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To: i-node who wrote (635260)11/9/2011 1:19:42 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1583629
 
Herman Cain, he's my man; if he can't do no one can. Vote Herman Cain!

Cain shifts his blame to the ‘Democrat machine’
When news first broke that Herman Cain had been accused of sexual harassment, the Republican presidential candidate first blamed the media. Then he blamed liberals. Soon after, he shifted the blame to unnamed racists. Then his campaign blamed GOP rival Rick Perry.

Yesterday, the strange candidate found someone new to blame: the “ Democrat machine.”

Herman Cain, the embattled Republican candidate for president, convened a nationally televised news conference Tuesday in which he insisted that he is innocent of all sexual harassment accusations, even as another woman put her name to allegations that he had approached her inappropriately. Mr. Cain blamed the ballooning scandal on a “Democrat machine” and, anticipating calls to end his presidential run, he declared that “ain’t going to happen because I’m doing this for the American people and for the children and the grandchildren. And I will not be deterred by false, anonymous, incorrect accusations.”





Let’s note a few relevant angles here.

First, Cain’s conspiracy theory isn’t even grammatically right. I think he meant to blame the “Democratic machine.”

Second, asked for proof that Democrats had anything to do with this, Cain could offer nothing.

Third, Cain may not understand this, but I’ll let him in on a little secret: Democrats have no interest in tearing down his candidacy because they’d love it if he won the nomination. The made-up theory isn’t even plausible.

Cain’s conspiracy theory, in other words, could use a little work.

In related news, Cain insists he’d never seen Sharon Bialek before her Monday press conference, but that appears to be untrue. Cain’s campaign manager told Fox News that he’d “confirmed” that one of the candidate’s accusers works for Politico, and that wasn’t true, either.

At what point are we justified in simply labeling Cain’s entire campaign a farce?

Also note, some — and perhaps, all — of the women who’ve accused Cain of sexual harassment are preparing to hold a joint news conference of their own, according to the women’s attorneys.



To: i-node who wrote (635260)11/9/2011 1:23:10 PM
From: bentway1 Recommendation  Read Replies (7) | Respond to of 1583629
 
5th Woman: Cain Wanted Dinner With 'Lovely Lady'

BASED ON WHAT DONNA DONELLA SAW, CAIN SHOULD NOT BE A 'SERIOUS CANDIDATE'

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff
newser.com
( More to come? Stay tuned..<g> )
Posted Nov 8, 2011 7:11 AM CST

(NEWSER) – A fifth woman has come forward to tell a sketchy-sounding story about Herman Cain. Former USAID employee Donna Donella, 40, tells the Washington Examiner that after giving a speech in Egypt for USAID in 2002, Cain asked Donella to set up dinner between him and a “lovely young lady” who had asked a question, “so I can give her a more thorough answer." Donella, suspicious, said no; she says Cain replied, “Then you and I can have dinner."

Eventually two female colleagues accompanied Donella and Cain to dinner, where she says there was no inappropriate sexual behavior—though he did leave them with the bill after ordering two $400 bottles of wine. “I couldn't swear that he had some untoward intentions, but we all thought his tone was suspect and we didn't feel comfortable putting him in touch with that woman,” she says now. Click for more from Cain, who will give a press conference “to set the record straight” today.