Posted on 11/17/2011 4:23:40 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Herman Cain has gotten the protection of Secret Service agents, apparently effective today, sources told POLITICO earlier today.
A Cain spokesman didn't respond to repeated requests for comment. But ABC News has also apparently confirmed that Cain is getting federal protection. Continue Reading
It's unusual for candidates to get such protection prior to receiving the nomination, unless there is a credible threat of some kind.
UPDATE: We are protecting Herman Cain, Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said Thursday night. He said the decision was made by Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano, at the request of the Cain campaign and in consultation with the Congressional advisory committee.
The authority was given to the Service to protect Herman Cain [beginning] today, Donovan said.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Palin is not running for office.
Good grief, are you daft?
Certifiable.
Perry supporter that could not care less about Cain. I suppose if something happens to Herman she/he thinks that will elevate Perry.
How sad.
Pooooooooooooooor Herman....bad media, bad Perry, bad Wilson, bad Women, bad Newt, bad people all over after him. Thank God..Palin had guts. Maybe John Bolton could protect and advise him at the same time.
What a bunch of douches commenting on this thread. Must hijack every thread with their foaming at the mouth hate and pettiness. Pathetic
The same Perrybots every time. They couldn't care less if Cain got shot.
You make no sense.
Unlike you, I defend any candidate who is getting un righteously smeared and refrain from liberal style attacks against them.
Why dont you read and absorb what Rush said TODAY about Newt and btw..make sure and get your pop corn ready since Newt will be on Greta TONIGHT. I know you will enjoy it
I will tell you one thing Boing Boing...there is very little left of Reagan’s conservatism in America today. Nothing but recidivists and the cradle to the grave gang now.
You folks got be to either kidding or sleeping at the wheel big time!!! There are folks out there in liberal, left-wing, Obama/Democrat, LaLa land that want Herman Cain removed for good, if you know what that means. And....they will use any means possible, as have already been demonstrated to destroy this man, who is the “real” threat to the POTUS Obama re-election in 2012!!! The “Politico” accuser attack scheme has failed miserably, as have the same attacks from the NY Times and Washington Post, etc.!!! So...what’s next??? Doesn’t take a rocket man to figure that one out!!!
Shucks, folks, Herman Cain is a Black man, and....a Black man who is a conservative.....and a Black man that could garner 20-30% of the Black vote with a ditto for the Hispanic vote. What does that mean??? It means devastating defeat for POTUS Obama, and.....it brings ditto result to the Democrat Party!!! Now who, in God’s name wants Mr. Cain to just go away permanently??? I think you folks know the answer!!! Mr. Cain has received Secret Service protection for two reasons, one to protect him from serious harm and two, to provide cover for you know who, just in case something bad should suddenly occur!!! Thus, the CYA game is already in play.
I don’t like Cain’s 999, 909 or 333 plans. He has little knowledge of foreign affairs, his wife is a dem and that may not matter to you but it does to me...don’t care for the way he donated to democrats after he joined the gop and I could go on...he was so shocked that the msm would “nitpick” well he should have observed what happened to Palin, the Bush girls and many other good people...did he think he would get a pass?
EVERY candidate running should be afforded the same protection. The last two presidents that were shot at in my lifetime were white.
There are radicals out there that hate Newt and others just as much.
Do share your knowledge and access to communication between DHS, Congress, and the Cain campaign. Your ability to quickly dismiss the protection of a candidate as a waste must be based on first hand knowledge. Surely, you are far too intelligent to make such an ignorant statement in the absence of first hand information and without having access to said communications.
There are times when it is wise to keep one's thoughts to themselves - for you, this would have been one of those times.
Here’s the full context of Gingrich’s comment:
Oh, I get you. So let’s leave him unprotected despite death threats.
The only haters I see on FR are the Cain supporters with their snide and personal assaults. If y’all believe he is the greatest thing since ice cream, that’s fine.
I seriously doubt anyone hates Herman Cain, but there are many who do not believe he is presidential material.
Protect EVERY candidate running...they all need it..okay?
No, since I never indicated that she was.
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