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Herman Cain Comments On Anita Hill Joke: ‘That’s Not On Message’

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Embattled Republican presidential frontrunner Herman Cain, under fire for making a wisecrack about Anita Hill in the midst of his own sexual harassment controversy, was asked about the joke on his way out of a fundraiser at Manhattan’s Russian Tea Room today. A CNN reporter if he regretted how he “responded to the Anita Hill comment,” Cain replied, “I want to get back on message. That’s not on message.”

Mr. Cain continued, saying, “I want to fix this economy, so people can go back to work, not continue attention on all this stuff that does not matter.”

Asked if he thinks his message is working, Cain replied, “Yes, yes I do,” as he ducked into his waiting car.

That fundraiser at the Russian Tea Room, incidentally, featured a VIP reception for donors of $999.00, a nod to the candidate’s “9-9-9″ flat tax plan.

This wasn’t Cain’s first expression of a wish to stay on message, which is a curious way to respond to questions about something that came straight out of his own mouth. It would be as if Rick Perry had told John Harwood, “I want to remember that third agency” at Wednesday night’s debate. If Cain is “off message,” it’s his own doing.

The dirty little not-so-secret, though, is that Cain’s joke about Hill is on message, and based on the undeterred reception Cain has been getting from his supporters, it is being heard loud and clear. There are many in this country (left, right, and center) who view women who complain about sexual harassment with suspicion, and view complaints of sexual harassment as a joke, and Cain is simply shoring up those votes.

Cain’s frequent invocation of the term “on-message” also oddly reveals the turning of the political gears, in much the same way as Mitt Romney’s “I’m running for office, for Pete’s sake” declaration at a debate last month. The term “on message” is not a positive one; it’s roughly equivalent to the term “spin,” politically. What’s strange is that I have yet to hear anyone in the political press make note of it, which demonstrates the sad reality that journalists seem to have surrendered. That reality is personified by the fact that, following debates and other political events, news outlets routinely report from a place called “the spin room.” It’s naked, neon-sign-lit dishonesty.

Here’s the clip of Cain’s response, from CNN:


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  • http://twitter.com/cmbhot celeb hound

    he was asked! and he responded with a joke!

  • occupy the GOP

    Keep it up Herman, your female support base is dwindling by the minute. Hey Hermie – don’t you realize that females represent 50% of the electorate? Didn’t your brilliant advisors clue you in?

  • Lizton

    Sexual predators like Herman Cain hide in plain sight.

  • Ark

    Mandingo Cain is not interested in Anita Hill. His game is blonde white women.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ciuba-Abdul/100002542346921 Ciuba Abdul

    The commenting on this site is terrible. Did the Feds take this one over too after the last election?

  • occupy the GOP

    Your genius words of wisdom are definitely welcomed. Got anything?

  • Anonymous

    Good for Cain – keep putting those media members in their place whenever they ask you about the non-scandal.  Politico still owes Cain an apology for their dirt digging/dishing without any substance.

  • Anonymous

    Obviously, Cain hates women.

  • BWare

    Herb Cain is so despicable his wife can’t find the strength to come out and defend him.

  • Anonymous

    Look, I’m not a Cain fan and I think his evasiveness and his scorched earth response to his accusers is pretty telling about his culpability. But he was asked a question about Hill, he gave a lame, one sentence response (it doesn’t even qualify as a “joke”) and as far as I know, left it there. This really isn’t that big a deal and those who oppose him should move on. There’s so much else out there about his campaign, his policies and his demeanor that disqualifies him for the nomination — let alone the presidency — that it’s best to stick with the stuff that matters and leave these sideshows alone. 

  • Moosenuts99

    FREE THE “BRAINWASHED DEMOCRAT” MRS HERMAN CAIN

    WHERE IS SHE?!?!

    WHY DOESN’T SHE DEFEND HER HUSBAND?!?!

  • Moosenuts99

    Without substance?

    It’s a FACT there was a settlemt agreement of a year’s salary for one of the women. Would you give someone a years salary because you made a HEIGHTH JOKE about them?

    BAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    WHERE’S MRS CAIN, THE DEMOCRAT?!?!?!

  • Anonymous

    He wants to get back on message, does he comprehend that he alone gets off message by having to defend his dumb  comments and actions on a daily basis.

  • http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/630-E-Lovell-Dr-Troy-MI-48085/24509418_zpid/ Louisa Gismonde Calcaterra

    Politco owes Cain an apology?  For WHAT?  For bringing out the truth and facts against him??!?  LOL yeah, sure…whatever you say you ratty, disgusting little tampon from tampa!  LOL!!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous

    Just like women gave up on Bill… Oh wait.

  • http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/630-E-Lovell-Dr-Troy-MI-48085/24509418_zpid/ Louisa Gismonde Calcaterra

    The more I think about it, the more I actually DO feel sorry for his wife – I’m sure she probably had no idea her husband was such a pathetic, lying little leech who seems to have a thing for white chicks. 

  • http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/630-E-Lovell-Dr-Troy-MI-48085/24509418_zpid/ Louisa Gismonde Calcaterra

    How can she defend that??

  • Anonymous

    Cain was cleared of any wrong doing.

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    If Herb is looking to stay on message, I think his campaign managers should advice him to stop talking all together!!

  • Moosenuts99

    At what trial? His organization had to PAY OFF THE LADY TO BE QUIET

    These are FACTS.

  • Ark

    Cain had the perfect type of employment for a predator. Always on the road in hotels, he was free to prowl and attack.

  • Texan

    Looks to me like she has some beautiful cannons. What do you have?

  • occupy the GOP

    Bill wasn’t a candidate in a primary. Not to mention, no one here is defending the actions of Bill Clinton. Keep up, it’s 2011.

  • Texan

    racist

  • Texan

    Cain is the MASTER at tweaking the media. ;)

  • Texan

    The funny part is politco dug up anita hill for her opinion. LOL!

  • Texan

    not now but you defended him then…if I remember correctly and I do it was “it’s a private matter!”

  • Kid Dynamite

    Herman Cain’s message, “You want a job, do you, Princess?”

  • Texan

    He worked in at least 3 different states, none of which were Illinois and all of the accusers are from…Illinois and all have ties to axelrod. Go figure.

  • http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/630-E-Lovell-Dr-Troy-MI-48085/24509418_zpid/ Louisa Gismonde Calcaterra

    Exactly.  What was the payoff for if he’s so innocent?? LOL!!!

  • Anonymous

    Question: “Did you hear the latest news today? Anita Hill is going to…”

    Answer:  “Is she going to endorse me?”

    Can someone please explain what the matter here is???????? I mean I REALLY want to know what the issue here is

  • occupy the GOP

    Ok, keep dreaming of the good ol’ 1990s. I prefer to live in the present. Fact is, Cain’s numbers amongst females are down! 

    http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/248002/20111111/herman-cain-poll-women-campaign-anita-hill.htm

    Pay attention.

  • Ark

    LOL  Nice try!

    The Dems would love to go against Cain. The last thing they want is to knock him out.

    Karl Rove is more likely your hit man. 

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    I’ll give it a shot!!

    Anita Hill was an accuser/victim in a sexual harassment scandal, Herb Cain is involved in a sexual harassment scandal… so why would Herb Cain crack a joke that a sexual harassment victim would be willing to endorse someone accused of sexual harassment such as himself??

    I think it was insensitive to Anita Hill and Herb’s accusers and Herb shouldn’t make light of the situation he finds himself in!!

  • occupy the GOP

    So says the alleged texan w/ a pic of Osama Bin Laden. Sigh.

  • Anonymous

    Sorry Herbie, you’re old news now.

    It’s Newt’s turn to rise and then come crashing down in an unparallelled display of stupidity and hate.

  • occupy the GOP

    You can’t expect Texan to understand how presidential politics, i.e. primary politics work.

    In his mind, ANYTHING negatively leaked about a republican can be blamed on democrats. He’s kinda slow, in case you haven’t noticed.

  • http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/630-E-Lovell-Dr-Troy-MI-48085/24509418_zpid/ Louisa Gismonde Calcaterra

    Isn’t it AMAZING….Bachmann, Perry, Cain, now Newt……. the ‘baggers change GOP frontrunners more than they change their Depends!

  • Anonymous

    Don’t forget Trump and Palin.

    The only one left out is the ass-juice guy!

  • Anonymous

    I find it so hard to believe that the collective left really care about this Herman Cain thing when they so wholeheartedly supported Ted Kennedy after he murdered Mary Jo Kopechne. Or after the covered up rapes at OWS. “Liberals and progressives” claim to support the equal rights of women but when it comes to action their record is shady at best. Ed Schultz, a well loved drone by the collective, is well known for beating his wife. Almost half to death at one point. But does the left care? Judging on how much they openly declare their collective love for him the answer is absolutely not. The collective supports the barbaric and women oppressing cult if Islam with fiery passion. Do they care that a woman can be beaten like a dog for the crime of speaking out of turn or speaking without permission of the man? The answer is, sadly, no. As a matter of fact, most progpigs see nothing wrong with that cult at all. They even call it a religion of peace despite the fact.

    I’m not a fan of Cain and I do not support him for POTUS but when it comes to these claims of sexual harassment, the collective seems to have forgotten what the definition of (Allegation) is. It looks quite clear that, once again, the left has fallen prey to its true animalistic identity of emotion and hate and passed judgment without knowing all the facts. Much like the collective did in the Gabby Giffords  shooting when they jumped the gun and immediately ASSunmed that the shooter was in the Tea Party. I think the average progdrone isn’t capable of properly assessing this situation in regards to Herman Cain or any situation for that matter.They are mentally incapable of doing so. Their programing forbids it.
    Based on these facts, any and all rational minds should dismiss the “opinions” of a prog when it comes to moral and legal matters. They know far too little to be of any help.

  • Anonymous

    You know what’s really sad about the press trying at great lengths to stop Herman Cain, they make up stuff. Herman Cain was asked a question and all he said was “do you think she will endorse me.”

    The media is making a huge deal about what again??  How about Obama’s gay lover coming forward?

  • Norbit

    “who view women who complain about sexual harassment with suspicion, and view complaints of sexual harassment as a joke, and Cain is simply shoring up those votes.”

    And that would be because, like the RACE CARD, Democrats have used SEXUAL HARASSMENT as a political tool!

  • Onne

    What will finish Cain off is the increasing gender gap in the polls. It is a traditional weak spot for the GOP and big changes here is a disaster for them in 2012.

  • Anonymous

    The ‘Cain Haters’ are doing more to propel him into the White House than anyone could have hoped for.  Keep up the good work TC.  You might even get a cabinet level position out of it.  (Unlike the brush-off you got from Obama)

  • Texan

    WTF?

  • Texan

    Yea, axelrod would never try to smear an opponent…JFC, you’re an idiot.

  • Texan

    Wow, just when I thought you couldn’t get any dumber…

  • http://gawker.com/5482474/the-mysterious-case-of-toure-praising-raped-slaves-for-seducing-massa Touré’s insane mf cousin Phd

    “That reality is personified by the fact that, following debates and other political events, news outlets routinely report from a place called “the spin room.” It’s naked, neon-sign-lit dishonesty.”

    If “News outlets” report from a place called “the spin room” due to “naked dishonesty”, then where the heck does Mediaite report from? A place called the “Severe case of vertigo combined with a middle ear infection and sea sickness room”?

  • Texan

    Hey, nice diversion!

  • Norbit

    Cain and Rubio have the Welfare Overseers of the Democratic Party in a Panic!

    Minority self-reliance means an end to the Democratic Party.

  • ceeza

    tatboy you and gloves are the most consistent off topic posters on EVERY thread .. So congrats…

  • occupy the GOP

    Is this how you debate in real life? Or just on Mediaite?

  • Ark

    **DRINK**

  • occupy the GOP

    Axelrod is too busy worrying about viable candidates to give a second thought to Herman Cain.  

  • occupy the GOP

    Don’t forget about Texan!

  • Anonymous

    Oh, really? How the f–k do you know what any one of us did more than a decade ago? 

    Man, the arrogance of know nothing jerks like you.

  • Texan

    Tommy, who put you in charge of deciding what’s “on message” and in charge of deciding which questions should be answered? Btw, the Cain for President staff would like to thank you for your continued support. ;)

  • occupy the GOP

    @d892e91bb80bf15d45c22db28d7665b9:disqus  – “nice diversion”

    Hahahaha! Wait, I’m confused. Did you just accuse ME of diverting from the topic? Last I checked, this was an article about Cain. Not Clinton. 

    Do you disagree with my assertion that Cain’s numbers are down among women voters? (my initial post)

  • Redleaf

    The sad part is, Herman Cain is the most qualified, intelligent, visionary, electable Republican in America. Honestly, don’t Conservatives ever look at themselves and think, “really? Herman Cain is the BEST we’ve got”?

  • Anonymous

    Really? What did they report that was inaccurate? 

  • http://gawker.com/5482474/the-mysterious-case-of-toure-praising-raped-slaves-for-seducing-massa Touré’s insane mf cousin Phd

    Here’s Obama showing how much he respects women by flipping off Hillary and brushing her off like dirt all while miming a misogynistic rap song written by a misogynistic rapper:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuFIDJkZ7NQ

    Here’s the redacted lyrics to that song Obama was miming during his demeaning, childish attack on Hillary:

    You’re now tuned into the muh’f*ckin greatest
    Turn the music up in the headphones
    Tim, you can go and brush your shoulder off n*gga
    I got you, yeah

    [Chorus: Jay-Z]
    If you feelin like a pimp n*gga, go and brush your shoulders off
    Ladies is pimps too, go and brush your shoulders off
    N*ggaz is crazy baby, don’t forget that boy told you
    Get, that, dirt off your shoulder

    [Verse One]
    I probably owe it to y’all, proud to be locked by the force
    Tryin to hustle some things, that go with the Porsche
    Feelin no remorse, feelin like my hand was forced
    Middle finger to the law, n*gga grip’n my balls
    All the ladies they love me, from the bleachers they screamin
    All the ballers is bouncin they like the way I be leanin
    All the rappers be hatin, off the track that I’m makin
    But all the hustlers they love it just to see one of us make it
    Came from the bottom the bottom, to the top of the pots
    Nigga London, Japan and I’m straight off the block
    Like a running back, get it man, I’m straight off the block
    I can run it back n*gga cause I’m straight with the Roc

    [Chorus]

    [Chorus Two]
    You gotta get, that, dirt off your shoulder
    You gotta get, that, dirt off your shoulder
    You gotta get, that, dirt off your shoulder
    You gotta get, that, dirt off your shoulder

    [Verse Two]
    Your homey Hov’ in position, in the kitchen with soda
    I just whipped up a watch, tryin to get me a Rover
    Tryin to stretch out the coca, like a wrestler, yessir
    Keep the Heckler close, you know them smokers’ll test ya
    But like, fifty-two cards when I’m, I’m through dealin
    Now fifty-two bars come out, now you feel ‘em
    Now, fifty-two cars roll out, remove ceiling
    In case fifty-two broads come out, now you chillin
    with a boss b*tch of course S.C. on the sleeve
    At the 40/40 club, ESPN on the screen
    I paid a grip for the jeans, plus the slippers is clean
    No chrome on the wheels, I’m a grown-up for real

    [Chorus + Chorus Two]

    [Verse Three]
    Your boy back in the building, Brooklyn we back on the map
    Me and my beautiful beeeeeeeitch in the back of that ‘Bach
    I’m the realest that run it, I just happen to rap
    I ain’t gotta clap at ‘em, n*ggaz scared of that black
    I drop that +Black, Album+ then I back, out it
    As the best rapper alive nigga ask about me
    From Bricks to Billboards, from grams to Grammys
    The O’s to opposite, Orphan Annie
    You gotta pardon Jay, for sellin out the Garden in a day
    I’m like a young Marvin in his hey’
    I’m a hustler homey, you a customer crony
    Got some, dirt on my shoulder, could you brush it off for me?

    [Chorus + Chorus Two]

    You’re now tuned into the muh’f*ckin greatest

    Best rapper alive, best rapper alive

    Remember anyone from the media forcefully asking Obama about any of that?
    Remember anyone in the media having a fainting spell over any of that?

  • Texan

    nary

  • Onne

    Beyond the sexual accusations Cain’s arrogant imperious demeanor towards women will do him in.

  • Anonymous

    Why would anybody want this grand old Circus to end?
    I believe it only helps the Dems!

  • Anonymous

    Cain is to misogyny what Limbaugh is to racism (and misogyny, actually).

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    All I can say about that is that, in my experience, women’s support of Clinton transcended politics. There is some animal magentism there no man can explain. Strong, intelligent female members of my family swooned, had sinking spells and got vapors whenever Clinton came on television.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    You seem to know Jeff very well.

  • occupy the GOP

    What does this have to do with the article? Anything Obama said negatively about Hillary was purely political. Cain, on the other hand, sexually harassed his employees. Last I checked, his employees weren’t running against him for Prez. Your correlational attempt is way off base. Try again. Next time, w/o the assistance of Jay-Z lyrics.

  • Anonymous

    She Sure does!
    Boy,Sometimes I’m a pig.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    True, but eff is so far away from topic it’s more like he’s at a different site than being off topic at this one.

  • Ark

    Well he keeps his wife hidden at home like she is a servant.

  • Anonymous

    That is your reply 27% of the time!!!!

  • BWare

    She likely know way too much for Cain to have her out in public.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Be careful how you respond Occupy. Jeff is going to try to steer this to a discussion of his lignon berries.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Jeff is no Texan. Straight out of California. Well, “straight” may not work.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Really, Tiny_Tampon. Where? When? By what mechanism? What documents evidence this?

  • Texan

    His wife isn’t running, a$$hole.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Jeff! Must you always be  such a dingbat? The NRA has two offices, one in the District and one in Chicago (which is a city in Illinois). Herb was in Illinois frequently.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    *STING*

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    “Kinda slow”? Much slower than that.

  • Texan

    There’s the “Christian” we’ve come to despise. Get back on your little dirty piece of carpet.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Yes, Jeff, I guess you are perpetually a dingbat. Herb is not presently an opponent, albeit the Democrats all very much hope he is an opponent. Alas, Axelrod is bright enough to know that shall never happen.

  • Texan

    Yep and I’m right 100% of the time. ;)

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Will there be flames? Should I buy ingredients for s’mores?

  • Rex the Wonder God

    The Cain Train creeping to a halt now, completely off the main line for over a week, currently headed the Great Lake of Fail, past the magical Isle of Irrelevancy, then up Pervert’s Peak and onto the sudden drop off into Deadman’s Gulch – which, as we watch the Cain Train creep and lurch forward, is currently being filled to the brim with indictments.

    CREW, the Washington DC non-partisan watchdog group that goes after political corruption, and has proven very very very good at it’s job, has filed formal complaints with the FEC about the activities of Mark Block with the Koch Brothers for years and now for them with Cain, and the Cain campaign that he’s running, and Cain himself. The Center For Media & Democracy, another WDC non-partisan watchdog, has filed formal requests with the IRS into Block, the Koch Bros, three Koch Bros funded Tea Party organizations Block has run for the Koch Bros, and the Cain Campaign, and Cain, over exempt status and reporting. 

    This all came about due to a big investigative journalism story in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, which is interesting because that paper has backed Scott Walker in the past and at a time when Mark Block was actively involved in actively running Koch Bros funded astroturf organizations in support of Walker and GOP and candidates. Turns out Block got investigated way back in 2007 for all kinds of illegal crap he was up to and had to pay a big fine and still got banned from all Wisconsin fund raising, for charities or politics, for 3 years. That ban ended JUST. IN. TIME. for him to open up a Wisconsin “charity”, naturally funded by the Koch Bros, which secretly paid all of Creepy Cain’s version of an “exploratory” run around the country ginning up a fake run for the RNC nomination, and them mysteriously closed up shop without doing any of the required reporting, JUST. IN. TIME. for Block to take over running the Cain campaign – with a bunch of initial funding from donations from the Koch Bros and Koch Bros-funded TP astroturf “charities” and assorted tax-exempt, minimal reporting organizations. 

    Yeah, that Cain Train is creeping towards a jail term for Smokin’ Mark Block, and maybe for Creepy Cain, too, but at a minimum footnote status in the Federal Reports on Criminal Elections Activities.

    Toot toot … TOOOOOoooooo…………………………………………………..(ker-splash).

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Now, that is wicked.

  • Texan

    hey rex, ever find that source to back your claim that “Cain’s wife is seriously ill?”

  • Rex the Wonder God

    Well, just on the evidence, you understand. Creepy Cain MIGHT have a thing for black women – after all, he married one. It’s just that on the basis of the two women who’ve come forward SO FAR – 100% of the 50% you might say – blonds seem to be his preferred objets d’alliance.

    But you’re right in the subtext; we really shouldn’t judge until ALL the women he’s sexually harassed and assaulted over the years come forward. Then we can conduct an accurate survey and resolve the question forever. 

  • http://gawker.com/5482474/the-mysterious-case-of-toure-praising-raped-slaves-for-seducing-massa Touré’s insane mf cousin Phd

    It has to do with the comment I replied to.
    Is this really all that hard for you to figure out?
    Also, Cain was accused of sexual harassment, but Obama was accused of having an affair with a woman, but the media kinda swept that all under the rug for some reason, while all they’re doing now is dogging Cain.

  • Texan

    we don’t care if you like ass-juice. keep that private

  • Rex the Wonder God

    Pretty clever of POLITICO to have GUESSED UP these two complaints. Man o man, must of been a trillion to one shot – until Karl Rove made that little phone call over to the NRA asking about, Hey, you guys got any dirt on Cain? Cuz my boy Mittens really needs to throw a spanner under the Cain Train about now.

  • occupy the GOP
  • Texan

    flagged

  • Rex the Wonder God

    No no – you’re right. Coach Sandusky has the same option; just pay all those little boys a bunch of money for sodomizing and sexually abusing them, and then, no harm, no foul, everything goes away forever.

    And it also looks like your version of “clear” is taken from the word of rent checks – if it clears the bank, so what if it’s all from illegal sources: it CLEARED. That makes it all Holy or something.

  • Texan

    “non partisan” my ass. any more lies, phony?

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    “Private”? Afraid not. I was in the Navy. Started as a JG and left as a full Lieutenant.

  • Rex the Wonder God

    Newt has mastered stupidity and hate to the point where it’s all pre-vetted for FoxNews and the rest of the so-called “librul media”. And it appears that the Tea Party INSISTS on the GOP nominating a candidate that projects at least a certain level of bile, so I actually like Gingrich’s chances of being maybe the only successful Not Romney. I don’t have the first clue of what kind of ground game Newt has in the primary states, but he’s at least polling well in them, and the thing about Mittens is that he doesn’t seem to have much growth potential. The pundits have been saying he can win just at his pathetic 25%, but that presupposed a split among the rest, the rest involving Perry and Cain in a big enough way. At the rate Creepy Cain and Puddinhead Perry are going, they both could be down in Bachmann territory by the time Iowa GOPers go to the polls, and that could mean Gingrich getting enough votes to even win there. Then Maine, where Gingrich does pretty well, then South Carolina where they just DESPISE Mittens — and you start to see how Gingrich could make this work. 

    As Newt said a while back, when his first team was quitting on him, I’m running a different kind of campaign, one of ideas. Wellsir, the way things have gone so far, Newt has won every single one of these debates, which if I know my GOPers means that a state organization in every early primary state has popped up out of nothing, just like the universe did, and is making his ground game for him.

  • Anonymous

    Beat me.

  • Rex the Wonder God

    Yeah, but don’t discount that entirely. Maybe there’ll be a science article that says ass-juice cures that disease Rushbo is always campaigning against, anal poisoning, and then that google entry will start showing up on wonder cure searches, and the next thing you know, the Santorum campaign will get a big endorsement from the Petroleum Jelly lobbyists and start giving out samples in tiny little paper cups. 

    A truly viral campaign, in other words.

  • Anonymous

    Your a Texan If you know which leaves make good toilet paper.

  • Anonymous

    dork

  • Anonymous

    His “joke” shows is that he’s tone deaf and unable to make wise choices about what he does or doesn’t say. That’s not very presidential. Can you imagine him dealing with foreign leaders?

    As to this specific video clip:
    “I want to stay on message” = “No comment” = duck for cover

  • occupy the GOP

    Actually, it has nothing to do with the comment you replied to. Nothing. Cain harassed female employees. Obama made a knock against his female political opponent. Is that really all that hard for YOU to understand?

    As far as Obama having an affair, do you have anything to back up your asinine claim? Otherwise, it’s horseshit – just like your moronic comparisons.

  • Anonymous

    Hey,I love Texas.
    There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population of 1000 or more.

  • Anonymous

    Hey here is one of your brothers doing what they do best:

    http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Teen-Punching-Man-at-CTA-Stop-Caught-on-Tape-133703583.html?dr

    You must be so proud.

  • Anonymous

    Waaaa

    Just because you get upset doesn’t make you correct.

  • Anonymous

    Embattled Hermain Cain:

    Really TC?

    “CBS poll has Herman Cain on top, Newt Gingrich rising9:44 am November 11, 2011, by jgalloway

  • Anonymous

    The video clip shows Obama being very tactful actually, in the face of negative ads during the election. I don’t know where you get your nonsense from. I think it’s best you go back on your meds.

  • Anonymous

    He got your mom!

  • Anonymous

    But you still drink Coke!

    LOL

  • Rex the Wonder God

    He’s too skeered of Cain’s litigation lawyer.

    Honestly, do you really think the same media that is on this Creepy Cain story like white on rice was ever going to miss an “Obama gay lover” angle? And the guy who made the claim DID, as you say, ‘come forward’, wading through a history of false claims and criminal convictions as he went. If you think Hillary really wanted to beat Obama in 2008, why then did she sit on the birther story unless it was bogus? Why do you think Cain conceded that point to that crazy woman and her “He’s a A-rab” line? Is it going to be that old line about how the msm laid down for Obama to get the first black elected president? Well they sure didn’t lay down over Jeremiah Wright, did they? Or that guy with the SDS in the 1960s. 

    The msm operates like a gigantic vacuum cleaner on an ocean floor, hoovering up everything no matter how small or irrelevant. If there was a “Obama gay lover” he would have been hoovered up with everything else and put on display like Wright and the SDS guy. 

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Could you even go an entire semester without being beaten up by every guy in reform school?

  • occupy the GOP

    No worries, I’ve owned him in this debate – he’s all but given up. His non-relevancy is called out every time and he responds with nada.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    With a woman named Wanda Jo working behind the counter.

  • Rex the Wonder God

    Now now Nobits: it’s JUST possible that the fact that blacks overwhelmingly support the Ds and that R pols are caught so much more in sexually compromising positions is the basis for all that. Here, come on down to the men’s washroom, take a seat in the one of the private booths, and we’ll tap it out for a while.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    If she were, she’d be running as a Democrat.

  • Anonymous

    You made more sense when you sucked on Obama’s toe nails.

  • Rex the Wonder God

    Now don’t get me wrong: I would LOVE for Creepy Cain to get the nomination. It would be such a fitting end to the GOP.

  • Anonymous

    Sadly, I bet she did. Further, she’s had to live with the blowhard for all these years.

  • Anonymous

    You are a Dairy Queen- in fact you are the King of the Queens!

  • Anonymous

    That’s your mom, she is the one on her knees.

  • Rex the Wonder God

    Medic! Need meds here, stat! Old lawn guy down. Meds!

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    And for that I am tipping my hat to you. A nice grey Tyrolean.

  • Anonymous

    His “joke” shows is that he’s tone deaf and unable to make wise choices
    about what he does or doesn’t say. In this case, he should have said nothing. His response was not very presidential and is indicative of the “inner man.” Can you
    imagine him dealing with foreign leaders?

    As to this specific video clip:
    “I want to stay on message” = “No comment” = duck for cover

  • Anonymous

    Just Remember Drag Queen…
    In Texas it’s legal for a chicken to have sex with you, but it’s illegal to reciprocate!

  • Anonymous

    Newt is going to take it hard when discussion increases about how he was having an affair while at the same time attacking Clinton. That, plus his ethics scandals should be another pop corn munching fest. Geez, I better get to the store right now and stock up!

  • Anonymous

    You”re so Stupid I bet you think Taco Bell is a phone company in Texas.

  • Anonymous

    Are all Cain supporters this racist?

  • Anonymous

    Q: What do you get when you put Stonepark and 32 of her relatives in the
    same room?
    A: A full set of teeth.

  • Anonymous

    I don’t disagree with you at all, but unfortunately, in the panoply of Cain errors, this one is relatively insignificant. I’m concerned that when we focus on small stuff like this, his idiot base gets to hop up and down screaming that he’s being persecuted for minor offenses. I figure, why give them the ammo? Stick to the stuff that’s truly consequential. 

  • Obama2012

    After all your blacks are better than ours.

  • Anonymous

     My middle finger gets a boner when I think of you.

  • Anonymous

    I think Tommy likes to get his panties in a bind over nothing!!

  • Anonymous

    It’s an excellent time for you to become a missing person.

  • Anonymous

    He’s a hell of a lot more qualified than the incompetent community organizer currently in the WH!!!

    But then again, that doesn’t take a hell of a lot!!!

  • http://www.davidjkramer.co.cc// DavidKramer

    Hey Tommy! OVER HERE!
    Still no article on the first couple of lies proven to be lies by Allred and Sharon?
    The supposed “fiance” is NOT a fiance and she does NOT live with him. Hmmmm, so where is she getting the money to run around the US smearing Cain? Could it be that it was a set up? I suggested that before, since the Dems like to smear people, give them a smear that they could latch onto and then as they begin to spread it, the LIES begin to trickle out little by little. Then, what if someone went to Allred and taped the conversation while asking if it would be okay to lie? Hmmmm, that would definitely be a no no. Loss of license and maybe destroy the leftist media when it is proven that they are all just smear merchants for the leftists.

    Hmmmm, could someone have set you folks up? You know, kind of a sting.

  • Anonymous

    Good song. Jay Z is the man.

  • Anonymous

    “Hey Tommy! OVER HERE!
    Still no article on the first couple of lies proven to be lies by Allred and Sharon?”

    If you have a tip there are ways to submit them instead of constantly whining like a punk-assed bitch.

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, they should be raping children like White people do.

  • ganymede

     When I first laid eyes on Cain a number of months ago, the first image that came into mind was Clarence Thomas (of course, I’m a racist!). There are very few nasty Blacks in public life, but Thomas was a real sicko from the gitgo, and he was propelled to the Supreme Court by totally deluded Republicans who thought he could be the equal of Thurgood Marshall and cause Blacks to warm up to he Republican Party. Thomas, of course, turns out to be one of the worst justices in the last 100 years. And, today, it’s absolutely clear that Anita Hill was telling the truth. Both Cain and Thomas, despite their academic and business experience are arrogant, vain, ignorant people totally disconnected from humanity. Cain lives in a world of lobbyists and wealthy white people happy to have control of one of the very few rightwing Black man. Of course, all the charges against him are from angry, ax grinding women. But it is nice that he’s going to tone it down 10%. It’s amazing that many of you don’t see how incredibly close-minded and negative this guy is. As president Cain would probably have our wonderful country falling apart within a year, and his demeanor indicates that he might have a bit of a tendency towards violence. Fortunately, he’s not going to be our next president and Obama will probably be reelected and the Democrats might pick up a few seats. The Tea Party ‘experiemnt’ has been an abject failure, and OWS is picking up the mantle of a genuine populist movement. People who voted for Tea Party candidates seem to be having voter’s remorse. It may be asking a lot, but maybe it’s time that the rightwing movements dialled it back a bit.

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    Lol!!  =)

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    Bravo!! I agree with just about everything you stated!!

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    Lol!!

  • Anonymous

    Sit down and give your mind a rest.

  • Anonymous

    There are several people in this world that I find obnoxious and you are all
    of them.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dave-Be/1751243136 Dave Be

    Jay-Z didn’t invent brushing your shoulders off haha.  He just wrote a song about something that already existed.  It means “I’m ignoring that, it doesn’t matter,” usually in response to an insult.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dave-Be/1751243136 Dave Be

    He wasn’t cleared of any wrongdoing, but there were no charges filed, so that doesn’t mean a whole lot.  The settlement doesn’t mean much either.  It’s VERY common for organizations to pay people off on bogus claims because it’s often cheaper than fighting in court.  Since Cain wasn’t with the organization anymore, it would have been harder and more expensive for them to fight a lawsuit if it came to that.  A sexual harassment lawsuit can cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, even if you win.   35 grand is a bargain.

    That doesn’t mean he didn’t harass anyone, or that he did, but the complaints and settlements don’t prove anything one way or another.  He was never (so far as we know) sued or charged criminally for any of the alleged incidents.  Unless there is a lot more to the stories than we’ve heard so far, I don’t think this is going to be a big issue for him.  In the meantime, he gets to skate on all the crazy shit he says about anything unrelated to whether or not he made a pass at someone 15 years ago because nobody is paying attention to it.  You don’t need a sexual harassment scandal to make Cain look bad.  Just use his words!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dave-Be/1751243136 Dave Be

    Comparing Cain to Sandusky is some serious scumbag shit.  It belittles the horrifying things those boys were subjected to.

  • Anonymous

    Or like the people in the middle east.

  • Anonymous

    Conservative blacks do attend to be more independent minded, intelligent and successful. Dem blacks are normally very dependent on the state and are very uneducated because of poor inner city education that is organized the the Dem party and, in the worst case scenario, will just end up as another shooting statistic on the street corner . A victim of gang violence. Much like the guy in the Oakland OWS riots.

    But hay, “After all your blacks are better than ours”… You said it. Not me. 

  • Anonymous

    So let me ask you and RRK… did you continue to support Clinton? I’m not assuming… I’m asking?

  • Anonymous

    @tatboy:disqus 
    This is the last I’m going to say on this subject, because it’s tired, it’s irrelevant to the matter at hand, and as I’ve said before, it helps Cain by changing the conversation. You seem obsessed with this topic, so here’s my answer:

    I personally abhorred what Clinton did, but I supported him in the sense that he was still our president and was making what I thought were mostly responsible decisions for the nation. But by the time his term was over, I was definitely ready for him to go. In part because of his narcissism, but also because he’d become a lightning rod for right wing thugs who wanted to do an end run around the voters and stop his presidency by hounding him out of office. That, to me, was FAR more disgraceful than any fabrication Clinton told to protect his marriage. 

    It was after that I could no longer truly consider myself a Republican. What those people attempted to do bore no resemblance to the GOP that my parents and my grandparents belonged to and I wanted no part of such blatant thuggery.

  • shonangreg

    Cain’s wife is not relevant to this discussion as far as we are concerned. Trying to make her an issue is to divert attention from what does matters, and it is an injustice from you toward her.

  • Anonymous

    $999 says his campaign implodes before Christmas

  • Anonymous

    ‘…That’s not on message!’

    Everyone’s got the message Herman Cain…

    …Loud and very clear!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Theresa-Darklady-Reed/581698361 Theresa ‘Darklady’ Reed

    Would it have been as “funny” if Jerry Sandusky had told the joke about one of his young charges?

  • Anonymous

    Anita Hill would sell her mother for a few minutes of spotlight, just like those she represents.  I agree, Mr Cain needs to get back on message and ignore these lowlife golddiggers.  They are the distraction, and it is funny how the only allegations came from when he was head of the National Restaurant Association and no other time in his many careers.  And all of the accusers come from the Chicago area, one even lives and works out with Axelrod.  Of course, it is clear as day that this is a setup by the this administration because they are terrified of Mr Cain winning the nomination.  If Hussain had to run against him, they would not be able to use the Race Card that they so cherish.  The Left mentality is so dumbed down that they can’t wrap their minds around this simple fact.  My God, and I used to be one of you, but at least I was intelligenct enough to hear the BS and Lies coming from Obama’s lips, in 2008, and refused to vote for someone with No Record, No Accomplishments, only being elected Senator by using the same lowlife tactics that he is now using, and Axelrod was his man then too!  Lol, please people, wake up and see the facts!  Obama, Axelrod, Holder, and all the rest of this amatuer administration are crooks, liars, and want to destroy America! 

    And to think, I would have voted for Hillary!  I prayed Obama would make me look like a Fool by being a fantastic Leader, but that, as we all can see, did not happen.  I helped vote Carter into office and I helped vote him out, after he turned out to be worthless.  At least I didn’t vote for the Fool who now sits in the Oval Office.

  • http://spacegod.tumblr.com/ spacegod

    Right.
    McDonald’s and Two and a Half Men are popular, too.
    Doesn’t mean they’re quality products.

  • Farleymk

    Putting those media members in their place??? Is ignorance really bliss? Keep up on the monetary settlements for his harassment in the past. His tasteless joke with Anita Hill, the princess Nancy comment that he has made several times. The recent comment that any other woman coming forward better be careful as they will be scrutinized as well. Meaning we will trash you!

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