Herman Cain: ‘They Are Trying to Do Character Assassination On Me’
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WEST CHESTER, Ohio - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, still reassessing his campaign in the wake of fresh sex charges, said today that he is a victim of ”character assassination.”
Cain’s campaign was rocked Monday by Ginger White who claims she had a 13-year affair with Cain. Cain has denied the affair, but said he is reassessing his campaign.
Asked by ABC News after a rally in a hotel ballroom outside of Cincinnati if he will drop out of the GOP race, Cain replied, “We are reassessing.”
As he moved along the rope line greeting supporters, Cain elaborated little on his answer.
“We are reassessing as we speak,” he said. “Reassessment means reevaluation.”
Cain suggested White’s allegations have not hurt him. ”It’s been a groundswell of positive support,” but again added, “We are still in reassessment phase.”
Earlier in his speech to about 100 people in a crowded hotel ballroom, an energized Cain delivered a lively address that left the crowd laughing on many occasions.
“They’re attacking my character, my reputation and my name in order to try and bring me down, but you see I don’t believe that America is going to let that happen,” Cain said. “I happen to believe that we the people are still in charge of this country.”
“As the great philosopher Emeril Lagasse said, kick it up a notch,” he urged the audience, referring to the popular TV chef.
“Stupid people are running America,” Cain said at one point, noting, “I didn’t go to political correctness school.”
“They’ve been trying to do character assassination on me,” he later told the crowd. “Some of them even predicted that this room would be empty today. I don’t think I see any empty seats in here.”
Despite the packed house that clearly enjoyed Cain’s appearance today, it has been yet another rough week for the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO. White on Monday said she had a 13-year relationship with the businessman, another blow to a campaign that was already wrestling with previous sexual harassment allegations.
In a fundraising letter to supporters Tuesday evening, Cain described White as a “troubled Atlanta businesswoman,” a charge White responded to in an interview with George Stephanopoulos today on “Good Morning America.”
“It’s very disappointing that he would call me troubled,” she said. “I’m not here to say anything negative about Mr. Cain, I’m only here to state the truth and what’s happened in the past.”
In the fundraising email Cain acknowledged that it was “a trying time” for him, his family, and his campaign, but said he was “not deterred” and vowed to “continue on this journey to make America great once again.” Cain’s campaign manager Mark Block later told ABC News that there is “no way” Cain is dropping out. Rather, Cain will outline the specifics of his strategic reassessment — “his way forward” — during a campaign stop in Dayton later today.
“We can do this,” Cain said in concluding his speech here in West Chester. “We can do this.”
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‘They Are Trying to Do Character Assassination On Me’ – I wonder what his first language is.
Posted by: waitingForTheTruth | November 30, 2011, 11:20 am 11:20 am
I don’t think that 100 people attending this press conference is considered a crowd. Herman, come clean.
Posted by: Cyndy | November 30, 2011, 11:35 am 11:35 am
Herman Cain is absolutely in a stronger position today and it is likely to be stronger still tomorrow, because America has woken up to the tactics of the left and is smart enough to see what is going on here. He is currently, “the left’s most hated candidate”. If people had not woken up and had not recognized this for what it was they would end him and then move on to destroying the second most hated candidate and so on and so forth. But as it is people can see that where there is smoke from the left there is true conservatism to be fought.
Posted by: fromscratchmom | November 30, 2011, 11:35 am 11:35 am
Sorry Cain, you subjected yourself to scrutiny if you want the highest office in the land. He has nothing, he can’t even make a good pizza. I could care less about if he had relations with these women, but that would just support that the only candidate who is faithful to his marraige, and kids is the man on the other side of the ticket. Social conservatives, I thought that is what kind of marriage you all want.
Posted by: MiketheElectrician | November 30, 2011, 11:51 am 11:51 am
Fromscratchmom, the left isn’t encouraging these women to come forward, if anyone is, it logically would be his opponents in the Republican Party.
Think about it. The Dems would want an obviously flawed candidate to run against as this would assure their win.
Posted by: Librarian53 | November 30, 2011, 11:59 am 11:59 am
The man won’t even take responsibility for his actions. When one person make an accusation, you can probably ignore it. When a second person make the same accusation, your ears ought to perk up. When 4 individuals make reference to the same topic, it makes you say “Hey, something is fishy here.” Cane got hooked. He got caught and now he’s fried. Sorry buddy , but the “Left” didn’t do this to you Mr. “SugarCane.” You assasinated your own character.
Posted by: Sugarcane | November 30, 2011, 12:01 pm 12:01 pm
To believe in Cain, by definition you are a conspiracy theorist, and one who focuses on the conspiracies of one man, rather than the public
Posted by: Bob | November 30, 2011, 12:07 pm 12:07 pm
Ok, Cain destroyed, according to the Washington Post blogger Aaron Blake, help me dig up dirt on Newt.
Posted by: Lizzie | November 30, 2011, 12:09 pm 12:09 pm
In the famous Herman Cain words, “don’t blame the media, blame yourself”. LOL!
Posted by: tbone | November 30, 2011, 12:13 pm 12:13 pm
Recently the ghost of Thomas Jefferson left me the following message and asked that I pass it on:
FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OF 2011/2012
Shame on you the leaders of America who have taken my country to the point of destruction with your modern two party one monopolistic elite establishment that robs the people of their wealth to satisfy the groups of special interest that finance and control you. Shame on you the mass media for serving as the mechanism to make this possible. And shame on you the people who have accepted this fate while being marched like sheep to the destruction of our country and your own well being.
Did I, and others, not warn you of the problems that would result from a large bureaucratic federal government, foreign escapades and entanglements, and banker control of our economy? Shame on you the American people who I envisioned to serve as a shining light by setting a good example for the rest of the world. Shame on you for instead producing, following, and taking seriously, big government spending flip flopping leaders such as Obama, Romney, Gingrich, and a Congress composed of self-serving scoundrels.
With deep sadness I have watched this process develop for many decades but I cannot remain silent any longer for if you don’t hear the bell of Liberty ringing now I fear that you will have given up America as we have known it for more than 200 years.
Therefore I appeal to the political leaders who still have a conscience to support one of the few leaders left who supports the Constitution and the rightful course for America’s recovery- RON PAUL. Many of you know better and need to decide if you will go down in history as a fellow patriot or be among those who sold out your country during one of its greatest times of need.
To those of you belonging to perhaps the most important profession responsible for preserving our great democratic Republic – journalism, I plead the case of equal coverage and time for the one true patriot in your current presidential race – Ron Paul. Many of the “debates” that I have seen resemble the promotion of certain candidates over others in a dictatorship.
To the people I plead to awaken before endless wars, bankruptcy, and Great Depression result in bitterness, anger, frustration, and violence against one another, which will destroy you into a 3rd world banana republic heavily equipped in arms but left with no spirit, no civil rights, and massive poverty from which it will be very difficult to recover. The final bell rings for preserving your Liberty by uniting under presidential candidate Ron Paul.
I appeal to the American people to unite under Ron Paul so that recovery can begin now, as maintaining the present course will no doubt lead to catastrophe and disaster within the next four years.
Yours in Liberty,
Thomas Jefferson
Posted by: AdamK101 | November 30, 2011, 12:15 pm 12:15 pm
Assassination is when someone else kills you. Sorry, Herman, but you did this to yourself. So, call it character suicide, not character assassination.
Posted by: WorkingClass | November 30, 2011, 12:16 pm 12:16 pm
If Herman Cain were to quit now, it would seem like an admission of guilt. He’ll likely wait a few weeks/months and then drop out with as little publicity as possible. It’s unlikely his wife and family will ever recover, however — how stupid do you have to be to have such a sordid past and not realize it would be revealed if you run for President.
Posted by: Lauren Beck | November 30, 2011, 12:19 pm 12:19 pm
If we go by the BJ Clinton book, he should win in a landslide.
Posted by: BullRicky | November 30, 2011, 12:21 pm 12:21 pm
I said sometime ago it was only matter of time before a woman that auctally did hook up with Cain came forward. Even a blind squirrel with power and money finds a nut once in awhile.
Posted by: Twillie | November 30, 2011, 12:22 pm 12:22 pm
It’s just very simple — can’t believe how very stupid people are. She had serious financial problems and a child to raise. He paid her bills – for sex. She was a his prostitute of sorts. She was wiling to selll her soul to stay off the streets. She’s stoic b/c it was just an arrangement and obviously meant nothing to her. She told some people around her — they were going to the press with the information. The press came to her and said they knew and were going public — she decided to go public and tell her story – with phone records to get her side out first. She has the phone records. Anything else she is or has done means nothing – Herman Cain preys on weak and vulnerable women no matter how unstable their past. Get it??
It’s not that complicated.
Posted by: wondergirl | November 30, 2011, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm
I appeal to the American people to unite under Ron Paul………..
Posted by: AdamK101 | November 30, 2011, 12:15 pm.
Ron Paul will never be president. Never. Ever. Ever. Appeal to the American people all you want. It ain’t gonna happen.
He has a few decent ideas wrapped up in a whole shed load of crazy. Mainstream America will never
elect him as president. Never. To think otherwise is to delude yourself…………..
Posted by: Searambler | November 30, 2011, 12:30 pm 12:30 pm
This guy is in fantasyland if he still believes he has any shot at being president!!!!
Posted by: don | November 30, 2011, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm
POSTED BY: TBONE | NOVEMBER 30, 2011, 12:13 PM 12:13 PM aren’t those Pres.Obamas words, don’t blame me, blame everyone else.
Posted by: Lizzie | November 30, 2011, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm
Everyone is a liar but Cain? It’s the Democrats? Me thinks the man protesteth too much. This is not about politics. It is about character, poor character, lack of character and poor grammar. Good choice for right wingers. After all, they chose George W.
Posted by: Getitright | November 30, 2011, 12:33 pm 12:33 pm
“‘They Are Trying to Do Character Assassination On Me”…..No, Herman, I’m afraid you did it to yourself.
Posted by: munster42 | November 30, 2011, 12:37 pm 12:37 pm
Put a fork in Cain!
Posted by: RJG | November 30, 2011, 12:39 pm 12:39 pm
Don’t worry about it Herman. What man hasn’t done his share of flirting. Hang in there buddy you’ve got votes in Oklahoma! Don’t give up! Keep going!
Posted by: Victoria | November 30, 2011, 12:45 pm 12:45 pm
It’s a shame the American public at large is so easily persuaded. It’s not the amount of facts that have convicted Mr. Cain but merely the number of accusers. Any woman who has ever associated themselves with Mr. Cain now has their chance to gain 15 minutes of fame, a book deal, and take down someone they don’t agree with politically.
61 phone calls or texts over the course of 4 months only seems suspicious if you don’t have all the facts. But I submit to any reasonable thinking person, why didn’t she show us any of those texts? Why can’t they find any corroborating evidence to support the “several trips” that he’s apparently paid for. And, if he’s supposedly paying off her debts, then why is she continually in debt? If he’s paying her off then it doesn’t seem reasonable that her apartment complex has been filing monthly lawyer fees for her late payments.
The only real EVIDENCE that anyone has come up with is the lie-detector test that showed Mr. Cain was telling the truth while Ms. Bialek from the previous allegation was lying. Of course that got such little coverage it’s laughable. “Evidence, what evidence?” – Main-stream Media
Posted by: Ringer | November 30, 2011, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm
Good one T-Bone!..HAHA
Posted by: MiketheElectrician | November 30, 2011, 12:51 pm 12:51 pm
I now feel sorry for 999, but I feel more sorry for his wife. That has got to hurt. She actually believed in the man. Sad Sad Sad. He hurt her pretty damn bad for sure. America needs to get her morals straight and vote for someone of good moral fiber. Seek and you shall find.
Posted by: Bill | November 30, 2011, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm
Ringer, what lie detector test? Cain said he would take one ‘if it seemed necessary’, and then most certainly didn’t bother. If he did take a lie detector test, please post the link to the reportage of it. If you were there and nobody else was, please show proof. That lie detector test would have made international news and certainly would not have been ill-reported.
Wow, you Cain supporters are blind, and dumb. Why can you not see a con man for what he is? The guy has no qualifications for the job, none. He can’t be bothered to learn the rudiments of the job he’s applying for, and is just a narcissistic ego case, thinking his charisma would get him past the vetting process.
Posted by: signalfire | November 30, 2011, 1:25 pm 1:25 pm
Go gettem Chief :)
Posted by: FoxiLadi | November 30, 2011, 1:27 pm 1:27 pm
For Character Assassination occur , Herman an individual must first possess that facet of his/her personality. With 5 allegations of sexual harassment and a 13 year alleged affair with god know what else to come, it is safe to assume that you, sir are not a victim of “character assassination. Now if you were to coin the phrase “PIMP Assassination”…..you may get some sympathy.
Posted by: Ted from Toronto | November 30, 2011, 1:33 pm 1:33 pm
Cain always struck me as having the cockiness of a fool, a guy out of his league. Men who know how to navigate a minefield just dont act like that, they respect the threats they are up against, and they dont tempt fate with arrogance
He seems to have less self control and self respect than Pee Wee Herman, and has brought more shame to the name ‘Herman’
Posted by: Bob | November 30, 2011, 1:48 pm 1:48 pm
Keep on fighting Mr. Cain!! the public can clearly see what’s going on here. Character Assassination 101 except this time the right and the left have joined forces against you. Continue to run your race. You have lots of support in Maryland and DC!
Posted by: regular guy | November 30, 2011, 2:30 pm 2:30 pm
People, why in the world would Herman Cain even run in the first place if these allegations were true? If they were true, he would know they would come out some time. I do not believe he would do this to himself. If you had something on you, would you run for the highest office in the nation? I don’t think so! Therefore, I believe these ladies are lying to either become famous (for a short amount of time), help the other Rep. cause, or ruin Cain’s life. Here’s one more truth that I want to put out there. Those of you who dislike Cain, you can’t stand him because he’s a BLACK REPUBLICAN! Well, let me tell you something else. That’s racist, just as all you Dems. said it was racist not to vote for Obama in ’08. You all and the media can’t believe a black person could ever be a democrat. Btw, after the blacks were freed by Abraham Lincoln, most of them were republicans because they agreed with Lincoln. Back to the allegations. How do you know that the ladies aren’t lying, and Cain is speaking the truth? It all goes back to everyone’s bias against a black rep. Please take all of this into consideration before you make a snap judgment.
Posted by: Em in OH | November 30, 2011, 2:36 pm 2:36 pm
Yes we Cain!
Posted by: me | November 30, 2011, 2:38 pm 2:38 pm
“You all and the media can’t believe a black person could ever be a *republican*.”
Posted by: Em in OH | November 30, 2011, 2:51 pm 2:51 pm
The damage is getting done, no matter what the level of truth is.
I suspect, you can thank Axlerod for all the dirty tricks.
Posted by: Rick McDaniel | November 30, 2011, 2:57 pm 2:57 pm
Herman Cain is not a serious presidential candidate. He carefully engineered this campaign– with his catchphrases, his obvious gaffes, his scandals, and then a scandalous withdrawal from candidacy. It is a stepping stone to a more lucrative career in public speaking. No person who is geniuinely interested in serving as president and in public service, will behave this way.
Posted by: Clementine | November 30, 2011, 2:57 pm 2:57 pm
The is how Obama won all his elections – discredit the opposition. Axelrod has had a lot of practice.
Posted by: Richard | November 30, 2011, 2:57 pm 2:57 pm
Stay IN Mr. Cain!!!! YOU ARE AWESOME!!!
Posted by: Karen | November 30, 2011, 3:08 pm 3:08 pm
This isn’t character assassination — it’s character suicide. Ooops, guess not — either one would require that you have character in the first place, and Herman Cain obviously does not.
Right now, the Democrats best hope in 2012 is that Cain will be the Republican nominee.
Posted by: Susan in Warrenville | November 30, 2011, 3:14 pm 3:14 pm
‘fresh sex charges’
I think you made his point ABC.
Posted by: Burgher | November 30, 2011, 3:22 pm 3:22 pm
@ EMINOH — A person with this history would run because they believe they are bullet-proof. It’s like Schwarzenegger — they got away with it for so long, they believe they will always get away with it. They fail to realize that certain things are tolerated in the business and entertainment world, but there is a whole ‘nother level of scrutiny when you are running for president.
If Cain were truly innocent, he would have begged the NRA to release these women from their confidentiality agreements, and he would open his personal and NRA credit card records to the press, to show that he did not pay for White’s airplane tickets to join him on business trips, as alleged.
Posted by: Susan in Warrenville | November 30, 2011, 3:25 pm 3:25 pm
If there is chracter assasination it is coming from his own party because they don’t want him to get the Republican nonimination. Republicans don’t believe Cain can beat Barack Obama. Herman Cain is just a “token” of the Republican party, he wasn’t supposed to become as popular as he has, so they must asassinate his character to throw support toward other candidates.
Posted by: kimbo | November 30, 2011, 4:21 pm 4:21 pm
The bible says in proverbs..By the means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread! and the adulter seeks the precious life!!! Men stay away from these types of women!!!!! It will bite you in the end!! Samson!!! Also in the end those women will get theirs too!!! It ruin a good man!! Keep going Herman!!!
Posted by: Jon c | November 30, 2011, 4:29 pm 4:29 pm
@ Ringer – You couldn’t be more right with your assessment of the situation. The impact of groupthink is unbelievable when it comes to someone who believes something different. Its come to the point if 2,3 4, or 10 people say something with no evidence that its true no matter if it is actually false. Of course the impact is magnified when the media decides to join in on the fun before fully vetting the stories. If media outlets weren’t hell bent to be the first to report something (even if false or unfounded) and there were stricter laws that made the media outlet reporting the stories liable for not doing full due diligence, then these premature or false assaults on people’s character wouldn’t be happening as regularly on both sides as they are today.
@ Ted from Toronto – Apparently up in Canada they believe in guilty until proven innocent.
@ Susan in Warrenville – The NRA did release the woman from her confidentiality agreement, yet she still hasn’t come forward with any details and for some reason has silently slid in the background. If she had anything credible and Cain was truly guilt, then she would have come forward already.
Posted by: Baker | November 30, 2011, 5:10 pm 5:10 pm
I can not understand why so many posters are so damning with Herman Cain and the accusations that are being thrown at him now and the same people will gloss over the immoral, homosexual lifestyle of Obama. Larry Sinclair and his lawyer has a video on the internet where Larry is talking directly to Obama and challengeing Obama to deny the homosexual acts he has had with Obama.
There are reports of three of Obama’s gay lovers that were killed …
1½ months, all three men “conveniently” died:
■Bland was murdered execution-style on November 17, 2007;
■Young was murdered execution-style on December 24, 2007;
■Spencer reportedly died of septicemia, pneumonia, and HIV on December 26, 2007. (Death certificates of Bland
Posted by: Perfectlyaged | November 30, 2011, 5:27 pm 5:27 pm
5 women within nearly a 20 year timespan…. and not one of them has any proof? Common people, use your brain. If he was a “serial adulterer” wouldn’t SOMEONE have proof?
Bialek just got served with a court order.
White lost a LIBEL suit against her! (Note: That means she lied about what someone did and the judge found her guilty.)
The two original accusers have been relieved of the NRA agreement and STILL haven’t provided us with anything. What happened to that joint press conference???
Think about it, if the media or any of these accusers had a SINGLE bit of proof the media would be shouting it from every rooftop. Face it, the allegations are completely false and you’ve been duped.
Posted by: Ringer | December 1, 2011, 12:05 pm 12:05 pm
@ Ringer- Very well said. If there is proof, why isn’t it being shown? Obviously, there ISN”T any!!!
Posted by: Em in OH | December 1, 2011, 2:26 pm 2:26 pm
@ Susan in Warrenville- Cain does not seem to me to be someone who thinks he is invincible or “bullet-proof”. What’s your proof for this statement? Oh, and Cain, a few years back, went to court for this very thing and settled for the lowest amount. This is done when the defendant does not want to go further in the case. He did this because he was INNOCENT and didn’t want to deal with the case any longer. If he had been guilty, he would be fighting for his life!
Why can’t y’all see these ladies are lying to get their moment in the spotlight or to ruin Cain’s life? Get off of his back! This is mudslinging at its worst. One more question: if Obama was in Cain’s place, would this be tolerated?
Posted by: Em in OH | December 1, 2011, 2:35 pm 2:35 pm