BREAKING: Cain says he has been accused of having an affair

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- A third woman will make false sexual accusations against Herman Cain, the GOP presidential candidate told CNN Monday.

Cain told CNN's "Situation Room" that the woman will allege that she has had an affair with him.

"This individual is going to accuse me of an affair for an extended period of time," Cain said. "It is someone that I know who is an acquaintance that I thought was a friend."

Cain said he learned about the accusation after his lawyer talked to a reporter about it.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/28/politics/cain-accusation-affair/index.html

[maddezmom]

1. he's gotta be toast now, right?

or will his base still support him? :shrug:

[lark]

2. He's falling rapidly in the polls

so some still support him, but most do not, even among crazy Repugs.

[tomm2thumbs]

32. •• Link to all the details now out - Atlanta TV Station Story ••

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/ginger-white-claims-affair-herman-cain-20111127-es

interestin' readin', especially:

Late this afternoon, Cain’s attorney, Len Wood, sent FOX 5 the following statement:

"Mr. Cain has been informed today that your television station plans to broadcast a story this evening in which a female will make an accusation that she engaged in a 13-year long physical relationship with Mr. Cain. This is not an accusation of harassment in the workplace – this is not an accusation of an assault - which are subject matters of legitimate inquiry to a political candidate.

Rather, this appears to be an accusation of private, alleged consensual conduct between adults - a subject matter which is not a proper subject of inquiry by the media or the public. No individual, whether a private citizen, a candidate for public office or a public official, should be questioned about his or her private sexual life. The public's right to know and the media's right to report has boundaries and most certainly those boundaries end outside of one's bedroom door.

Mr. Cain has alerted his wife to this new accusation and discussed it with her. He has no obligation to discuss these types of accusations publicly with the media and he will not do so even if his principled position is viewed unfavorably by members of the media."

[RaleighNCDUer]

40. No individual, whether a private citizen, a candidate for public office or a public official, should

be questioned about his or her private sexual life. The public's right to know and the media's right to report has boundaries and most certainly those boundaries end outside of one's bedroom door.

Unless you're a Democrat.

[Devil_Fish]

65. Or unless you're gay. NT

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[wordpix]

90. yeah, I caught that too, right away - what total BS

[tomm2thumbs]

42. ironically it appears 'private life' begins and ends where Cain says it does

Except, that is, until it is someone ELSE'S private right to choose, etc

This stone is sinking faster than an hot iron on cotton candy. (kerthunk!)

[LiberalFighter]

53. What Cain and the lawyer forget

is that the woman has the right to reveal anything she wishes about the "consensual acts" without his permission.

I would pose the question to the scumbag attorney as well as Cain on why his affair is not fair game considering he claims he has been faithful to his wife. Claims to be a christian of faith. And why wouldn't his actions regarding affairs not have a bearing on running for President when he continues to lie about something that is supposedly considered a sacred institution?

[FarPoint]

69. I'd love to see pictures of the two together..

Ah....with their clothes on obviously...no need for cheap porn on DU. A picture tells a good story.

[matt819]

75. Parse that quote

It's not a denial.

[area51]

93. +1 n/t

[HereSince1628]

5. No, but his staff is thinking of buying him a new hat for solstice

[timtom]

21. Huzzah!

Well played!

Oh, and LOL!

[ZombieHorde]

7. They may just support him because he is a Republican running against a Democrat.

I have voted for some local Dems strictly because I wanted the Republican to lose. Senator Max Baucus comes to mind.

[jimlup]

19. Seriously we hope not. Cain is probably the easiest one for us to beat /nt

[glinda]

25. Like minded people will support him.

[onehandle]

26. He was never not 'toast.' The GOP was Never going to nominate him. nt

[AlbertCat]

38. The GOP was Never going to nominate him.

Egg-zack-ly


He's being paid by someone or group to run. He is there to distract you from the out-and-out racism of the GOP platform.

[The Wielding Truth]

67. And probably to block while he runs into the end zone.

[LuckyLib]

100. And he's also there to create some crazy vibes about a black candidate that maybe, just

maybe, will rub off on the public's perceptions of the incumbent. Someone's interest is served by working this all different ways.

[Joe Bacon]

47. I got a feeling Ashley Madison.com is getting a new spokesman!

:rofl:

[NightWatcher]

3. It's Newt's wife. She REALLY loves her country

[crim son]

28. +1! n/t

[msongs]

4. newt the serial adulterer is the front runner yet bill clinton was prosecuted for the same nt

[Jackpine Radical]

46. Well, technically, no…

iirc he was actually prosecuted for lying about it, not for the relationship itself.

[Jack Rabbit]

6. The women of his life are now staging . . .

(get ready for it)
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THE CAIN MUTINY

[HereSince1628]

10. It's the strawberries, he'll have them all with the STRAWBERRIES! n/t

[nolabear]

15. *snort!* Now that's funny! Can "Cain Misbehavin', the Musical" be far behind?

[auburngrad82]

94. How about "Cain I Get A Witness?"

the pun is actually quite appropriate, considering.

[cosmicone]

36. If the number of women goes up, it will look like

"A Chorusline"

[AsahinaKimi]

48. can we call him "SUGAR" CAIN NOW?

IT SEEMS he has a sweet tooth.

[sce56]

89. +100

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

61. It's like the song "Kodachrome"

[waddirum]

68. They'll never match his sweet imagination

nt

[OswegoAtheist]

77. Groan!

Oswego "#occupyoswego" Atheist

[Botany]

8. So all those women are now or were lying?

The two who got cash payouts in legal settlements or the one who said he put his hand up her dress when she was looking for a job or the one
who was working as a receptionist @ the radio station or the one who ..... :wow:

[HereSince1628]

13. It's a lynching, there are people who don't want him as president

and most of them are women that he knows!

[DocMac]

70. lol! But he has so many voters that he don't even care. nt

He is running as long as his wife wants him to.

I would bet she can't get him to take out the trash.

When do the Koch brothers call it a wash?

[brooklynite]

9. Additional Details from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Political Insider Herman Cain tells CNN to brace for ‘another accusation, that I had an affair’

“Here we go again,” Herman Cain just told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, in a preemptive strike aimed at a report from a local Atlanta TV station that the GOP presidential candidate had a 13-year affair with a “local” woman.

...snip...

Cain did not mention the woman’s name or offer any other details. He said he couldn’t rule out any further accusations:

...snip...

Fox 5 Atlanta’s Dale Russell is currently promoting on his Facebook page a piece alleging that GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain had a 13-year affair with a woman. “Cain denies an affair, but not a relationship,” says Russell.

http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2011/11/28/fox-5-report-to-accuse-herman-cain-of-13-year-affair/

Bridge Partners? Carpoolers? Hikers?

[nolabear]

16. Bosom Buddies.

[russspeakeasy]

17. I'm hoping it is Wolf's wife.

[dtexdem]

11. Did he think she was a friend only until they broke up?

;-)

[maddezmom]

12. from Fox 5 in Atlanta: Georgia Woman Claims 13-Year Affair with Herman Cain

Georgia Woman Claims 13-Year Affair with Herman Cain

Ginger White's exclusive interview with the I-Team

Updated: Monday, 28 Nov 2011, 5:01 PM EST
Published : Monday, 28 Nov 2011, 5:01 PM EST

Dale
Russell


By DALE RUSSELL/FOX 5 I-Team



ATLANTA, Ga. - An Atlanta businesswoman is breaking her silence, claiming she has been involved in a 13-year-long affair with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain.

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, FOX 5 senior I-Team reporter Dale Russell sat down with Ginger White, who had an amazing story to tell.

“It was pretty simple,” White said. “It wasn't complicated. I was aware that he was married. And I was also aware I was involved in a very inappropriate situation, relationship.”

In an exclusive interview on FOX 5 News at 6, Russell will tell you why White is speaking out now, and show you the records that she says back up her story. He also talks to Herman Cain, who denies the affair. Cain’s attorney, Lin Wood, released the following statement to just moments ago:

"Mr. Cain has been informed today that your television station plans to broadcast a story this evening in which a female will make an accusation that she engaged in a 13-year long physical relationship with Mr. Cain. This is not an accusation of harassment in the workplace – this is not an accusation of an assault - which are subject matters of legitimate inquiry to a political candidate.



http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/ginger-white-claims-affair-herman-cain-20111127-es

[Vincardog]

14. So harassment and assault are subject matters of legitimate inquiry to a political candidate but .

NOT SEX. Did anyone tell the Republican those rules?

[beac]

35. There are some seriously deranged and delusional Cain supporters

frothing at the mouth in the Comments. :crazy:

Apparently it's all a big "democrat" "BS" plot to "take down" a "good man" who "scares somebody" and the accuser got "gov't grants." :rofl:

[LuckyLib]

41. Wasn't one of Bill's flings named Ginger as well?

[brooklynite]

18. Update: Fox 5 Atlanta has been given documentation backing up the allegations...

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/ginger-white-claims-affair-herman-cain-20111127-es">Fox 5 Atlanta news story

[Gin]

22. he says he will stay in race "as long as his wife wants him too"

so...we shall see what excuse he uses to get out of the race.

also..the reporter said others were converging on this woman for her story so...it was not a very well hidden secret that Herm was having an affair...

[Old and In the Way]

30. After the recent revelations, she may want him to be on the campaign trial

for the rest of his life.

Did Herm think that this story wouldn't eventually come out? These 'Republican Family Values' sure are interesting.

[Doctor_J]

51. No kidding. "Herm - why don't you hit the campaign trail and just keep going"

Slimy Republicon hypocrite

[brooklynite]

86. Is the campaign trail the same as the Appalaichian trail?

[LiberalFighter]

56. Has she figured out at what point she can receive the maximum settlement?

[Kingofalldems]

20. Kick and Rec for all the Cain fans stopping in

[CreekDog]

23. Just one affair? Is that enough to win this race?

:shrug:

[A Simple Game]

81. No wonder Newt's ahead in the polls. n/t

[yellerpup]

24. Now that is getting out front of the problem!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[fascisthunter]

27. To Cain and his folks: "No Shit, Sherlock!"

[LittleGirl]

29. Is his 15 minutes over YET?

n/t

[mwb970]

31. Maybe it's part of the Herman Cain Art Project.

Is there some obscure movie or video game where this happens?

[beac]

33. 'The Herman Cain Story', rated PG-999*

* contains "private, alleged consensual conduct between adults"

[grantcart]

34. Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!!

[alp227]

37. Looks like Cain can find a good friend in fellow adulterer Newt Gingrich

That would make a SWEET Southern hypocritical Conservative Christian ticket right there!

[Rozlee]

39. I feel sorry for Mrs. Cain.

She must have known all along that this day was coming; maybe that's why she tried so hard to stay out of the media glare. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the wife isn't always the last to know and she must have had some idea of his alleged infidelity during a 13-year affair. She knew a shitstorm was heading their way if he ran, but her arrogant husband thought that he was 10 feet tall and bullet proof.

[katty]

43. how convenient, now he's doing preemptive affair-strikes

newsflash?

[Swede Atlanta]

44. So Hermie....

Is a friend someone you screw?

[beac]

64. Friends with Entitlements. n/t

[Doctor_J]

45. Squirmin' Herman needs to file a reverse class action suit

against all of these Perry/Romney/Obama/Gingrinch operatives dragging his previously spotless name through the mud with bald-faced lies. I mean, if it's all lies, he should make a killing in punitive damages in the libel suit.

[radhika]

49. When does Gloria Allred arrive? n/t

[Mosaic]

50. Of all the turds on their side

He stunk the most. Perry, Gingrich, and Romney all smell pretty bad too. That leaves the wackos who never get out of single digits. The whole fucking party is toast.

:toast: :toast:

[humbled_opinion]

52. Even the hardcore Teahidsts at my job have

soured on him, thankfully. I always thought Cain would be dangerous in a general election. Especially this coming year with the economy not recoving fast enough to stave off hard criticism of Obama's handling of it so to me this is welcome news. Now the Teaheads have jumped on the Newt bandwagon talking about how much they will love the debates between Obama and Newt and how Newt is the one that speaks like Raygun and can communicate and articulate conservative viewpoints and how those same viewpoints can fix all this mess.... Whatever... LOL...

[paparush]

54. It's the Oh Shituation Room

[Yooperman]

55. It's amazing he even thought he could run for POTUS knowing all this would eventually come out...

It's really mind boggling. I don't think he ever thought he would rise to the top of the shit pile of republican candidates.

I wonder what his wife will say now? HERMAN WHAT! YOU HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WOMAN,BUT IT WASN'T AN AFFAIR!!! YEAH AND BILL CLINTON DIDN'T HAVE SEX WITH MONICA EITHER!

What a sack of shit he is.

[DissedByBush]

72. Clinton had an affair too, and he made it

This is all looking too damn convenient though, and it's making me worried.

The moment Cain makes top of the polls suddenly women come out of the woodwork. He's been the public eye for years, ran for public office before, and only NOW does this come out.

He shoots straight back to the top if this is a setup and he proves them liars.

The Rather/Memogate faked memos definitely helped Bush.

[Caretha]

84. ROFLMFAO

Are you series?

[DissedByBush]

91. about which part? n/t

[Doctor_J]

98. What faked memos?

the documents from Bush's "military" service were real. And you might be on the wrong board.

[DissedByBush]

104. Oh, come on

They were clearly made using Microsoft Word in default setting, not by a 70's era typewriter that would be used by the National Guard.

I know my typography, I know my old typewriters. I also know the military is always behind the technology on basic secretary office equipment, and the National Guard gets the hand-me-downs from that.

There is no way in hell a simple secretary had a high-end proportional typesetting machine. Back then this technology was what book publishers and such would put down tens of thousands of dollars for. The Selectric Composer could do proportional, but not to this level of fineness, and such a secretary would be lucky to get a Selectric II, no way a Selectric Composer costing several thousand 1970s dollars.

Besides, all other memos found from the place around that time were on what was expected: regular fixed-width font typewriters.

"And you might be on the wrong board."

I'm supposed to go somewhere that reality doesn't touch, where people live in fantasy? Or should I stay on a board that deals in the real world?

It was quite obvious Bush did everything he could to get out of the war, and not even do the easy service he got himself into.

We didn't need a very poorly forged smoking gun to show it. It probably cost the election.

[bitchkitty]

57. So what else is new? If anything,

he'll lose for being boring.

[NCcoast]

58. Dah... even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then

And I'm guessing papa godfather has a few more skeletons left in this closet. He needs to fold up his tent before things get any worse. Fortunately he ain't that smart.

[dennis4868]

59. It's weird....

the article starts out by saying: "A third woman will make FALSE sexual accusations against Herman Cain...."

How do we know the accusations are false?

[OswegoAtheist]

78. Yeah, WTF CNN?

Way to colour your readers' reaction.

Oswego "#occupyoswego" Atheist

[Politicalboi]

60. Yes another "false" accusation

LOL! I'm sure she is not to be believed either. Hell I would be embarrassed to say I had an affair with that POS.

[blkmusclmachine]

62. In other news, Republicans suck.

And I'm not apologizing! ;-)

[WoodyM90]

63. Newt has now gone ahead in the polling race

so Herman is trying to catch him in the affairs race.

[stockholmer]

66. Two Words- Brokered Convention

The Ruthug nominee will be either Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, David Patraeus, John Thune, or Bob McDonnell (as for VP it could be anyone of them or Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, Jon Kyl, Rob Portman, Newt, or Romney.

My gut sickeningly says Jeb with McDonnell or Portman as VP, next most likely would be Christie w/ Ryan or Thune, the wild card would be Patraeus with Rubio as VP (that would be a huge gamble as Patraeus is the ultimate war monger candidate and Rubio is sooo corrupt, but that ticket also has the largest upside except for possibly a Bush/Patraeus pairing.

It is wide open, and I am just throwing shite against the wall.

The key to why it will be brokered is the new rule in GOP primaries where winner doesn't take all in many states, so no candidate will have enough votes by the convention:

http://www.salon.com/2011/11/23/the_gop_needs_a_brokered_convention/

[66 dmhlt]

71. At what point will repubicans reject Hermie Cain's ...

"Hands-on Policy"

[Lint Head]

73. The disdain for Cain is falling like rain.

[Doctor_J]

97. Who knew Muhammed Ali was a DU member?

Or maybe it's Nipsey Russell

[unionworks]

74. He's Leavin'

...on the midnight traIn to Georgia! :-)

[AnnieBW]

76. And she's white. Oh, boy...

Herman's toast. Between just losing any Republican women's votes, he's just lost the "anti-miscengenation" vote.

[unionworks]

80. YEE-HAW! n/t

[NOLALady]

87. Are you sure?

She looks black to me. Black as in miscegenation started before the Africans got off the boat.

[AnnieBW]

103. I was wrong

I think that she's light-skinned black. The one picture that I saw made her look white.

[Name removed]

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[Sarah Ibarruri]

79. HOW is this man still running for office after ALL the accusations?????

Repukes make me vomit! They love perversion, don't they?

[fantomas]

82. Conservatives need to boycott Fox

Obviously Fox has joined the evil liberal media out to derail the Cain train!

[Doctor_J]

99. Pretty soon Fox will show Cain with a (D) next to his picture

he'll be named an honorary Dem like all the rest of the GOP criminals.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

83. "A third woman will make false sexual accusations against Herman Cain"

How does CNN know they are false? What an "odd" way to report a story. I could get a more professional assessment of the claim over the back fence with a gossipy neighbor. What the hell kind of "journalism" is this?

CNN just arbitrarily decides the claims are false and flatly states so?

:wtf:

[wickerwoman]

101. +1

That stuck in my craw as well. Reading on, it's clear that this is Cain's claim but CNN has no business leading with that line without making it clear that that is Cain's assertion and not theirs.

[yellowcanine]

85. "an acquaintance that I thought was a friend." Does she have pictures?

If it went on for an extended period of time she must have some pictures.....

[shanti]

88. buh bye. n/t

[christx30]

92. It's nice that he's

now leaking his scandals. Is he going to debate himself at the next GOP event?

[sofa king]

102. This headline can also be used as a pretzel.

One that isn't a choking hazard, of course.

[sarcasmo]

105. Kick!