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Subscribe to RSSHerman Cain's campaign told NBC News the presidential candidate will make a "major announcement" tomorrow in Atlanta. Andrea Mitchell reports.
Alfredo Ortiz, a Georgia-based press secretary with the Herman Cain campaign, tells NBC News that Herman Cain will make a "major announcement" tomorrow in Atlanta at his new campaign office in DeKalb County.
Ortiz would not allude to the nature of the announcement other than to say it is a "major announcement."
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Cain has been the subject of media scrutiny for weeks, sparked by an Oct. 31 story in Politico reporting that the National Restaurant Association had settled sexual harassment claims brought by two women.
On Nov. 28, an Atlanta woman, Ginger White, announced that she had engaged in a 13-year-long affair with Cain. The former Godfather's Pizza CEO acknowledged sending money to White, but insisted they were merely friends.
He told senior staffers on Tuesday that he was taking time to “reassess” his campaign.
The announcement follows the first planned face-to-face meeting between Cain and his wife, Gloria, since White came forward.
Cain's campaign has pushed forward with business-as-usual in the meanwhile, soliciting donations from supporters, and launching new efforts, such as "Women for Herman Cain," an initiative spearheaded by his wife.
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Hurry up fiesty can't find your talking points.
Why waste tax payers money by waiting? He's figured between now and Saturday; his account will earn a big interest I guess...Repubs are something else...
I guess his wife slapped him upside the head with a rolling pin!
He's announcing his new 69,69,69 plan.
Yes, why wait. He could announce today, and spend the evening feeling - er, I mean crawling his way up and out of this mess. Why let a good opportunity escape?
Doc Holiday - I am with you. If the contributions are still coming in, then the Sperminator will continue with his campaign, no matter what the pundits say.
The problem is that the GOP establishment wants him to go away now. He is taking more oxygen from the room than they want him to. I personally find this HILARIOUS and the best reality show on television.
Hermie should have stuck with the script and fleeced the Conservatives of as much money as he could get from them. Sarah Palin did the same thing, and she GOT OUT. Newt Gingrich is continuing to do so, but his ego is writing checks his campaign cannot cash, so he will crash and burn soon.
No, Hermie wants to be President, and what Hermie wants, Hermie gets.
Like the Tea Party, the GOP underestimated Hermie the Clown and he is going to cause all sort of havoc for them.
This couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch.
I would like to still believe that there exists candidates that haven't, and wouldn't cheat on their spouses. Both parties seem to put out candidates that have ego's or something that makes them think they are better than their marriage, and the rest of us.
One thing I'll give Obama credit for, he seems to understand the importance of Family, and the positive effects that family brings to our inner core, which in turn helps one make better day to day decisions.
Bob Jones-3591206
Hurry up fiesty can't find your talking points.
I'm here. Herman will lie and say Gloria still loves him. Truthfully, I think Gloria loves her millions.
Etta James I had a talk with my man is on youtube.
Hermie the Spermie is done, and none too soon! It is stunniing that he truly does not get it, that these women were offended by his inappropriate comments and now, with Ginger, her anger at having found out that she was not the only one!
Better decisions.....Give me a break cdahl. Jimmy Carter was likely a wonderful husband but made terrible decisions. JFK was a real hound dog but made pretty good decisions. And these were both dems. Reagan was a good husband but with his dementia who trusted his decisions?
Probably going to introduce a new pizza:
Mama whacked my pepperoni. Only 9.99 for a limited time only
Army 80,
I'm not saying that faithfulness leads to better decisions. I am saying that when a person isn't faithful to their spouse, I for one cannot trust them with day to day decisions. And I would assume that the burden of being unfaithful gets into one's head and gets in they way.
I for one will never vote for someone who isn't faithful to their marriage. Not Gingrich, Edwards, etc.
Call off the secret service and let the women at him!!!!
I'll bet you love Bill Clinton though.......
cdahl, I assume you didnt vote for Clinton and your making a huge assumption about Obama. How can you really know whats going on in someone's personal life. I would be much more concerned about financial ethics and overall integrity than worrying about their personal life. Obama's selling 10 feet of his backyard to Tony Rezco for several hundred thousand dollars is much more of a concern from an ethics standpoint than his faithfullness or lack thereof.
OK... lets just cut straight through the BS and ask the question "who the hell even cares what Herman Cain is going to do?" This is not breaking news people... if you called your house and your dog answered the phone that would qualify as "BREAKING NEWS"... if Michelle Bachmann said anything that was not an outright lie or fabricated, that would surely be "BREAKING NEWS". People, Herman "The Hermanator" Cain going home to face his wife Gloria "The REAL Hermanator" after that interview she gave in his defense, people this is not "BREAKING NEWS", the news is what she does to this A-hole when he steps in the door.
Living separate lives is one thing. Being humiliated publicly over your husband's 13 year relationship is something else entirely, particularly when Mrs. Cain didn't know money changed hands. No sane person can claim nothing inappropriate happened during that course of time with messages being exchanged at all hours. Seems like Cain goes for a particular kind of woman: one that needs to be "rescued" from her finances. I think Herman will drop out on Saturday, like others have stated, on a day when we're not all in front of our monitors checking out the latest "breaking news."
I hope he's quitting. But why do I think he has something up his sleave to try to revive book sales, speaking engagements, booty calls....
cdahl, well said.
Whether a person is a President Obama supporter or not, it is clearly obvious that he loves and cherishes his wife and daughters as did President George W. Bush.
Herman is going to tell us that he can no longer subject his family to this kind of disgraceful innuendo. He is going to tell us he loves his wife and his family, and after consideration, a great deal of prayer, and the thought of losing half of everything he owns to his wife, he has decided to leave the race.
He will apologize to his faithful - and incredibly stupid - supporters and thank them for their support in these trying times.
He will of course be available for speaking engagements and book signings. It's about, "Mine, mine, mine."
You have to love the Liberal hypocrites here with the likes of Edwards, Kennedy Clinton two of whom were Presidents you people are pathetic and complete jokes your children must be really proud, or maybe you are the children.
cdahl (at 1.11)
You missed Clinton, Kennedy and Roosevelt.
Cain's campaign was just a test run to see if media cover-up for presidential bimbos is still journalist policy.
Wrong party, Herman.
His wife leading "Women for Herman Cain" campaign activity??? That's exactly what Herman wants --more women. It should be called "Women of Herman Cain".
Cain is a dirty old man!
wlee
no hypocrisy from the libs. the reps are supposed to be the 'family values' party, bible, etc. looks like you are a rep who got burnt playing with fire as well. tell me, did your ex get the house?
bwahahahahahahahahaha
TO: DocHolliday-2979123 who wrote:
"Why waste tax payers money by waiting?..."
Because Herman Cain just loves his Socialist Secret Service detail that Hermie is enjoying at the American taxpayers' expense (it makes him feel really important which balloons his ego!).
TO: wlee-950886 who wrote:
He is NOT our candidate, he's YOURS, and it was Republicans who acted like they were sooo offended by Democrat President Bill Clinton who was the best President this country has ever had!
I tell you what else we Libs love: When the likes of your gay Senator Larry Craig railed against gays while he pretended to be straight, and then got caught by police in the mens room at the airport trying to make out with some guy. (LOL !)
If mama aint singing stand by your man !!!!!!!!! This fool is toast period !!
Yep, Both Kennedy and Clinton cheated. But you really want to know something, the Demo's, as far as I know, never had a wide stance, toe tapper in a bathroom. You know, like Craig did. And gee golly, how about Foley? Chasing boy pages around Congress.
And the Demo's didn't coin the "family values" crap, the GOP did, and haven't lived up to it. Just like the "trickledown theory" BS. Just another lie. And you sure must be the children of those in bred heathens.
My last comment on this before getting back to work. Bill Clinton was a very effective president who reached across the aisle and got things done. He also liked the ladies. Okay, got it. But Herman Cain is an imbecile to begin with. You can't be incompetent AND a hound, while running on a platform of everything the extreme right stands for, and expect the nation to embrace you.
the problem is the Washington mind set;here a lobbyist, federal reserve board member, who can not help himself when it comes to chasing women; did not even consider this would come out in the campaign, they all live in a different world, Washington makes Sodom and Gomorrah, look like a children's nursery rime .
Charlie Noble
#1.21 Don't blame the media because his was cheating and got caught... or called out on it. But the good news is that now we know his 9 9 9 Plan was actually working for Ginger White, although she called it her "Sugar Daddy Plan".
@ Kirk.
You are correct. Because of that reason, I didn't vote for Clinton. And faithfulness is not my only litmus test for the validness of a candidate. But it is a deal breaker for me. I put honesty and integrity on a pedestal. And those that are unfaithful to their commitments don't fit that bill. All things being equal, I then vote for the 3rd party candidate if I can't vote for the other 2.
Wlee-950886, the dem don't claim to be representing family values like their counterpart the Rep. so hypocrites is when you claimed to be a family oriented men but doing extra marital affairs, is what a real problem lies. No one in his right mind should subject his/her pattern to this a whole cheating thing.
#1.5 - Fri Dec 2, 2011 2:06 PM EST
and the democrats are just as bad if not worse .... In my opinion , it's not a left or a right problem ..... the government is the problem . vote out all encumbants . they seem to think they are royalty , and that the public that they serve are their subjects . term limits , campaign contribution limits , separation of bank and state . you get the picture .......
John Edwards must have been Mr. Cain's role model??
Well, he's gone. Good. We dont need a black clinton on the scene.
"An important announcement"
The "$64,000.00 Question" is ............ To Who????????
This man has truly "Over Inflated" his tires and is joining the ranks who have pulled the wool over the GOP ... and are laughing their way to the bank!!!!!!!!!!!!
And now ... NEWT ... the retread ... will they ever learn????
Herman will begin with probable proof of his marriage fidelity. He will show the results of a polygraph administered upon him by one of America's premier polygraph "dicks", which will indicate a low probability that Herman can possible lie about darkside nookey. He will then announce his withdrawal from the race. Then he will emphatically endorse the more able @!$%# hound, the great pantie slider, the Don Juan of the south, Mr Newt Gingrich!
Ten buck says he's wearing his hat. If not, then the swelling of the lumps on his head will have gone down just enough to face the press.
It is sow refreshing to see Cain getting the same treatment from the left as Bill Clinton and the Reverend Jackson did for their dalliances. What a bunch of hypocrites.
He's going to name his pick for a running mate, right? That'll give him some traction going into Iowa.
You people don't think he's giving up, right? Just because of all those liars with evidence going back over a decade taking pot shots at his character?
86-86-86
He is going to announce to the world that he is gay!! Therefore, none of these malicious allegations could possibley be true!!
I did not have sex with that woman!!.....However..............??!!!
Sounds like "envy" coming from the Peanut Gallery.
Not even close. A global embarrassment from either party is bad for the country.
So Peanut... please keep you "bad" racial jokes to yourself.
TO: peanutGalleryTheater who wrote:
I can't think of anything more embarrassing than the Republican Party because it treats its followers like their zombies, and then say one thing on the campaign trail while their political planners make up lies openly in public, as if no one in the world hears them but their Republican voters.
"Well, let's just "say" that we are for the American Workers" when we've been hearing them say, nonstop for the past 3 years how they are fully behind corporations, who Republicans call "job creators" that AIN'T creating NO JOBS but are operating totally tax-free while Republicans pile up the debt on the backs of the poor and the middle class.
Herman Cain campaign leak: Herb,a, I mean hermie...A...A... okay he has a illegitamate white baby with a hooker........Taxes are bad Mmmmmmkay
Herman Came.
DAMN - if he quits it ruins my whole "Wicked (B)itch queen from snow white and 7 DWARFS all named DOPEY" comparison.
IF he sulks away with his tail between his legs it's "one down" and 7 more to go (several of them have NOW and have always had ZERO chance of being nominated - it's merely a matter of waiting until the funding runs out...)
Pat, in your haste to confirm your low values and attack me I'm not a Republican nor a conservative just someone who is a little less judgmental. American Girl, sorry but Mr. Craig was not my candidate, apparently you're the one with a problem with Gay's sorry to hear about your boyfriend. So Titus what you're saying then is the Liberals have no morals, maybe in your case,but I'm sure there are a lot that do.
Charlie Noble, you missed Eisenhower and Bush 1.
He'll announce that after a face to face discussion with his wife, he's decided to move all of these other women into their home to be "sister wives" and he'll now call himself a Mormon!
Look out Romney and Huntsman, the Cain train is on your track!!!
No more pizza in the Cain household, however. With EIGHT you get EGG-ROLL! :-)
Despite all that’s been said and done, I’ll wait to hear what he’s got to say….
Kirk-2957282
Obama bought 10 square feet from Rezco's wife's to expand his lot in 2005. Not the other way around. He paid more then it was worth too. The original property was his lot and the lot next door which Rezco's wife bought. The owner split them up to sell them.
wlee-950886 - sockpuppet. I'm a liberal and I think Edwards is a piece of crap and deserves what he got. Cains affair, well I really don't care about that. His 999 plan concerns me more then his affair. 999 only appeals to the rich, who'll get yet another tax break, and the non-rich, who have absolutely no critical thinking skills.
That being said, I hope he stays in - I'd love to see Obama tear him a new one in a formal debate.
Hermie's time has cum.
monkey monkey, not sure why you called me a sock puppet and I don't really care I respect your opinion and the way you expressed it, I too believe the Republicans need to quit sheltering the rich, to all of you who collapsed my opinion burn any books lately?
I think Spermin' Herman's finally met his match.
Cain dropped out 5 mins after the Lybia question was asked. He jsut stuck around for the goodies he was getting. He had to know this woman was going to pop up. "He sang one in a million to me at dinner" You cant make that kind of stuff up.....
To those bots that try to make this look like lefties love seeing this happen again you do not understand politics and are just beating your gums. Sarah Palin the crazy lady and that clown from Texas are great for them. They should pay this guy to stay in.
Yes, his announcement, oh:
"I am hereby announcing, that I will be running in the next Boston Marathon as a Born Again Eunuch--end of message."
bye Herminator... your wife just turned off your lights. It is too bad, because it was quite entertaining watching the GOP candidates shreadding each other apart.
Cain's infidelity is a total none issue to the left. FDR, Kennedy and Clinton who cares so throwing them in the Dems face means absolutely nothing. We don't care what a candidate does in his personal life. With the possible exception of illegal actions. The only ones that care are the righties. Who seem to forget guys like Larry Craig, J. Edgar Hoover, Randy Hopper, Roy Ashburn, Mark Sanford, John Ensign, Mathew Joseph Elliott, Robert "Bob" Allen, Donald Fleischman, Ted Klaudt, Ronald C. Kline, Jon Matthews, Joseph Monteleone Jr., David Vitter, Steve Aiken, Louis Beres, Randall Casseday, Larry Corrigan, Mark Foley, Jim Gibbons, Ted Haggard, Jeffrey Ray Nielsen, David Hager, Neal Horsley, Jeff Miller, Neil Bush, Henry Hyde, Helen Chenoweth, Newt Gingrich, Roy Cohn, John Scmitz, Strom Thurmond, Rudy Giuliani, Bob Packwood, Joe Scarborough, Laura Schlessinger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jimmy Swaggart, Bob Barr, & J.C. Watts. Most of who got caught with underage girls, children, having gay sex, adulterous affairs, animals, etc etc.
I am legitimately tired of the announcement announcements. It is like the census bureau sending me a letter notifying that I will be getting a letter from the census bureau. Thank you for wasting my time you miserable adulterer!
Monkey, you really didn't do any research or know Chicago do you? Rezco lived up in winnetka and the payment was for land that wasn't used or usable for anything. Tony was a political fixer who was just sentenced to ten years in prison. It was a political payoff and everyone knows it just can't be proven. Obamas land was in Hyde park a long way from rezcos home.
Cain is p-whipped. I hope the announcement is that his wife ha=s opened up her eyes and is leaving this pos Cain, and that he is stepping down from the race. He looks like a fool in denial that just needs to come clean with all that Good ole time /religion and Christianity he preaches so much about.
Cain = no morals or values, but really likes to pint the finger at the rest of us and yap about them.
Burn in HELL Cain where you belong.
RON PAUL 2012
Now all these family values republicans --time out while I stop laughing---are going to have to gouge out their eyes and plug their ears so they can vote for the next douche bag and serial adulterer, Newt. Here's a new drinking game for republican alcoholics ( half the republican caucus ): Every time you hear the word "forgiven" take a shot. You'll all be dead from liver failure by election day.
Herman don't you know only liberals are allowed act like this! If you were a Democrat it would be OK to sleep around. Heck they would even elect you President. You could even get reelected after having an affair in the White House. But as a Republican you are held to a higher standard. The press will never let this go. They are still trying to come to grips with the idea of a black conservative. they will latch onto anything to bring you down. Time to leave the race to take away the distraction.
Come on Duane, wake up! We all have our weaknesses we are all just human.
Democrats, republicans, male, female, black, white or whatever. It's the majority of republicans, however who state over and how they are the party of "family" values. It is the republicans who preach about the sanctity of marriage. It is the republicans who tell us that they do indeed live up to a higher standard than those evil liberal democrats. It is the republicans who wear their Christianity on their sleeves. The republicans who condemn homosexuality and judge all who do not live up to THEIR morality.
It's about hypocrisy Duane. It's about do as I say, not as I do. It's all about" I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the type of person I'm preaching to". It's all about the sham morality of the ultra right. Think of Elliot Spitzer. Think about John Edwards. Think of Anthony Weiner. They all got pretty much what the deserved, they were not given a free pass. But they did not belong to a party of self-righteous liars and hypocrites. The republican party. Where all you have to do is utter those magic words and all will be OK... " God and my family have forgiven me". Bang! Boom! I'm good to go.
LAST BASTION OF INEQUALITY IN AMERICA
The one thing a Proud Black Man can not be in America today is a conservative. It's true Cain is no saint. However, we are not electing a Pope with the "white smoke" or "black smoke" here. No, we are electing a President.
It is one thing to criticize Cain over the Uz-bekki-bekki-stan-stan remark and his seemingly lax attitude toward foreign policy and the place of the U.S. in the world. That is a fair criticism. As president, the leader of the free world must be savvy about such things.
It is slander, muck raking, and the height of "yellow journalism" to drag up settled matters from his remote past at the National Restaurant Assc. Old news. Settled. Both sides are BOUND BY CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS. The purpose of such reporting is to destroy Cain politically. Congratulations Liberals, you have made your KKK ancestors proud. You have effectively pissed on MLK's grave. You have spat in the face of Rosa Parks. You have sicked the dogs on the marchers to Selma. By destroying Cain, you have made a mockery of your Civil Rights heritage. To reiterate, the one thing a Proud Black Man can not be in America today is a political conservative. The Liberal Cotton Patch enslaves Blacks into a system where welfare is king and entrepreneurship is considered a betrayal of your Lilly White Donkey Masters who run the DNC Plantation.
cain should have asked slick willy for a few pointers on how to lie and get away with it.
Shocker! I am Verklempt
and kinda very-klumpy that it took so long.
Translated: My wife is pissed at me!
Hey Mark in SoCal - if you're out there, I delivered on my promise! ;o)
The Cain turkey is TOAST!
Wait until Mrs. Cain finishes with him! lol
Has anyone sent Mrs. Hermie, Gloria Alred's phone number yet?
The big announcement is " We're getting a divorce"
And Mrs. Cain is taking him to the cleaners!
"The campaign is done" is the announcement and he will blame everyone on Saturday but himself...
Maybe he broke his wang.
Can not understand why people who run for office think that their "skeletons" are not going to come out of the closet. People are going to dig for the dirt, we have seen it over and over. His arrogance seems to be worse the more people come forward and that seems to be the give away to the rest of us.
I believe that perhaps congratulations are in order for what might be Cain's first sane decision for some months. My sympathies for Mrs. Cain. You don't deserve this.
You can't tell me that Mrs Cain has not wondered about Herman just a little bit.....So many women just like her turn their heads. You see it over and over in Politics ...
#2.6 - Fri Dec 2, 2011 2:29 PM EST
Mr. Cain has a pretty high opinion of himself , I think he's delusional ..... I also question the republican party , for ever letting him get this far . WHAT !!!! were they thinking ? is that the best they can do ? from a now independant , who used to be republican .
Ah, this turkey's finally done. Just in time for the holidays.
Gosh, I wonder what the announcement will be?
I wonder if he'll make the announcement in a high falsetto voice?
I wonder if it will be made from his hospital bed?
I hope SNL is standing by
Obama/Biden 2012
He is gonna have his wife tell everybody that he hasn't been able to get it up for the last 40 years so it couldn't have been her Hermie...Meanwhile she has a bandage under her eye, a busted lip and choke bruises around her neck...
Hermie " My wife doesn't tell me what to do ." and " If I leave the campaign it will be cause I says so ."
@nwnative: More than likely it's going to be the other way around - his wang is going to break him.
Too funny!! Why not just drop out and be done with it? He sure is trying to milk every minute of TV time he can, which just makes him look desperate and pitiful!! For me, it's not that he supposedly had an affair... it's the sexual harassment allegations and the fact that he's a liar (Cain being a liar is fact, based on the mounting evidence that his mistress has kept over the years)!! One thing I can't stand is when one of these politicians (on both sides), are caught having an affair and still continue to lie for months/years afterward.
I wonder, how many contributors to this thread have had similar life experiences???...
Before he goes home to see his wife he might have one of his secret service guys sweep the place for cast iron skillets.
Hermie's scum or izzit Hermie's cum [out with the truth at last] ? He's a dick swinging philanderer and Newt's already claimed that low swampy foggy bottom ground for himself.
If Cain shows up with a big red knob on his head, he just got too close to the pots and pans that Mrs. Cain was holding.
Guess the dozen roses and a box of candy didn't work.
Maybe he should have gotten a $4million diamond ring! Sad.
The Big Announcement is that Herman will say it was'nt Me:
"It Was my Brother from another Mother"!
Or maybe in true Wayan Brother speak:
"Hermie don't Play Dat Game"!
Occupy SoggyBottom!
that diamond ring thing would have been Newt the lizard's response. Trouble is that Hermie didn't follow that Dr Seuss elephant's line "I meant what I said and said what I meant - an elephant's FAITHFUL one hundred PERCENT". Maybe Newt will bow out next - or is his line "I'm into andropause - so no more playing around for me..."
Nice Kobe reference :D
His announcement will be that he finally remembered which one Libya is.
I wonder how the Newties are gonna feel when they find out Gingrinch is guilty of the same thing.
He's going to make an announcement only when half the country isn't sitting in front of their computer reading the news.
Let's just hope it's him withdrawing from the race. Actually, it doesn't matter. It's not like he would win the presidency, let alone the GOP nomination.
Yea right LLL he would only be running against the President with the worst approval rating ever, including jimmy. Keep on drinking the koolaide the hang over is stll a year out, lol "popcorn" :)
Bob Jones, you have no clue do you?
Pointless reply Bob. Cain doesn't have the integrity to win the nomination.
Bob Jones-3591206
Yea right LLL he would only be running against the President with the worst approval rating ever, including jimmy. Keep on drinking the koolaide the hang over is stll a year out, lol "popcorn" :)
You must be choking off those FAX-MUSSEN polls.
Hey Bob Jones,
Who gave President Obama the worst approval rating ever? The righties who actually believe that the truth is only given to them by FOX News? They are deluded. And who cares about "ratings" anyway? Anyone with half a brain could see that the mess we're in is absolutely not the President's fault, but the mismanagement of the Bush Administration who got us into a deeper hole than any of the so called experts ever counted on and an obstructionist Republican Congress and Senators who do not care about the 99% but only care about getting rid of this President so they can force their "support the rich" agenda down everyone's throats. Isn't it time for ALL American voters to see the real truth and stop voting for Republicans against their own interests? Oh, but that's right. If the Republicans get their way they will win the election by disenfranchising many traditionally Democratic voting voters with their disgraceful voter ID election laws they are attempting to get states to pass.
Watch out what you wish for. Cain's votes all go to Gingrich.
It would be nice if you voiced facts! Here's one of many sites you can go to illustrate that your statement just isn't true!
go to ropercenter.uconn.edu and look up presidential approval ratings.
Happy reading!
Let's just hope it's him withdrawing from the race.
Lisa, even if he quits the campaign, I'm certain he will remain African-American
Rich J, you do realize that its 3 years later and we voted Obama in to provide that hope and change thing and FIX what Bush, Clinton and the housing bubble wreaked on the economy. Instead his policies have made things worse not better. Give up the Bush thing as its not Fox News you can blame for the low approval ratings, its Obama and congress and politicians of both parties. You really think voting laws that will make you have an ID to prove you are registered are really going to determine the election. If you do I have some real estate here in Illinois to sell you as Obama's mentors drive this state into financial ruin. Do you not see the connection between everything that is wrong financially in Illinois where he learned his tradecraft with everything wrong he is trying nationally? The class warfare 99% crap doesnt cut it because the majority of americans outside of california, NY, Chicago and you few on this blog are out of touch with mainstream fiscal conservative americans who believe in self reliance, ambition, personal accountability and hard work. Obama and you guys want equality of outcomes even with inequality of effort, talent and yes investment. Thats why his approval ratings could cause him to lose to GOP candidates as bad as Bachmann, Perry or even Cain. That is why people like Fiesty, David and others continue to feel its necessary to personally attack poor GOP candidates. If Obama could run on a successful record, would any of you even have to make light of any of the GOP candidates? It would be a landslide victory for Obama. The more credible the GOP candidate, the more gnashing of teeth by Fiesty, David etc because they have no positive success in which to brag and tout on behalf of their guy. They just dont understand how silly it makes them look as trying to be rational defenders of financial policies that have been absolute failures.
Kirk, is it time to beam up?
The key word there is "poor". If you could offer up someone that isn't completely loony and you might have a shot, if not, four more years of Obama is a much better option than what you guys offer now.
Go newt. He's only politician to balance a budget since something like 1835. I quit looking to politicians for roles models decades ago.
#4.2 - Fri Dec 2, 2011 2:11 PM EST
I'm pretty sure you are right about Obama's approval rating .....the bad part is .... what are the other choices ??? I don't care if it's a democrat or a republican , I just care what he has to offer , and that he can deliver on it , and I mostly care about who funded him / her . follow the money ....... always .....
How is Obama and 4 more years of economic pain and misery and suffering better than Romney, Gingrich etc. Everyone has imperfections, look at the mistake we made 3 years ago by electing someone with zero experience and a total lack of business acumen. Just because you may not agree with certain political positions of all the GOP candidates certainly doesnt make all of them poor in comparison to Obama.
Thanks Scotty
We dont know what we'll get but we know what we're getting rid of.
Looney toons you guys aren't getting rid of anything or anybody but your sanity....BTW the unemployment numbers dropped to 8.4% which is rounded off to 8% and don't tell me the cult ( Fix Nation ) spin cause I already watched with my safety ( No Brainwashing ) glasses on..
Kirk's line - "Scotty, beam me up - the inhabitants of this country are intelligent. We can't control them with assorted BS and promises."
Put a FORK in the tealiban - they're DONE...
Now, we ALSO need to remember that the only "votes" going to Gringrinch are the "whaite" votes, because no self respecting BLACK person would have voted for Hermie, anyway.
So we'll have SIX DWARFS instead of SEVEN - but they are still all named DOPEY. Maybe the number should stay at 7 by including the mental midget 'Chelle. She might be a "taller-dwarf" but her brain power ranks right in there with DOPEY...
Canary in the coal mine--I think you need to read your post and maybe rethink whether you have the same candle power as a tax lawyer as that was one of the most incomprehensible posts since True Patriot tried to put a coherent sentence together. Disagreement with political positions doesnt have any connection to intelligence but it does reflect on your ability to comprehend. Are you trying to say a Black person is of such limited intelligence that they cant think for themselves? Are you saying that they blindly follow Obama because of 50% skin color? They certainly dont follow him based on actual economic results as his policies have made African Americans worse off than before he was president. The progressive policies of economic racism in which financial and government assistance are intended to keep african americans addicted to government assistance in all of its forms rather than promoting self reliance and personal accountability. Over 50 years and 16 trillion dollars spent and all that can be said about the War on Poverty and the progressive low income policies and anti education reform efforts have kept African Americans from closing the education and income inequality gap. Maybe you should become more of an intellectual critical thinker before you post.
Kirk...you don't have a clue what you are talking about. Have you ever even TALKED to an African-American?
Kirk - You have lost touch with reality and most probably communication with our solar system if you think Bachmann could beat the POTUS. She isn't capable of beating a rug. Soooooo delusional!
Carianne what a silly question and totally irrelevant to the issue. Financially everything I said is accurate so what clue are you missing.
Amused. I never said she would win. But it would be much closer than it should be because she is too socially conservative. But as bas as Obama is it would be too close. If she couldn't beat a rug then why bother with the constant personal attacks as her positions and abilities would be self evident and there would be no need for the feisty hysteria and the personal silliness. Obamas superiority would be so obvious from all his success that all you guys would need to do is tout their success
Kirk - Are you bi-polar or just psyco? And I quote "That's why his approval ratings could cause him to lose to GOP candidates as bad as Bachmann, Perry or even Cain." Is such a statement even rational, even with the qualifier "could"? Irrational is more like it and you certainly should know better. Then again you are a conservative, nuff said.
No I am a financial conservative. I voted for Clinton and made a mistake the first time and voted for Bush against Gore but not Kerry. I am socially moderate or even liberal in comparison to the GOP platform. But you are correct, I think Obama is so far removed from reality on fiscal issues that he could even lose to Bachmann even though I dont like her and think she is bad news. How is that inconsistent with what I said. Do I think she would win, probably not but it would be closer than you think and she would have a shot because Obama's fiscal policies have been a disaster for this country
Kirk - So sorry, if you cling to such a ridiculous idea. Have you seen the polling on a head to head race with each Repub candudate. This would only increase when the "tires meet the road" in the general election. The disaster that you speak of is clearly the result of the disasterous Bush administration. Like it or not, its the truth deal with it. Basing your comments on strictly your opinion and pesonally I don't think it holds any water.
Buh-bye Herman.
See you later Herman...
Frank-4286204
I hope not...
Hasta La Vista Bay-BEE.......
Am I still running?
"Nein! Nein! Nein!"...:)
(How many points will Newton pick up? Nine, of course!)
nah - 9 9 9 is 27...or 18 if it's upside down
Reporter: "Mr. Cain, is it true you have had affairs with 3,000 women?"
Cain: "Oh, that's a lie. What a ridiculous, unfounded accusation."
Reporter: "Mr. Cain, is it true that you have had affairs with 2,999 women?"
Cain: "No comment."
LOLOLOLOL @ 2,999
Actually it was 999.
so THAT'S WHERE IT CAME FROM, eh? Who'd a thunk it???
Or was it wishful thinking and only "9" and he st-tt-tt-uttered?
We are witnessing the ugly, breathtaking, inevitable end to what was always a fake candidacy. Herman Cain was not running for president. He was running to boost book sales, put speaking fee dollars in his pocket, and to pump up his overinflated ego to gargantuan levels. The man was the epitome of an empty suit, with no real plan for anything and no idea that he would become the frontrunner among a GOP base so angry it cannot see straight. He's done... http://www.sunstateactivist.org
mattpfl - yes, what you've posted is true. Hermie was supposed to be 'comic relief' and someone to show that the GOP could have 'a TRUE Black Conservative' in the party.
Hermie's job was to bring Black Conservatives into the fold and to be his normal, funny self. He was supposed to say outrageous things that no other Conservative COULD say out loud.
Hermie's '30 pieces of silver' was the book tour, where he could fleece as many conservatives as he could.
Hermie's downfall was two-fold - his ego and he NOW REALLY WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT, going off script.
Hermie cannot claim 'racism' because of whom he is in bed with, so he blames the Democrats for 'derailing' his campaign. It is hard to claim racism of those of whom you are 'a brother from another mother'.
I personally hope that Hermie the Clown rises from these ashes and gets the nomination (although I know that the GOP will NEVER, NEVER, EVER give it to him).
Thank you, GOP, for the memories!!
He's the epitome of a pimp. He was selling something he didn't own. Integrity.
I have to say this was the funniest GOP group running for President in History:
Hermie the Clown
Flip Flop Omney
Out of this world Backmann
I'm not a conservative Huntsman
Newt the Flewt Fake Flake
Caveman Paul
You just can't make this sheit up - Reality TV
All of them hate poor people and love the rich. WOW
Pietro, yeah believe it or not people of color have a right to determine where they stand politically ,your ugliness is showing and I feel sorry for you
The young girl dreamt of a wicked witch cackling over her cauldron of the stewing plot, “Ah ha! This strategy is working just fine my beauty” the witch exclaims as she stands in front of the Koch Halloween Mansion. The early actors Crazy Eyes and Stupid Cupid have already been sent to the dungeons.
“We then find a pizza boy with skeletons, raise him up on the stand then bring out the skeletons crashing on his pepperoni”. Applause.
“In the next scene we shall raise a ‘newtered’ pug on the stand for a while to confuse the party while we watch our schooled salmon flow like sperm upstream” the witch continues. More applause.
For the final scene the witch will select her final candidate from the line of baggers she calls Baked Alaska, NJ Fatso, Evil Grover or one of two brothers from another mother from Wichita …. Who will it be?
….. Crash! Suddenly the young girl wakes up from the scary uncompleted dream and looks for an eraser to wipe out the above narrative. Alas, the cat ate the eraser.
Please don’t throw brickbats or teabags on the messenger, she was just having a nightmare.
Pietro -
You hit the nail on the head about Cain going off script. OMG did I laugh at that comment. My thoughts exactly!!!
Well, wlee, I feel sorry for YOU because you cannot comprehend my post(s). Where have I said ANYTHING about people of color determining their political stances?
What I am saying, in this particular case, is that Hermie the Clown is just that- a clown, and if you look, there are 7 pages of postings on this issue that mostly support that premise.
Thank you, Sarah (numbers). Maybe you can clue in wlee - he/she needs some help understanding.
pietro - never never never (nein nein nein)... it fits...
_Pietro, I understand your kind quite clearly, you don't have to feign ignorance, if you want to make a point that's fine the rest of your thought is pure trash,but then that seems to be the point of First Read, so because others have a problem with class makes it ok for you to be classless.
wlee - what in the SAM HILL are you blathering about?
You understand my kind?
You mean an ex-New Yorker living in Columbus that has a low tolerance for Bullsh!t and calls it like he sees it?
THAT kind?
OK, man. Whatever.
My post(s) has NOTHING to do with class, race, pigment, dancing girls, animals, or anything else that you may be dreaming up. It has to do with Hermie the Clown being a clown for the GOP, in a cynical attempt to make Mitt Romney the 'nominee'.
See the sham for what it is, wlee. All of this noise - and entertainment - is for you to be so enamored with the minutia so that you cannot see what is REALLY going on.
Well hey there buckaroo... I've enjoyed all the laughs I got from reading your posts even moreso than the chuckles you've had watching the GOP All Stars. Just wonder if you'll still be laughing come November when one of those very same idiots leaves your boy, Barack the muslim communist Saudi puppet in utter defeat... after all we Americans might elect crap from time to time BUT WE SURE AS HELL WON'T ELECT THE SAME PIECE OF CRAP TWICE! Now why don't you run on down to the wellfare office so you can hang with all your homeboys?
The fact that this is "headline" breaking news.... is a sad commentary on our society in general. This guy has NEVER once shown that he is capable of leading our nation. And that was BEFORE all of his "scandal".
Think people. Or perhaps more specifically, Republicans, use your brains. Please. Being a sheeple is not endearing. You're allowed to think for yourself.
I would never have voted for Hermie the Spermie, not if he were running unapposed! The guy creeps me out, is obviously unqualified for the job, and is truly clueless as to what effect he is having on the GOP/TP race!
yes, what a creep
Even Black people say: Got Dam I can't believe white people is voting for this guy. Really! Give me my crack pipe and bag of smoke I'm running for President.
If Hermie the Spermie can do it so can I.
Solutions do you even know a black person, you seem to be stereotyping are you a racist?
Solutions - Spoken like a true racist ... you're a republican, right?
And you liberals are still excited over a President that is not qualified to run a McDonald's and has replaced Jimmy Carter as the worst President ever. Interesting!
OK - so I'll probably be called racist for this - Hermie was looking to do a "Putney Swope".
Go google it, better yet, actually watch the movie. Yes, it was (literally) a "black comedy" - but it illustrates the principle of what happens when decisions are made in attempts to be "PC" (this before PC was even thought of as a "term") based on "race".
While his "candidacy" was doomed from the very beginning, it was amusing to watch the destruction and the vultures gather to in effect "pick the bones". Now IF we can only convince several of the other "worthless candidates" to fold their tents as well, we will be on down the road (it still won't help the RETHUGS because of the total ineptness of their "candidates", but at least a lot of the "chaff" will be out of the way) Next to go will be the 2 ricks and 'chelle. Ultimately the lizard will likely garner the nomination, whereupon the RETHUGs will again retreat with their collective tails between their collective legs for ANOTHER 4 YEARS of scheming and wailing, bleating like the lovesick sheep that they are!
Remember - the mormons may be the best of the batch, but the Teavangelical leadership will NOT allow them to be nominated - it would ruin their "christian rightwingnut" support ENTIRELY (not to mention that the "blue" states won't tolerate either of them anyway - another 60-40 election and the congressional races tend to follow the presidential race - as opposed to the idiocy that happened during the "off year" elections in '08) Ron Paul will remain the quintessential "also ran" that he has been for 30 years.
Unless a "dark horse" emerges from the woodwork, this is what the RETHUGs have as their "best offering". In valley gurl speak "Gag me with a spoon!"
Canary, you are aware that not all Christians are Republicans, as with Democrats not all are fit to be President
Of course he ( Solutions) is a cult ( Fox Nation ) member...And a member of the GOP and no he doesn't know a person of color outside of other Uncle Toms like Hermie
Ya know, I've been called a racist too by more than a few & I guess in some ways I am... & I got that way after observing how African-Americans view & interact with white folks. Put that in your carck pipe & smoke it!
"Cain to make 'major announcement' Saturday"
Will he be wearing his black T-shirt with the large white letters spelling GUESS accross the front?
I guess his RACE won't be able to help him any longer.
When Gloria gets through with him; he won't have a "pot" to piss in.
He's what you politically call done, kaput, finished all washed up.
Mal'achi
He's what you call "ALL WASHED UP".
You mean as in Brain Washed?
LOL. Twirl this Tortured Herman Cain Logic:
Herman Cain Being Brain Washed...
https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQDu0ndFUdebXdLKYdybVUa-8AB08hIBk9KPDrf-F5pzLWXJVNAXg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4IqAMwAGn1w/SMQ7yFRqG2I/AAAAAAAAGiY/nljgoiaRRNE/s400/51587aFHE_w.jpg
LMAO, Big Daddy Cain is so ignorant and misguided
Beverly in Chicago,
That is the funniest sheit i ever seen. I am on the floor at my job an about to get fired. LMFAO
Solutions539
Beverly in Chicago,
That is the funniest sheit i ever seen. I am on the floor at my job an about to get fired. LMFAO
Solutions, I'm sorry didn't mean to cause you truoble
But, the funniest part is it's true. Hope that Bevism helps some; at least helps to regain your composure.
Malachi, and what race would that be? You people are just so amused with yourselves, have you ever stopped and wondered that maybe he felt there was something he thought he could do to help the country out of the situation we are in where are your suggestions. Whether you like it or not we all are in the same predicament.
nice booty...
It's about time
Still, I'll be sorry to see him go. Herman was a lot of fun.
Thank you Koch Bros. for the wonderful Republican Primary entertainment. Very well done.
Herman Cain told Ginger White:
"Blame yourself! Blame yourself if you can't pay your month to month bills. Get a job!"
And then, because he's so soft hearted; he gave her a job."
You may laugh at the above; but the crop of Republican candidates shoved at the American public is no laughing matter. Perry, Bachmann, and Palin are jokes. Supporting Newt means conservatives are willing to dump their values and turn a blind eye to his hypocrisy. Huntsman and Romney can possibly end up more liberal than a moderate Obama. Ron Paul? At least you know what he thinks. Santorum? Is he serious or just ambition? Let's re-consider Trump!
And another one bites the dust
Considering it's Herman Cain, who knows what tomorrow's "major" announcement will be. For all we know, he might be saying he's taking the week off to reassess a little longer.
Gloria Cain seems like a lovely lady, can't help feeling sad for her. Guess one has to look at the bright side. Because Herman decided to go on his presidential book selling campaign, his wife now knows what he really does when he's on the road.
Jody, Iowa
his wife now knows what he really does when he's on the road
I think she knew all the time. Remember that look on face when she was interviewed by Greta Van Frankenstein when asked would he be a good president?
It was like "Hell Naw".
Beverly, you guys are good with the stereotypes, one would have to question your motives.
what motive is there for not wanting someone TOTALLY unqualified for the job? It's not a racial thing - he just isn't presidential material.
Remember even if "another one bites the dust" - the job's not finished until "another one's gone and another one's gone - another one bites the dust" and even when the last MAN is standing, that RETHUG will also bite the dust. THEN we can get down to business and FIX THINGS.
Let's get rid of PORK BARREL valuation in congress - the way to do that is by establishing TERM LIMITS
Canary, it's not whether he is qualified obviously that is debatable it's things such as his race, got dam,hell naw make your own determination much of what you say I'm for
How do we know he is not lying about making a major announcement? I don't think he knows how to be honest, at least not about the mistakes of his past. Everyone is lying but Herman Cain....rrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiggggghhhtt.
Kinda sad to see Hermie go...if he does announce that he is leaving...all those people who gave their money for his books and talks un freaking real was it Worth it? remember when he said people contributed when his scandals started coming out. So so sad...
I guess his wife slapped him upside the head with a rolling pin!
Don't this this big announcement is that he is getting out. He is far too arrogant to throw in the towel.
Only good news if he drops out for Dr. Paul. Mr. Cain's limp understanding of foreign affairs is laughable for a presidential candidate, as well as his indefensible position at the Federal Reserve private bank.
Its time to pick a Patriot. Dr Paul is the only one I see that I will give this title to.
Ron Paul 2012
Matt Papke
USMC
While I find Paul to be one of the more honest and sincere candidates available, I don't think he would be an effective leader. His stated desire to pull out of almost all of our overseas bases strikes me as potentially dangerous. And traditionally Libertarians are not the kind of leaders you want during a time of economic hardship.
Is he a patriot? Yes, no argument here. He's one of the few we have left in politics. He seems like a genuinely good man too - one of the few Republican candidates I can respect. But given his policies I just can't vote for the guy in good conscience.
I agree with Ron Paul about many things. I agree with him about closing bases around the world. The world war that matters is the economic war going on. We don't need to fear China militarily but economically. Paul is right about almost everything but he's wrong about letting big business just run amok. He's dead wrong about that and that's the biggest issue there is in this election.
Libertarians are the only ones that understand that the fastest way for the economy to heal is to stop picking at it. Everybody else's instinct is to do "something" so they can claim credit when the economy eventually comes around despite their actions.
Robert-2589118
I agree with Ron Paul about many things. I agree with him about closing bases around the world
Robert,
So do I. I still think he is a crack pot and unfit to be though. Have you heard his antiquated positions on domestic affairs?
Cut defense 50%, close 90% of overseas bases, unconditional TOTAL withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Stop trying to be policeman to the WORLD.
Most of the REST of his "politics" are right out of the dark ages, though.
I just wanted to make one point clear to those that think staying in Afghanistan for any period of time is viable. The war is unwinnable and whether we leave today, or ten years from today, there will be unrest as there is in Iraq now.
Ron Paul sees this, hence his intent to get them home now, now, now. I've been to Iraq - There are no "Terrorists" there, just people defending their homeland - Same situation in Afghanistan.
Within 50 years, both Iraq and Afghanistan will return to similar states in which we entered them and it will be as if we never even came. Mark my words.
@ Bananahanacana, so when the anouncement was made that by the end of this year all our troops would be withdrawn he was one of those that said Obama was making a mistake in withdrawing all the troops? Not trying to argue just trying to understand...I am for the withdrawl btw
If you were there serving I just wanted to say Thank you for serving our country.
Banana
You might be right, though many had said losing Vietnam would lead to a world over run by dirty commies.
Ron Paul, sorry but no thank you. Dr Paul is a John Birch Society supporter. He gave a big speech in October to celebrate their fiftieth anniversary. Furthermore he has made some inaccurate statements regarding his early medical career in San Antonio, TX. Dr Paul said that the hospitals did not turn anyone away if they had no Insurance. Wrong, first of all, few people had medical insurance back then, you had to have cash. I was living in San Antonio back then. Several people did die because they were turned away if they had no money. One little boy had been hit by a car, the driver rushed him to a hospital, they were turned away and the child died before they could get to the Charity Hospital.
By By Hermie
mrs. cain is breaking up the party.
The party be over when momma opened a brand new can of whoop-ass on his ass.
He should have kept the sausage on the pizzas.
My wife and I have talked. So, from now on, please refer to me as "Citizen Cain"...Thank you.
Rosebud!!!
Hermie is going the way of Quayle - being "ignored" and "of no consequence". He'll just have to take his millions and go off and pout...
According to the videos available, Ginger White is the most credible accuser yet. She will be the one to bring down Cain's campaign and maybe his marriage. Bye bye Herman...
She was seated in the front row on church one Sunday wearing a short skirt. The choir boy asked the deacon, "Is that Ginger White?"
He replied, "No son, that's just the way the light is shining on it."
That is just too funny.
I think he's going to get on his knees, confess his 999 sins, break out in his rendition of "Amazing Grace", and say "The Lord forgives me and you should too". Then he will continue his campaign as 200,000 Evangelical Christians start phoning in donations.
The Lord will get his chance at vengence. Now is momma's time. :)
This IS really sad to see. We (liberals) WANTED Herman to be the Republican candidate!
The ones who hate Obama, claiming it was because of his policies, when it was really because of his skin color, wouldn't have known what to do. It reminds me of what a former co-worker used to say "I didn't know whether to sh*t, or go blind, so I shut one eye and farted"!
Stick a fork in the pizza dude.