Cain Spars With Reporters Over Questions on Sexual Harassment Claims

Most of the negative comments on this forum will come from individuals who never had any intentions of ever voting for Mr. Cain. Therefore, when individuals try to come across as “middle of the road”, they are really hiding the fact that they are totally against the man. I guess when Mr. Cain says that the allegations are “baseless”, that is not open and honest. Had he said that the allegations are true, then he would be considered open and honest. This is an example of people whom already have their minds made up a long time ago on whether they support the man or not. Strictly politics.

“Most of the negative comments on this forum will come from individuals who never had any intentions of ever voting for Mr. Cain.” So what’s your point, William? I’m sure you have more negative things to say about the President on other forums and yet you don’t have any problems tossing out your negative comments there, even though you have no intentions of voting for him. You feel the accusations against Mr. Cain aren’t warranted…fine and dandy. But many others feel that he is hiding something since his stories have changed so many times. So is everyone just supposed to take his “I don’t wanna talk about it” as an answer and forget about it? Sorry dude, it ain’t happening. So instead of whining about poor ole Mr. Cain being picked on, you don’t have any control on this one. Let all the facts come out…from his accusers as well as himself…and then people can make their final decision. But so far, he hasn’t done that. Hence, he’ll continue to be dogged about it. And obviously apologists like you will continue to cry and talk about the “big bad press” being so unfair. As you Republicans are so fond of saying, “Man Up!” and let the chips fall where they may. Just be a big enough man to admit you were wrong if his campaign implodes over this. But for some reason, I doubt we’ll be hearing that from you.

Mr. Cain wll never be the President of the United States. That’s just reaity folks.

Somebody explain why we felt the need to force Clinton to answer even more personal questions under oath, and this REPUBLICAN, supposedly of the party of morals and values, is being let off the hook right now by republicans? I used to constantly hear about how if this was their party they would purge the person, therefore proving their values. Obviously that’s a lie. This man will never be president to begin with. But republicans are sure showing what hypocrites they can be now in this area.

Coffee and cream—two losers!

Good for Cain for sticking to his guns! When reporters are told that certain questions are off-limits, they are off-limits, period. This whole thing has been talked to death anyway. There is apparently nothing to this. Time to move on….

Dead horse, meet MSM bat.

At this point it is about the Media stroking their own ego’s for convincing the public this even matters. We’re seeing positivity go down for Cain because of this around the clock, unrelenting bad press.

Look, NO ONE is telling us any details about any of these incidents. Even after no longer being bound to the confidentiality agreement they STILL won’t release any details. There can be only one reason why, the politically oppose Herman Cain. I’m sorry but there is just no other reason someone wouldn’t at least tell us what he supposedly did. They get far more political traction by making you imagine the worst.

We also know that WHATEVER it was he did, it was NOT OVERTLY SEXUAL. That was in the freak’n Politico report. How the HECK do you get a non-overly sexual gesture to suddenly be a sexual harassment case?

I’ll tell you how, the Main Stream Media who’s only interest is in seeing Obama re-elected.

I don’t care about who any, if any, are acused of sleeping with. My best guess would be that ones asking the questions should should be the ones answering questions about their morlality. Why not ask about their intentions about bringing our military home, how do you intend to stop letting corporations out source American jobs to countries that don’t buy from us? What jobs will our military personal have when they leave service? I just feel there are more important issues than someones moral errors 20 years ago. Have any of these reporters ever served in the military? Before you question me. USMC / Viet Nam 1967 / Wounded twice.

“We’ve heard enough about the allegations.”

Speak for yourself. Sexual harassment is an abuse of power. It is entirely relevant to electing someone to office, or not, if he had abused power.

First…I deny any such thing occurred. Then, there was a complaint, that’s all I know. Then, there was a woman who filed a complaint that was investigated and found not to have any basis. Then there was there was a complaint that was settled. Then there was “all I said was that you were as tall as my wife”. Then there was a complaint where there was an agreement. Then there was a severance agreement. Then there was I said all I wanted to say. Then there was I don’t know anything about another complaint against me. Then there was you guys in the media are making this up with lies and distorting the truth. Then there was I am not going to say anymore on this. Gee, can we get just one story, one straight story, and not a revised one every time? I mean, if this guy was under oath, he would have impeached himself a thousand times already. What a clown.

About a week before these allegations, Cain made many statements about “racism not being that bad” and how it’s not a “major factor” any longer. Then IMMEDIATELY after these allegations came to light, the FIRST thing he said is “even though I can’t prove it, this is racism”. This guy is a fake, phony and a fraud. If the GOP puts him up against the President, they will be committing suicide. The ONLY difference between Cain and Palin, is skin color and gender.

“Don’t even go there,” Cain interrupted when a Washington Post reporter began asking a question about the sexual harassment allegations at a press conference following the two-man debate. “Where’s my chief of staff? Please send him the Journalistic Code of Ethics.” “Are you not going to answer any questions ever again, Mr. Cain, this sexual harassment stuff, is that what you’re saying,” one reporter asked.

“You got it,” Cain said with a smile.

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Stick a fork in this dullard, he is WAY overdone……….

The repubs are nutjobs and the dems are weak. Stop being a bunch of sheep, folks. BOTH these parties are bought and paid for by big business, special interests groups and wall street.

The format of this debate was VERY INFORMATIVE, and that’s what the voters REALLY need to have.

Another article about the debate and the focus is not on the debate. I saw the “debate” and a lot of insight was given on how to solve the problems with the entitlement issues that are dogging this country. Where are the articles that deal with the substance of what was said? Once again the intentions of the msm are shown to be gutter politics and destroy whomever is the biggest threat to democrats. The harassment allegations have no detail reported at all. It is anonymous sources and allegations that have been disputed and end with a small potatoes settlement that the NRA negotiated. Cain had nothing to do with the settlement. When actual allegations were made against Clinton by Paula Jones with actual descriptions, dates, places and times that were provable, Clinton was forced to pay $850,000 and give up his law license. That is what an actual settlement looks like. The Cain settlement at $40,000 with a no liability admission clause is just the NRA saving money to make the allegation go away. The msm has spent way too much time focusing on this than is deserved. The complainant was given freedom to give the details and refused. What more can be beaten out of the dead horse?

The harassment allegations have no detail reported at all. It is anonymous sources and allegations that have been disputed and end with a small potatoes settlement that the NRA negotiated….The Cain settlement at $40,000 with a no liability admission clause is just the NRA saving money to make the allegation go away. Posted by: heirloomfurniture | November 6, 2011, 9:52 am.

LOL! Are you just tuning in here?!?!? Geez louise, some of you people are really, really thick. OK, once more, for the record. The sexual harassment allegations really occurred. A payoff really took place. A non-disclosure agreement really was signed. NONE OF THAT IS IN DISPUTE! All of that really, actually happened 12 years ago. The reason there is no details about the allegations is because of the gag order they all agreed to a dozen years ago. (What you call a ‘small potatoes’ settlement was actually a year’s salary for one of the women. Small potatoes are relative). You have NO IDEA if there is a “no liability admission clause” in the settlement because you have not read the settlement. We both know that. The entire issue about this situation – THE ENTIRE ISSUE – is the WAY the Cain camp has handled the release of the outline of what happened. The number of times Cain changed his story about what happened. The fact that Cain was told 10 days prior to the breaking of the story that the story was about to break. Yet he obviously did NOTHING at all to prepare for it. He apparently didn’t even tell his own staff. THAT IS THE ISSUE! Cain handled this miniature ‘crisis’ so poorly that one cannot help but wonder what he would do in the event of a major crisis.

And ALL of that is moot. It is neither IMPORTANT nor RELEVANT. For the simple reason that Cain will NEVER be selected by the good ol’ boys in the Republican Party to go up against Obama. NEVER. Everyone with a brain understands this. This whole sorry fiasco is nothing but an amusing diversion………..

The right wingers who support Cain know he committed many sexual indiscretions but they don’t care..as long as he supports doing away with Medicare, Social Security, birth control,, the Federal Reserve, public education and transportation, unemployment insurance, cutting taxes for the rich (who don’t create jobs), drastically cutting spending in a recession (which would lead to depression), doing away with clear air and water regulations to help oil and chemical companies while putting people’s health in jeopardy, etc. After all, they are the right wing, backward-thinking, religious kooks who want to live in an 18th century time warp. Fortunately, there are not enough of these clowns to win a major election, in spite of the Koch bros dumping millions in support of their idiotic ideas!

Searambler, you doing any fishing?

Conservatives are actually considering voting for someone like Cain with sexual abuse / harassment charges against him? C’mon, wake up people..

Is the GOP that desperate for a candidate that they would vote for someone like this??? Please , they have hit an all time LOW LOW LOW

Newt is the smartest candidate out there. Nobody matches up Repub or Democrap. I would really like to see Obummer and Newt in a debate. O would be toast.

Doesn’t matter what Cain says. The racist main stream media and their merry democrats will accuse him without proof.

“I hope the presstitutes keeps hounding Herman Cain. Every time they beat that dead horse more voters realize how hollow these charges are and how vile the people are who pursue them.” ~~~~~~~ Nah. The opposite is happening. People are watching carefully how Cain is handling the disclosure of the two past sexual harassment claims and their settlements. Without knowing the content of those claims, we know he’s lied about their very existence, lied about what he “remembers” about them, and now wishes to avoid talking about them altogether, as if sexual harassment allegations are irrelevant when a person seeks high executive office and will be overseeing numerous female employees and interacting with female as well as male press officials. His CURRENT actions are hurting him. His CURRENT actions are showing him unfit for office, and that’s without even knowing how serious the original incidents were.

And B-K Knightrider: Nail. Head. Direct hit.

The Left is rabid to pin ANYTHING on a conservative, especially one like Cain. Using Saul Alinski’s rule #11 (Pick a target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it, lie about it, do what ever it takes to discredit your target), they are trying to do exactly what Mr. Cain said they were doing- distract from the real message. If they WERE honest, they would have done a MINIMAL amount of research and found that the records were sealed, and Mr. Cain was never involved with the outcome. Enough said, I admire Mr. Cain keeping his integrity and pride by refusing to play the Liberal Media’s game. President Reagan didn’t either.

I don’t care if Cain is guilty of sexual harrassment or not, he’s STILL UNqualified to be the President of the USA! Making jokes about his lack of knowledge in world affairs is NOT funny. He will NOT end up as the Republicans nominee!!

In America, anyone can become president. That’s the problem.

B-K Knight rider–”The REAL issues are: 1) Did Cain engage in serial sexual harassment (the available evidence satisfies me that he did. 2) Did Cain LIE the first few times he got questions about the issue. YES HE DID. His lies are on video. The media NEVER said Cain was “involved in the outcome” – that was your straw man. That is also patently false because again the media never said he was “involved with the outcome”— 1.) What evidence?? NONE of the first two women have provided ANY evidence that even discloses the nature of their claims. EVEN after Cain asked the Restaurant association to LIFT he non-disclosure agreement and they did, the women STILL made no comment regarding the specifics of the allegations. The third woman did not even file a complaint to begin with. 2.) No he did not lie, he said that he believed there was a minor settlement and stated what he THOUGHT it was.. Later it was found out that the settlement was accomplished WITHOUT his involvement so, in all probability, he was NOT aware of the specifics..3.) actually the media DID imply that he was involved in the outcome.. It wasn’t until the Restaurant Association stated that THEY had settled without his input that the media backed off on their contention that Cain wa involved. —”Either he sexual harassed multiple women on multiple occasions or he did not. I am not aware of any RATIONAL reasons to doubt the women”— You meqan other than the fact that both have said the incidents were “uncomfortable” in nature rather than explicitly sexual in nature, the fact that despite the non disclosure agreeement being LIFTED, neither have made a statement either in public or private regarding the specifics, and the fact that the relatively low amount of the settlement and the fact that the accused was not involved in the proceedings would indicate that it was a frivioulous claim that was resolved the most inexpensive way (no court, no depositions and no on-going legal battles). This sort of thing occurs constantly.. and you are naive to think it doesn’t, its much cheaperfor a company to provide a small payout with a non disclosure contract than it is to spend 5 times that much disproving it in court.. Cain has NO responsibility to “explain” anything unless specifics are brought to bear, and HE DID authorize them by getting the agreement waived.. As far as the latest woman is concerned, she has specifics, but her story does NOT stand up as harrassment.. more like a date that did not go well…