Cain Out

[Viking]

To many sex scandals. Well, at least the campaign is a bit less batshitty. To be honest, I'm actually starting to appreciate this eternal debating cycle the republicans have going. What's going to happen is that republican primary voters and caucus attendees will now know their candidates well before the Iowa caucus reducing the far out of proportion of the power of the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary. Maybe we'll see a drop in farm subsidies and whatever New Hampshire care about being screwed over. Whats next? One super primary for all states just like the general election?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16019624

US Republican Herman Cain suspends campaign

US presidential hopeful Herman Cain has said he is suspending his campaign for the Republican nomination.

He blamed political and media pressure on his family in the wake of "false" allegations of sexual harassment and a 13-year-long extra-marital affair.

"I am not going to be silenced and I'm not going away," he told supporters in his home city of Atlanta, Georgia.

Next month, voters in Iowa will begin the process of choosing a Republican presidential candidate for 2012.

Mr Cain said the "false" allegations against him had taken a toll on his family, but added: "I am at peace."

"I am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction, the continued hurt caused on me and my family," he told supporters at what had been billed as the opening of his campaign headquarters.

He said he would endorse another candidate at a later date but gave no hint of where he would direct his supporters to go.

On Friday Mr Cain discussed with his wife, Gloria, whether to press on with his campaign.

Last week, an Atlanta woman, Ginger White, 46, came forward to claim she had a 13-year affair with Mr Cain.

Speaking to MSNBC on Thursday, Ms White denied they had been in love, saying: "It was a sexual affair - as hard as that is for me to say."

While rejecting any suggestion of an affair with Ms White, Mr Cain has acknowledged helping pay her monthly bills and expenses, and that his wife did not know about the friendship.

The BBC's Marcus George, in Washington DC, says even before the questions arose about Mr Cain's private life, there were doubts about his plans for tax reform and his understanding of foreign affairs.

The former pizza executive went from obscure longshot to unlikely frontrunner to tabloid fodder.

While Mr Cain's ratings slumped, support for former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich has surged.

Mr Gingrich has now overtaken frontrunner Mitt Romney in some opinion polls on who should be the Republican candidate to challenge Barack Obama for the White House in November 2012.

[The Brain]

He always seemed able to me.

[Admiral Yi]

Seems his drop started right after the "what's a Libya?" interview and the concubine was just the coup de grace.

[Maximus]

He always seemed able to me.

Seemed like he was a marked man from the start.

[grumbler]

He always seemed able to me.

Seemed like he was a marked man from the start.

Yes, as The Brain said.  Able was the marked man, and Cain was Able ere he saw Elba.

[Sheilbh]

Sad news.  He's immensely charming and, in this field, had the very real virtue of being interesting and engaging.

Edit:  Also I am loving the sunglasses in this goodbye speech.  Too few politicians in democratic countries have the confidence to wear sunglasses.

[CountDeMoney]

the concubine was just the coup de grace.

You should pluralize concubine.

WHERE ALL DA WHITE WIMMIN AT

[Admiral Yi]

You should pluralize concubine.

WHERE ALL DA WHITE WIMMIN AT

That would be ossum if a) Cain had actually boned the women who filed sexual harrassment complaints and b) sexual harrassment complaints were worth more than a cup of spit.

[Faeelin]

That would be ossum if a) Cain had actually boned the women who filed sexual harrassment complaints and b) sexual harrassment complaints were worth more than a cup of spit.

Be fair.  At least one of them was worth about fifty thousand dollars.

[Admiral Yi]

Be fair.  At least one of them was worth about fifty thousand dollars.

36 I think, but point taken.

[Martinus]

The Onion's title pretty much sums up how I feel:

"Rumors Of Extramarital Affair End Campaign Of Presidential Candidate Who Didn't Know China Has Nuclear Weapons."

[Razgovory]

You should pluralize concubine.

WHERE ALL DA WHITE WIMMIN AT

That would be ossum if a) Cain had actually boned the women who filed sexual harrassment complaints and b) sexual harrassment complaints were worth more than a cup of spit.

Which one?

[jimmy olsen]

We've  truly lost a statesman Sheilbh!


http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/69700.html#ixzz1fWM1Yh8t

By ALEXANDER BURNS | 12/3/11 1:55 PM EST Updated: 12/3/11 2:08 PM EST

Herman Cain quoted from a source he identified as "the Pokemon movie" in a speech suspending his presidential campaign Saturday.

"I believe these words came from the Pokemon movie," Cain said. "Life can be a challenge. Life can seem impossible. It's never easy when there's so much on the line. But you and I can make a difference. There's a mission just for you and me."
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He continued: "Just look inside and you will find just what you can do."

In previous speeches, Cain has attributed the quotation to "a poet."

[Ideologue]

Sad news.  He's immensely charming and, in this field, had the very real virtue of being interesting and engaging.

Interesting?  Engaging?  I guess, in the sense I wanted to engage him with a tire iron every time he opened his mouth.

Edit:  Also I am loving the sunglasses in this goodbye speech.  Too few politicians in democratic countries have the confidence to wear sunglasses.

So they can keep track of visions in their eyes?

[Siege]

Fuck, he was my candidate.