Comments on: Cain drops out of presidential race http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/12/03/cain-drops-out-of-presidential-race/ the gay community's news source Sat, 25 May 2013 00:39:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Reality Check http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/12/03/cain-drops-out-of-presidential-race/#comment-40067 Reality Check Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:36:12 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=32378#comment-40067 He is the black male version of Sarah Palin. Dumb as a box of rocks. No surprise that his campaign imploded.

]]> By: Skeeter Sanders http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/12/03/cain-drops-out-of-presidential-race/#comment-40061 Skeeter Sanders Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:43:30 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=32378#comment-40061 His views on LGBT issues aside, Herman Cain really had no choice but to drop out of the Republican presidential contest after Atlanta businesswoman Ginger White revealed that she had a 13-year affair with Cain that ended only weeks before he launched his run for the White House.

White chose Fox News to go public (Actually, Fox’s Atlanta affiliate, WAGA-TV) — fully aware that Fox was the favorite news network among Republicans and conservatives in general — and she produced documentary evidence of their affair in the form of records of Cain’s telephone calls and text messages to White.

Fully aware that the revelation of his extramarital affair with White would cost him the support of hard-line social conservatives in the GOP left Cain with no alternative but to bring his campaign to a halt.

As far as I’m concerned, there’s only one candidate in the race for the GOP presidential nomination who is truly electable: Jon huntsman. But, unfortunately for him, Republican voters are refusing to even consider his candidacy. Why? Because he’s too moderate for their taste — and because he served as the U.S. Ambassador to China under President Obama (Never mind the fact that he was appointed by President George W. Bush).

All this shows how far outside the American political mainstream the Republican Party has veered in the last 10 years — and especially since Obama won the White House. Today’s GOP is as far to the Right as the Democrats were to the Left nearly 40 years ago when George McGovern was their 1972 presidential nominee.

Those who fail to learn from history . . .

]]> By: Fred Schein http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/12/03/cain-drops-out-of-presidential-race/#comment-40057 Fred Schein Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:32:34 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=32378#comment-40057 You left out GOProud’s prediction early yesterday morning by Christ Barron: “My Prediction: Herman Cain will not drop out. I expect a fire and focused Cain today. The Cain train will roll on. Chris Barron, GOProud”

]]> By: I'm Just Sayin' http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/12/03/cain-drops-out-of-presidential-race/#comment-40054 I'm Just Sayin' Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:44:16 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=32378#comment-40054 LaSalvia’s comments demonstrate the fatal flaw in the GoProud organization — their penchant for ignoring the underlying character and hubris of the messenger. Perhaps their BFF Anne Coulter can offer them some words of solace.

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