Cain Says Perry Camp Behind Sex Harassment Leak

[Faygo Kid]

Source: Forbes

Was the recent attack on Herman Cain’s presidential campaign a professional hit job? Absolutely, says Herman Cain. And he says he knows just where to look for the guy who did it: At 815 Slaters Lane in Alexandria, Virginia, a low-slung former warehouse in the shadow of a coal plant.

There, beside rusting rail lines, is the home of OnMessage Inc., a Republican-leaning consulting firm recently hired to bolster Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s presidential campaign.

Contributor One of the firm’s partners, Curt Anderson, worked on Cain’s losing 2004 U.S. Senate campaign. Cain thinks he’s the hired political gun who leaked details to Politico, a Washington trade publication, of alleged “sexually suggestive behavior” Cain is said to have exhibited towards two women while he ran the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. That story set off a media frenzy which has quickly put Cain’s campaign on the defense.

In the summer of 2003, Cain recalls briefing Anderson—his general campaign consultant at the time—that sexual harassment claims were brought against him while he was chairman of the National Restaurant Association from 1996 to 1999. . .

Read more: http://www.forbes.com/sites/richardminiter/2011/11/02/herman-cain-sexual-harassment-leak/

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Well, the plot has certainly thickened now.

[Liberal Veteran]

1. Liberal Veteran says

[Journeyman]

2. But yesterday, he blamed it on liberals, though he admitted he had no evidence. . .

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201111010027?frontpage


"Relative to the left, I believe that race is a bigger driving factor. I don't think it's a driving factor on the right. This is just based upon our speculation."


#idonthavethefactstobackthisup

[ProSense]

3. Herman Cain blames left-wing racism for his sexual harassment problem

Daily Kos: Herman Cain blames left-wing racism for his sexual harassment problem


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Cain is an all-around moron!

[Demonaut]

4. morAn!

it's DU silly
http://www.briangordon.ca/2009/12/the-morans-are-here-idiocracy-has-arrived/moran/

[madokie]

43. And he's soaking up all the oxygen in the room

So lets stay out of the room and let him have at it. LOL cain for president is a joke foisted upon us by the likes of the koch brothers. I love it, their divide and conquer is going to come back and bite them, repubs. in the ass bigtime.

[Ian David]

5. If it were Liberals, they would have waited until after he won the Primary. n/t

[Iliyah]

6. Rick and Herman

sitting in a tree, kissing, oops. I bet Newt is rubbing his hands by now - LOL

Politics have become so dirty and nasty with a hell of alot of money to boot.

[Number23]

7. Whoever did it deserves a medal.

[SoapBox]

8. "Herb" says...

Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, 999, Blah, Blah, Blah.

Herbie...you are a major CainWreck.

[LynneSin]

9. By the 6 O'clock news tonight Perry will be replaced with Liberals

:eyes:

But seriously, progressives want Cain to win the nomination because he's a Buffoon (but the again so is Perry). Why would we leak the news, since we (liberals) have nothing to lose or gain by leaking this.

It was an inside job by one of the other candidates. My money is on Perry but I wouldn't be suprised if the Bachmann folks had a hand in this.

[brooklynite]

Didn't see that coming...

...our FRiends were convinced that "if the Mitten fits, you can't aquit..."

[Iliyah]

11. Don't worry

blaming the Kenyan Socialist Prez O is coming soon.

[Faygo Kid]

13. They can pull a Hannity and blame libs and Obama all they want, but this is juicy.

They are eating their own, and all the apologists like Hannity and O'Lielly can't put lipstick on this pig, except for the doofus FReepers.

[kestrel91316]

10. Somebody forgot to tell Cain he's supposed to blame Obama.

[SteveM]

12. Perry is known for laying this kind of stink down. Repeatedly. nt

[wilt the stilt]

14. I thought it was Rove

Herm, How does that knife feel in your back? Curt's twisting it too.

[Beartracks]

15. Whaaat? But Hannity told me it was the Liberals!!

Oh, that was yesterday's talking point? Never mind.

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[Douglas Carpenter]

16. Cain camp: Perry team "absolutely" behind leak

Source: CBS NEWS

The Herman Cain campaign is calling on Rick Perry's campaign to apologize for allegedly leaking to Politico the fact that Cain was accused of sexually harassing two women while serving as head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.


In an appearance on Fox News, Cain chief of staff Mark Block said the campaign was "absolutely" charging the Perry campaign with "stirring this up."


"First, you're charging the Perry campaign with stirring this up," prompted Fox News' Bret Baier.

"Absolutely. And quite frankly, this is one of the actions in America that is the reason people don't get involved in politics. The actions of the Perry campaign are despicable," Block said. "Rick Perry and his campaign owe Herman Cain and his family an apology."




Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20129353-503544/cain-camp-perry-team-owes-us-an-apology/

[arcane1]

17. Yes, because leaking the story is worse than the actual story

But this is as good as any way to get rid of Cain. It's not like he was really trying to be president.

[valerief]

18. Who cares about these friggin' clowns? They're all the same. nt

[Safetykitten]

19. ...and?

[Renew Deal]

20. What's wrong with the Perry campaign putting it out there and "stirring it up?"

:shrug:

[No Elephants]

21. Gee, I thought it was the Romney campaign that leaked it.

But why should anyone apologize for leaking the truth about a candidate for a Presidential nomination to Americans?

Perry has no chance anyway.

[doc03]

22. I thought it was the "Liberal Media" n/t

[No Elephants]

26. It would have been, except for two things.

1/ There is no liberal media.

2/ Media does squat on its own.

[tabatha]

23. If you have a scandal in your background, Herman Cain,

it is your fault.

[No Elephants]

27. Republicans only expect other people to take personal responsiblity.

I have yet to see a Republican politician who actually does that, though.

[tabatha]

32. I was rephrasing his if you don't have a job it is your fault.

[Tx4obama]

24. And now they are also trying to pin it on Rahm Emanuel

Source - Rahm Emanuel involved in Cain sexual harassment accuser attacks
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2011/nov/2/picket-source-rham-emanuel-involved-cain-sexual-ha/

[No Elephants]

28. Pin what? Telling the truth about sexual harrassment by a a Presidential wannabe?

Why would that even be a bad thing?

[Grassy Knoll]

34. Some People Say......

Rush Limbaugh gave the story to Rahm Emanuel. :shrug:

[yardwork]

25. Huh. I wonder if Rove convinced Cain's people that Perry was the leak, hoping to take out both.

[No Elephants]

29. Ooooo. I like the way you think!

Would not be surprised if you were right.

[Safetykitten]

31. Nice theory. Would not be surprised.

[Angry Dragon]

30. Herman, the truth will set you free.................

[JI7]

33. Cain wants Romney to win the Nomination if he can't win it himself

notice he has never attacked Romney. i remember when he said he might not support Perry over some immigration thing. but Romney had similar stuff in his history and Cain never criticized him.

either way, fuck all 3 of them.

[AlbertCat]

35. Crunch... crunch.... crunch...

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[rurallib]

36. and while the bozos duke it out, KKKKarl laughs his ass off.

[Douglas Carpenter]

37. Cain Says Perry Is Orchestrating a Smear Campaign -Perry camp floats Romney camp as culprits

By JEFF ZELENY, JIM RUTENBERG and MICHAEL D. SHEAR
Published: November 2, 2011

WASHINGTON — A defiant Herman Cain accused Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, a Republican rival, of orchestrating a smear campaign to destroy his presidential candidacy, as additional accusations emerged Wednesday that Mr. Cain made unwanted sexual overtures to women while he led the National Restaurant Association more than a decade ago.

As he sought to contain the fallout that consumed his campaign for a third day, Mr. Cain shifted his blame from the news media to the Perry campaign. He accused a top political adviser to Mr. Perry of leaking details of one allegation, saying the adviser learned of it while working for Mr. Cain’s failed bid for the Senate in 2004.

A spokesman for Mr. Perry called the suggestion “patently untrue,” and denied the campaign was the source of the disclosures that have upended the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Mr. Cain took aim at his rival after The Associated Press reported that a third woman had come forward with an allegation of sexual harassment at the restaurant association in the 1990s

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/us/politics/herman-cain-accuses-rick-perry-of-smear-campaign.html

Rick Perry camp floats Mitt Romney as culprit in Cain affair


By ALEXANDER BURNS | 11/2/11 9:33 PM EDT
As Herman Cain blames Rick Perry for the stories about his alleged sexual harassment, one Perry spokesman suggests another culprit:

"That is false, patently untrue, no one at this campaign was involved in this story," said Perry communications director Ray Sullivan.

Sullivan then suggested to CBS News and National Journal reporter Rebecca Kaplan that Mitt Romney's campaign is behind the allegations.

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"I wouldn't put it past them," he said, stating that blog posts have noted that Cain's successor at the Restaurant Association "is a big Romney donor."

"There are much closer connections between the Restaurant Association, Cain and the Romney camp than there are with us," he said.

I asked Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul to respond to the insinuation that her campaign was involved in the story. Her response: "Not true."

When Jennifer Rubin asked the Perry campaign if they had evidence Romney was tied to the story, Sullivan answered: "I'm simply citing the ties between Romney camp and based on the facts."

All that is not, needless to say, a way to de-escalate things.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67500.html#ixzz1cbYEXA6j

[Douglas Carpenter]

38. there is going to be bad blood here

[Douglas Carpenter]

40. 1

[EC]

39. Wow, Rove got 2 birds

with one stone, on this one. Damn, maybe he is a genius? I wonder if he knew that one of the guys working on Perry's PAC was a witness to the harrassment? Of course he did. :eyes:

[SKKY]

41. It wouldn't surprise me. That's how they roll in Texas politics...

...less we forget South Carolina in 2002, and what the Bush campaign did to McCain.

[JCMach1]

42. Cain wants to take Perry down with him... LOL

gotta love it...

[samsingh]

44. i think the actual harrassment is worse than the leak