Iowa Cain Accuser Appears To Have Anti-Cain Agenda

Ugh – All this nasty Republican infighting helps no one.

Jeffrey Lord of The American Spectator reports:

“Conservative” Iowa radio host Steve Deace is in the news cycle accusing Herman Cain of sexual harassment — specifically saying, according to Politico, that Cain had said “awkward/inappropriate things… to two females on my staff.” Deace also said he was concerned about “the fact the guy’s wife is never around.”

The American Spectator contacted Deace directly tonight to ask two questions:

1. What did Herman Cain say to the woman or women on Deace’s staff?

2. Was Deace present when Cain did whatever “awkward/inappropriate things” Deace is accusing him of?

This evening Steve Deace responded as follows, his response printed in its entirety:

No one affiliated with our radio program has anything else to say about Herman Cain’s awkward and inappropriate comments made to our staff referenced in a recent Politico story beyond what we have already said.

Sadly, those comments are no more inappropriate and awkward than Mr. Cain’s multiple positions on the sanctity of human life, his support of the TARP, his not knowing China already has nuclear weapons, and his refusal to defend marriage. The fact that someone so uninformed and morally inconsistent has made it this far in a crucial Republican presidential primary, only to finally be vetted by his personal life, is an example of why so many Americans have lost faith in the system. Instead of debating issues we debate cults of personality. This sort of personality-driven politics helped Obama get elected four years ago, and look how well that turned out.

Steve Deace

So Deace went on the record to say that Cain said “awkward and inappropriate things”to his female staff, but even though he’s obviously not under any confidentiality agreement to keep silent about it, he’s zipping it on the details, anyway? We get to leave it all up to our imaginations? You’ve got to be kidding me.

He put up, and shut up. As Lord said later in his article – this is spectacularly unfair.

At this point I feel I must interject on Mr. Cain’s defense lest people start getting the idea he’s some out of control, lecherous cad. I’ve met Cain on a number of occasions, now, in both professional and social environments and he’s never been anything but kind, professional, and personable. I’ve seen no indication whatsoever that there was anything like the stories we’re hearing in his character. None. And all the women willing to go on the record who know him or have worked for him, say the same thing.

Good grief.

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The Caucus Blog reports:

Joel P. Bennett, the lawyer for one of the women who has made accusations against Mr. Cain, said that his client had decided not to go public or to make a public statement herself in an effort to shield herself from the media frenzy swirling around the situation.

Whoever was behind this story getting leaked – whether it was the Perry camp, Rahmbo, or the Tooth Fairy – probably wasn’t expecting this to be the result:

Business Insider: Herman Cain’s Harassment Scandal Is Raking In Cash For His Campaign:

In a statement emailed to the press tonight, Cain communications director JD Gordon announced that the campaign broke its daily fundraising record for the second consecutive day Tuesday, surpassing Monday’s record $250,000 total. According to the statement, Cain’s campaign has now raised nearly $1 million in the past 48 hours alone.

The Cain campaign is launching a “moneybomb” at midnight, capitalizing on his newly embolden supporters. You can find it at this link: http://TheIowaFund.org

Hat tip: Charles B.

Linked by Michelle Malkin in Buzzworthy, thanks!

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Video: Taking Another Look At Rick Santorum

…While waiting for the Cain Sex Scandal dust to settle. He may survive this – he may not. But if he survives to win the Republican nomination, don’t think that this issue won’t come back to bite him in the a$$ in the general. Obama has nothing positive to run on, remember. Nothing. The 2012 election is going to be a sh*tstorm. The gloves need to be off for Obama, too, but the msm will be there to shield him from any hard blows like last time.

Via The Other McCain:

Rick Santorum, a fellow Catholic and cultural conservative is someone I’ve admired throughout this process. He’s performed well at the debates, although he hasn’t dominated. His speeches are entirely adequate, but no match for Cain’s spirited, and inspiring speaking style. His service to this country as both a Congressman and Senator has been impressive and admirable. He was a conservative warrior who accomplished great things.  To my knowledge, he hasn’t ever pushed  or supported socialized health care,  amnesty or free in-state tuition for illegals, or cheated on his wife in any capacity. He’s never publicly espoused a belief in anthropogenic global warming,  and isn’t known for verbal gaffes. And he was against TARP.

Probably the biggest scandal in his career is the fact that he endorsed Snarlin’ Arlen Specter in the PA Senate race in 2004 instead of conservative up and comer, Pat Toomey. Tsk.

But the main thing that has prevented me from backing him is the fact that he is too good.

Let me explain that.

Santorum is a devout Catholic and cultural conservative like I am. Very pro-life.  Against gay marriage. (Therefore, to liberal Alinskyites, he’s “anti-woman”, and “anti-gay”.) He has said things that enrage the gay mafia, and you don’t want to engage the gay mafia. Google his name to find out why. Who has the stomach for a campaign like that? I don’t.

It’s a battle of good vs. evil.  And it is a powerful and ferocious evil we’re dealing with in some corners of our political jungle.  (No, I’m not saying all gays are like this – I’m assuming most people know I wouldn’t lump most gays in with nasty, gutter scum like Dan Savage.)

I understand we live in a divided nation. Not everyone agrees with cultural conservatism, and although I think the next President will have bigger fish to fry than to try to pursue any kind of cultural agenda, Santorum’s brand of conservatism tends to spook off moderates.

I discounted Sarah Palin for much the same reason, to many peoples’ chagrin.

I’ve been all about choosing the candidate I feel is most likely to beat Obama in 2012. We have to win this one, folks. We can’t take another four years of hope and change. We may not even be able to survive one more year of it.

If that means Nice Deb doesn’t get her favorite candidate, so be it. I will enthusiastically get behind whomever our nominee is.

A very strong speech Santorum gave at the Iowa Faith and Freedom event, last March:

Video: Obama Takes Credit For Economy – “We’re Better Off Now Than We Would Have Been” (UPDATE Video of Boehner’s Response)

The President was asked if Americans were better off than they were four years ago during an interview with CBS Minnesota affiliate WCCO on Tuesday. In typical humble fashion, Obama gave himself a solid B+.

“Well, you know, I think we are better off now than we would have been if I hadn’t taken all the steps that we took. I don’t think the country is stronger yet than it was when the economy was still booming and we didn’t have Wall Street crisis, and we didn’t have the housing bubble burst. But, we’ve made steady progress, we just need to make more.”

Video via Gateway Pundit, who posts a few charts that show otherwise.

John Boehner’s response to Obama’s folly via The Hill:

“Are you kidding me?!” Boehner said loudly in response to a reporter’s question on the comment. “Why don’t you go ask the 14 million Americans who are out of work whether they’re better off today than they were four years ago?”

 

UPDATE:

Video of Boehner’s response via Breitbart TV:

 

 

 

Two More Fast and Furious Guns Seized in AZ Drug Bust

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Via Fox News:

Today, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said two more “Fast and Furious” guns were seized in Arizona from members of Mexico’s most powerful drug gang, the Sinaloa cartel.

An Arizona sheriff says that two guns seized as part of a major drug smuggling bust have been connected to a botched federal investigation known as “Fast and Furious.”

“Fast and Furious” was a controversial Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms’ investigation that lost track of up to 1,400 weapons that were sold in Arizona gun stores to suspected straw buyers for Mexican drug gangs.

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Recently released documents show that Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer’s knew about Justice Department operations that walked guns from the U.S. to Mexico back in April 2010. This makes him the first high ranking Justice Official to admit that he knew U.S. agents were letting thousands of guns sold in the U.S. fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels, only he implausibly said the “gun walking” tactics he learned about in April 2010 weren’t part of “Operation Fast and Furious,” but “Wide Receiver” which ran from 2006 to the end of 2007  during the Bush administration. That operation was ended when it lost track of a number of guns that were allowed to cross the border. The key difference in the operations – In Wide Receiver, the guns were being tracked. In Fast and Furious, there was never an attempt to track the guns. They just wanted to see where they ended up.

Breuer’s testimony left some legislators scratching their heads.

“He was asking questions about Wide Receiver at the very same time Fast and Furious was going on and it was going on in the same division within the Justice Department, so why wouldn’t they be asking questions about Fast and Furious the same way as they were about Wide Receiver?” Grassley told Fox News.

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Holder said months ago this never reached into the upper levels of the Justice Department. Next week Holder will face questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about his level of involvement with Fast and Furious.

As the Fast and Furious investigation enters its 10th month, the blame game grows more intense.

“In this investigation, best of my knowledge, we didn’t let guns walk,” said Phoenix Chief Bill Newell.

Newell testified he did nothing wrong, the former ATF director said he never read his memos. Holder claims he didn’t know about the operations’ “questionable tactics.”

And while more than two dozen congressmen now want Holder’s resignation, others say they just want a little honesty.

“Lanny Breuer’s statement said he told the attorney general in January or February so that doesn’t jive,” said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. “So we’ve just got some massive contradictions here.”

Az Governor Jan Brewer, appearing on America’s Newsroom on Fox, this morning to promote her new book, Scorpions For Breakfast, stopped short of answering in the affirmative when asked if she was willing to join the growing chorus of voices of Republican leaders asking Attorney General Holder to step down. With Holder’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary looming next week, she didn’t want to act as his judge and jury until all the facts were out, but she was willing to say that “he should be held accountable for his negligence”. She said as the top law enforcement officer, he was responsible for what his underlings were doing. The buck stops with him.

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Dave Workman, Seattle Gun Rights Examiner: Bombshells and deflections in Fast & Furious investigation:

While Grassley zeroed in on who knew what and when – leaving Breuer to noticeably squirm in his chair under questioning – it was Feinstein’s comments that tried to deflect attention away from the scandal and toward her perennial gun control agenda. In an exchange that almost appeared choreographed, Feinstein and Breuer had this conversation:

Keep reading.

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Sipsey Street Irregulars: “Do you believe that if there were some form of registration when you purchase these firearms that that would make a difference?” “I do.

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Subtlety – – obviously not Feinstein’s strong suit.

Bob Owens of PJ Media: Gunwalker: Lanny Breuer Fails to Take Pressure off Eric Holder