I have not contributed to any candidate...yet. While I like Cain and have been cautiously skeptical of the "allegations" against him...and that is what they were..."allegations," even with a settlement behind them.
This aritcle raises a darn good consideration...electing the imperfect human being. We're not electing a god or ruler and surely we're not supposed to elect a savior. Are we to eliminate all those with a "flaw" and then elect the worst candidate left standing?
Are we like pharisees ...casting stones at our own candidates? Will we in the long run shoot ourselves in the foot with a holier than thou attitude and end up with the worst candidate?
I guess in the end we all must search our own hearts and seek the wisdom of the Lord. We are choosing from amongst some very flawed men. From abortion stances to infidelity to out right deceptions of the masses, what is the worst? And who can get up off the ground and go and 'sin' no more?
There are hordes who would like to see that happen!
I might forgive him if only I knew what he’s actually done.
Granted we don’t have all of the facts, but at this point the only thing I feel I need to forgive him for is not being prepared to respond to the media onslaught.
Maybe I am politically incorrect but if he made sexual innuendos or inappropriate comments - I’d like to ask - Who Hasn’t? I hear it everyday in workplaces even now - much less 12 years ago. IF he did something wrong I am sure he regrets it and will not repeat it.
And - so what? It was 12 years ago and he isn’t doing it and I certainly know he won’t do it in the Oval Office - like some we know. How about JFK - a notorious womanizer and Catholic I might add.
The media is acting like it was the crime of the century. Doesn’t bother me.
The big issue here is that if we cave in it will amount to letting our enemies choose our candidates for us.
They will whittle down the field until we are stuck with a RINO of their choosing.
It’s time to contribute NOW!
I don’t see anybody else to support but Cain. Formerly I supported Perry, but I think he has eliminated himself. I would have supported Palin if she ran, but she didn’t. I half-heartedly like Gingrich but anti-AGW is an extremely important issue for me and Gingrich is on the couch with Pelosi on that one.
So I’m left with Cain, by default.
But I have some questions:
1. Even if the original “harrassment” charges are 100% bogus (and I’m willing to believe that they are) Cain himself surely knew that they were there, in his background, ready to spring up. He remembered them when he ran for Senate and he warned his then-campaign-manager that they could be an issue. But now he’s trying to say that he just didn’t remember? That he didn’t remember if it was one-month severance or maybe 3 months, or possibly 6 months (when it was, in fact a year)? He didn’t forget. How many times in YOUR life have you been formally accused of sexual harassment? It’s not something you forget, no matter how bogus the charges. So why wasn’t he more prepared? Did he really think it wouldn’t come up? Did he really think he could slough it off with half-answers? Did he really think that the conservative-hating media would let him slide? Why didn’t he display some tactical intelligence here, prepare for this issue, and maybe even get it out there in the open, himself, instead of saying back in the spring “there are no skeletons in my closet”? Fair or unfair, bogus or not, did he really think this wouldn’t come up as a “skeleton”?
2. What was all that about accusing the Perry campaign? First of all, accusing them of WHAT? Revealing something that he should have revealed himself? Revealing something that you KNOW with 100% certainty, Obama would find out about and bring out in the open in the general campaign? Even assuming the worst about the Perry campaign, how is it even germane to the issue? Did the Perry campaign CAUSE those sexual harassment charges to be brought in the first place? Isn’t the history of those charges something that SHOULD come out now, well before the general election? Are the Cain people saying that the Perry people owed Cain a coverup on this issue? Are the Cain people saying that a coverup was even remotely possible? And then, it turns out they are now NOT accusing the Perry campaign! One friggin day later! What IS it with the Cain campaign? Are they daft? Are they leaderless? Are they rudderless? What was IN that cigarette in that famous smoking ad?
So the Cain Train is leaving the station, right now, carrying our last, best hope to make a difference to this badly abused nation...
I am sure that some Bachmann, Santorum, and Gingrich people honestly believe that their candidate is the best conservative, but the author may be correct.
I saw we throw it right back at them just like they did to us....”RACISTS!” Only this time, it is true!
Forgive him for what? Alleged BS? I’d forgive him for some rookies blunders, he’s authentic and not scripted, which is what I want instead of a cardboard replica of a human being.
I’ve been saying this for days. We need to just say So? There is no perfect Herman Cain waiting in the wings. It’s imperfect Cain, or Romney. Or obama.
Cain is the only conservative left. I’d rather have a conservative who may have had marital issues in his past, and may not know the most astute way to deal with a scandal, in the WH rather than Romney or Bammy.
That’s the choice we have.
So stop analyzing whether it’s true, and “Just Say ‘So’?”
“I’m not interested, frankly”
This is the only sensible approach to the left’s attempt to lynch Herman Cain. It doesn’t take a genius to listen to the guy and understand he is honest, sincere and knows how to solve problems. And that he intends to apply his knowledge as president.
Any distortion of past events in which women tried to flirt with him in pursuit of financial gain are beneath garbage.
I see an iconic video image from Star Wars.
Obiwan saying, “There is another”.
Short of a felony CONVICTION, Cain has my vote and my money.
I’m simply not going to let Perry and the Media pick my candidate this time.
These days, with everybody looking for a slick $, especially women, if a man just tweaks a woman’s birthday necklace and says how pretty it is, it’s an opportunity for a sexual harassment charge and some $$’s for another new necklace. lol
Much less overhearing men share an off color joke...now there’s some real new necklace $$’s.
We were making fun of the leftist secularists on another thread, concerning this oft (mis)quoted Bible verse.
So, I guess there are conservative secularists that also believe this is the end-all be-all philosophy to live by.
Do you forgive a man for claiming at first he did not recall something like this from only 12 years ago?
Please...he had to know this crap was out there.
Yes I know the media is unfair and yes I know the lefties are boors and some even possibly rapist.
But I see major issues with Cain.
We’ll see how this pans out but the fact that he said he didn’t recall much and all that parsing sounds to me like same old political bullshit from a guy claiming to be a preacher and above all that.
and no I don’t like a national sales tax either
my first gut over Cain a year ago was right
but ya’ll have fun with it
What Hermie(cain) SHOULD DO.........!!
He should say in a press briefing that he is willing to accept all the forgiveness he can get, for things he did NOT do..
He did not do the crime BUT he is willing to accept forgiveness for it.. by those that think he did something he didnt do..
BUT if you want to hate him for something he didnt do.. HE FORGIVES YOU...
Just a minor quibble.....
“”allegations,” even with a settlement behind them.”
It is my understanding from Cain directly speaking on this, that there was NO “settlement”. It was a severance which is different.