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BREAKING!! Aide: Herman Cain will stay in the race
The State Column ^ | Nov 29, 2011 | Staff

Posted on 11/29/2011 3:06:48 PM PST by Jim Robinson

After reports surfaced Tuesday morning that pizza magnate Herman Cain is reassessing his 2012 Republican presidential nomination bid, POLITICO obtained a statement from a Cain campaign spokesman regarding his candidates’ consideration of dropping out of the race.

“Yes,” the campaign spokesman said Tuesday when asked whether Cain would “definitely” remain in the race.

The clarification comes after the National Review Online released statements that Cain made in a conference call with campaign aides Tuesday morning. During the call, Cain made the following statements, “We have to do an assessment as to whether or not this is going to create too much of a cloud, in some people’s minds, as to whether or not they would be able to support us going forth,” Cain said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cain; cainaffair; conservative; elections; hermancain; republican; teaparty
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To: PapaNew

Indeed. He’s not a professional or polished politician...

...then again, the politicians have mucked it up pretty good.


261 posted on 11/29/2011 5:02:30 PM PST by big'ol_freeper ("Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" ~ Ronald Wilson Reagan)
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To: Jim Robinson

Is DannyH back and playing with the keywords?


262 posted on 11/29/2011 5:02:48 PM PST by jellybean (Bookmark http://altfreerepublic.freeforums.org/index.php for when FR is down)
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To: Dengar01; CAluvdubya; Jim Robinson

^5

I think the panel said to watch to see if his money dried up.....LOL.

Do we dare to watch BOR tonight? What are the chances he will mention the canceled dinner he was also scheduled to attend?

263 posted on 11/29/2011 5:03:02 PM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC:DONATE MONTHLY! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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To: mkjessup

I strongly suspect Cain is an honorable man. I try to stay out of the finger pointing end of this.


264 posted on 11/29/2011 5:03:46 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned.)
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To: eastforker

Do you know his history especially in the 90’s in Congress and House Speaker? It’s sad, because I think he had great potential but I don’t trust him.


265 posted on 11/29/2011 5:03:53 PM PST by PapaNew
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To: babygene

bookmark.


266 posted on 11/29/2011 5:04:34 PM PST by antceecee (Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
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To: Jim Robinson
“Detractors are trying once again to derail the Cain Train with more accusations of past events that never happened,” Gordon said.

Then let's talk about recent events that Cain doesn't deny. Why is he providing financial help to a woman he met 13 years ago with a questionable background? He mumbled something about her being unemployed, blah blah blah, but that doesn't exactly calm my fears.

267 posted on 11/29/2011 5:04:50 PM PST by Kleon
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To: DryFly

I think I see the name Perry on that train, not Cain.


268 posted on 11/29/2011 5:05:11 PM PST by goat granny
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To: federal__reserve
First you assess whether she is a 'liberal mind' female. I think she is beacuse she's also friends with Herman's wife, who is a democrat.

Second you try to assess how someone of such failed life gets into the position of being what this female claims, Herman's mistress. I don't think she is anything of a sexual mistress to Herman Cain.

So, how does a failed human being like this female get herded into making this 'delusions of grandeur' accusation? ... Well, that's even more understandable, and here's how it happens.

This female is likely a liberal airhead. She doesn't like that Herman is a conservative Christian man who helped her without strings (liberals always bite the hand don'tchaknow), and this feamle probably has one or two female buddies with whom she has aired her disgust that Herman denies the false allegations from the previous airheads.

She makes up a story to fit (in her limited intellect, she thinks it jives) the help she has gotten from Herman AND HIS WIFE, then embellishes on the facts to fabricate a delusion she wants her friends to believe and thus raise her to 'special' status over.

Problem is, this stupid female doesn't understand human nature. Her friends are more than willing to sacrifice her to get at Herman Cain, so they threaten to or do actually go to media slugs with the story they have been told.

Being dumb as a post, this female with psychological problems (delusions of grandeur) thinks she can make accusations and the story will lend credulity to the previous liars then her story will fade into the background.

This Ginger freak is a sick female with delusions of grandeur and a strong disconnect from reality. Just the sort of tool the Axelgreasy machine searches for knowing the enemy media (alphabet scum) will dutifully report as told to.

And for clarification, I'm a Newt Gingrich supporter. I do not however stand aside when scum attack a fellow Christian man.

269 posted on 11/29/2011 5:06:01 PM PST by MHGinTN (Some, believing they cannot be deceived, it's impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: Jim Robinson

GREAT news! Keep fightin’, Herman!


270 posted on 11/29/2011 5:06:04 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (A MUST WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KeOLurcQaqI)
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To: eastforker
Are you seriously backing this candidate?? If so I have lost all trust in you and this forum.

You say that to Jim Rob, while you're supporting LaRaza Ricardo Perry???

271 posted on 11/29/2011 5:06:13 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: justsaynomore

Thanks for the ping. Good news!


272 posted on 11/29/2011 5:07:10 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (A MUST WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KeOLurcQaqI)
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To: Windflier

Yeah, I got the balls to say that, how bout you!


273 posted on 11/29/2011 5:07:57 PM PST by eastforker (I'll pick Rick but I still root for Newt.)
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To: trisham

Why isn’t that “White” woman in the picture?


274 posted on 11/29/2011 5:08:02 PM PST by faucetman (Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
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To: Syncro; Jim Robinson
You betcha!
She's out of the frame, but still in the picture.
A Quidamism...

PREFECT ©

275 posted on 11/29/2011 5:08:03 PM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC:DONATE MONTHLY! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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Cain & Bachmann are the only two things going for the GOP this election as far as I'm concerned. Mitt? No way. Newt? My, my people have such short memories. Newt quits at a critical time for conservatism then in the past couple years pops up on TV thinking he deserves to be POTUS? Newt did not do one single thing to prove he can hack it. His actions are highly questionable. No Newt for me not even in the general election. Then there is Perry. Policies like Bush? No thanks. Bush policies gave us Obama abuses.

The GOP leadership in DC such as it is needs a loud and clear message. No More Compromises. No more business as usual helping he DEMs destroy our nation one bill at a time. The GOP leadership can't even choose a decent Speaker of The House.

Does the GOP actually even deserve to continue as a party or is it time to form it's replacement? Please no one post too me work within the party. There is far too much corruption by special interest controlling the party. By that I mean China and Middle Eastern interest are coming first. We cower too both because the GOP congress lacks a spine too defund and close agencies like the EPA.

This primary election was hoodwinked before any votes were cast. All media focus was on one person this past summer. A person of who's actions were not that of one running for POTUS but rather of one riding a huge publicity wave all the way too the bank. I believe because of this undue focus that perhaps other conservatives were waiting too see and when the word came down it was too late. I do not think that was by accident either.

The party powers that be have decided it's a Romney/Newt ticket. Well fine have your Liberal ticket my vote if that is the ticket will be cast in the -I column next November.

276 posted on 11/29/2011 5:08:16 PM PST by cva66snipe (Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
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To: big'ol_freeper
The last thing I want is a polished politician, but I think he's failed to either candidly admit his wrongdoing and show fruits of repentance or aggressively go on the offense and demand specifics that can be disproved.

Unfortunately, he has done neither leaving many of us in the same lurch we were in when Sarah dropped her bombshell.

277 posted on 11/29/2011 5:09:07 PM PST by PapaNew
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Who is hairboy?


278 posted on 11/29/2011 5:11:05 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: PoloSec
“Just plain common sense, Cain fought off stage four cancer, makes no sense he would collapse under a flurry of false accusers.”

Why do you think ALL these accusations are false? Maybe it's his denials that are false.

279 posted on 11/29/2011 5:11:24 PM PST by faucetman (Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
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To: eastforker; Kartographer; All
Do you really think HC has what it takes to administer foreign policy???The man is a joke on current affairs!

For someone terminally ignorant like you, who seems to think that the 'only' thing Cain has done in his life is "run a pizza joint" to then accuse HIM of being a "joke on current affairs" is quite frankly, a joke in itself.

In the interest of perhaps even at this late date, educating you as to the truth and reality that is Herman Cain, I present to you (courtesy of my FRiend Kartographer from a post of his on Oct 11th) a tutorial about the man you dismiss as some pizza flunky:

Herman Cain grew up in Atlanta, Georgia with loving parents and little else. His father worked three jobs—as a janitor, a barber and a chauffeur—and his mother was a domestic worker. Even though these jobs required hard work and little glamour, his parents knew this life was better than the dirt farms upon which they grew up. They also knew that this hard work was the key to achieving their American Dreams.

Herman’s parents had two dreams. First, they wanted to own their own house. Secondly, they wanted both of their children to graduate from college. During the segregation era in the Deep South, these aspirations might have seemed lofty, but they knew that if they kept their faith in God, faith in themselves and faith in the greatest country on the Earth, they could achieve.

The first dream was realized in a modest brick house on Albert Street in Atlanta, Georgia. After years of saving from his many jobs, Herman’s father surprised the whole family, even his wife, by purchasing a home for their family. The second dream was realized when Herman graduated from Morehouse College with a degree in mathematics in 1967. His brother, Thurman, would go on to graduate from Morris Brown College.

Inspired by the work ethic and character of his parents, Herman continued his education by earning his Master’s degree in computer science from Purdue University while working full-time developing fire control systems for ships and fighter planes for the Department of the Navy. Though Herman enjoyed using his talents as a civilian employee for the Navy, he gravitated towards the culture of business.

Herman returned to his home of Atlanta to begin working as a computer systems analyst for the Coca-Cola Company. After considerable success at Coca-Cola, he moved to the Pillsbury Company. Within a short period of time, Herman rose to position of Vice President. Although the comforts of a corner office on the 31st floor of a majestic corporate building seemed satisfying, Herman knew that he needed a challenge.

He became the regional vice president of Pillsbury’s Burger King division. This meant starting from the “ground up,” dodging grease fires and broiling hamburgers. Herman was assigned to lead a low performing region of 450 of their restaurants. Within three years, it became the best performing region in the company.

Energized by overcoming the many obstacles of his job at Burger King, Herman took on the biggest challenge of his career. He accepted the call to become the President and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, a company that was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. In just 14 months, Herman returned Godfather’s to profitability and he led his management team to a buyout of the company.

His professional successes garnered the respect and admiration of industry peers who named him the President of the National Restaurant Association. Under Herman’s administration, the group grew significantly and began to lobby for the interests of America’s restaurateurs and small business owners.

In 1994, as head of the National Restaurant Association, he had the opportunity to speak with President Clinton during a nationally televised town hall meeting. Here, Herman challenged the President regarding the impact on businesses if his health care overhaul proposal were passed. President Clinton attempted to assure him and the millions of viewers watching at home that his legislation would not harm American business owners and their employees.

Herman was skeptical. “Quite honestly Mr. President, your calculations are incorrect,” he said. “In the competitive marketplace, it simply doesn’t work that way.” His words echoed across America, and Newsweek named Herman Cain the primary saboteur of Hillarycare.

Through these and other appearances on behalf of the National Restaurant Association, Herman began working with business leaders across all sectors of the American economy. This led to his acceptance of a position on the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and he was subsequently elected their chairman. In this role, he analyzed economic conditions in the region and notified the Federal Reserve of how their policies should respond.

Most recently, he hosted a radio talk show, “The Herman Cain Show,” on Atlanta’s WSB 750 AM/ 95.5 FM. He serves as a regular contributor on several broadcast networks and as a keynote speaker at conferences and events around the nation.

Despite the many professional commitments of his life, Herman continues to enjoy most the time spent with family and friends. As his children got married and had their own children, he knew that he had an extraordinary obligation to do what he could to make this a safe and prosperous nation for them. The paramount joys in his life are his wife, Gloria, his children and his grandchildren.

Now I [Kartographer] highlighted and underline Herman's working at the Fed to meet a promise that I made to many of the Paulists on FR. Herman was not a member of the Board of Governors which sets monetary policy. The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is more or less a bank for banks and what they do is provide financial services to depository institutions including banks, credit unions, and savings and loans, much like those that banks provide for their customers. These services include collecting checks, electronically transferring funds, and distributing and receiving cash and coin."

There you go pal, read it, digest it, and maybe you won't be so forked up about Herman Cain in the future.
280 posted on 11/29/2011 5:11:35 PM PST by mkjessup (I stand with Herman Cain !!)
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