Herman Cain and 9-9-9

[heironymouspasparagus]

I think that long term investment holdings should continue to be taxed at a lower rate than short term holdings, which should continue to be taxed as regular income, so yeah, I think the general system is ok. The thing I find most annoying on that front is the necessity of keeping track of documentation of cost basis, such that you only get taxed on gains, but I don't really see a way around that as long as investment income is taxed at all, and quite honestly, I think that would be utterly ridiculous.

If you are gonna give a break for something proven to NOT work, then let's redefine long term and short term.  Long term IS not a year and a day.  Long term is at least 5 and probably should be 8 to 10 years.  That way money actually has the opportunity to possibly move around enough to make jobs/economic activity.

[heironymouspasparagus]

That's a lot like President Obama's new 90-90-90 plan.

Miss your ritalin today??

[Townsend]

Looks like it's time for the dealer to change hands.

(and Romney moves into the lead)

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20127907-503544/herman-cain-i-never-sexually-harassed-anyone/?tag=cbsContent;cbsCarousel

Herman Cain: I "never sexually harassed anyone"

Looks like this one's got legs.

[RecycleMichael]

"I was falsely accused while I was at the National Restaurant Association, and I say falsely, because it turned out, after the investigation, to be baseless."   -  Herman Cain

Cain then said he was unaware of any settlement payments to the two women.

Who among us really believes the second line?

[Townsend]

"I was falsely accused while I was at the National Restaurant Association, and I say falsely, because it turned out, after the investigation, to be baseless."   -  Herman Cain

Cain then said he was unaware of any settlement payments to the two women.

Who among us really believes the second line?

You mean how instead of denying it he denies knowledge of it?

Yeah, it's bullpucky.

[we vs us]

I think this is where everyone in the Tea Party finds out just how insubstantial a candidate Herman Cain really is.  Similarly, this is where everyone in the Cain campaign finds out just how insubstantial the Tea Party's support for Herman Cain really is.  The whole campaign may not crumble at this point, but I don't see how 1) the media doesn't run this into the ground and 2) how the Tea Partiers don't slowly start to bleed away from him and back to Perry (or Bachmann, or Newt, or Santorum, etc) if he's discovered to be tainted goods.

Unrelatedly, there's this:

http://www.jsonline.mobi/watchdog/noquarter/state-firms-cash-to-herman-cain-may-breach-federal-campaign-tax-laws-132898423.html?ua=android&dc=smart&c=y

wherein some principles in Cain's campaign were funding him in all sorts of hinky and probably illegal ways prior to his establishment of a candidate. 

[heironymouspasparagus]

You mean how instead of denying it he denies knowledge of it?

Yeah, it's bullpucky.

He said;

Cain said that if more allegations surface, it will be because people "simply make them up." He said "the only other allegations will be trumped up allegations."
"There is nothing else," he said.

So what he said was the two allegations were the real allegations, and his minions paid it off if anyone did - and without his knowledge.  Since these were the only two, then other allegations are trumped up.

We need him for President! 

[Conan71]

I figured it was only a matter of time before he got "Clarenced".  Politico is releasing few substantial details and I don't think there's any meat to the allegations.  The only thing we seem to know is there were some allegations that he made a couple of women "feel uncomfortable".  No groping, no overt sexual overtones.  At least from what I managed to hear on the drive in from OKC this morning.  I suspect this came from either the Perry or Romney campaigns and I predict this blows over in a matter of days.

[carltonplace]

I figured it was only a matter of time before he got "Clarenced".  Politico is releasing few substantial details and I don't think there's any meat to the allegations.  The only thing we seem to know is there were some allegations that he made a couple of women "feel uncomfortable".  No groping, no overt sexual overtones.  At least from what I managed to hear on the drive in from OKC this morning.  I suspect this came from either the Perry or Romney campaigns and I predict this blows over in a matter of days.

How dare these victims turn Cain into a victim..wait.

[Gaspar]

I figured it was only a matter of time before he got "Clarenced".  Politico is releasing few substantial details and I don't think there's any meat to the allegations.  The only thing we seem to know is there were some allegations that he made a couple of women "feel uncomfortable".  No groping, no overt sexual overtones.  At least from what I managed to hear on the drive in from OKC this morning.  I suspect this came from either the Perry or Romney campaigns and I predict this blows over in a matter of days.

He is being "welcomed into the club."   Should get his letter and instructions on the secret hand-shake from brothers Bill and Clarence soon.



The more that has come out about this, the funnier it's getting. I'm glad I work in an office where I can complement my female co-workers when they look nice, without fearing legal action.

[Townsend]

I'm glad I work in an office where I can complement my female co-workers when they look nice, without fearing legal action.

Never take that for granted.

[heironymouspasparagus]

The more that has come out about this, the funnier it's getting. I'm glad I work in an office where I can complement my female co-workers when they look nice, without fearing legal action.

Thin ice, dude!  Be afraid - be very afraid!

[swake]

He said;

Cain said that if more allegations surface, it will be because people "simply make them up." He said "the only other allegations will be trumped up allegations."
"There is nothing else," he said.

So what he said was the two allegations were the real allegations, and his minions paid it off if anyone did - and without his knowledge.  Since these were the only two, then other allegations are trumped up.

We need him for President! 

Shouldn't his talking about the charges in public ( and denying them) void the two victims' NDAs? That would make things really interesting.

[Gaspar]

Thin ice, dude!  Be afraid - be very afraid!

Never, sugarpants.

[Gaspar]

Shouldn't his talking about the charges in public ( and denying them) void the two victims' NDAs? That would make things really interesting.

I think he needs to have the NRA/NRF wave the NDAs.  It's going to happen eventually, because some lefty news org, or one of his opponents is going to "make them an offer."

We need to be able to measure the silliness of the allegations.