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Herman Cain linked with Aquila which collapsed Enron style
Atlanta Post ^

Posted on 10/10/2011 10:42:09 AM PDT by Maneesh

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I apologize if this has been discussed / posted before. Herman Cain is linked to Aquila which collapsed essentially Enron style. This could be devastating for Cain if he is the GOP nominee...this is tailor made for negative ads to go after Cain's business acumen and integrity.
1 posted on 10/10/2011 10:42:13 AM PDT by Maneesh
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2 posted on 10/10/2011 10:43:49 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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I am no zot. I like Cain but it is best if our nominee is thoroughly vetted. This story has the potential to devastate Cain and ignoring it does not mean that the Obama regime and media will ignore it too.


3 posted on 10/10/2011 10:45:23 AM PDT by Maneesh
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I am waiting for the Herman-Cain-causes-cancer story.

I am aware that the smears against him have commenced.

4 posted on 10/10/2011 10:46:26 AM PDT by Stepan12
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To: Maneesh

The story has been out there for awhile but I have not heard Cain discuss it.


5 posted on 10/10/2011 10:46:28 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Maneesh

Au contraire. IBTZ.


6 posted on 10/10/2011 10:47:19 AM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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Well no surprise the Leftist smear machine has jumped into action.

Did not bother to check your source did you? This is a Leftist propaganda cite pretending to be “news”

7 posted on 10/10/2011 10:47:45 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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bfl


8 posted on 10/10/2011 10:47:45 AM PDT by tutstar
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Mother Jones? Cut me a break. And do a better job vetting your sources. Cain had no involvement in basic operations of Aquila, from what I have seen from other posters who bother to do some homework on this subject instead of posting hatchet jobs from far-left wingnut sites.


9 posted on 10/10/2011 10:47:45 AM PDT by dirtboy
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This is a story from MAY and the reason it never gained traction is because Cain was not directly involved in the Aquila mess.

When the lawsuit was filed, everyone was named. Herman was exonerated and dropped from the suit because it was learned that he had no knowledge of that end of the business. He was on a different board within the company that didn’t have anything to do with stocks, etc.

The Atlanta Post article is based on a MotherJones article whose took a few general details and then made all sorts of claims that weren’t in the lawsuit they referenced. It is typical of liberal writers being lazy.

Here is the link to the lawsuit paperwork. https://motherjones.com/files/1232_cid_3_amended_consolidated_complaint.pdf


10 posted on 10/10/2011 10:47:50 AM PDT by justsaynomore (Cain 2012 - http://teamcain.hermancain.com)
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I stopped reading at “Mother Jones.”


11 posted on 10/10/2011 10:47:56 AM PDT by JaguarXKE
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Truly amazing . . . scandalous stories about the Republican candidates are, daily, surfacing for public scrutiny. Where were all these same investigative reporters when Hussein Obama was running for President during the ‘08 election?


12 posted on 10/10/2011 10:48:25 AM PDT by Mr. Wright (i)
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To: Maneesh; Admin Moderator

Check the source of your post. The Atlanta Post is a racist, anti-conservative “It’s all Whitey’s Fault” rag.
This thread needs to be pulled.


13 posted on 10/10/2011 10:48:53 AM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: Maneesh

The vaunted Romney oppo research apparatus must be hard at work for its desperate boss.


14 posted on 10/10/2011 10:49:36 AM PDT by rfp1234 (RFP's Law: Whoever blames Bush first shall lose the argument.)
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It is typical of liberal writers being lazy.

I have to disagree. This wasn't a function of the writers being lazy. This was a function of the writers lying by omission to fabricate an attack on a conservative.

Yet still, some chumps on FR fall for it, probably because they want to.

15 posted on 10/10/2011 10:50:12 AM PDT by dirtboy
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Mother Jones is about two steps below the National Enquirer when it comes to integrity.


16 posted on 10/10/2011 10:50:41 AM PDT by jdege
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Dang, and I thought he was "the one."

NEXT!
17 posted on 10/10/2011 10:50:46 AM PDT by DRey (Perry/Rubio 2012)
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To: JaguarXKE

The source “Mother Jones” is indeed suspect. However Cain was a director at Aquila and Aquila did energy trading similar to Enron and worse the exact same thing with employee retirement funds. The left dismisses everything on the Fox News website. We should not automatically do the same...the facts here appear to be true. Nothing criminal but enough to link Cain to it and for the people who make decisions on sound bytes this is all it would take.


18 posted on 10/10/2011 10:51:39 AM PDT by Maneesh
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Mother Jones!! IBTZ!!


19 posted on 10/10/2011 10:51:51 AM PDT by DarthVader (That which supports Barack Hussein Obama must be sterilized and there are NO exceptions!)
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he allegedly steered employees into heavily investing their retirement savings in company stock, while at the same time shifting their business model from straightforward energy generation to risky energy trading – the kind of corporate greed that infamously brought down Enron, Mother Jones reports."

Um, "Mother Jones," Enron didn't collapse because of energy trading, they collapsed because they hid their losses in shell companies.

20 posted on 10/10/2011 10:51:51 AM PDT by Dan Nunn (Support the NRA!)
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