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yabits
I agree with some of Dr. Paul's ideas, especially on shrinking the enormous military footprint that my country maintains. He's definitely not a loser in the same sense as Bachmann, Cain and Perry. He has a steady and devoted following, but he doesn't seem to get much more traction among Republicans than his steady percentage.
My opinion on that is that Paul truly represents the kind of change that Republicans like to talk about but few would actually want to see.
Posted in: Gingrich admits receiving $1.5 million payments from Freddie Mac
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yabits
Gingrich doesn't just spin, he gyrates. The complete liar. He's only surging because the rest of the Republican crop of clowns -- Huntsman aside -- are complete losers.
Desperation, by any other name would be Newt.
Go back to comments that Gingrich was making in September/October 2008 on FauxNews, saying how Barney Frank ought to be imprisoned and how politicians were in Fannie's and Freddie's pockets. And now this??!!
Liar.
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yabits
LOL... For any of the Republican clowns, save Huntsman, to rise to the level of "Obama-esque" would be hoping for too much. You know you're scraping bottom when you reach for the eye of Newt.
Posted in: Cain says he won't be forced out of White House race by sex scandal claims
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yabits
Cain's lousy excuses about why he flubbed the Libya question run the same pattern as his "explanations" about the women who filed formal grievances about his boorish behavior.
There is far less evidence of Axlerod having any involvement in the Cain stories than the women's claims against Cain. It just goes to prove that Cain's defenders simply must be hypocrites -- inventing stories out of thin air.
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yabits
The bottom line is always the bottom line. And that means money. The millions that Romney and a few others have invested in their campaigns has to provide a return. Cain threatens that return on investment. It's the Republican side that wants him brought down.
At this point, Cain's fate lies solely with the Republicans. If most thought that Cain truly represented the most viable candidate of their party, they would be doubling and re-doubling their support of the man.
That ain't happening.
Posted in: Cain says he won't be forced out of White House race by sex scandal claims
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yabits
I hereby apologize to pimps everywhere for any resemblance their taste in headgear might have to the likes of Herman Cain and Jack Abramoff.
Posted in: Republican debate shifts from Cain scandal to eurozone crisis
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yabits
A double-standard in relation to what? You don't believe potential presidents should have a thorough background check?
And if that background check uncovers evidence that the person had a number of accusations leveled against them for sexual harassment over a decade ago, while they headed an organization, that this would not be a serious matter? And if the person's initial reaction is that he doesn't remember any charges -- and then changes his story to say he does remember -- what does all that add up to?
A very unreliable candidate who may abuse his power. Therefore, your questions are not very relevant.
Posted in: Cain sex accuser goes public in New York; he denies it on late-night TV
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yabits
I am referring to Herman Cain. The other women who filed formal allegations against the CEO are almost certainly not liars. But a man -- a CEO -- who tries to convince people he can dismiss the very fact of sexual harassment charges against HIM out of his memory is a far bigger liar, in my opinion.
Posted in: Cain sex accuser goes public in New York; he denies it on late-night TV
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yabits
No. I'm making a judgment based on what Cain himself said. "The reason I forgot [the allegations] is because they were ridiculous. I dismissed them out of my mind."
C'mon, after so many high-profile examples of sexual harassment allegations -- something that most normal people would have learned to take very seriously, Cain "dismisses" them. If they were ridiculous, as Cain claims, that would be all the more reason to remember them. Do you actually believe that most people would try to just dismiss something as serious as a sex charge?
Especially when one is a CEO and charges were made at the time by not one, but two subordinates? Making harassment charges involving the workplace is one thing, but against the CEO??
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yabits
What is saddest about this is that these candidates represent the "best and brightest" that one of the two major parties are able to put forward as a candidate to lead the nation. Heck, Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain seem better suited to having giant balloons made of themselves and floated in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. (Cain with his pimp brim and that sly "C'mon girl" grin. Newt seems to be naturally expanding with more hot air each passing month.)
Bachmann? She's just this side of Christine O'Donnell bat$hit crazy. Just ask her last two campaign managers. Sanitorium? Give me a break. Ron Paul? Never happen. And then there's Rick Perry, who attests to the sorry state of the rest of the lot by immediately vaulting to lead the pack before people had a chance to see him open his mouth to speak.
That really leaves the two Mormons, one of whom causes newsflashes every time he maintains a stance on a position for longer than one week. Yes, Willard Romney makes John Kerry look like the rock of Gibraltar.
Posted in: Republican debate shifts from Cain scandal to eurozone crisis
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yabits
For me, Cain's most damning statement came when he declared how he forced himself to forget some of these incidents.
Now, sit and think about that for a minute or two. So every time Cain protests that he has no recollection of something it could very well mean that it actually happened but he willed himself to push it out of his mind. In another interview, Cain said he was known for having a pretty good memory when it comes to people.
So the man is playing it both ways. He wants to persuade people to believe that when he says he doesn't remember something it's because it probably didn't happen because he's got this pretty good memory. On the other hand, he has confessed to forcing himself to put things out of his mind. Yes, the things he'd rather forget. Shameful and embarrassing things.
Posted in: Cain sex accuser goes public in New York; he denies it on late-night TV
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yabits
A lot of Cain's support comes from the so-called "values voters" and religious fundamentalists who tend to have the most prudish attitude about matters of this type. Whether he quits or not, a lot of people in that segment must be having some serious doubts about him.
Not at all. I can recall a person successfully elected as president who entered the office with allegations of sexual improprieties attached to him. And the very types who defend Cain now had a field day attacking that president.
Well, I believe there is a right way and wrong way to deal with feelings of attraction for another person in the workplace. Doing things the wrong way is a reflection of character and should be held up for examination.
Yeah, and if I'm a multimillionaire CEO, I'll probably sit in my private jet and sulk for awhile. It's Cain who should have not accepted the "nonsense" of having his organization settle a claim that he felt was baseless. He could have informed the organization of his intention to take the matter to court to clear his name -- which would have forced a complete different kind of outcome.
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yabits
So, after investigating and hearing both sides, the "association" decided that the matter had enough substance to it that it best be resolved without the plaintiff taking it public. It's a standard CYA decision.
Which means: "He could have very well done the things you've complained about, but we're not going to formally admit that. Please take some money."
Cain was a direct party to its conclusion, which left his character and integrity under a cloud of suspicion -- should the confidentiality of the affair ever be breached.
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yabits
Well, there you have it. Cain claims he doesn't have a clue about the what the allegations were. There is no way a human resources or legal department could "investigate" it without getting Cain's side of the story. Cain would have had to have known about the outcome -- an outcome that would be viewed as vindicating the women's charges against his character. And any executive knows how vitally important perception is.
Legal and human resources have a duty to defend the organization and its leaders from false accusations and slander. There is simply no way in hell they would allow a false accusation against a CEO to stand, IF it were false. Secondarily, they have a duty to protect the organization from scandal. It appears rather elementary that the people within NRA decided they would not come out favorably when trying to defend their CEO from an accusation, a decision that would be reached based their investigation of the substance of the accusation. They then reverted to damage control mode.
Posted in: Cain says he won't be forced out of White House race by sex scandal claims
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yabits
Obviously a woman not to be pushed around or trifled with. Someone with a high level of sensitivity to what is right and what is wrong, and is willing to fight for what she thinks is right.
A nightmare for Cain, who didn't show he was willing to fight charges that he now claims he felt were baseless at the time they were made. Hey, Herman, do you have to be told that it is vitally important to fight charges against you especially when you believe they are baseless? Especially in light of what was happening in the decade with Bill Clinton , Bob Packwood, and Clarence Thomas. (Similar scandals occurred in the private sector as well.)
Wasn't that teaching you anything?
Posted in: Cain says he won't be forced out of White House race by sex scandal claims
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yabits
"I will vigorously defend my reputation, because I will not allow false accusations to compromise or in any way reflect badly on my character or on my integrity," Cain said Tuesday in an afternoon news conference in Scottsdale, AZ.
Herman, Herman, Herman... the time to have vigorously defended your reputation, your character, and your integrity would have been back at the time when two women filed formal complaints against you. You failed to do that. As CEO of the organization, you did have some influence over the human resources people who were your subordinates You could have easily commanded them not to settle.
Posted in: Cain says he won't be forced out of White House race by sex scandal claims
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yabits
Cain mealy-mouths it yet again. C'mon Herman, show you're a leader. Demand to take a polygraph test and challenge your accusers to take them as well. Set the example.
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yabits
That is somewhat true for China, but certainly not true for Brazil, which for decades stifled under right-wing governments (as did Chile), but since the election of the unionist/leftist Lula da Silva in 2003, has seen a complete turnaround. Likewise Chile, which swung left after decades of economic stagnation under right-wing governments who took their economic lessons directly from Friedman and his University of Chicago acolytes. The lesson seems to be to keep a healthy mix of free market and government involvement.
No they haven't. The modern Republicans' goal -- since Ronald Reagan -- has been to shrink government by driving it towards bankruptcy. It's why the Reagan/Bush years saw the national debt triple, and double again during W's two terms. The Republicans believe that the ultimate way to kill the programs they hate is to drive the entire government deep into a crisis situation. As one Republican put it: to force the size of government to shrink to where you could drown it in a bathtub.
Posted in: Republican candidate Cain denies report of sexual harassment
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yabits
Well, Bobby, we'd have to examine his completed pass rate. Right now, Cain's series of incompletions more resembles the record set by Bob Peck, er Packwood.
Posted in: Cain sex accuser goes public in New York; he denies it on late-night TV
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yabits
@PussInBoots:
I have enjoyed reading your posts, and find them very well written and insightful.
I believe, however, you did not quite frame the "worst case scenario" correctly. If we assume Cain did those things, it wasn't just a boorish pass made in a social setting, as if Cain was acting out of a basic liking of the person. The worst case scenario is the fact that the woman needed Cain's help in a professional sense, and that he indicated that he would be willing to give it if she put out for him. I find such behavior unacceptable and would not be willing to bestow even greater power on a person with such a character flaw.
Elliot Spitzer's misdeeds shine by comparison. In his case, it was a straight transaction that both parties willingly entered into, with no promise of "help" by a person who was certainly in a position to do so. The woman in Spitzer's case knew who she was and what she was about; Cain was attempting to take an ordinary professional woman and cast her into that role. That's what I find so damning about it, even though he -- to his credit -- took "No" for an answer.
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