Herman Cain Campaign Press Release

Posted on | November 28, 2011 | 89 Comments

Got it by e-mail. Not yet posted on the campaign’s Web site:

Cain Attacked by Accuser; Will Not Stop His Effort to Renew America

Detractors are trying once again to derail the Cain Train with more accusations of past events that never happened. The Cain Campaign is not surprised that another female accuser has come forward due to the fact that earlier allegations were unable to force Herman Cain to drop his presidential bid to renew America.
“The American public is tired of dirty politics and smear tactics as evident of their tremendous outpouring of support for me, my family and my campaign this past month. I am running for President of the United States of America and the reality is that there are individuals out there that favor the status quo of higher taxes, more government and political cronyism and they are afraid of a Cain Presidency,” said Mr. Cain.
“I have spoken directly to the American people and have been 100% honest with them. My plan is to continue to spread my vision on how I would renew America and keep her safe. I will not fight false claims as it is not what America needs or wants,” continued Mr. Cain.
Mr. Cain has spent four decades climbing the corporate ladder rising to the level of CEO at multiple successful business enterprises. Mr. Cain is a proven leader and the type of leader America badly needs at this time in her history.

First saw the story at Ace of Spades HQ. It’s now all over Memeorandum. Shepard Smith just did 10 minutes about it on Fox News. But the press release is not posted on the Cain campaign’s Web site yet.

Just sayin’ . . .

UPDATE: The Cain campaign had hoped to get back “on message” today with this new video about the 9-9-9 tax plan:

“Overtaken by events,” as they say . . .

UPDATE II: Ladd Ehlinger chooses this occasion to unload his personal grievances against Herman Cain’s campaign staff:

I was pro-Cain at the beginning, when Stacy McCain brought him to my attention and two good friends of mine started working for him. Dale Peterson endorsed him, and everyone I knew jumped on the “Cain Train.”
In fact I wanted to be on that train. Loved his speeches, thought he was witty, enjoyed meeting him at CPAC. I had all sorts of viral video ideas for him, back when he was a tabula rasa and no one knew who he was.
Then I tried to correspond with his team. One of them led me on for roughly five months. Eventually I discovered that someone else already had an exclusive contract to do all of his videos. I had been flat-out-lied to. Probably in order to keep me from working with any other candidate. When I called out this “Cain team member” about it, she was highly annoyed that I had the temerity to point out that she was lying to me.

You can read the rest, and attribute Ladd’s complaints to disgruntlement and disappointment, if you wish. But perhaps you remember my post on Nov. 10, “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know“:

For the past several days, in conversation after conversation, I’ve listened while friends told me what’s wrong with the Herman Cain campaign. Some of these friends are enthusiastic Cain supporters, some are not. And as I told several people who criticized the campaign’s handling of the sexual harassment allegations, “You’re not telling me anything I don’t know. Any 24-year-old with a semester of Leadership Institute training could do a better job than they’ve been doing.”

The point is, complaints like these had been piling up for months and, because of my status as the first journalist to take the Cain campaign seriously, people kept bending my ear with this kind of stuff, as if I had some power to influence the decision-making process within the campaign.

What was especially frustrating was hearing stories like Ladd’s, from people who felt they had been “led on,” told that they were under consideration for employment with the campaign and then . . . nothing.

A campaign’s hiring process is necessarily opaque to those outside the inner circle. But Ladd isn’t the only person who has expressed frustration with the staff’s operations, and not all of those who complained were seeking employment. Just sayin’ . . .

UPDATE III: Allahpundit makes a couple of points:

The Fox affiliate claims it wasn’t White who approached them with this story but a tipster who knows her and who allegedly was shopping the story to national media. . . . [S]he has money problems and has been accused before by a business partner of stalking and defamation. . . . And who is that mysterious tipster running around talking to reporters anyway?

The stalking-and-defamation bit suggests the woman is what you’d call “troubled.” Without regard to the credibility of her accusations, it’s generally a good idea to avoid people like that. And she produced phone records that would seem to indicate Cain didn’t avoid her.

Category: Election 2012, Herman Cain

Comments

89 Responses to “Herman Cain Campaign Press Release”

Julie Hyland
November 28th, 2011 @ 7:25 pm

Why would he put it on his campaign site? It’s not part of his running platform. Have you seen his 9-9-9 The Movie – Slaying the Tax Monster? http://bit.ly/vQyOHu It’s awesome!
Anonymous
November 28th, 2011 @ 7:41 pm

The timing seems suspicious, but I’m conflicted as to what to suspect.

It could be that the anti-Cain forces are playing “kick him, wait for him to start to get up, then kick him again.”

Or it could be that the Cain campaign is playing “hey, our numbers go up when he’s supposedly a sex fiend, and down when everyone forgets he’s supposedly a sex fiend. Let’s get those numbers back up.”
smitty
November 28th, 2011 @ 7:49 pm

In any case, it appears that you can expect a steady stream of these accusations as long as Cain remains in the running.

Is Cain a philanderer? I remain unconvinced. Information like this is far more damning, in my opinion.
Joe
November 28th, 2011 @ 7:53 pm

Looks like a dirty attack. Any merit? I doubt it. Will it damage Herman? It already has.
Joe
November 28th, 2011 @ 8:00 pm

1 He delivered large sausage to her every Saturday night,fast and hot.

First message on the Drew thread over at Ace’s. Ace’s follow up basically assumes Cain is admitting this is true.
Joe
November 28th, 2011 @ 8:01 pm

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/324168.php Ace follow up post.
Joe
November 28th, 2011 @ 8:06 pm

Ladd is pretty upset. I am still willing to give Cain the benefit of doubt on this accusation. But if it is true, Cain is toast. Not that he is no longer a Presidential contender–I think that boat has pretty much sailed, more in as in he is dead to me. I would not consider him a conservative leader.
ThomasD
November 28th, 2011 @ 8:11 pm

Screw Little Green Aceballs. He’s clearly predisposed to accept (if not necessarily ‘believe’) whatever the lamestream media is peddling, so long as it does not involve his own particular chosen one.

Ace pretends to be a tough media watchdog calling them out on their double standards, but when it comes to Cain he has his own clown nose on/off bag of tricks.
Anonymous
November 28th, 2011 @ 8:14 pm

The language of Cain’s response — not the press release in Stacy’s post, but the one issued to the media and quoted at AoS — is hard to spin in any other way than “I’m not going to deny this because I know damn well there’s irrefutable proof; instead, I’m just going to say it’s a private matter.”
Anonymous
November 28th, 2011 @ 8:19 pm

It doesn’t matter what the subject of the press release is. Having press releases archived on the Web is a way to attract traffic to the site. A candidate’s Web site should be the go-to source for up-to-date information directly from the campaign. Why should a page on the site labeled “newsroom” be something else besides, y’know, news?
Dcmick
November 28th, 2011 @ 8:20 pm

Remember when I commented on the earlier accusations against Cain, that Cain should be asked a very simple question: “During your long marriage, have you ever made a sexual move on a woman other than your wife?”

Remember when I suggested that Cain should be hit with that question.

Now we see, now we know.

And a guy who has been adulterous will be a guy likely to have made moves on other women, which some of those women MIGHT interpret as sexual harassing.

I knew it.

I knew it was coming.

AND there’s audio of Cain earlier in the year avowing to Conservatives that he didn’t have mistresses.

What an asshole!
Joe
November 28th, 2011 @ 8:20 pm

Unfortunately, too little, too late from Team Cain.
ThomasD
November 28th, 2011 @ 8:21 pm

From Cain

“I will not fight false claims, as it is not what America needs or wants

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/28/cain-denies-new-allegations-as-woman-claims-had-13-year-affair/#ixzz1f3LQdwZz

Whether he’s being honest or not, that is a flat out denial, not the non-denial that Ace and others are attempting to spin.

I seem to recall something about a lie circling the globe before the truth has time to put it’s shoes on.

It’s not exactly a conservative approach to politics (or life, the universe, and blogging), but who ever said Cain’s opponents were conservatives?
Joe
November 28th, 2011 @ 8:22 pm

I am not defending Ace, but it is getting hard to defend Herman Cain. The damage is done. If this is false, then it is a crying shame. If true…well then I am glad it is before any of the primaries.
Bob Belvedere
November 28th, 2011 @ 8:29 pm

Not good, not good.
Adjoran
November 28th, 2011 @ 8:31 pm

Should he stick his head in the sand and pretend it doesn’t exist?

Wake up and smell the coffee. That odor of burning toast is the Cain campaign.
Adjoran
November 28th, 2011 @ 8:32 pm

The non-denial, a staple from the Clinton playbook.
Adjoran
November 28th, 2011 @ 8:35 pm

The “non-denial” is the statement released which is quoted in the main post here.

Just like before, he can’t keep his story straight from one statement to the next.
ThomasD
November 28th, 2011 @ 8:39 pm

You don’t have to defend the man to bother to take the time to vet the information you are being fed.

Skepticism was warranted the first time. That the first accusations didn’t stick should only heighten your concerns about future claims.

That it is the same outlets who so willing jumped to a grossly negative conclusion being willing to so rapidly and firmly chance a repeating of their ‘mistake’ once again should be another red flag.

It would be farce if it wasn’t so damn serious. Consider for a moment that this might not be true – what to make of all those willing to truck in this slander? Is this where conservatives really want to go?

The ruling class will gladly drive conservatives into the ground to maintain power, don’t let them succeed so easily.
Anonymous
November 28th, 2011 @ 8:51 pm

To Cain’s credit, I doubt he’ll follow the Clinton play through its further steps (“mistakes were made [but not by me];” “I take full responsibility [for 30 seconds, after which I will begin shifting both blame and attention”]; etc.).

In person, he’s denied it (to Wolf Blitzer — watched that video since last time I was over here).

And while I am not a “burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt” in political matters, the way I see it a 13-year affair is something that if true can and should be substantiated rather than just accepted.
ThomasD
November 28th, 2011 @ 8:56 pm

Um no, his ‘story’ is quite clear to me.

A flat denial of the accusation followed with a blanket “we are not going to subject ourselves to a never ending series of ‘follow-up’ questions.” Questions that would prove to be nothing more than perpetual repetition of already denied claims. Otherwise known as death by a thousand (LSM) cuts.

Maybe that is just too complex, or sophisticated an approach for some to follow, or maybe that’s just the way they want to play it.

Let me make it clear, they are Borking him.

But all those on team Romney, or Team Perry, or whomever they think will benefit from this needs to remember that you cannot close pandora’s box. And no one with an (R) after their name will get to re-set the ground rules once the primaries are over.
ThomasD
November 28th, 2011 @ 9:00 pm

What part of Cain’s denial did you miss?

What part of Ace saying ‘he didn’t deny it’ did you miss?

Are you not troubled that you are basing at least some of your judgement on someone who is either grossly careless or a lying shit? And the odds of him being grossly careless again being roughly zero.
Ccoffer
November 28th, 2011 @ 9:04 pm

I’m done with Cain. He’d be suing this chick for defamation if it wasn’t true and SHE knows it.

What an asshole.
Anonymous
November 28th, 2011 @ 9:06 pm

This is true. But I do like the new website (though I think the first one was more pleasing to the eyes).

I think the vast majority of folks will do fine with it, but they could provide more releases…so that journalist that don’t happen to be on the distribution list, can get the memo.

Ultimately, I don’t think it is a subject Cain is particularly involved with on a day-to-day basis…who knows if he is even aware of it.

The hope is that he can get through to the primaries and have those smaller issues handled in time for the General election (IT issues are a quick fix)

…if he doesn’t make it through….well…l I’m sure history will be more concerned with Obama’s disasterous 2nd term or Romney leading the GOP label and the Conservative brand the way of the Whigs….

Random Note: the last time RSM complained about the website, the things that were complained about were either corrected, added, or replaced the next day….food for thought…
Anonymous
November 28th, 2011 @ 9:09 pm

It doesn’t actually work that way. And wouldn’t they be more problematic than anything?
Ladd Ehlinger Jr.
November 28th, 2011 @ 9:12 pm

Didn’t stick? IT TOOK 6+ YEARS for Paula Jones to “STICK!”

Ye gods.
Anonymous
November 28th, 2011 @ 9:12 pm

Current information leads one to think that this is a false or over exaggerated issue.

However, I am a worse case scenario guy. And in the worse case, I don’t care.

I am looking for a Conservative, not a God.

(the person who is best on Family Values…seems to be Santorum…I like him…not as much as Cain…but if you are going to get upset about an alleged affair….vote for Santorum or take your righteousness somewhere else).
ThomasD
November 28th, 2011 @ 9:19 pm

The Romney camp is the only group with the money and foot soldiers to do this kind of oppo research.

What people need to realize is that isn’t just about Cain, the individual candidate.

This is about the insurgent faction within the party. This is Romney saying he doesn’t want ANYONE telling him what kind of person he needs to pick for HIS choice of VP.

They are going to marginalize everyone else so that it will be Mitt and some time serving ruling class apparatchik.
Finrod Felagund
November 28th, 2011 @ 9:25 pm

I suppose you’re also too impatient to wait for a bag of microwave popcorn to pop.
Paul Zummo
November 28th, 2011 @ 9:32 pm

Gullible people like you are running conservatism in the ditch. Did you
actually read the press release? The campaign tacitly admitted to the
affair, and then made some nonsense blather about private affairs not being a fit subject for a campaign. Are you kidding me?

No, but keep defending this vapid non-entity because he gives some smooth talking conservative jibe. Ridiculous.
Finrod Felagund
November 28th, 2011 @ 9:50 pm

Yeesh, has a wave of illiteracy taken over the land?

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

The candidate upstaged his accuser’s announcement, telling CNN a few minutes before the station broadcast an interview with White that her assertion was coming and would be false.

“It is someone that I know who is an acquaintance that I thought was a friend,” Cain said on CNN’s “Situation Room.” But he added, “I did not have an affair.”

“I acknowledge that I knew the woman,” he said. “I acknowledge that I have known her for about that period of time. But the accusation that I had an a 13-year affair with her, no.”

Can he make it any more plain than that?

I just got through telling off Leon on RedState because he had this dumbass theory that since Cain’s lawyer in his statement didn’t deny it, that it must be true. Nobody over there had cared to notice that Herman Cain himself had denied the charges on CNN before the charges had even been officially made.
Zilla of the Resistance
November 28th, 2011 @ 10:02 pm

WTF? Would it kill them to hire a BLOGGER? It’s not like it’s particularly hard to issue a press release to your own campaign site and SPIN A STORY TO YOUR ADVANTAGE before the enemy spins it the other way FOR you. I think we all know a gentleman who has decades of news experience who happens to also be a prominent Conservative blogger AND is like the first ever Cain supporter. You know?
Ladd Ehlinger Jr.
November 28th, 2011 @ 10:06 pm

It’s not about sex or extramarital affairs. It’s about being unprepared and ill-equipped to handle sex or extramarital affairs while campaigning.
Ladd Ehlinger Jr.
November 28th, 2011 @ 10:07 pm

Exactly, Mrs. Z. But “they know better.”
Ladd Ehlinger Jr.
November 28th, 2011 @ 10:13 pm

From Allapundit:
The worst part? She had his private phone number.

She says the physical relationship ended about eight months ago, right before Cain announced he was running for president. But the communication did not. When we asked for any corroborating evidence, she pointed us to her cell phone contacts. One name: Herman Cain.She showed us some of her cell phone bills that included 61 phone calls or text messages to or from a number starting with 678. She says it is Herman Cain’s private cell phone. The calls were made during four different months– calls or texts made as early as 4:26 in the early morning, and as late as 7:52 at night. The latest were in September of this year.“We’ve never worked together,” said White. “And I can’t imagine someone phoning or texting me for the last two and a half years, just because.”We texted the number and Herman Cain called us back. He told us he “knew Ginger White” but said these are “more false allegations.” He said she had his number because he was “trying to help her financially.”

Sixty-one calls over four months is roughly one every other day. Cain and White didn’t work together, either: According to her, they met at a presentation he made for the NRA in the late 90s and have been friends ever since. Cain acknowledged that friendship in his interview with Blitzer this afternoon but said his wife has never met White. So they’re old friends, but not close enough friends that White would have met his family, yet close enough that (a) Cain would be willing to help her financially and (b) they’d be in frequent contact even while he was busy campaigning for president.
Ccoffer
November 28th, 2011 @ 10:42 pm

Cain train is taking on a whole new meaning.
richard mcenroe
November 28th, 2011 @ 10:42 pm

I have lots of women’s phone numbers on my phone that I have not had sex with. And I’ve helped three of them in the last decade with money.

And speaking of having someone’s number… http://tinyurl.com/7o72hcb
Anonymous
November 28th, 2011 @ 10:43 pm

Well that’s putting it mildly.
Alan Kellogg
November 28th, 2011 @ 10:59 pm

I have to wonder, but what does Cain have against California? Any state with a sales tax for that matter.
Adjoran
November 28th, 2011 @ 11:18 pm

Yeah, but that was his third or fourth complaint about it.

If your website isn’t helping reporters write stories about you, you are probably wasting your money. I’ve been on the intertubes since 1994, never missed a single election, and have visited as a voter only one candidate’s website. I recoiled in horror and never tried again. You don’t win voters with websites, but favorable news stories can help a lot – IF they can get written.
Adjoran
November 28th, 2011 @ 11:23 pm

And how many have alleged affairs with you or received settlements from your company based on complaints about your behavior?
Adjoran
November 28th, 2011 @ 11:25 pm

Read the press release. If you have trouble with English, perhaps a translator can be provided to assist you.
ThomasD
November 28th, 2011 @ 11:25 pm

If it’s true that he had an affair then his political reputation is toast.

But what about your reputation? Are you willing to stake it all tonight?

Because tonight you’ve just equated Cain with Bill Clinton?

What if you are wrong? Is your reputation toast too?

Ye gods indeed.
ThomasD
November 28th, 2011 @ 11:27 pm

Don’t confuse them with the facts, they are on a roll.
Adjoran
November 28th, 2011 @ 11:28 pm

Yeah, it would be unreasonable to expect him to keep his freakin’ story straight between him and his lawyer for ONE WHOLE DAY, wouldn’t it?

He only wants to be President of the United States. It isn’t as if he should demonstrate some competence on the fly, is it?
ThomasD
November 28th, 2011 @ 11:30 pm

It certainly would appear that other campaigns have, in fact, hired bloggers to spin the story, even to the point of grossly misrepresenting a denial as a non-denial.
ThomasD
November 28th, 2011 @ 11:32 pm

Yep, that is the single most telling weakness of 9/9/9 – nobody in any State with a significant sales tax (or those with none) would ever support the plan.
Ladd Ehlinger Jr.
November 28th, 2011 @ 11:41 pm

Oh good grief Richard. Come on.
Ladd Ehlinger Jr.
November 28th, 2011 @ 11:42 pm

I read the press release. I am not getting paid by anyone. It was a non-denial. It was legalese. It was Clintonian.
Anonymous
November 28th, 2011 @ 11:47 pm

Damning, I suppose, but still in the frakking form of an allegation and more unnamed sources. When is someone going to produce video? Don’t we all have cellphones now?

Ladd is right to be angry. But this kind of crap happens in the entertainment industry a LOT. Especially on the performer side of things. I’d be shocked if the tech side wasn’t just as rife with people being led on, lied to about schedules, and especially potential payouts.