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Newt Turns Fire on Cain (ugh!)
FoxNews ^ | 11/11/11 | ALEXANDER BURNS

Posted on 11/11/2011 5:41:26 PM PST by teg_76

Newt Gingrich said Friday that Herman Cain should not have joked about Anita Hill potentially endorsing him for president, arguing in a radio interview that harassment is “not something to be joked about.”

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KEYWORDS: cain; gingrich; perry; romney
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To: TBBT

Another way Newt stepped in it.


241 posted on 11/11/2011 9:14:12 PM PST by fightinJAG (NO REPRESENTATION WITHOUT TAXATION! Everyone should pay taxes, everyone should pay the same rate.)
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To: fightinJAG

“Wow. So terrible. /s”

I make it a point not to take really cheap shots at the people that I’m against...particularly Perry. In fact, I gave him a pass for his brain-freeze at the last debate...no need to pile on. I do hit him where it counts though...such as coddling Illegals, etc.

Anyone on this site going after Cain because of what he said in this case, in my opinion, has no right to even post here, and should get zotted. If they want to go after Cain on the harassment charges, to me that’s fair game, particularly as they were first coming out. If they want to go after Cain on 999, that’s definitely fair game.

But going after this throw-away line should not be tolerated. As I said earlier, if he joked differently - such as saying: “Oh no, another accuser!”....that would be fair game, in my book (although I would bust up). But going after his comment is simply petty.


242 posted on 11/11/2011 9:18:45 PM PST by BobL (Send Rove a Message, VOTE CAIN, no matter what)
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To: teg_76

Buh Bye Newt....

All the reason I don’t trust you.


243 posted on 11/11/2011 9:19:47 PM PST by Sprite518
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To: Gator113

The gist of the objections to Newt’s comments are not so much that they were intended to hurt Cain, but that they evidenced stupid pandering.

Big difference.


244 posted on 11/11/2011 9:21:34 PM PST by fightinJAG (NO REPRESENTATION WITHOUT TAXATION! Everyone should pay taxes, everyone should pay the same rate.)
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To: teg_76

That was a dang good comeback joke. I laughed my butt off. Is Newt insinuating that I am disrespectful of women? I am a woman. Can’t he take a joke?


245 posted on 11/11/2011 9:23:56 PM PST by tioga
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To: teg_76
This doesn't make Newt endearing to me.

Same here. Every time I start to warm up to him, he does something stupid. Sorry Newt, you aren't going to win any points by taking the side of the sex baiters.

246 posted on 11/11/2011 9:35:31 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: BobL

I have that concern as well and have expressed it often.


247 posted on 11/11/2011 9:35:33 PM PST by fightinJAG (NO REPRESENTATION WITHOUT TAXATION! Everyone should pay taxes, everyone should pay the same rate.)
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To: fightinJAG
BTW, the media did not seem to notice that it was an ordinary American, not Herman Cain, who made the Anita Hill joke in the first place

Excellent, Excellent point!

248 posted on 11/11/2011 9:43:44 PM PST by capydick (''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
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To: teg_76

Just when Noot starts looking alright, the real Noot shows up and lets you know why he was not your 1st, 2nd, or 3rd choice to begin with. The real Noot who does the global warming propaganda with Pelosi on her couch, and endorses Scuzzyfava in NY over a more conservative candidate.


249 posted on 11/11/2011 10:02:56 PM PST by Moorings
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To: fightinJAG

When it comes to Newt, sometimes you just have to shake your head..he can be just plain stupid at a times...Maybe he’d be better off in some cabinet position that takes that kind of mouth, like Sec. of State, following Hillary...:O)


250 posted on 11/11/2011 10:36:33 PM PST by goat granny
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To: BobL
He has NO CLUE how angry the base is

But doncha' know that he has a new superpac to "reach out" to the tea parties. Cain doesn't have to "reach out" to us, he is one of us.

Sorry Newt, too phony, too late.

251 posted on 11/11/2011 11:07:54 PM PST by Prokopton
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To: teg_76

Newt is out of touch.

If you believe Anita Hill, you condemn Clarence Thomas. One of them is lying. Newt seems to be saying he believes Hill. Once again, he’s on the wrong side. He’s tone deaf.


252 posted on 11/11/2011 11:15:07 PM PST by Rocky (REPEAL IT!)
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To: teg_76

Hardly anyone tries to touch Romney. Someone will have to.


253 posted on 11/12/2011 3:08:36 AM PST by newzjunkey (Republicans will find a way to reelect Obama and Speaker Pelosi.)
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To: BobL
I hear you...we all feel that way,

It's not a feeling. It's math. One vote is totally meaningless. I have not cast a vote of consequence ever. I could quit voting and nothing would turn out differently. But I like talking politics, and if I don't vote, someone will say I don't have a right to complain about it. That's the only good reason to bother.

254 posted on 11/12/2011 5:33:16 AM PST by Huck (TAX TEA NOW==SUPPORT 9-9-9)
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To: redinIllinois
Are you an IRS agent, tax preparer, or someone who makes a living from the current tax code?

No. I sell products and services.

255 posted on 11/12/2011 5:34:19 AM PST by Huck (TAX TEA NOW==SUPPORT 9-9-9)
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To: stickywillie

Sorry. I was a little drunk and hostile last night. That said, I really don’t feel like “exchanging ideas” on a national sales tax. If someone is for it, they are for it. I’m against it. That’s that. I apologize for the unjustified hostility. Have a great weekend.


256 posted on 11/12/2011 5:38:01 AM PST by Huck (TAX TEA NOW==SUPPORT 9-9-9)
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To: teg_76

Et tu, Newt? What a disgrace to see such backstabbing from a supposed “friend” - even relating Cain’s comments to the Penn State scandal??? Absolutely disgusting. Newt is dead to me.


257 posted on 11/12/2011 6:12:33 AM PST by montag813
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To: teg_76; All
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258 posted on 11/12/2011 6:13:16 AM PST by montag813
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To: TBBT

Yeah, that inexperience was fatal for Obama in the general ele...oh wait!


259 posted on 11/12/2011 6:17:22 AM PST by dforest
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To: teg_76
So Herman Cain gives Newt a HUGE gift - a big P.R. boost by appearing with him at the Texas Tea Party "debate" - which hikes Newt's poll #s by 5% overnight. And THIS is how he is repaid?

I guess it is open season on Newt's long history of douchebaggery, huh? I worked on the Hill during Newt's reign and he was a very naughty boy indeed. The GOP's Bill Clinton - mental genius and moral midget. Amazing this is not well known.

260 posted on 11/12/2011 6:38:53 AM PST by montag813
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