tomhudson's Journal: Cain not Able

I guess the accusations of a 13-year-long affair on Monday, which Cain didn't deny, were the final straw that broke the camel's back.

Cain has dropped out of the race.

Cain said he would soon endorse a candidate.

And every candidate still running is probably thinking "Oh My Gawd No, please, NOT ME!"

This is quite a change from earlier in the week, when Cain bought the Adword search results for Ginger White with a sponsored result encouraging people to "Get past the allegations and lies" by visiting caintruth.com.

Of course, now with Cain's own cellphone records pointing the finger at him over his 13-year-long affair, it makes this quote from his wife (on caintruth.com) about another womans accusations particularly apropos:

"I looked at especially this last lady and the things that she said, and Iâ(TM)m thinking, 'He would have to have a split personality to do the things that she said,'" Gloria Cain said of Bialek.

Split personality? Or just someone who thought they were glib enough to fool enough of the people, enough of the time?

One thing is for sure - Cain does not, contrary to his wife's protestations, "Totally respect women" - least of all her. Hopefully she'll find enough strength and self-respect to kick the bum to the curb.

It's one thing to forgive a one-time betrayal. Being cheated on cuts to the quick; being able to rise above the hurt and anger (and fear) to try to rebuild, all the while knowing that you're probably going to fail in the long run, because it's how you would want to be treated if YOU were the one who messed it all up, reflects a certain inner strength and moral compass.

This situation is far, far beyond that, and we've already been treated to too many politically opportunistic "stand by your (dirty lying cheating scumbag) man" scenes, from both parties.

Actually...

[damn_registrars]

He only announced he is suspending his campaign, he hasn't dropped out completely yet. And really, in comparison to Newt Gingrich, Cain is almost a poster child for marriage fidelity. Newt is on his third marriage, and marriages 2 and 3 were each to women that he was fucking while married to the wife prior. He has said "till death do us part" three times now, yet oddly enough he's not dead and neither are wives two and three(though he left his first wife while she was fighting what was thought at the tim

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[tomhudson]

He only announced he is suspending his campaign, he hasn't dropped out completely yet.

He also said he was going to endorse someone else, and that he would continue to lobby for his ideas, like the 9-9-9 "solution".

The "suspension" is probably so that he can continue to raise funds. And now for something completely different ...

Juror: "We gave him a suspended sentence. We hung him!"

... and ...

Jury Foreman: "We find the defendant not guilty."
Judge: "Well, you all just go back and deliberate som

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[damn_registrars]

He also said he was going to endorse someone else, and that he would continue to lobby for his ideas, like the 9-9-9 "solution".

If we put those two bits together it wouldn't be hard to imagine him endorsing Rick Perry (who was himself running around promoting some sort of flat tax plan not long ago). Which would, of course, be hilarious. He might just yet find a way to drive Perry further into irrelevance... Or, if we're really lucky, get Perry to go back to pushing for Texas secession.

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[gmhowell]

(More appropriate reply to the parent of this, but I thought you'd be interested)

Federal matching funds in January. That's why he isn't wrapping things up 100% just yet. Let us taxpayers give the stooge some more money, then he's done.