“If someone in his “camp” spread this gossip, then they did it without his approval, IMO.”
‘Do you mind if I smear your opponent?’ is not the type of question a career politician is going to be asked by his staff. As the boss, he’s still responsible for the actions of his subordinates.
I urge everybody who has any interest in this story to read this entire transcript. Curt lays it all out. And what you will see is that he REPEATEDLY praises Herman Cain, and repeatedly deflects attempts by the reporter to make his statements into an attack on Herman Cain.
Either the guy is a complete and total sleezeball, in which case you'd have to fault Cain for hiring him and confiding in him, or he is really a good, christian guy who is telling the truth, and is hurt that a man he admires is falsely accusing him, but refuses to hold it against Cain.
Here are a few things Curt Anderson said about Cain -- remember, Cain is falsely accusing him of leaking information told in confidence as a campaign advisor, something that if true could make Anderson unemployable:
Well, let me say, first off, something that will sound a little odd to your viewers, but I really like Herman Cain. And I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. I remember that campaign in 2004 fondly. He's a great candidateI'm sorry, but that just does not in ANY way sound like a guy who LEAKED a story about sexual harrassment to embarrass or hurt Herman Cain. He genuinely likes Cain, and has nothing but good things to say about him, even though Cain is accusing him of unethical and unprofessional behavior.
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I just want to set the record straight that I have tremendous regard for the guy. And I think he's a guy, you know, he's a great conservative leader. He's run a great campaign, and I really enjoy him. You know, you don't enjoy everybody you work with, but I really enjoy the guy.
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I'm not going to attack him in any sort of personal way or anything.
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he's in a tough spot and it's very rough, and candidates when they get into a firestorm like this have sometimes come unraveled. And, you know, it seems to me that they're kind of grasping at straws and fishing around trying to figure out what to do,
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But I'm not here to disparage Herman. I think he’s a tremendous guy. And this is all an unfortunate mess.
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Well, again, I have great regard for the guy, and I think both he and all the other Republican candidates running would be a great improvement over our current president. I really do believe that.
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And I think Herman, if he can get himself back to talking about the issues and the things that have put him in -- I mean, this guy is the front running candidate for the nomination to be president of the United States. And if he can get himself back into gear, I mean, he can recover. But I have no interest in suing anyone or even attacking anybody.
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a lot of candidates, and Herman included, talk about their faith in these issues. And I endorse that. I think that's great.
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These allegations do not comport to the Herman Cain that I know. You know, I said in my statement yesterday, I have always known him as a gentleman and as a guy of strong character.
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No, no. If I was going to talk to Herman, I would do it, you know, personally. I wouldn't do it on CNN.
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Now, I'm disappointed that he tried to use me as a pawn and to get him out of his mess that he's in. But I'm not going to let that cover everything I know about him.
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But listen, this guy has no financial support -- you know, not big money for a presidential standpoint. When he first got in this race, people were like, oh, that’s -- no one is going to know that he's even running. And right now he is the frontrunner for the nomination of president of the United States. That is tremendous.
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I'll also say this. They just don't ring true to the guy I know. Now, I don't know anything about it, so I’m not going to be judge and jury on that, but it just doesn't comport with the Herman Cain that I know.
I can see why Perry would want Anderson on his team -- he seems like a real stand-up guy, someone with integrity and ethical standards that are hard to find in politics.
I'm sorry Cain smeared him like he did, and maybe when Cain gets his act together, he'll at least apologize privately for slandering this man.