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Herman Cain’s Top Iowa Organizers: ‘The Story Has Made Some People Angry’
ABC News ^ | 11.4.2011 | staff

Posted on 11/05/2011 9:19:45 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion

URBANDALE, Iowa — Herman Cain’s Iowa state director thumbed through a stack of supporter sign-up forms at the campaign’s headquarters here, telling ABC News that the sexual harassment allegations that have rocked the Cain campaign this week have actually been a “catalyst” in this state.

Larry Tuel, who runs Cain’s campaign in Iowa, said that the endless stream of news stories on Cain’s alleged misbehavior toward women have attracted new supporters and emboldened existing ones.

“The story has made some people angry,” Tuel said in an interview on Thursday. “We think that people want to show their support for Mr. Cain. I think the average Iowan that’s supporting Mr. Cain or any candidate sees through this story, sees that there is nothing to it and that they’re out in droves to support Mr. Cain.”

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: 2012; 999; backfire; backlash; cain; frontrunner; hermancain; iowa; juggernaught; karlrove; karlrovefail; karlverysad; politico; rinomiscalculation; rove4romney; smear; steamroller; tokyorove
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To: eyedigress
I don't see how anyone can say that any successful black person ever got ahead with affirmative action, affirmative rewards failures, those who use the system to get ahead.
Cain should be the example why affirmative action does not work, that he managed to get ahead and be successful without affirmative action.
81 posted on 11/05/2011 5:01:51 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

This is what we need. The people haven’t been fooled.


82 posted on 11/05/2011 6:54:38 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Better to keep your enemy in your sights than in your camp expecting him to guard your back.)
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To: jimbo123
Dear Karl Rove, Herman Cain has cleared the Death Star and survived! TTFN Loser!
83 posted on 11/05/2011 7:11:24 PM PDT by TheCause ("that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States")
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To: jimbo123
Karl Rove's hit has backfired. Will he give a refund to Mitt Romney?

And by the way Karl Rove, you've got an awful pudgy looking neck & double chin. You better lay off the twinkies & donuts, and lose about 30 pounds!

84 posted on 11/05/2011 7:44:08 PM PDT by rcrngroup
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To: mickie
After looking carefully at his record, I have decided that Herman Cain got where he is today thru affirmative action. He has no real experience in foreign relations or decision making policies at all.

Cain did his Navy work and got his Purdue degree before the advent of quotas. As to his later career accomplishments, it's certainly possible he got ahead partly because of quotas, but then you have to compare his accomplishments to those of people like Jesse Jackson and Barack Obama. There's also a different kind of quota - the kind that people of privileged background, like George HW Bush and GWB, but middling intelligence, were able to tap. I'd say Cain isn't completely self-made like Sam Walton, Bill Clinton or Steve Jobs, but he's definitely done very well, given his impoverished family background and lack of social connections.

85 posted on 11/05/2011 9:02:14 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: American Constitutionalist

Hmmm... A “Papa Grizzly” perhaps? (a spin on “Mama Grizzly”) Your pictures make me think that Herman Cain could be a sort-of “Papa Grizzly”!


86 posted on 11/05/2011 10:32:57 PM PDT by dsutah
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To: PhilDragoo

Ooooh! That is excellent!

I loved the debate, and got to see the second half of the game of the year.

What a great late afternoon/early evening!


87 posted on 11/06/2011 12:29:56 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 (Proud barbarian TEA Party SOB and, apparently, an evil Capitalist.)
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To: PhilDragoo

Both Romney and Rove, not out of the closet Liberals, it’s ok Romney and Rove partners to come out of the closet, now ? go join your comrades in the DNC.


88 posted on 11/06/2011 12:41:55 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

You are so right. A man of integrity will defend it, a man with none will slink away...Cain got back in their face and people understood it.


89 posted on 11/06/2011 1:09:33 AM PDT by goat granny
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To: justsaynomore

Newt as presidental candidate would not get my vote, as second on the ticket, with Cain as head yep...Newt is really not to be trusted...he talks conservative, but mouths rino...would prefer him in a cabinet position to Cain’s presidency..


90 posted on 11/06/2011 1:14:50 AM PDT by goat granny
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To: Jeff Head

One of those 2 pictures is an idiot. Idiots are always on the left, so too in that picture...:O)


91 posted on 11/06/2011 1:17:17 AM PDT by goat granny
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To: Always A Marine

“I trust my own gut, and don’t believe I’m much different from most other principled Conservatives. This story confirms my own reaction and reasoning.”

Yup. How many of us have worked in places and have witnessed the most innocent comments get spun out of proportion, people fired and lives ruined? I don’t know what really happened in this instance, but like you, my gut calls BS on this.

Liberals have done the same to the issue of legitimate sexual harassment that they have done to legitimate racism. They have cried wolf so often that when REAL cases actually occur, very few believe it. I see this regularly on art/music boards I frequent. (Not easy being a right winger in those environments I assure you ;)

Everything is “racism” and “Homophobia”. But when you critically look at the situation, neither is the case. Yet the charges fly over and over over a comment that is neither. And people are now numb to it.

Once upon a time callaing a man a racist led to a brawl. Accusing someone of SH got teeth busted. Today, it’s just a PC tool to shut your opponent up and damn the consequences that may to the person falsely accused.

Liberalism in a nutshell.


92 posted on 11/06/2011 1:47:29 AM PST by Norm Lenhart (Chief Druid of Trollhenge: Cult of Palin)
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To: Norm Lenhart
You really hit the nail on the head with that post! I really had good feelings about Cain before all this came down, I KNOW he didn't get where he is through AA, I have a degree in mathematics and believe me AA won't get it— the first skill you acquire when you are truly educated in math— is critical thinking and reasoning. Cain is what we desperately need at this time. When all this crap started hitting the news, I thought, oh, no, he's done; but unlike your typical Republican, he did stand and face his accusers and fight back! Just think how wonderful life would be if the rest of the Republicans learned a lesson in this!!
93 posted on 11/06/2011 3:19:00 AM PST by Segovia
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To: Zhang Fei

Herman Cain has done well in life, I give him credit for that. He seems like a fine man. I never meant to infer that.


94 posted on 11/06/2011 9:23:18 AM PST by mickie (my grandson is in Marine boot camp)
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To: BarnacleCenturion
Not so fast. Cain is an undefined candidate.Just like Nixon in ‘52 and others on the vice president tickets, Agnew, Dole in ‘76, Quayle, and Palin. Only this time it is a Presidential candidate. Who defined these previously undefined candidates. You got it was the MSM does anyone think it will be any different this time? If a GOP candidate is undefined he has to have a lot of Gravitas that is past political job history and an all around heavy weight persona. I don't think Cain passes the test. The rest of the field is probably asking for trouble as well.
95 posted on 11/06/2011 3:02:11 PM PST by bilhosty (Don' t tax people tax newsprint)
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To: bilhosty

cain is undefined too lazy to look up the definition.

Your post was a lengthy rationalization for laziness.


96 posted on 11/06/2011 3:07:33 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..... Crucifixion is coming)
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