Herman Cain melt down just on CNN.

[Lint Head]

I think he will be history very soon.

[apnu]

1. What happened? Please tell us cube rats. (nt)

[maddezmom]

29. here is a blurb

“But there is a force at work here that is much greater than those that would try to destroy me and destroy this campaign and this journey to the White House,” he said. “And that force is called the voice of the people.”

vAfter an appearance later in the morning in Alexandria, Va., that had been billed as a press conference, a photographer was roughed up by hotel security amid the media scramble to talk with Mr. Cain, who avoided reporters.

Mr. Cain is scheduled to make at least two more appearances in Washington over the course of the day and will no doubt be closely followed by the media.

At the same time, the lawyer for one of his accusers has said he will be trying to contact the National Restaurant Association to get his client released from a confidentiality agreement that prevents her from talking about the case.

more:http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/in-the-swirl-of-controversy-herman-cain-has-a-busy-day/

[deutsey]

2. Any more details on what happened?

[jaxx]

3. Details?

[Solomon]

4. Come on. Get the lint out of your head and tell us

what's going on.

[lonestarnot]

5. :)

[NBachers]

6. I googled Herman Cain meltdown CNN but didn't get anything relevant to this

[arcane1]

7. What does that even mean>

Unrec for being totally devoid of information

[elocs]

11. Yes, UnRec for failure to inform. A useless OP without relevant information. n/t

[Lint Head]

16. There are no links to breaking news. You will eventually see it in your own good time.

[Cirque du So-What]

27. So why bother tossing out 'teaser' comments?

What a fucking waste of time. Thanks for literally nuttin'.

[Lint Head]

37. Thanks for the positive feedback.

[Cirque du So-What]

38. Anytime

Would you rather talk about your unwillingness to tell us WTF you're talking about than the topic itself? Count me out of that intellectual exchange!

[Lint Head]

40. Here you go. The link was just posted by maddezmom.

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2011/11/herman-cain-don-t-even-bother-asking-me-all-of-these-other-questions-68647.html

[Cirque du So-What]

42. Thanks. It's quite informative.

Tells us everything we needed to know.

[snooper2]

48. You are one of those tubers who put up a video with the title "Idiot Crashes Four Wheeler"

and when we go to click on the video to watch the idiot crash it's something stupid like your cat, or your face doing something stupid, or even worse, a slide show...


DU needs a like/dislike bar like youtube :rofl:

[Katashi_itto]

55. Heres the video of Idiot crashing 4-wheeler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJZ_TefC6fg

[liberalhistorian]

57. Well, now you know how those of us here with

hearing impairments feel when someone posts a video with NO text, not even one fucking sentence, to give some idea of what it's about, even though it's been stated time and time and time again on here how frustrating and annoying that is for those of us who don't have perfect hearing.

[snooper2]

58. I may have done that in the past but will not in the future

:)

[Bumblebee]

8. you mean this?

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/02/cain-factions-are-out-to-get-me/

Hardly a meltdown, if that's the case.

[yellowcanine]

15. Unless he started ranting about fluoride in the water or its equivalent ....

Probably not a meltdown. The meltdown bar is set high these days.

[Fire Walk With Me]

17. He was saying something about a communist plot to rob us of our vital bodily fluids or something.

I don't know either.

[JackRiddler]

20. Wait, there's no fluoride in the water?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

23. Nah, I went and checked it out and he was at the VA at what was supposed to be a presser

A previously scheduled presser, not one about the current scandal. The press kept wanting to ask him about the current scandal as he was walking into the presser. He to told them he wasn't answering questions regarding anything except whatever his planned stop had involved (something about doctors maybe?). They kept asking him and he threw out a rude EXCUUUSSSE ME! and asked the press if they didn't understand what he'd just said. Then CNN reported his security were shoving the press around inside and he only made a statement once he was behind the podium, refusing to answer questions.

In essence he ticked of the media there and someone sent it to CNN for retribution.

[SpiralHawk]

26. Hermy had to do it. Direct order from Koch Brothers Puppetmasters (R)

...just like Billy Ray Valentine...

[Richardo]

9. Details or GTFO

:D

[leeroysphitz]

24. +1

[Lint Head]

10. I'm sure they will show it again. He was leavingthe VA meeting and argued with reporters.

Some of the reporters said his security was physical with them.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. "Excuussse ME!" "What did I just SAY?"

Plus shoving the members of the press around. He's a gonner. I guess no one told him not to piss off the press? :shrug:

[lonestarnot]

28. Get out the way.

:)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

39. Ludacris! I smell a viral youtube remix in the making!

It's beggin' to be done! :D

[lonestarnot]

53. I'll watch!

:7

[hamsterjill]

54. What utter arrogance, right???!!!

Who is he to tell the press what questions to ask? I guess he's used to intimidation tactics working.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. Have any polls been published since the scandal story broke?

If Cain is still leading the GOP race after this, it will tell us that the base doesn't care about sex scandals or harrassment.

[Berlin Expat]

19. The base doesn't care.

To be honest, the GOP base doesn't give a hoot in hell.

I posted on another thread that the Teabaggers are mostly Palinistas, who've flocked like lemmings to Mr. Cain's campaign now that their anointed one has decided she's sitting this election cycle out.

The Palinistas had the former Governor all packaged up and ready to go as their new Messiah. Why, to hear them tell it, she was practically the Second Coming of Christ (and looked shooting and skinning game, too!). Now that she's bugged out of 2012, their mournful eyes settled on Mr. Cain, and behold! A dove descended from the heavens, and a commanding voice said, "Behold! I endorse this man for the Republican Presidential nomination."

The GOP+Tea Party base is frantic for a Redeemer; they've found their conservative Messiah, and nothing, not even him on live TV eating puppies and kittens will deter them.

God help us. The morons have spoken.

Welcome to Idiocracy.

[Lint Head]

14. To the unrecommender. It's your priviledge. Just watch CNN.

Breaking news in un-linkable

[joeybee12]

18. Unrec..at least give some information...

not everyone has access to a tv at work.

[maddezmom]

21. he and his aides had a scuffle with some reporters

edit for more accurate info and video
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2011/11/herman-cain-don-t-even-bother-asking-me-all-of-these-other-questions-68647.html

[Lint Head]

22. You now have it. Others have exaplained and beat me to the details.

When I posted it was happening at that moment. Didn't think about folks working and on the innertubes. Sorry. Lesson learned.

[joeybee12]

36. I've done it too...you gotta be careful, Cain is the idiot du jour...

and people really want to see him squirm and/or being shown in a bad light!

[Melinda]

32. Oh come on; Lint Head's informed everyone to watch CNN... what more do you want?

Details?

Good grief, it's not like everyone's at work or doesn't have access to a TV or the time to kill while waiting for CNN to replay the story.

I mean, jeebus. How unreasonable to expect more than a throw away reference when posting an OP anyway.

Do people really expect that DUers prefer to be informed?!?


Really?!?


:eyes:


***The above post is offered satirically. And I mean really.
:eyes: /sarcasm

[City Lights]

25. Someone threw a bucket of water on him?

I hope I get to see the replay!

[lonestarnot]

31. Refusing to "reculate" this a.m.

[unionworks]

30. HAWWWW!!!!!!

Kick and rec!!!

[maddezmom]

33. Link to Video

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2011/11/herman-cain-don-t-even-bother-asking-me-all-of-these-other-questions-68647.html

[Melinda]

34. TYVM!!

[Lint Head]

41. THX madezmom! I've been getting some negatives on my post.

I was looking pretty hard for a link. It was fresh news and hard to find.

[maddezmom]

43. I saw it as you posted it

:hi: Sometimes giving a bit of a summary in the OP cuts down on all the neg. comments. I know as I've been there before. :hug:

[tawadi]

51. He can't handle the heat. Time to get out of the kitchen. eom

[chrisa]

35. His icecream cone melted. :-( :-( :-(

Poor Herman.

[Blue Owl]

44. Like so much low-grade mozzarella

n/t

[maddezmom]

45. more from NYT blog: Cain Avoids News Media in a Tense Encounter/photographer got socked in the face

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — It’s getting rougher on the campaign trail for Herman Cain — and for the people who cover him.

Mr. Cain arrived at a Hilton hotel in suburban Virginia on Wednesday morning for what was advertised to the news media as a meeting on health care reform, which was to be followed by a news conference. But he immediately disappeared into what organizers of the meeting, Docs4PatientCare, called a “closed-door session.” Upon emerging, a mob of hotel security and other campaign personnel pushed back against the assembled photographers, and a little bit of a scrum and tussle ensued, with at least one newspaper photographer taking a hard blow to the face.

All the while, Mr. Cain, who looked unusually agitated in the center of it all, was screaming: “Excuse me! Excuse me! Excuse me!”

more :http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/cain-skirts-media-in-a-tense-encounter/

[joeybee12]

46. Woo-hoo!

The pile-on begins!!!!!

[gratuitous]

49. How very odd

Ordinarily, the media are obedient little lap dogs when one of their Republican overlords barks an order at them. Dim Son ready to launch his excellent invasion of Iraq? Reporters were so nervous and in awe of being in His Presence, none of them thought to ask any questions, lest they appear to be challenging the Commander in Chief in war time. Sarah Palin doesn't want to answer any questions during the vice presidential debate? You bet, Mrs. Palin! Just talk about anything that crosses your mind, and pay no attention to any questions.

Herman Cain, ordering a press availability to his liking, but the media don't cooperate? What's going on here?! Blatant racism, obviously! Look for T Rump to be along any minute now to explain it all to us proles.

[Lil Missy]

47. I'll alert the media. n/t

[tawadi]

50. Quite a few GOP meltdowns this week

Incredible.

[Common Sense Party]

52. That rates pretty low on the meltdown meter.

The more publicity this gets, the higher his approval (sympathy support) ratings and the more cash he raises.

[Leopolds Ghost]

56. Ah, Herman Cain... the future Republican nominee (we hope).