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Is Herman Cain taking scandal from bad to worse?
cBS ^ | November 1, 2011 | Brian Montopoli

Posted on 11/01/2011 12:17:58 PM PDT by mdittmar

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To: McBuff

Hannity is doing something even more insideous: Sean is making oblique assertions without qualifiers. Disgusting rino, rominy worshipping little nettle.


21 posted on 11/01/2011 12:32:40 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: mdittmar

Anything to keep the Corzine/Obama scandal off the front pages.


22 posted on 11/01/2011 12:32:47 PM PDT by junta ("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
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To: econjack

I wathed Greta twice yesterday to make sure I caught it all. I concluded that there is no there there. If he is lying, he very good at it. Bogus crap.


23 posted on 11/01/2011 12:38:52 PM PDT by chesty_puller (Viet Nam 1970-71 He who shed blood with me shall forever be my brother. Shak.)
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To: MHGinTN

I think it is past time someone start questioning Rove and the GOP machine about what his ties are to specific GOPcampaigns.

He claims to be an “objective” commentator. Fine, then let him clear up the questions about his contacts with other GOP Candidates campaigns

The other thing credible journalists might want to press Rove to clear up just what his role was in the robo-call smear campaign against John McCain in South Carolina prior to the 2000 GOP primary.

Rove needs to put these questions to bed by releasing any documentation he has clearing up the allegations that he staged that the smear job against McCain.

(Note to the Rovebots, how do you like being on the receiving end of your own media tactics for a change?)


24 posted on 11/01/2011 12:40:18 PM 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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To: MHGinTN

I don’t understand all of the media hype. So he can’t remember a 12 year old non-event from which he recused himself. Lawyers and insurers make these settlements all of the time and he probably signed off on it just to be good riddance.


25 posted on 11/01/2011 12:40:57 PM PDT by ccwman
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To: mdittmar

I think it is past time someone start questioning Rove and the GOP machine about what his ties are to specific GOPcampaigns.

He claims to be an “objective” commentator. Fine, then let him clear up the questions about his contacts with other GOP Candidates campaigns

The other thing credible journalists might want to press Rove to clear up just what his role was in the robo-call smear campaign against John McCain in South Carolina prior to the 2000 GOP primary.

Rove needs to put these questions to bed by releasing any documentation he has clearing up the allegations that he staged that the smear job against McCain.

(Note to the Rovebots, how do you like being on the receiving end of your own media tactics for a change?)


26 posted on 11/01/2011 12:41:32 PM 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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To: mdittmar

Strange how CBS on their website gives twice as much space to this story that’s over 20 years old and half as much space (you can hardly see it) to the Fast and Furious investigation.


27 posted on 11/01/2011 12:43:38 PM PDT by HarleyD
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To: mdittmar

That’s it. I donated last week, but off I go to donate again.


28 posted on 11/01/2011 12:44:37 PM PDT by Politicalmom (I am intrigued and open to the Bush administration's amnesty proposal. -Rick Perry)
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To: mdittmar

Everybody knows the Politico story was a b.s. hitpiece.

Everybody knows that Mr. Cain put the whole thing to rest on Greta yesterday.

Today the leftists, Mittbots, and Perrywinkles are reduced to sobbing about Cain’s first statements in the hours after the Politico piece appeared.

The dogs bark, the caravan moves on.


29 posted on 11/01/2011 12:52:14 PM PDT by rogue yam
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To: mdittmar
Dang, did dan raTHer come out of retirement?
30 posted on 11/01/2011 12:52:43 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Dear God, thanks for the rain, but please let it rain more in Texas. Amen.)
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To: All
ATTENTION: There is a poll on the page with this story that needs FReeping ASAP:

Do you think the reported allegations against Herman Cain will have a long-term negative impact on his presidential campaign?
Yes 55%
No 32%
Don't know/Too soon to tell 12%
Total votes: 5703

31 posted on 11/01/2011 1:07:14 PM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: mdittmar

Cain should have come out right after the story was published by Politico, consulted with Restaurant Association employees who had relevant information, and then made a public statement providing everything that happened to the best of his knowledge.

It certainly doesn’t help anyone’s credibility when they say they “can’t recall” certain facts and then later amend their previous statement(s). Even if there was “sexual harassment” as legally defined, most Americans are fair-minded and this would have eventually become a dead news story. But when you obfuscate or try to cover up what happened, and then facts later come out that show you were being deceitful, you’re toast. Ask Dick Nixon.


32 posted on 11/01/2011 1:09:22 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: 5thGenTexan; justsaynomore

PING!!!!!


33 posted on 11/01/2011 1:11:27 PM PDT by eeevil conservative (GIVE ME A PLACE TO STAND AND I WILL MOVE THE EARTH....Archimedes)
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To: Arrowhead1952

Dan Rather, reporting for CBS. I know that the documents are bogus but will not make that public because it would mean I have to divulge the source. Since that source is me and the DNC, I will stick with my stonewalling and make an A$$ out of myself. Courage.

34 posted on 11/01/2011 1:11:57 PM PDT by Evil Slayer (Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war)
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To: mdittmar

What have been the Sexual Harassment charges filed against the officers and ordinary employees of Politico?


35 posted on 11/01/2011 1:19:15 PM PDT by Graewoulf ( obama"care" violates the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND is illegal by the U.S. Constitution.)
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To: mdittmar

Brian Montopoli previously worked for Columbia Journalism Review, and has contributed to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Slate, Salon, The Washington Monthly, Washington City Paper and "This American Life." He lives in Brooklyn.

36 posted on 11/01/2011 1:22:26 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Signalman

Monday was a media access day - he had appearances all day long scheduled. I’m sure was getting briefed on this situation between meetings - it was obvious he was filling in more details as the day went on.

He could have waited a day and get his ducks in a row. That’s what a politician would have done. But he took the bull by the horns and people are applauding his straightforward approach to this. He had his highest fundraising ever yesterday, and a lot of people on the fence are now in Cain’s corner.


37 posted on 11/01/2011 1:22:31 PM PDT by justsaynomore (Cain 2012 - http://teamcain.hermancain.com)
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To: K-oneTexas; Tucker822; Kartographer; freekitty; carmody; Dead Corpse; MsLady; Publius772000; ...

Regular daily ping is coming but there is a poll here that can use our help on. The question on the poll is different than the one the article so don’t get tripped up :-)

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20128570-503544/is-herman-cain-taking-scandal-from-bad-to-worse/


38 posted on 11/01/2011 1:32:48 PM PDT by justsaynomore (Cain 2012 - http://teamcain.hermancain.com)
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39 posted on 11/01/2011 1:40:02 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

politico POLITICO
Draft Herman Cain PAC pleads for cash to help Herman Cain win ... Florida: http://politi.co/sy0Kxq
20 minutes ago

http://twitter.com/#!/POLITICO

politico POLITICO
Via @mkraju — GOP senators to dine with Herman Cain tonight: http://politi.co/vmN2OS
3 hours ago

politico POLITICO
RT @DMarkPOLITICO: .@dthornell: “It looks like Cain went to the Anthony Weiner School of Crisis Communications.” http://politi.co/sGjWbh
4 hours ago

politico POLITICO
MT @aburnspolitico: Herman Cain recalls a “couple of other” items in the sexual harassment complaint against him http://politi.co/vH9wFv
5 hours ago

politico POLITICO
Leading POLITICO: Herman Cain sexual harassment allegations: Damage-control marked by inconsistencies http://politi.co/uQki12
10 hours ago

politico POLITICO
Leading POLITICO this morning — Cain damage-control efforts marked by inconsistencies: http://politi.co/rpgYO7
10 hours ago

politico POLITICO
Leading POLITICO — Herman Cain’s conflicting accounts on inappropriate conduct allegations: http://politi.co/tSal5p
21 hours ago

politico POLITICO
MT @maggiepolitico: Cain, who earlier said he had no knowledge of settlements, remembers maybe 3 mos salary to 1 woman http://politi.co/t2xlzy
23 hours ago

politico POLITICO
Cain contradicts former National Restaurant Association HR chief on investigation: http://politi.co/tQOdpN
31 Oct

politico POLITICO
RT @POLITICO2012: In surreal moment at the end of Herman Cain’s appearance at the NPC, Cain agrees to sing a few bars

politico POLITICO
.@reidepstein has a longer look at Herman Cain’s Fox News interview and response this morning: http://politi.co/v6pKMT
31 Oct

politico POLITICO
Cain sidesteps question from ABC’s Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) asking him to address POLITICO’s Sunday night report: http://politi.co/u7gWWh
31 Oct

jmsummers Juana Summers
by politico
Cain’s comment at #AEICain that he’d take “all of the arrows later” has been his only allusion to harassment allegations in 30+ minutes.
31 Oct

politico POLITICO
Herman Cain adviser Mark Block denies harassment, hedges on settlement: http://politi.co/vjF0n8
31 Oct

jmsummers Juana Summers
by politico
Ten plus minutes in and @THEHermanCain has not mentioned Nat’nl Restaurant Association or allegations raised in @politico story. #AEICain
31 Oct

politico POLITICO
Concerned Women for America wants answers from Cain: http://politi.co/rIytD8
31 Oct

politico POLITICO
Herman Cain attacks POLITICO report — http://politi.co/rZJsTg
30 Oct

politico POLITICO
Exclusive: Two women accused Herman Cain of inappropriate behavior — http://politi.co/rDrCLF
30 Oct

http://twitter.com/#!/POLITICO


40 posted on 11/01/2011 1:41:45 PM PDT by kcvl
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