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Attorney For Accuser: Herman Cain Is Lying

Joel P. Bennet, the attorney for one of the women who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment, made the rounds on cable television last night and on the morning shows today. Bennet said Cain has not been telling the truth about the incident In an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper on Tuesday night. "She's been very upset about this since the story broke last Sunday, because Mr. Cain has been giving the impression she came out and made false allegations," Bennett said on CNN last night. Bennet explicitly accused Cain of lying when the presidential hopeful denied he sexually harassed the two accusers during his tenure at the National Restaurant Association. "Because there were two women that filed complaints at this time — and it’s unclear which one he is speaking about all the time — but to the extent he’s made statements that he never sexually harassed anyone, and there was no validity to these complaints, that’s certainly not true with respect to my client’s complaints," Bennett said. Bennet says his client is contemplating coming out to tell her side of the story, but she is binder by a confidentially agreement after settling with the National Restaurant Association for a reported five figure sum. "Naturally, she’s been very upset about this since the story broke last Sunday, because Mr. Cain has been giving the impression she came out and made false allegations," Bennet said on "Anderson Cooper 360." "That’s certainly not true, and she’s still deciding once we hear from the Restaurant Association what she’ll do, if they’ll waive the confidentiality. Until they do that, she’s not going to speak out." Send to a Friend | Permalink

Posted by RCP Staff | Anderson Cooper 360 - Wednesday November 2nd, 2011 | Send to a Friend

Michael Moore: We're Going To Replace Capitalism As We Know It

Michael Moore tells CNN's Anderson Cooper that capitalism as we know it is over. Moore say capitalism is where "the problem" is. Moore was broadcasting from "Occupy Oakland." "So, let's not use the old definition where we think -- when we say capitalism, we're talking about 2011. 2011 capitalism is an evil system set up to benefit the few at the expense of the many. That's what happened, and that's what people are tired of. Which is too bad for the capitalists because I think a lot of people, perhaps in this crowd, probably used to support the 'old-style' of capitalism," Moore said on CNN. "So, what system do you want?" Anderson Cooper asked Moore. "Well there's no system right now that exists. We're going to create that system. This movement, this movement in the next year, or two, or few years is going to create a democratic economic system. That's the most important thing. Whatever we come up with it has to have at its core -- the American people are going to be the one's controlling this economy. We're going to have a say, a big say, the say in how this economy is run," Moore said. Moore says the Occupy group and himself have "declared" the current economic system as over. "It's just a matter of time until we make that happen," Moore said. Send to a Friend | Permalink

Posted by RCP Staff | Anderson Cooper 360 - Monday October 31st, 2011 | Send to a Friend

Issa: Fast And Furious Investigation About A Cover-Up, Deception From DOJ

Anderson Cooper: “I want to read you what a Justice Department official has told CNN cause they’re pushing back on what you’re saying. They said, ‘Chairman Issa, of all people, should be familiar with the difference between knowing about an investigation and being aware of questionable tactics employed in that investigation since documents provided to his committee show that he was given a briefing that included the Fast and Furious Operation in 2010 – a year before the controversy emerged.’ So I mean, did you, yourself know about the operation last year?”   Rep. Darrell Issa: “That is an outright lie that the Justice Department has been spinning. They shopped that to the newspapers until they found one that would print it. The fact is Kenneth Melson, a man who under oath very, very well recorded, has said he didn’t know about much of this, and clearly did not brief me in one briefing that was about gun trafficking into Mexico. And let’s understand something, Anderson. They would have you believe that I knew, that I knew what the Attorney General didn’t know, that I knew what they were deliberately withholding from ATF, DEA, and Justice agents in Mexico City and from the M- U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. So as this cover-up and this game of spin-and-delay continues, the problem is it’s only creating problems that didn’t initially exist. Initially, this was a dumb program that led to very adverse consequences. Now it’s about a cover-up, about deception, about slow-rolling discovery of this and other committees. Understand I got involved in this because Senator Grassley was denied any discovery because he wasn’t the Chairman over in the Senate, and I got involved somewhat on his behalf, and my committee has taken a lead on it. But this was about stonewalling of the Senate long before I got involved.” Send to a Friend | Permalink

Posted by RCP Staff | Anderson Cooper 360 - Wednesday October 5th, 2011 | Send to a Friend

Carville: Romney "Doesn't Understand Conservative Doctrine"

“Well, it was an eruption among conservatives in the Weekly Standard, in the National Review,” Democratic operative James Carville said. “I saw three or four comments that people came out. It was just a really, he just not a very good candidate. And by the way, he doesn’t understand conservative doctrine. I mean, I happen to live with it in my house. They say they really care about the poor and these kinds of programs actually hurt the poor. Not only does it come across as sort of [for] voters in the middle as kind of callous and that’s after saying corporations are rich people. To real conservatives, it comes across as just dumb and doesn’t represent what they say they think.” (via Jeff Poor/Daily Caller) Send to a Friend | Permalink

Posted by RCP Staff | Anderson Cooper 360 - Wednesday February 1st, 2012 | Send to a Friend

Obama Pollster Calls Herman Cain "Racist" On TV ... Then Denies It

Daily Caller reports: On Cooper’s Tuesday program, Democratic strategist and Obama 2012 campaign pollster Cornell Belcher took aim at former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s response to a question from Fox News Channel’s Juan Williams during a Monday GOP presidential debate, saying it was “it was dog-whistle politics at its worst." (first video) “This is the second time I’ve been on the show with Cornell,” Ari Fleischer said. “Earlier, he said Herman Cain was a racist. Now he’s saying Newt uses these terms, as he put it. And what I hear, Anderson, is actually the opposite.” Belcher denied that it happened, but he did call Herman Cain a racist in a segment last fall. (second video) (via Jeff Poor/Daily Caller) Send to a Friend | Permalink

Posted by RCP Staff | Anderson Cooper 360 - Wednesday January 18th, 2012 | Send to a Friend

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