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The Media Is Determined To Sink Herman Cain

People ask me why I keep writing about Herman Cain? Some hypothesize that I’m the chief cheerleader of the “number one Herman Cain fan club.” Whatever! What is true is that I’m a fan of Herman’s, but I am also a friend. But keep in mind that I am also very good friends with a person most conservatives would shave their heads to have run for president. And I haven’t written a peep about the person.

The point that I do not want lost in my “Daily Rants” is that what I am trying to do is: to educate and inform, to point out the hypocrisy and outright dishonesty of the media, and to help you understand their Erebusic machinations. I’m a political pundit and activist – and I can tell you without fear of contradiction that 98 percent of the media is outright dishonest and 99 percent of the media slants its presentation of the news in order to sway opinion. My purpose is to point out that the talking heads and pundits such as myself are 110 percent more disingenuous than the media. Because, they are without moral centers, they speak for theater not from the conviction of their “gut,” the exception being elitist liberals.

Herman Cain is being subjected to a higher standard than any other candidate. You see pundit, talking heads, and program hosts all joining in and making the same negative claims about Herman. I challenge you to spend a full day on the so-called fair and balanced Fox News Channel. Listen very carefully to what is said about Herman – see how close to verbatim each report is about him and listen to how close to verbatim the talking heads and pundits comments are about him. Do you think that’s an accident? They are regurgitating Republican and Democrat Party talking points. Ask yourself what the chances are of nearly 100 percent of those people saying and writing nearly the exact same things verbatim, if they are not all in bed together? Ask yourself why they aren’t going after a proven liar like Obama – who is defecating on the Constitution, as they are going after Herman?

I watched one Fox News program host interview A.B. Stoddard of the Hill.com. The program host did everything but hold up cue cards for her to say what he wanted to hear. He played down the comments of Herman’s wife and family – saying his wife didn’t deny his doing the things he is being smeared about. Of course Stoddard picked right up on it and parroted virtual the very same words. Permit me to digress: usually when a person (in this case Mrs. Cain) says their husband would “have to have a dual personality” and that the things her husband is accused of are “disrespectful of women” and that Herman “totally respects women” – most people understand that to mean she is saying he’s innocent.

But not program host John Scott and not Hill.com’s A.B. Stoddard. In their lexicon that wasn’t an outright denial. It’s the same thing the attack dog media used on South Carolina governor Nikki Haley when she was running for office. They accused her and her husband of having an open marriage, i.e., they permitted one another to sleep with whomever they wanted. Haley responded by saying that she had never been unfaithful to her husband, and the media immediately said, her response was that she had never been unfaithful, not that they didn’t have an open marriage – ergo, she was guilty of having an open marriage. That is emblematic of their cognitive dishonesty.

For the last few days they have been blathering that Herman is down in the polls, that he is loosing his support, that women are fleeing him. They reference polls that prove their points. Since the middle of last week we’ve heard that a Marist poll showed Herman was tanking in the polls, that the luster was off him, etc. A bit of reality here is in order.

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First, the Marist poll only showed him down by 4 points to Romney, but they conveniently omitted that not only was it a very small sampling group, comprised of 347 Republicans and Republican leaning Independents. More importantly they omitted, the margin of error was 5.5 percentage points. And even more important, a Republican leaning Independent is just that – how many of them made up the 347 persons polled? But John Scott and Stoddard obviously didn’t see the need to share that information, nor did they see fit to point out that two other reputable polls over the very same time period had Herman ahead.

The CBS News Poll had Herman plus three points over Romney with a slightly larger sampling of 382 registered voters, Politico/GWU/Battleground Poll had a sampling of 436 registered voters had Herman plus two points ahead of Romney. Why aren’t every one of the daytime Fox News program hosts not reporting this information? Do they not think it important?

Another point they omitted was that 60 percent of the people in the CBS Poll said the accusations were not a factor for them. And 30 percent of the people in the same poll said the charges make them less likely to vote for Herman, but that’s a far cry from refusal to vote for him. They made a claim that RealClearPolitics average showed Herman trailing and blathered on as if it were a primordial importance. But they neglected to say the RCP average of combined polls showed Herman trailing by a whooping 0.4 percentage point. Wouldn’t you agree that is a significant thing to know? Why was the viewing audience given all of the data?

You weren’t given all of the information because the media is dishonest and manipulative. They look down on Herman because he is plain spoken and not a graduate of an Ivy League indoctrination center, e.g., Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Berkley. They portray a man and family whose yes is yes and whose no is no. They attack Herman for not being able to recall in explicit detail something that happened 15 years ago. Here’s an exercise for you. Think of something from 15 years ago. Write it down and then each day following read it again and see how much more information you end up adding to it. See to what extent same clarifies your memory in way that partially changes your original memory.

I once had someone ask me if I remembered what we did on our first date. I said yes and proceeded to share the specifics that came immediately to mind, only to find out that there where things I left out.

As I stated, the media is dishonest and manipulative. And think about this – if Fox News (the so-called fair and balanced) is this blatantly dishonest and deliberately misleading – think what the other outright leftist/liberal news channels, programs, and newspapers are doing.

About Mychal Massie

Mychal S. Massie is the former National Chairman of the conservative black think tank, Project 21-The National Leadership Network of Black Conservatives; and a member of its’ parent think tank, the National Center for Public Policy Research. In his official capacity with this free market public policy think tank he has spoken at the U.S. Capitol, CPAC, participated in numerous press conferences on Capitol Hill, the National Press Club and has testified concerning property rights pursuant to the “Endangered Species Act” before the Chairman of the House Committee on Resources. He has been a keynote speaker at colleges and universities nationwide, at Tea Party Rallies, at rallies supporting our troops and conservative presidents; and rally’s supporting conservative causes across the country. He is an unapologetic supporter of our right to own and carry firearms.

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95 Responses to The Media Is Determined To Sink Herman Cain

  1. Pat November 18, 2011 at 8:15 am #

    The allegations make me MORE likely to vote for Cain! Why are they afraid of him? I don’t like 9-9-9, and I hope Congress won’t have anything to do with it, but that’s about the only real drawback I can think of. Other than that, I think he is an excellent candidate, and it makes me furious they would defame him like that.

    • Mychal November 18, 2011 at 7:38 pm #

      pat: the accusations calcified support for Herman for a lot of people…his 9-9-9 plan will be tweaked before implementing…it is a good plan because it rids us of the over-complicated onerous and punitive current tax system…

      • Pat November 18, 2011 at 7:55 pm #

        Thanks, Mychal,

        9-9-9 introduces a new tax. That’s very, very bad. We need to simplify. Get rid of income taxes on everyone and just have an excise tax. Cain should tell us what parts of government he will cut. A number of agencies need to be shut down. Right now, I’m torn between him and Bachmann. If he will talk about cutting large chunks of government, I’ll lean even more toward him.

        Let’s get rid of IRS, FDA, NEA (both of them), HHS, Obamacare, EPA, and a bunch more. Then we’ll have something concrete to talk about.

        • Mychal November 18, 2011 at 8:21 pm #

          pat: I like Michelle but do not see her being able to stare down our enemies…I don’t see her being able to day in and day out taking the rebukes libs will hurl her way…and it has nothing to do w/ her being a woman…it has to do w/ her being not having that “rip out your throat and pour paint remover in where it used to be” in her back pocket…I think she would make a stellar cabinet appointment…and I believe that tweaking 9-9-9 will make it practical and a demonstrable improvement to what we have now…

          • Pat November 18, 2011 at 11:01 pm #

            Mychal, I think you are quite likely right about Michelle’s personality. She does seem to be a gentle soul, although I think she has a lot of strength, too.

            Just encourage Cain to come out with information about what he wants to cut. That would help immensely.

          • Mychal November 18, 2011 at 11:12 pm #

            pat: it’s not that she’s gentle or that she isn’t a strong…it’s that she doesn’t have that presence that says I’m nice but I can still tear your legs off if I want to…Thatcher had it…

          • Pat November 19, 2011 at 12:54 am #

            I think you’re right. She’s a good woman and has the right ideas, but she’s not like Margaret Thatcher.

    • sumitch November 25, 2011 at 7:32 pm #

      They obviously have his “ObamaCare” style of health care to bury him with. It can’t be the Team Obama that does it for obvious reasons, but there are plenty of candidates that will. Also, like it or not, the fact that he is a Mormon will cost him votes. Being Catholic cost Kennedy, Latter Day Saints will cost Romney. We’ll ignore his performance with the Olympics and say it’s the media lies again, but if anyone remembers the corruption that was there and isn’t now will completely discount the “That’s a lie” statements that are given without any proof what-so-ever.

      Just had sent to me a clip from YouTube (I think) of Newt giving a speech entitled “Liberty or Death”. It’s easy to find with Google. Like him or not because of marriage isssue(s), the recent connections or the jewelry bill (which he paid), the man knows the game in DC, was successful with his Contract With America when he was Speaker, is extremely intelligent and knows his history backwards and forewards, so he’s not as likely to make the same mistakes. I think he’d bury Mr. pretty speech’s lies in any debate with facts. Still haven’t made up my mind. Guv. Perry has said some things I like, but living in Texas, he doesn’t always tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth (do any of them?) and, he may find it rough plowing in DC just like Jimmah Carter did. I’m more worried about Obama cheating, lying, ballot box stuffing and criminal friends than I am of most anything. There’s nothing this man won’t do to get another 4 years so he can complete ruining this country. He’s more dangerous than Iran and North Korea combined. But the same idiots that bought his pretty talk and hope and change BS will put him in office before and will be voting for him again. WE must consider him the greatest danger to the United States since WW II.

      • Mychal November 28, 2011 at 8:36 pm #

        sumitcch: gingrich knows the game…but he needs to be controlled…and the only way I see that happening is on a Herman ticket or Herman cabinet…

  2. dave buls November 17, 2011 at 8:15 am #

    Mychal,

    I haven’t read any of the rants here today. I just woke up, and thank God, rest brings fresh thoughts.

    I have been thinking about how different the mood in America is from just a few years ago. The general manager of that alcohol company in Tennessee, I believe it was Jim Beam, said something that stuck with me. He said, “It used to be in America that, if you were successful, people wanted to be like that. Now, people want to take what you have.”

    This is a weird transition in thought that disturbs me. When I was in Communist East Germany in 1984, there was a mood of gloom, of people spying on each other, people stepping out of your way if you were an American, because they were forbidden to talk with you. Russian police were on every corner, watching with binoculars as our tour went through East Berlin. Because I was in East Berlin, West Berlin was just a step back over Checkpoint Charlie. The contrast was so shocking, because you could step from communism back to freedom. It was like stepping out of a terrible storm into bright sunlight.

    In any case, doesn’t it seem like we are becoming a nation of people getting into each other’s business? If i walk outside and say hello to the neighbor, I don’t see it, but if I turn on the tv, every news channel is about people attacking each other, getting into their living rooms, missing babies, courtrooms, as if any of that were news.

    Obama himself is behind much of this petulance, creating hate and resentment. It rolls downhill. The American people, both rich and poor, are not creating this petulance. It’s the government and the media, trying to stir up trouble. This happened in China during the Cultural Revolution, when Chairman Mao had to re-engineer the thinking of millions of people, and this was done through infighting and name calling. 20 million people were killed by the government, trying to engineer people back to an agrarian school of thought. After decades of that failing, and Russia giving up communism, China now realizes that it must allow some to have wealth, because forced poverty and collectivism was destroying China.

    Conservatism is about truth and independent thinking, and liberalism is about lies and accusations, in order to cheat and corrupt. Nancy Pelosi has managed to scam millions from tax payers, redirecting to her district, while decrying the “millionaires and billionaires”. Obama is just as bad, because until recently, it seems everything that came out of his mouth has contradicted what he promised several years ago. He just wanted to lie and promise anything to get the position. Now it seems, he is drifting to the center, but probably only long enough to get re elected, than back to the lying.

    You don’t see corporate executives fighting to each other, and saying things that are obvious lies and ways to gain more power.

    What i’m getting at, is that the American people, and all people, want freedom and opportunity. Corrupt people want to cajole, lie and cheat to get it, they don’t want to work for it and take risks that create reward. The thought process behind socialism eventually creates more and more poverty, because it creates people who want something for nothing.

  3. Anne Bryant November 16, 2011 at 7:46 am #

    Liberals seem to have very serious problems with ANYONE that is different than they are. Cain lives in the real world, he has overcome obstacles and succeeded, he has built businesses and shown people that self reliance works. He has worked and accomplshed rather than waiting for the government to save him or take care of him. This isn’t the picture that liberals want to paint. They depend on being able to make people victims. If they tell people how poor and miserable they are, If they tell people that there is no chance for them and the people believe them, then they win. They claim to have been in a war against poverty, bad education, and prejudice for a very long time. How long will it be before people realize that what they promise doesn’t exist?

    • Mychal November 16, 2011 at 9:39 pm #

      anne bryant: i think two things: 1) they’ve been warring against themselves since they’re the ones who shoulder the weight of responsibility for the things they’re fighting; 2) do they reasonably expect to win (or lose) the war in the next century or so…

  4. Fred November 15, 2011 at 10:14 pm #

    The media fears Herman Cain and know he is a genuine threat to Chairman Obama. Cain is a breath of fresh air and common sense.

    • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 10:36 pm #

      fred: Herman and his family are wonderful breath of fresh air…and I do not believe he would remotely as bad as obama…from a policy position not from a socialist perspective that obama has used to destroy our country…

  5. Ken James November 15, 2011 at 6:51 pm #

    As we’ve been discussing, the media will now pounce on Gingrich about his Fannie Mae connection. You’re next on the spit, Newt. And many of our right-wing bloggers will gleefully jump in and join the MSM in roasting you. Perry had a rock, Cain had gossip, and Newt has a connection. What are they planning for Romney? You can be assured they already know the answer.

    • lonewolflwb November 15, 2011 at 7:10 pm #

      Ken, I think the idea is to run Romney so Obama can win and we’re standing here… wondering what happened. Just like last time with McCain.

    • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 8:56 pm #

      ken james: they’re planning to help romney get the nomination and then crush him…

  6. Deb November 15, 2011 at 2:45 pm #

    Politics are dirty. Personal attacks are par for the course. I remember the chicago mayoral alection that was Jane Byrne, Harold Washington and one of the aldermen – sorry forget who. Jane and the alderman were going at it so ridiculously and viciously, that I believe part of the reason Harold Washington got elected is because he didn’t look like a school yard bully or an idiot. Politicians DO and WILL get attacked for all sorts of things, – true, untrue or doctored up. I think the issue with the media right now is WHY is Obama so untouchable? I used to say the same about Bill Clinton – it was like the guy was coated with Teflon. I enjoy your rants because they often give a new and knowledgable perspective on the issues and behind the scenes perspectives that many of us don’t have and allow people more information in their decision-making.

    • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 7:09 pm #

      deb: you make the point that begs outrage…where is the media in uncovering obama…they can dig up info in hours on anyone else…but obama they ignore…thk you for your kind thoughts…I genuinely appreciate your support and readership…

  7. Stormrider900 November 15, 2011 at 1:47 pm #

    This a war against Mr. Cain. Psyops is a tactic used in every conflict, so it shouldn’t be any surprise the left and GOP are employing the same methods. Words have power and it matters not whether they are truthful if they do the job. Our Lame Stream Media are either tools of the spin masters or unwitting puppets parroting their competition. Giving them any credibility is buying into a giant pitcher of Kool Aid!

    • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 7:14 pm #

      stormrider900: the media is both…your observations are spot on…

  8. Bill Sr. November 15, 2011 at 1:26 pm #

    I believe that far too many people still think the MSM only REPORTS the news when in fact they actually manufacture and PRODUCE what they want to feed to us over and over again until it is firmly a part of our mental picture of current events.
    It is in the same manner that things like Obama’s horrific stand on when life begins (as in allowing born alive infants during abortions to be left to die), his love of Marxist style government, and his distain for our Constitution, are strictly taboo and never to be permitted the light of day in any of our mass media which the liberals have been able to monopolize over the last several decades.
    The biased MSM is so infiltrated with liberal socialist and progressive Democrats that it can virtually dictate the thinking of the majority of the half educated 18-35 year olds taught by captivated unionized zombies and dispatched from our public schools and universities during that time. We can’t blame these poor mentally malnourished individuals for not being able to think for themselves or the inability to seriously analyze issues of the day from a perspective other than the neutered entitlement crazed desire to go with the flow and party as they burn down the “establishment” which provided all they were given.

    • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 7:23 pm #

      bill sr: I agree w/ all you’ve said but blaming them…I can and I do…

  9. Marilyn November 15, 2011 at 12:49 pm #

    I learned how to read/listen between the lines many years ago. The matter of waiting 20 years to disclose inappropriate behavior by a “boss” is enough to send up red flags. Mrs. Cain gave very clear, positive and concise information. If readers/listeners cannot comprehend her remarks, they are idiots.

    • Scorp3j November 15, 2011 at 1:11 pm #

      When a Conservative Baptist preacher runs for the highest office in the land. You better be clean, because you know the Socialist/Democrats will do everything they can to dig up any dirt on you, no matter how old it is…If you’re a Socialist/Democrat you can have a women under your desk 24/7 NO PROBLEM!!!!!!

      • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 7:27 pm #

        scorp3j: 4 shadowy individuals w/ corrupt backgrounds and conspicuously suspicious motives have accused him…that is anything but a resounding indictment off guilt…

    • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 7:31 pm #

      marilyn: Mrs. Cain gave a very straight forward and unrehearsed interview…she was credible and along w/ the children all were just as endearing as Herman…

  10. Scorp3j November 15, 2011 at 10:57 am #

    Sorry!!! but I have lost all confidence in Herman Cain. The first mistake was playing the race card at the first sign of trouble. I never expected he would lower himself to that level. Then he tried to blame Rick Perry without a shred of evidence..NOT GOOD!!! Now we find out it might have something to do with Axelrod’s Chicago thugs. For me to gain back trust in Herman Cain, he would have to go to the NRA and have them release the charges against him..Stand up like a man let the truth be told or get out of the race.
    PS..Herman! Get rid of Mark Smoking Block

    • Aardvark November 15, 2011 at 12:20 pm #

      So Scorp3j: It makes no difference Cain passed a lie detector test with 95% confidence he is tell the total truth and the same testing system against his accuser shows 95% confidence she is lying? You wanted proof. It was provided. So like a left-wing extremist who is deathly afraid that Cain will destroy Obama you enter your two cents hoping more lies heaped on the pile will finish the job, eh? Go Home!

      • RVD November 15, 2011 at 12:28 pm #

        Did Cain actually take a lie detector test? I think I missed something here………… Can you please supply a link…I have to know for sure ….. Thanks.

        • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 7:34 pm #

          rvd: see my response and Corp3j response…

      • Scorp3j November 15, 2011 at 12:35 pm #

        Mr.Cain never took a real Lie detector test..
        Herman Cain unwittingly takes lie detector test and PASSES… after private investigator examines his speech..

        Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2060174/Herman-Cain-PASSES-lie-detector-test-sexual-harassment-claims.html#ixzz1dnRCZz4m

        • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 7:33 pm #

          scorp3j: why should he…I think the program used by police that a complete stranger used spks volumes…especially against his accusers…

      • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 7:38 pm #

        aardvark: the test wasn’t administered to him…but it was no less valid…in fact it was moreso…because had he sat down to do it he would have been able to settle himself and try to manipulate if he had been so inclined…not knowing and spkg freely is more proof positive…conversely it was doubly damning for his accuser…

    • Lotow November 15, 2011 at 1:46 pm #

      Scorp3j – you have “lost all confidence in Herman Cain” based on a couple of mistakes? I’m sorry to hear that. Yeah, he blamed Rick Perry for something he probably had nothing to do with and that was a miscalculation and I was disappointed by it myself. And the playing of the race card is well, it’s soooo last decade.
      However, I take great interest in your belief that Mr. Cain should continue to defend himself against the ridiculous charges cast against him. The burden of proof is not on Mr. Cain. You say he needs to “Stand up like a man, let the truth be told…..” Did you miss him “standing up” and denying these allegations? Mr. Cain can not force the NRA to release documents – there are legal standards in place that dictate those items. I say to you sir, that you have drank the kool-aid of the media who are trying to destroy this man’s chances to run for office. I do not believe that Mr. Cain is guilty of any shenanigans of a salacious manner – because it doesn’t add up. There is nothing before or after his time with the NRA that point to anything of the sort. But, even if he is guilty of some transgression, why would you deem him unworthy of any of your confidence? Would it make him unable or unacceptable to hold the office of President? The man in that office right now has no personal history and is so clearly out of his league that the addage, inmates running the asylum has taken on a whole new meaning. I guess I just don’t understand how you can lose confidence in someone who is clearly able to lead based on rumors and innuendo that has not been substantiated. Good luck with your vote and be careful of the flying glass. Glass houses and rocks can be dangerous territory!!

      • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 7:21 pm #

        lotow: very well said…you nailed it well…

    • lonewolflwb November 15, 2011 at 6:38 pm #

      Scorp, I don’t think you ever had confidence in Herman, or you wouldn’t rely on reports from the MSM for the formulation of your opinion. Unfortunate, but those who don’t understand ‘original thought’ won’t understand Mychal’s rant. Those who believe truth comes from Huffington Post, Fox or the peacock network are about to inherit the fruits of their collective ignorance. Please make your comments to the NewYorkTimes.

      • RVD November 16, 2011 at 1:03 am #

        I am reading between the lines here and am getting the strong feeling that scorp3j just loves a lively debate. One thing is for sure….He or She is not a liberal! JMHO.

    • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 8:38 pm #

      scorp3j: first of all do not for a minute think that as far as it goes w/ liberals attacking him race isn’t a factor…and w/ that said until you are in that position you have no idea what you would say or think…try haivng your world torn apart…let your wife if you are married take your children and accuse you of being abusive when you know that’s not true and see how you would respond…that said this much is certain…the attacks originated from republicans and many of us in positions to know firmly believe it was rove…the attacks were then co-opted by libs and a liberal media…once again the exact kind of dirty tricks rove is known for…which is why he was fired in 1992 when he planted a story w/ bob novak… but to look in the direction of his former staff person is not unfair…even if it can be argued he should or should not have verbalized it…as for Mark Block…i submit it not our call nor is it krauthammer’s who seems to be making a career out of tearing down Palin and now Herman including verbatim the things you cite….of course krauthammer leaves out that he was in carter’s administration, was part of walter mondale’s election campaign, and ripped Ronald Reagan at will…Herman has addressed the situation…let the others bring forth more proof…per the NRA they gave the woman permission to release the information and she decided not to…what is Herman supposed to do…force her…seems to me his job is to get elected not spin his wheels w/ these miserable people…

      • Scorp3j November 16, 2011 at 1:09 am #

        Democrats know how to play the game, Republicans still have a lot to learn and are still wet behind the ears…Notice how everything is quiet now. They are going to wait until Herman Cain becomes the nominee or chosen for VP then all hell is going to brake loose on Mr.Cain,and we will have 4 more years of the Socialist. Democrats already know what’s in those NRA complaints..Cain’s lawyer’s must force NRA to show him those so called harassment charges that were brought against him. Get it out now!!!!!!so he can move on.
        PS, Mr. Cain get rid of Mark Smoking Block… NOW!!!!!

        • Mychal November 16, 2011 at 1:57 am #

          scorp3j: I guess you could be more wrong but it would be hard…the attacks have started against Newt as of this wknd…repubs have their own brand of dirty tricks that are just as toxic as those of liberal progressives and democrats…and it’s always been the plan for romney to get the nomination…that said your assertion Herman must force the NRA…the NRA released a statement couple wks ago that gave permission to the woman to lift the gag order…she chose not to…should Herman force her to do it…is that your point…or were you unaware of all of the facts…

      • Scorp3j November 16, 2011 at 1:50 am #

        Mychal, you are starting to sound like Obama. Blaming everybody else for Cain’s mistakes, in playing the race card, and Rick Perry with no proof. Even Condi Rice said Cain should not play the race card. I don’t care if these women decided not to release the information right now. Maybe they will wait until he is the nominee..or somebody will make them an offer they can’t refuse….Democrats know how to play the game…Democrats have out smarted and outmaneuvered Republicans on every bill so far..Obama is right republicans are soft…

        • Mychal November 16, 2011 at 2:08 am #

          scorp3j: lol….I’m sure barry will be amused to hear that…you have a right to your opinion…Dr. Rice is also pro abortion and pro race/gender based affirmative action…both of which I am opposed to…the fact that you misstate my position isn’t worth debate pursuant to what I meant and what she said…

          • Scorp3j November 16, 2011 at 2:51 am #

            Mychal…There you go again attacking the messenger…Herman Cain is better than that, he should have not played the race card and blame other republicans without proof. What is it that u still don’t get? Herman Cain will keep on going down until everything is out in the open…

          • Mychal November 16, 2011 at 3:05 am #

            scorp3j: hold on a minute…I’m missing out on just how you were attacked…I suggest you re-read my response and tell me how that is an attack…as a matter of fact I’ve copied it following…see below

            Submitted on 2011/11/16 at 2:08 am | In reply to Scorp3j.
            scorp3j: lol….I’m sure barry will be amused to hear that…you have a right to your opinion…Dr. Rice is also pro abortion and pro race/gender based affirmative action…both of which I am opposed to…the fact that you misstate my position isn’t worth debate pursuant to what I meant and what she said…

  11. Jennie November 15, 2011 at 10:28 am #

    Quite frankly, I am ashamed to be a Republican. When candidates began announcing, they were all happy to have Cain as one of them. I guess they just didn’t count on so many of us liking him so much. Next thing you know a bevy of women claiming he was “inappropiate” with them 10 YEARS AGO!!! Don’t you think if this was true, they would have said something then. When Herman started wowing us, they drug out the bimbo brigade. Well, Herman is not going to be anyone’s “token Negro”. You show them Herman! I hope they all have to eat every negative word they tried to use against you.

    • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 8:42 pm #

      jennie: WOW…well said…I share your passion and your feelings…where were they when he ran for office in 2004…where were they when he had his radio show and when he traveled the country spkg and lecturing…and it was 14 yrs ago…people seem to forget they first went after bachmann, then they went after Newt, now they’re after Herman…

  12. Raymond November 15, 2011 at 10:16 am #

    As I commented on a previous article, I like Herman Cain, the man, but he is not doing so well in answering substantive questions in debates. With that in mind, as the Republican nominee, the media, debate format with Obama and the biased debate moderators will do their best to make Mr. Cain look like a total incompetent.

    He did not do well in the friendly one on one with Newt Gingrich.

    • RVD November 15, 2011 at 11:15 am #

      Unfortunately, Raymond, I must agree with You, especially as far as the debate with Newt went. Deferring his answers to Newt was a BIG MISTAKE! Didn’t make him appear as knowledgeable as he was supposed to be on the topics. I actually cringed when I heard that response. (sigh).

      • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 7:48 pm #

        rvd: I didn’t see that way…Newt is professorial or didactic if you will…in his debate style…Herman is spks w/ an economy of words…also NEwt has been doing forever…I saw two good friends (which they are for many yrs) discussing issues…

        • RVD November 16, 2011 at 1:06 am #

          I do know that Newt and Herman are good friends. I believe that if either one wins the presidency, He would pick the other for VP…..

          • Mychal November 16, 2011 at 1:58 am #

            rvd: hahaha…it’s a thought…

    • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 8:43 pm #

      raymond: I responded to this in another comment post…I commented that Herman spks w/ an economy of words…Newt spk in professorial or didactic form…they are best of friends for many years and enjoyed one another’s company…I should also say…I know Newt…and I can tell you matter of factly that he doesn’t suffer fools or dolts…nor does he offer fake praise…he has numerous times called Herman an extremely accomplished and brilliant man…draw your own conclusions…I’m personal friends w/ Herman…so my opinion may be considered bias…lol…

      • Jennie November 16, 2011 at 11:25 am #

        Thank you.

        • Mychal November 16, 2011 at 8:36 pm #

          jennie: pleasure…

  13. RVD November 15, 2011 at 9:41 am #

    What I want to know is this: Which one of our Conservative/Republican candidates is in favor of the NWO? But…..Obama is! If none are, Obama will win again! The UN and its NWO now decides who our Presidents will be. It started with George H W Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush and now Obama. This plan has been in effect for years. It’s what I mean when I say I believe our Presidents are no longer “elected”, but “selected”. Anyone here know about AGENDA 21, introduced by the UN, signed onto by the 4 Presidents I mentioned……It’s a plan to take away our property rights, therefore our Freedoms and liberty! Maybe if We the People are all aware of this, we may stand a fighting chance of reversing this acceptance of the New World Order and fight for our very lives! And Folks….this is NOT A CONSPIRACY THEORY….IT IS FACT! Our Tea Party had a meetup group this past Saturday enlightening us about this. I heard about it 6 months ago and was skeptical…..Now I know for sure. We are targeted solely for destroying our Constitution (adhering to the UN Constitution) and our inalienable rights!

    • RVD November 15, 2011 at 9:45 am #

      You must watch this video. It was produced by our meetup group which had a meeting yesterday here in the Raleigh area of NC enlightening as many as they could about what is HAPPENING RIGHT NOW UNDER OUR NOSES…..WE ARE LOSING OUR PROPERTY RIGHTS, OUR FREEDOMS, OUR LIBERTY AND WE DON’T REALIZE IT!

      After watching this, you will be able to see that 2+2 does indeed equal 4 as the picture becomes clearer:

      http://my.brainshark.com/False-Choices-The-Story-of-Agenda-21-713151488

      • Editor November 15, 2011 at 5:13 pm #

        Good job RVD – in NJ we are getting very active on Agenda 21 - see here
        Also was great to hear Newt mention Agenda 21 during the debate.

        • RVD November 16, 2011 at 1:09 am #

          Thank You, Editor. did you by any chance get a chance to watch the video that I supplied the link to? It’s a MUST SEE!

      • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 8:51 pm #

        rvd: our property rights are going out the window under a distortion and bastardizing of the ESA, EPA, and the take clause of the 5th amendment…and a presidentt and congress who capitulate to environmentalists…

    • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 8:54 pm #

      rvd: taking away property rights also controls our wealth…for many people passing their property on to the next generation is the only real form of wealth for them…and the ability to do that is being taken away…agenda 21 is a diabolically evil attempt to deprive us of the most basic of our rights…

      • RVD November 16, 2011 at 1:12 am #

        Absolutely, Mychal. It is the road to serfdom…..and all planned for too long! We have one hell of a fight on our hands!

        • Mychal November 16, 2011 at 1:36 am #

          rvd: in a matter of spkg we do…

  14. dave buls November 15, 2011 at 8:33 am #

    Mychal,

    I didn’t read your aricle, on purpose. I wanted to comment about Cain without the benefit of your thoughts.

    I think the attacks on Cain (the fact that he is being held to higher scrutiny) is because he is black. Now that we have our first black President, whether you like him or not, blacks are now in the arena on a national level, and they are subject to scrutiny. As they say in America, and elsewhere, “we build someone up until they are rich and powerful, and then we tear them down”. Cain is taking the punishment of scrutiny because he is black. Hey, join the club. You want to play with the big boys, take the hits. But in this case, there’s alot more at stake than schoolyard fistfights, of course.

    This is why we are seeing herman staying high in the popularity polls, even though he is being roasted in the media. much of the public does not agree with the media. but, that’s how it works.

    I thought I would vote for Cain, because he is a businessman and conservative, and BLACK. I was thinking that voting for a minority-race candidate was not a wasted vote, as it would have been years ago, if we even had one. But if the rhetoric against Cain doesn’t die down, he could be beat up enough that he could quit. So, I’m thinking about Rick Perry. The plain truth is that Texas, under Rick Perry, has succeeded greatly. We need a businessman in the White House. Witness what happened in Greece. They elected an economist, because nothing else worked but austerity, and economists are cautious to a fault.

    What we need, and will always need, is a top businessman in the White House. We should’ve had that little guy from Texas Instruments years ago instead of Ronald Reagan. Sorry Ron, you were a great American, but deregulating the financial industry was a big snafu.

    If logic were to prevail, as Spock often said, a level headed businessman with a constant eye on the books is what we’ve needed for years. Cain is one of those, and so is Perry. Romney has made alot of money, but so what? He’s a good manager, big deal. We need an accountant as a President.

    • Claire November 15, 2011 at 8:57 am #

      When are we going to get race out of everything! I don’t think the abuse from the media has anything to do with race, but everything to do with capability. Herman Cain is a huge threat to Obama. If we held blacks to a higher standard, how do you explain BHO with all the rumors of his birth, sexual orientation, etc. being given a pass by the MSM? I’m white and I am on the Cain Train because I feel he is the best qualified–and I would feel the same if he were purple.

      • dave buls November 15, 2011 at 9:29 am #

        Claire,

        BHO was given a pass because he could not pass the requirements for being President…..if he had been born in the US, why not just hand over the birth certificate, or the high school yearbook, or a myriad of other things that could prove his citizenship? maybe citizenship should not be a requirement, but that law is to ensure their loyalty to the country. maybe what we need is an outsider. but, it already looks like we have one, by his actions. but, maybe he is doing the right thing after all. this is so complicated. in the absence of any knowledge, or too much knowledge, which is what we have, the only answer is to pull back the reins of spending, and everything else will fall into place.

    • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 10:28 pm #

      dave buls: I reject color is the reason as you have articulated it…I think it is a myopic and insulting view of not blacks as such but of America…we are above that…I have confidence in the American people that we are above that…that is not to say that I don’t know for fact that color plays a part in liberal opinion…but I do not believe that represents the mindset of overwhelming majority…

  15. Claire November 15, 2011 at 4:27 am #

    I have a major problem with even Fox News deciding who is going to be the Republican nominee. However, Mitt Romney’s numbers haven’t risen no matter what is abuse is being heaped on Herman Cain. I think the American people are seeing through these unproven ‘allegations’ that both the MSM and Fox are disseminating. Here’s one woman who won’t change her mind about hoping Herman Cain is our next President!

    • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 10:32 pm #

      claire: its interesting how many of the elites and program hosts are going after Herman…funny I remember them saying the same things about bush…

  16. dr.J November 15, 2011 at 12:09 am #

    I watched both Hannity and Greta tonight. Hannity’s “great American panel” had that insufferable Bob Beckel on again. Usually when Beckel’s on I immediately turn the channel.I watched tonight even with Beckel. His pronouncement was that “Cain is done”. From your lips to God’s ears, Bob. His smug attitude is so typical of the MSM.They are getting more and more bold in trying to shove the flip flopper Romney down our throats. I must say that after watching Greta’s interview with Mrs. Cain I still have tremendous hope and faith in Herman’s candidacy. Unlike the false accusers reading off of scripted papers, smiling and laughing, Mrs Cain presented her thoughts and answers to Greta in a totally believable truthful and honest manner.What a heart warming interview. Looks like Herman has a great American family. Cain supporters don’t lose heart, Herman certainly has not!

    • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 12:16 am #

      drj: you are spot on…I think the public will view his family as refreshing…I think they will relate w/ the public and I also think that when Mrs Cain spoke of some of her neighbors giving her a look that it registered w/ them…I think they could see themselves in her…his family came across as all American…and I agree I don’t think Herman is out yet…

      • dr.J November 15, 2011 at 12:27 am #

        It’s also interesting that one by one the Republican candidates have risen in the polls then only to be knocked down; Newt’s turn is next.All by design? Also interesting that the MSM has not done a major “hit piece” as of late on Romney even though he remains near or at the top depending upon which pole is quoted. If Romney were to get the nomination (God forbid) the MSM will then turn on him just like they turned on McCain last time. Sometimes I wonder if people really can see what is happening and orchestrated by the MSM or maybe the vast majority just aren’t paying that much attention yet.After last time I decided that I will no longer vote for the “lesser of two evils”. I can only hope that others have made the same decision in vast enough numbers to not let the RINO in the gate again.

        • Mychal November 15, 2011 at 12:35 am #

          drj: I share your thoughts…it is so glaringly transpicuous to anyone w/ half a mind and one eye…yet people are gullible enough to fall for it everytime…

    • sumitch November 25, 2011 at 8:12 pm #

      Dr. J, I just have to jump in and agree with you on Bob Beckel. All that tub of guts does is snarl at anyone that disagrees with him, calls names and break chairs. I would rather see nearly anyone than him on the panel of 5.

      • sumitch November 25, 2011 at 8:17 pm #

        P S
        I’ll bet he drives more away from the show than he attractks/

      • Mychal November 28, 2011 at 8:34 pm #

        sumitch: I don’t watch it…they’re not about providing truth…they’re about providing theater…

  17. Ginny November 14, 2011 at 8:36 pm #

    The Cain opposition is in a panic and they are running scared. They have pushed the media to do more to blacken Cain’s reputation. If they weren’t so scared of Cain then the hype wouldn’t be against him.
    It’s a heads I win, tails you lose situation with the media right now. Gotta hang in there.

    • Mychal November 14, 2011 at 9:26 pm #

      ginny: agreed…it’s important to know the tricks and half truths they use…

  18. danbubalo November 14, 2011 at 8:35 pm #

    The ever-so-ineloquent Michelle Bachman made a good point over the weekend that echoes yours, Mychael, and it was that the press is more intent upon directing and influencing the flow of news than simply reporting it. To that extent, I read slack-jawed the swill Krauthammer was pushing this weekend, claiming conservatives need (sic) “a candidate like Herman Cain “without the baggage.”

    Define “baggage” Charles, you lap-puppy. Really subtle.

    The Herman Cain. It sounds like the regal name of a ship, and you’ve got a bunch of snipers trying to bring her down.

    It does more than ruin my dinner as I catch up on things each evening.

    • Mychal November 14, 2011 at 9:30 pm #

      danbubalo: hey big guy…when I hear and see their tricks it frosts me…because I know that there are many being unaware of their machinations fall prey to their crap…

      • danbubalo November 14, 2011 at 11:13 pm #

        Now it’s every 15 minutes.

        • Mychal November 14, 2011 at 11:37 pm #

          danbubalo: now i know what you meant by this…I forwarded this to support….

      • Mychal November 14, 2011 at 11:35 pm #

        danbubalo: thks Dan…I’ll pass it on to support…

      • dave buls November 15, 2011 at 8:46 am #

        that’s another issue…..why is Michelle Bachmann so ineloquent? She is the only female in the bunch, so she has an advantage already. How many world leaders are women……Brazil and Germany already have a female president. I think having a female president is a great idea. Men are conquerors, and this doesn’t work anymore in a small, crowded, interconnected world. We need an emphathetic, smart, educated female businessperson to get to the bat. Oh, yeah, we have Michelle Bachmann. Then why is she so ineloquent? She doesn’t have to fight, she already has an advantage! I’ve often thought that the WIVES of many national leaders should be the leaders themselves. In any case, Michelle should relax and stop throwing arrows. She would go alot further. More people than we think we end up voting for Bachmann, if she would stop being so coarse and “stay the course”.

  19. Ken James November 14, 2011 at 8:16 pm #

    I had an email written for your site a couple of days ago. Then I deleted it. I said that even though most people did not believe the rumors of harassment charges againt Cain, it did damage him badly. I think time will show that. The MSM has succeeded again. And as soon as Cain leaves, they will begin on the next one, most likely Newt Gingrich. One by one they will destroy them until only one, Romney, is left. That’s the one they think they can beat, or the one they will be satisfied with if he wins. I absolutely despise the MSM and really am irritated with those who allow this to happen – primarily the RNC. I will not donate to them again until they get their act together.

    • Mychal November 14, 2011 at 9:36 pm #

      ken james: you are right pursuant to the tactics of both liberals and the repub hierarchy…it’s up to whether or not it works…

  20. Billie Cotter November 14, 2011 at 6:08 pm #

    My mouse is too sensitive. I see that my words are misplaced in some of it and I hope some can follow what I am trying to say.

    • Mychal November 14, 2011 at 10:47 pm #

      billie cotter: we’ll do our best…lol…

  21. Billie Cotter November 14, 2011 at 6:04 pm #

    The main stream media count on the public taking the ad hominem and bandwagon attacks as truth when they are typical fallacy. This is why they are able to convince so many out there things that have no substantial fact base or common sense to them. The first thing I asked myself was is the woman I watched credible? The answer was clearly no. She was reading her “speech” from notecards as not to miss a word. She may have been credible had she rehearsed a few thousand more times. Nothing from her body language to her voice made her credible. Then I thought about what the lawyer, Allred did when she threw the punch about “stimulus” in there. Every time I see Allred since she is talking about “the restaurant industry” and how rampant sexual harassment is. I don’t see it. Sure there may be “bigger tips” for women who show a little cleavage but they want those tips and degrade themselves to get them. No one should ever cross the line and if they do, some women handle it themselves. Some might run and hide; but, this woman talking about Cain has too much of a hunger for money involved (regardless of all her lies) to have been “hiding” for so long. She would have come out sooner if it EVER happened. She is doing it for the DNC and to help sink Cain as you note. That is why these things are foolish. A “woman” would kick her assailant in the balls if they try the things she claimed. There are policies and procedures and customers need to follow them just as mNot stay in the car for another second! I, myself, walked 23 miles one time and opened the door on a moving car to get away from one of my exes who simply said something I did not like hearing. Stupid? Brave? You judge. I felt liberated being away from him just the same. I felt stronger knowing I had control of what I wanted to hear and I really don’t want to hear another word about the negative things they say about Herman Cain. He is INNOCENT until PROVEN guilty. NO PROOF – so many are foolish and don’t see that as substantial when it is the gist of our laws. Sorry for such a long reply – A lot more can be said noting all the women accusing him are with DNC and Allred is seeking to get NLRB to end sexual harassment and such but for now and for Herman Cain I will end this dialogue.

    • Mychal November 14, 2011 at 10:58 pm #

      billie cotter: there is no limit to comments…I like what you had to say and thk you for sharing about your encounter…it is nonsense…it is slander…and them crying foul because Herman’s lwyr sadi these things would be looked at is scurrilous…what is he supposed to do…just let them rip him…

    • Editor November 14, 2011 at 6:01 pm #

      dmacleo:

      I personally don’t have a problem with unions – just don’t make me have to join one to work or fund one with my tax dollars.

      • dmacleo November 14, 2011 at 6:49 pm #

        I have issues with public one but if in right to work state I can accept it.
        the libya stuff was the issue.

        he needs to not do this stuff when running on 4 hrs sleep, he needs to take a rest and fix this or we all lose.

        • Mychal November 14, 2011 at 10:00 pm #

          dmacleo: not just Herman but all true conservative candidates are in jeopardy…because they will go after them one by one…

          • dmacleo November 15, 2011 at 9:08 am #

            bingo.
            personally I think this scrutiny and stuff would have happened no matter his color.
            IMO its due to his straight forward attitude and his capability.
            after decimating him they will move onto the next not-mitt.

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