Charges against Cain Cannot Be Ignored [American Thinker]

American Thinker ^ | November 03, 2011 | Dean Stephens

[jmaroneps37]

The money and support is pouring in for Herman Cain, but we cannot slow down now. Please help him by donating at http://www.hermancain.com/

Also to help join the buzz about Herman go to facebook.com and “like” him. In just the last week he has jumped 16% or 45000 with an impressive 12,000 in the last 24 hours. Make no mistake Karl Rove is watching Herman’s “likes” and so is Romney. THIS is the way to stick it to the GOP establishment! Please tell your family and friends to “like” Herman as well.

[faucetman]

This line of reasoning is all wrong. Because Bill Clinton got away with rape, all lesser sexual misconduct is now acceptable?

What does Bill Clinton have to do with today's election cycle? NOTHING! It's like Obama blaming Bush.

Herman Cain is finished. Accept it now or wait until later, but the result will be the same. He's GONE.

[moose-matson]

Ah, another mature response jam-packed with wisdom.

[Yaelle]

Yes, they can.

What is our alternative?

Romney or Obama. Ignore the charges unless you have a Cain 2.0 waiting to be released.

Dems get their chosen candidate. We need the b@lls to choose ours without influence from these pundits..

[lonestar]

Cain owned Godfather's Pizza? When did this happen?

ROFLOL! I was wondering that myself.

Didn't the person who said that call somebody else an idiot?

What amazes me is that so many of these "Blame Anybody but Cain" people have become what they claim to hate...and they do hate!!

Hatred seems to have over taken their ability to reason.

Before Cain, it was Palin who could do no wrong.

[moose-matson]

Cain lost me with his 999 - this nonsense doesn’t help.

[101voodoo]

I did, among other things the author makes a point of Cain not putting his own money i8nto his success, iow not having his own business. My comment was ad remains what has it to do with anything? Success is success.

I did not address the insinuation affirmative action may have played a part in his success. My response is affirmative action can get you in the door but that’s all it does. Once in you still have to perform. I actually have no idea if Cain was an affirmative action choice or not and neither does anyone else who has spoken of this.

[kevao]

I hope one day to enjoy the same kind of non-success that Cain has had in his life.

[MortMan]

Aren’t the charges serious enough to warrant some investigation?

With all due respect, this question is flat-out backwards. There needs to be a due diligence investigation of the allegations (there are no "charges" to date) before the allegations are used to try and discredit the candidate. Right now we have no identified accusers. We have no papertrail. We have no facts, but we are long on innuendo.

Unless the allegations can be made credibly, using identified sources and actual evidence - and I understand "credibly" is a subjective term - it shouldn't be made. Cain is being required to "answer" vague, unsourced and unsubstantiated innuendo that he did something, somewhere, at some point in the past, that made an unidentified woman or women "uncomfortable", in some unspecified manner. Yet HE must be specific, answering unasked questions, anticipating his opponents' next moves in a whisper campaign.

Remember - these are allegations that were reported or (worse) went unreported some twelve to twenty years ago.

THAT, I believe, is the reason why so many Cain supprters are so ticked off over this. It's so very reminiscent of Clarence Thomas. At least Palin could confront her accusers, who usually were at least publically identified. Cain doesn't even have that luxury.

[GatorGirl]

You really are dumb aren’t you? “Own the group?” Yikes!

[driftless2]

The writer of this piece blasts Cainiacs for glossing over Cain's various negatives in several areas but does the same thing in reverse as far as what Cain has accomplished. Affirmative action may have gotten Cain in the door, but I hardly think a national corp would let an incompetent run it just to be on the side of racial equality. Corporations are in the business of making money. Cain made Godfather's profitable. And apparently he did very well in that area with the other firms he workded for. And I doubt Cain is as ignorant on foreign affairs as Stephens makes out.

Stephens sounds like the same people who said Palin didn't know anything about world affairs or geography. He's just as dishonest as the people who minimize Cain's negatives.

[moose-matson]

Ah, another freeper who makes his case with insults.

You wrote that Cain bought Godfather's Pizza, which he did not. Then you corrected your statement to say his 'group' did...not at all the same thing.

Now you show a total lack of understanding about my question -- of course he couldn't own the group -- that's the point.

If I ever engage you again, which is unlikely, I will remember to spell everything out in the simplest terms that I can.

Have a nice day.

[GatorGirl]

He was part of the group that bought Godfather.

If you knew anything about business you wouldn’t ask such stupid questions. You asked “did he own the group?” Duh!

He owned Godfather. Just like his business partners owned Godfather. They ALL owned Godfather.

[pepsi_junkie]

“IF”?, It appears Herman Cain absolutely DID benefit from affirmative action. He was a “token”. “See we are not racist, we have an upper management Black guy.”

You don't have any evidence that he was elevated to his position based on race. You believe it anyway. Thus proving my point, no matter how high a black person rises people will roll there eyes and say "oh, well they just put him there as a token" regardless of their record or performance.