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Herman Cain: Not ‘An Ounce of Truth’ in Allegations
National Review ^ | 11/08/2011 | Katrina Trinko

Posted on 11/08/2011 6:55:21 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Speaking about the allegations made by Sharon Bialek earlier today, Herman Cain said there was not “an ounce of truth” in her statement.

“I had a few of my staff members there with me,” Cain told ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel in an interview tonight, describing watching the press conference earlier in the day, “and I’m sitting here and they’re watching me and they can see steam coming out of my ears. The feelings that you have when you know that all of this is totally fabricated, you go from anger, then you get disgusted, you try to control yourself to make sure you watch this thing all the way through it and I was listening very closely.”

“And then when it was all over with,” he added, “I said I know what we got to do because there’s not an ounce of truth in all of these accusations and my team is putting this stuff together. That’s why I’m willing to do a press conference tomorrow to set the record straight.”

Cain is scheduled to hold a press conference in Arizona tomorrow afternoon.

“We watched it,” Cain said of Bialek’s press conference, “because we didn’t even know this whole thing about woman number 4 was going to even come out. So that was a surprise. At least it wasn’t one of the many that have the first name ‘anonymous.’ So now this one actually had a name and a face, so we watched it to see what it was and who it was and we are dealing with it.”

“We are taking this head on,” Cain emphasized.

When Cain talked about the impressive fundraising his campaign had done since the allegations broke ($2 million at least), Kimmel joked, “Do you think other candidates will follow suit and hire women to charge them with sexual harassment?” Cain rejoined in kind, saying, “If they’re smart, they will.”

Cain said he called his wife after the press conference finished (they were in different states today), and she gave him this response: “’The things that that woman described,’ she said, ‘that doesn’t even sound like you and I’ve known you for 45 years.’”

“My own wife said that I wouldn’t do anything as silly as what that lady was talking about because she does know me,” Cain pointed out. “I’ve been married for 43 years to the same woman, and I’m proud of it.”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cain; frontrunner; hermancain; sexualharassment; sharonbialek
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To: SeekAndFind

He will do well today, just fine, against those evil people who sin and bear false witness.


21 posted on 11/08/2011 7:40:21 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (CONSERVATIVE! If Cain is defeated by libDem/RINO smears, be assured *YOUR GUY IS NEXT*. Fight w/us!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Cain was getting close to the levers of power and powerful interests had to stop him.


22 posted on 11/08/2011 7:41:37 AM PST by 2nd Amendment
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23 posted on 11/08/2011 7:42:25 AM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: tflabo

We are still on defense but we need to get on offence SOON. And we will then make them suffer heavily.


24 posted on 11/08/2011 7:45:10 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (CONSERVATIVE! If Cain is defeated by libDem/RINO smears, be assured *YOUR GUY IS NEXT*. Fight w/us!)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

RE: He will do well today, just fine, against those evil people who sin and bear false witness.

POP quiz for everyone, When was the first instance of sexual assault/rape/harassment recorded in the Bible?

HINT: It was a FALSE CHARGE that got a righteous man who was also rising in power jailed for 13 years.


25 posted on 11/08/2011 7:46:27 AM PST by SeekAndFind (u)
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To: 2nd Amendment

And they were unsuccessful.


26 posted on 11/08/2011 7:47:07 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (CONSERVATIVE! If Cain is defeated by libDem/RINO smears, be assured *YOUR GUY IS NEXT*. Fight w/us!)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Correction, He was in Jail for at least 2 years based on a false sexual assault charge. Things haven’t change for thousands of years.


27 posted on 11/08/2011 7:48:43 AM PST by SeekAndFind (u)
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To: Luther1917

About the “I have a boyfriend” thing. I address this to all the lady Freepers reading this. If a man comes on to you in the way she described Herman Cain coming on to her, would the fact that you had a boyfriend or husband be the first thing to enter into your mind? I would be so horrified at this man doing this to me, the words coming out of my mouth wouldn’t be the fact that I had a boyfriend. That seems like a rational statement from a woman who had just been sexually assaulted. Think about it. Your head has just been pushed into a man’s crotch and
you have the presence of mind to tell him you have a boyfriend.


28 posted on 11/08/2011 8:30:25 AM PST by murron (Proud Mom of a Marine Vet)
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To: wmileo

No need for any benefit of the doubt. Gloria put out ads looking for dirt on Cain weeks ago this creature responded. She is an opportunist and we need to stop talking about her and stop linking to articles about anything of sexual harassment progressive charges or we are about to completely lose America.

This is the next step if we let the media once again choose our candidate based on fake Marxist and progressive propaganda moves .

Anyone else feel we are near the end of this - whether that be freedom on the ropes here or total Prog-Marxist attempted takeover?

Bottom line is we cannot keep paying attention to the media. We have to tell all to ignore mainstream from this point on if we are to save this nation.


29 posted on 11/08/2011 9:17:35 AM PST by DebraAI
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To: murron
About the “I have a boyfriend” thing. I address this to all the lady Freepers reading this. If a man comes on to you in the way she described Herman Cain coming on to her, would the fact that you had a boyfriend or husband be the first thing to enter into your mind? I would be so horrified at this man doing this to me, the words coming out of my mouth wouldn’t be the fact that I had a boyfriend. That seems like a rational statement from a woman who had just been sexually assaulted. Think about it. Your head has just been pushed into a man’s crotch and you have the presence of mind to tell him you have a boyfriend.

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My husband and I discussed this last night. He thought the remark was an indication that she was telling the truth, while I saw it as evidence that she was lying.

The first thing that I would do in that situation is scream bloody murder and kick, scratch and hit, while doing my best to get out of the car and run. Imho, rape might be the next move from a man who is capable of something like that.

I've talked to a woman who was raped, and one who managed to escape being raped. It is my belief that it is extremely unlikely that this woman is truthful.

30 posted on 11/08/2011 12:22:38 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: SeekAndFind

That was Joeseph, right?

(Wife of Potiphar, IIRC)


31 posted on 11/08/2011 2:22:34 PM PST by SirLurkedalot (Occupy a Minefield, you communist filth!)
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To: SirLurkedalot

Joseph.

Spellcheck is not my friend today.


32 posted on 11/08/2011 2:23:59 PM PST by SirLurkedalot (Occupy a Minefield, you communist filth!)
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