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I agree that Herman Cain's business sense may just be the medicine that this country needs right now. I've been on the Cain train since early 2011. But this latest, self-admitted revelation that he had been giving White money over a long period of time and that he had not informed his wife about it has me calling into question his judgment.

If both he and his wife knew this woman and they were both helping her out, it would seem to be a Christian thing to do. But to hide this from his wife indicates that he knew he shouldn't be doing it.

I bet every married guy on the Free Republic would be in serious hot water if their wives found out they were giving money to a woman unbeknownst to their wives.

[justsaynomore]

I’ve answered this before, but this is not uncommon! I know it isn’t true when you are watching every penny, but when my husband and I lived comfortably both of us helped out friends and acquaintances without talking about it. I can only imagine when you are a millionaire.

I don’t know why, other than we both believe you don’t really talk about your good deeds. “But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing” Matt. 6:3.

[DoughtyOne]

Here are some parameters I’d consider...

1. Did Cain and wife support a number of people over the years, and did his wife always know every single one of them?

2. Is Cain’s wife suffering due to a shortage of funds in the family because of the giving?

3. What were the funds used for? Did Cain help her with rent money or food, or was he buying her gifts?

4. Are Cain’s actions any worse than those of Martin Luther King Jr., a man that has essentially replaced our founding fathers in the minds of Leftists who think his contribution to our nation was ever so much more wholesome than theirs?

I don’t condone sexual harassment or extra-marital affairs, but what actually took place is still unknown.

Until it is, and it disqualifies Cain from being the man we need in charge, I’ll still support him.

[altura]

Oh, yeah. If I found out my husband had given more than a dollar to anybody, I would be seriously ticked.

[Ozymandias Ghost]

Can't disagree w/anything you posted ...I am reserving judgment until Mrs Cain issues a statement (assuming she will do so).

What I don't understand is why Newt is picking up so much of Herman's support if the issue really is a strong suspicion of some moral error on Herman's part. Perhaps it is as someone posted on this thread a function of Newt's recent conversion to Catholicism and whatever absolution he many have sought/attained. (ALL- I am not a Catholic; so, if I have misstated anything here or expressed it poorly; pls feel free to clarify or correct any errors.)