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Furore over Herman Cain sex claims becomes first dirty tricks battleground of 2012 US elections
The London Telegraph ^ | November 12, 2011 | Philip Sherwell in Ypsilanti, Michigan

Posted on 11/12/2011 4:25:46 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

She is a celebrity lawyer who has represented numerous women in headline-making claims against the likes of OJ Simpson, Dodi Fayed, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tiger Woods.

He is a combative defamation attorney described as "the pit bull chained to a stake guarding your house" who has worked on some of America's most high-profile cases.

And in ever-litigious America, Gloria Allred and Lin Wood have now emerged as key players in the battle over the growing array of sexual harassment accusations swirling around Herman Cain, a surprise frontrunner in the Republican presidential stakes.

At stake is the candidacy of the former fast food tycoon and political outsider who has defied the political pundits with his campaign to become the first black Republican nominee for the White House.

It is the latest in a long line of sex scandals that have unfolded during presidential campaigns since Bill Clinton overcame his "bimbo eruption" to win office in 1992. And amid a poisonous storm of claims and counter-claims, the lawyers are now involved and allegations of dirty tricks are flying....

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; cain; clinton; hermancaincain
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The difference is that 99% of Democrats knew that President Clinton was guilty as charged, but they didn't care.
1 posted on 11/12/2011 4:25:49 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The more I’ve learned about the allegations against Cain, the less inclined I am to believe them.


2 posted on 11/12/2011 4:27:28 PM PST by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

gloria allred would best be described as a whore’s whore, wouldn’t she?


3 posted on 11/12/2011 4:29:37 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (guitars and women.)
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To: cripplecreek

I agree with you.
None of the pieces fit in a scandal.
The Demos must think we are stupid but they don’t realize they are the stupid ones.


4 posted on 11/12/2011 4:30:25 PM PST by donhunt (Certified and proud "Son of a Bitch".)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I hope Cain can win the Nomination, (a Miracle to overcome the Media and funded Republican Establishment for Romney the RINO).

He can then say to "The Messiah", "Do you think the Media is fair to bombard me with un-substantiated and anonymously-sourced allegations while your involement with Larry Sinclair in the back seat of a limo was un-reported to any extent at all????"

5 posted on 11/12/2011 4:32:04 PM PST by traditional1 ("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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To: traditional1

ivolement = involvement


6 posted on 11/12/2011 4:32:47 PM PST by traditional1 ("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

These two attorneys represent the special club and non-productive ilk of those who are slotted to make lots of money producing nothing, while Americans that were productive for our society (but making much less) have lost jobs and have been screwed over for 35 years. The system is rigged but not in favor of those who actually produce usable and tangible products.


7 posted on 11/12/2011 4:33:40 PM PST by apoliticalone (Honest govt. that operates in the interest of US sovereignty and the people, not global $$$)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Herman Cain

born December 13, 1945 in Memphis, TN (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)

Parents were
Luther Cain Jr., born March 16, 1925 in TN, died March 29, 1982 in Atlanta, GA
Lenora Davis, born July 27, 1925 in GA, died August 20, 2005 in Atlanta, GA

Both parents were US Citizens at the time of his birth (Meets the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)

Herman Cain is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN

”Herman

Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama ISN'T!

Click on the cane, (America is Ready.)

8 posted on 11/12/2011 4:34:49 PM PST by ASA Vet (Natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. De Vattel)
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9 posted on 11/12/2011 4:36:36 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: traditional1

If Cain does get the nomination (or anyone else gets it for that matter), I hope he doesn’t hold back on going after Obama like McCain did. McCain could have used the Sinclair connection, the Rev. Wright connection and the Bill Ayers connection, to hammer Obama and expose him. But “Mr. Reach Across the Aisle” refused and he lost, as a result.


10 posted on 11/12/2011 4:37:11 PM PST by Signalman
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To: the invisib1e hand

That’s actually an insult to prostitutes. At least they provide a service.


11 posted on 11/12/2011 4:43:16 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
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To: the invisib1e hand

That would be several steps up for her.


12 posted on 11/12/2011 4:46:45 PM PST by meatloaf (It's time to push back against out of control government.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So now HC is a tycoon, it is just so lame.

Allred is a pygmy compared to Wood, what a joke.


13 posted on 11/12/2011 5:06:38 PM PST by Fred (no job no house no gas no food no problem Obama 2012)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This was a Dem 2fer.

Slander Cain and blame it on Perry.

Has it worked?


14 posted on 11/12/2011 5:13:57 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Signalman
McCain is NOT Conservative at all; just another RINO who doesn't want to make waves, and keeps his cushy job by keeping out of the fray.

If we could have ONE Conservative Candidate, who would STICK TO PRINCIPLES and the Constitution as-intended, we would be on the path back to a REAL Country, instead of a 3rd World "Can't we all just get along?", politically-correct, appeasing doormat.

15 posted on 11/12/2011 5:38:40 PM PST by traditional1 ("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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isn’t it amazing how all these sexual allegations were totally secret until Cain was a Republican front runner for the presidential nomination...

Wow what an amazing coincidence that is, almost as if they were motivated and timed to take down a political front runner for political reasons.


16 posted on 11/12/2011 5:46:04 PM PST by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What sex claims?

No one, not even the lying skank bitches, have even alleged that any sex occurred.


17 posted on 11/12/2011 5:52:45 PM PST by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Texas Fossil
Clinton had bimbo eruptions. Obama seems to have bimbo creations.
18 posted on 11/12/2011 7:18:41 PM PST by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Change!)
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To: Texas Fossil
I don't follow this:

This was a Dem 2fer.

Slander Cain and blame it on Perry.

Cain has been the one accusing Perry, with nothing more to go on than that one of Perry's people worked in Cain's unsuccessful Senate campaign. He was still pushing that line yesterday in his interview with Neil Cavuto.

The whole operation smells like a typical Democrat operation, either masterminded by Axelrod or by some Democrat operatives independent of the White House.

For Cain to claim that he is the victim of false, unsubstantiated allegations, while he's throwing false, unsubstantiated allegations at another candidate, makes me wonder about his judgment and character.

Although I like the idea of Obama being beaten by a black Republican, do we want to trade one narcissist for another?

19 posted on 11/12/2011 8:06:04 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

In my humble opinion, Cain did not do any of what he was accused.

The Dems bought the ladies to slander Cain. Then leaked that the source of the leak was the Pollster who worked for Perry.

Caine did nothing, but he thought the pollster who had worked for him was the leak. Perry did nothing but he was blamed.

So, as far as I see it. It is a 2fer. The Dems put the right English on the ball and expected to sink both in the pocket. Has not worked out that way yet.


20 posted on 11/12/2011 8:15:34 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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