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Subscribe to RSSNBC's David Gregory and Chuck Todd discuss the impact the extra-marital affair claims against GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain will have on Cain's campaign and the overall Republican field.
A new woman alleged a 13-year-long affair with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain on Monday, prompting the former Godfather's Pizza CEO to issue fresh denials of any wrongdoing.
Cain sought to offer a pre-buttal to an Atlanta FOX affiliate's report featuring a woman who alleges she maintained an affair with Cain.
Cain offered no specific rebuttals to any of the forthcoming claims, explaining that he would not respond to allegations before the report had aired them. But he did acknowledge a relationship with the new woman, whom he called an "acquaintance" that he had tried to help.
"We will address these when they come out. At this point, I just want to give you a heads-up, I don't have anything to hide," Cain said on CNN.
Ginger White, an Atlanta woman, told FOX affiliate WAGA that she engaged in a 13-year-long affair with Cain, which she said ended only months ago.
The woman is just the latest accuser of Cain, whose once-promising White House bid has been weighed down by a series of women to have come forward and accused him of sexual misconduct; other women have accused Cain of harassment, not an affair. Some of the women have made the claims publicly, while others' identities have not been made public.
Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain has denied having a 13-year affair with Ginger White, an Atlanta businesswoman who claims an intermittent relationship with Cain that ended a few months ago. NBC's Lisa Myers reports.
Still, Cain lumped the forthcoming allegation with the previous ones, which he has steadfastly denied and called "baseless." When asked specifically if he had an affair with this latest accuser, Cain replied: "No, it was not."
Cain's attorney responded to the FOX affiliate in more evasive terms: "This appears to be an accusation of private, alleged consensual conduct between adults - a subject matter which is not a proper subject of inquiry by the media or the public. No individual, whether a private citizen, a candidate for public office or a public official, should be questioned about his or her private sexual life," attorney Lin Wood said.
The businessman's campaign had blamed a variety of opponents -- from fellow Republican contenders, to Democrats -- for the trickle of accusers, and Cain himself indicated Monday that he thought the latest allegation stemmed from someone who wished to slow his campaign.
"What this says is that somebody's awfully afraid that I'm doing too well in this Republican nomination, to continue to dig up these stories to put a cloud and a damper on my campaign," he said without accusing a campaign or person specifically.
A woman has gone public with what she says was a 13-year consensual affair with presidential hopeful Herman Cain. But Cain is denying the story. NBC's Lisa Myers reports.
Cain also emphasized that he continued to carry on with his campaign, though he acknowledged for the first time that, if the media scrutiny of his personal life takes too large of a toll on his family, he might drop his White House bid.
"I'm not going to allow this sort of thing to cause me to drop out simply because it's tough on me," he said. "I don't want it to be tough on my family, and there comes a point where, if it's tough on my family, I have to consider that at that particular point and time."
When asked specifically about whether that would mean he could drop out, Cain said: "I'll make that decision dependent on the circumstances of how it's impacting my wife and my family."
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Herman, for the sake of the country stay in. I hope someone claims they saw Herman in a shower at Penn State. While the media is attacking you they are not attacking everyone else as much. If the accusations turn out to be false then we can point to the media as being bias and ruining your campaign. You might even get a few law suits going and run for senate next. If not it's over.
Well at least he wasn't poking cigars inside his female help in the Oval Office then smoking them later and bragging about like Clinton did....then lied under oath about the whole deal. What about that low life Vice Presidential candidate Edwards??? Screwing some girl while his wife is dying of cancer...knocking her up...Lying about it for along time…then illegally using campaign funds for his girlfriend and his new bastard child...Hmmm liberal hypocrisy at its best talking about Cain.
It seems like Herman has a long cane...er.. I mean tale.. He is more Washington than he thinks.
SMOKE = FIRE . . . in this case the place is burnin down.
That smoke you see is rising from Herman's campaign going down.
Well at least he wasn't poking cigars inside his female help in the Oval Office then smoking them later and bragging about like Clinton did....then lied under oath about the whole deal. What about that low life Vice Presidential candidate Edwards??? Screwing some girl while his wife is dying of cancer...knocking her up...Lying about it for along time…then illegally using campaign funds for his girlfriend and his new bastard child...Hmmm liberal hypocrisy at its best talking about Cain.
Wow why cant we believe that Repugs have numerous adulterous affairs but we can spend 60 million dollars on a charge led by Newt (while he was doinking someone other than his wife)against Bill Clinton. Oh thats right we believed WMD's were in Iraq too.
Bill Clinton has sex in the Oval Office with an intern. Tell me how that is Presidential?
Both parties reviewed the data on the unaccounted WMD's, there is proof they existed just not proof what Iraq did with them after Desert Storm. Both parties were right or both parties are guilty. Or maybe the Dems passed on reading the information like they passed on reading the ObamaCare bill before they voted.
Sex in the Oval Office sounds Presidential to me. I'd venture to say that every President has had sex in the White House.
Mr. Cain doesn't have a clue about global economics and he has sexually harassed women in the work place and he cheats on his wife. Why does anyone want to listen to him anymore?
Answer, American's are desperate for a president to lead us to be more competitive in the world economy and unfortunately most American's have no idea what is needed for this country to become more competitive again and so they listen people like Mr. Cain who were a waste of time from the very beginning.
Sheesh. His poor wife.
Yes I am sure she would love to get her hands around the necks of these lying bitches.
She probably knew all along.
I agree. His poor wife. They are always the last to know.
I thought the woman's first name was "Lilly" ......
Love the attorney comments. I believe a candidate's morality IS important. I mean if the accusations are true what does that say about his character? If would cheat on his wife, he will cheat on the rest of us as well. Time for Herman to go back to the pizza oven.
Can you spell Bill Clinton? What about Larry Sinclair? I heard all the harassment accusers were from Chicago - what a coincidence. If you attack Obama you are racist, but its ok to smear Herman Cain. There is a double standard here. So what if Cain reportedly messed with a few wormen. Obama is messing with the entire nation.
Oh please give it up.............the man is a nightmare quit trying to defend him by attacking others - makes you look like a total FOOL.
psst... sincerely, we're talking about Herman Cain here. When Obama has someone coming forward claiming a decade-long affair, we'll get up in his face about it too. Try to stay on topic and leave your Breitbart/Faux news nonsense out of it. It just makes you look...well... sort of dumb.
It is pretty humorous for one GOP candidate to say it is nobody's business, while another tried his best to oust a President for the same thing. Can't have it both ways guys. Of course, I don't think any of you have what it takes to be President.
What doesn't Herman Cain get about this? He is being outed by the GOP, they are not going to allow TWO BLACK MEN to run for President. Cain was the GOP's token house negro from day one. Geez Herman, you should know better, and I suggest you ask Haley Barbour about how this all got started!
Blacks need to stop letting America down.
If even Herman Cain is a moral degenerate, I don't know where we go from here.
The community's statistics related to crime, murder, poverty, out of wedlock kids, obesity, teen pregnancy, divorce etc are despicable and make America look bad when compared to other nations. People make assumptions about America in general based on problems we have in a couple communities.
President Obama appears to be, on the surface, a good family man, even though he's a Democrat, and definitely the black community and America need this to remain the case for his entire life.
We don't have many black role models to look up to. We don't have many public black figures who stay married to one woman their whole lives without whoring around.
Herman Cain's campaign is dead.
I'm still looking for a good rightwing black person to run for higher office. Condi? never has anything interesting to say, just diplomatic cliches...Colin? ok he was good, albeit a liberal Repub...
The two new black Republican House members both seem good, fingers crossed they can stand up under the strain and still be good people at the end of the day.
C'mon blacks, meet the challenge. More good dad/husband types in public life, less people with the sexual morals of a stray dog.
We don't have many "white" role models out there to look up to either. Can we say Penn State and kids. That is the bottom of the gutter barrel. Disgusting.
Why do we HAVE to have a BLACK candidate? Who cares? White/Black/Yellow/ now you have Gingrich who is another womanizer. Get these TPGOP candidates gone..................
wow, black people are letting america down??
Thats classic Goebbels like propaganda/scapegoating.
I bet the Koch brothers are pissed they spent millions on this guy.
That is part of the reason that Cain needed Secret Service protection. I opine that the other reason he required protection was due to threats from white supremacists revolving around his tendency to harass blond women.
Let's face it. Sixty years ago their would be no "high tech" in the lynching he would have received in America.
The moral compass of
the Republican Party is so far off. It points straight to Hell. I was driving
down the street today thinking about an incident that happened in an affluent
community in Kansas about 10 or 15 years ago. A teacher with integrity caught
about 50 seniors cheating on a very important exam. Now this exam was very
important to there GPA and future college placement. She of course did the
right thing and flunked the entire group. The parents of these affluent little
cheaters stormed the school demanded that their children be given passing
grades on the test and the teacher terminated. And If my memory serves me right
that is exactly what happened.
Is it no wonder that children from affluent families feel that the weight for this country should be
carried on the backs of the middle class. They demand that we hoist their
thrones upon our backs and smile when they bless us with their flatulence. And
a lot of you idiots are more than happy to do it. Cracks me the heck up!
Yea, like Bill Clinton's was so great!
"Is it no wonder that children from affluent families feel that the weight for this country should be carried on the backs of the middle class."
And the "affluent" families are in which community?
So sure are you about these "affluent" famlies being Republican?
If you are referring to this incident....
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/05/31/48hours/main510772.shtml
If so Piper, Kansas is not an "affluent" community.
Piper, Kansas is in Wyandotte County which is Democrat stronghold.
http://www.wycodemocrats.org/electionresults
Tracy you are wrong you dont even have to get close to the western edge of Kansas City Kansas before the the vote turns Republican. Bonner, Piper, Basheor all those communities are (R) strong holds. So claiming Wy county is a (D) strong hold that effects the 3 communities mentioneb above is wrong. And yes Piper and Baesheor are more affluent that KCK. And yes I stand by the fact that Republicans are immoral. And Kans. is a Republican State, they will pick D Govenors but they hardly ever send (D) congressional seats to Wash.
"Bonner, Piper, Basheor all those communities are (R) strong holds."
I gave proof that Wyandotte County is a Democrat stronghold yet you offer no evidence that the parents who were up in arms over the grades were Republican. Do you have any?
"And yes Piper and Baesheor are more affluent that KCK."
And yet you presume that "affluent" means they are cheaters as well as Republican? Again offer some evidence that the political affiliation of the parents who stuck up for the cheating kids are Republican.
"And yes I stand by the fact that Republicans are immoral."
And I stand by the fact that Democrats are immoral as well. See below...
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/sat_cheat_ring_probed_5IM9tygzeqkMAJcnSIck5N
Great Neck, NY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York's_5th_congressional_district
http://www.homefacts.com/politics/New-York/Nassau-County/Great-Neck.html
Knock Knock Knock............................ Tracy is anybody in there Hellllloooooooo? Kansas is a Red State with the exception of maybe KCK and parts of Wichita. Don't be silly. Republican Cheater!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stole a whole Presidency 11 years ago. Yes Yes I know the old Repblican line "thats the past". As if that excuses your thievery.
Offer some proof bud otherwise your are doing nothing other than blabbing a unsubstantiated opinion based on ZERO evidence. I provided mine now it's time for you to grow a pair and do the same.
"Stole a whole Presidency 11 years ago"
Oh so you are one of the cry baby whinners who had their feelings hurt because the USSC decided that the fradulent recounts that were going on in hand picked Democrat counties were improper. Stolen my ass!! More like justice putting the hammer down a bunch of ass*oles who didn't like what the result was going to be.
No comment on the incident in New York I cited? Or do you want to continue to be hypocritical when it comes to liberal Democrats? BTW Florida 2000 proved the immorality and willingess of Democrats to cheat with the BS recounts that were going on.
Tracy the fact that you keep typing that Piper, Baeshor, Bonner any of those place are not republican strong hold is just proof that you are willing to type nonsense. You know it, I know it and for me to keep argueing with you about it is like trying to teach a pig to sing. So goodbye, find a nice mud hole to wallow in okay.
"Tracy the fact that you keep typing that Piper, Baeshor, Bonner any of those place are not republican strong hold..."
And yet you still have yet to offer any evidence that those communities are let alone what was specifically asked for, i.e. a shread of evidence that the parents who took up the cause of their cheating kids were or are Republicans. OK so maybe they are, may they aren't. I live in Kingwood, Texas a "Republican stronghold" but I have met dozen of liberals in my community and at my kid's school, so for you to think that you can ASSUME based on your opinion with zero evidence has you talking out of our ass.....again.
I have already manned-up....I suggest you do the same.
Cain stop lying and cum clean-You're just burying yourself deeper by denying all these claims. You're guilty- I can look at you and tell you're guilty as sin. Your wife looked the other way because of the great life style as do all the wives of celebs and sports stars.
Herman, welcome to Dirty Politics 101.
I've got a comment, but can't stop laughing long enough to say it.
"...But he did acknowledge a relationship with the new woman, whom he called an "acquaintance" that he had tried to help..."
Republicans like to respond allegorically whenever they're confronted, they like to use expressions like static revenue, economic contraction and just an acquaintance I tried to help...
Sounds just like an old fashioned "affair" to me.
hello
Doh! If that's not an admission of an affair, I don't know what is.
I thought she was my friend and then we had sex and there goes the friendship! Go figure!
Republicans must be immensely proud to have a MAN like Cain running for President. After literally hundreds of their politicians have been arrested for homosexual pedophilia during the past 10 years, At least Sperm'n Herman is doing women.
Come on Newt, Get busy dude
"Sperm'n Herman"
except for the many relieved not to have experienced it!! Do the country a favor Cain, get out so that we don't have to dwell on your disgusting sex life!!!!!!!!
Spermn Hermn I like that. Show me a rich powerfull man that does not screw around on his wife and I will show you unicorn.
Obama smoked pot and snorted cocaine in high school and college...barely reported on. He allegedly had an affair with Vera Baker...barely a whisper. The land "deal" with Tony Rezko...not going to talk about it. Bill Ayers hosting a party for Obama during his run for the Senate...the media didn't touch it. I would say that Obama has been handled with kid gloves, he's the darling of the media because he's a socialist just like them. Liberals are and always will be the very definition of hypocrisy, just read the stories on MSNBC to know that I am right. "Do as I say, not as I do"!
This doesn't excuse Herman Cain but if the media reported equally, we would be a much more informed citizenry.
Lukewarm, you are so full of it you are positively frigid. If President Obama had even a hit of an affair the repugs would have been salivating all over it. The Bill Ayers and other crap is old, it did not work in 2008 and it will not work now. Go back to the birth certificate, that is much more entertaining. Better yet Get a life.
LW: Sorry you guys don't have a "viable" candidate...that can win against Obama.
My vote goes to Obama "again".
@lukewarm...........waaaaa - it's too bad that you can't come up with legitimate "trash" on Obama.
OBAMA 2012
that trash as you call it is legit look it up or are you scared to inform yourself
It's a big deal because Republicans are hypocrites. They are forever touting "Christian values" when they are the biggest fornicators, liars and cheaters. The Newtster was carrying on with this current wife whilst at the VERY SAME TIME he was trying to impeach Bill Clinton. They all seam to be cut from the same rotten cloth.
Makes us all wonder what the "real" definition of the word Christian is.
Maybe they've been hiding something from folks we should know about.
Bill Clinton had sex in the Oval Office with an intern. His DNA (sperm) was all over her dress where she dribbled from the BJ she gave him. If you this that is OK and proper presidential behavior, heaven help us all.
@haraoldwolf - no one condoned that - why is it that you can't just deal with the present and instead dredge up history. Clinton finally admitted it and it's time for Cain to do the same.................
Leave Herman alone. He just wanted to get laid.
Only if he agrees to leave US alone.