Brace. Heads down. Do not look up.)
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To: shoff

Didn’t help Billy Bush’s career much.


17 posted on 10/14/2016 10:23:23 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: sportutegrl

Had his tape brought down Trump he’d be looking at his own nightly show by now.


18 posted on 10/14/2016 11:02:42 AM PDT by shoff (Vote Democratic it beats thinking!)
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To: Vermont Lt

If I ever run against you for office I’ll keep that in mind.


19 posted on 10/14/2016 11:04:11 AM PDT by shoff (Vote Democratic it beats thinking!)
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I would hope so too. But there are always those squishy fence-sitters who are easily manipulated, always willing to outsource their thinking.


20 posted on 10/14/2016 11:29:54 AM PDT by IronJack
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