Alan Colmes Blames Herman Cain for Media Firestorm Over Politico Hit Piece
Alan Colmes on Saturday blamed Herman Cain for the media firestorm that occurred after Politico released its now infamous hit piece on the Republican presidential candidate.
As the panel on Fox News Watch discussed a Media Research Center study concerning the coverage of this incident versus how the press handled three sex scandals involving former President Clinton, Colmes actually said, "The reason the numbers are so different is because Herman Cain unlike Bill Clinton was out front on all of the media outlets talking about this" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
JON SCOTT, HOST: The Media Research Center, which is a conservative watch dog group, it merits mention, looked at morning and evening newscasts on ABC, NBC, CBS. Here’s what they found: in the days since Politico broke this story, for Cain there were a total of 50 stories in the first three days. After the Paula Jones scandal broke for President Clinton back in 1994, there were a whopping one story.
ALAN COLMES: Can I address that?
ANDREA TANTAROS: No, I’m going to address it. It’s my turn.
COLMES: There's a reason for this.
TANTAROS: Because remember, the Clinton…
COLMES: And when would that have been?
SCOTT: Three stories after Kathleen Willey accused the President of having groped her in 1997. And three stories after Juanita Broaddrick came forward in February of 1999 to say that Mr. Clinton had raped her. Alright, Andrea.
ANDREA TANTAROS: Well, that’s because the Clinton campaign told the media and the media obliged that this was a private matter, this was a distraction, even though she was a state employee and even though he ended up paying her $850,000, exponentially more than the Cain settlement, the media backed off that one. Now, I do agree the Cain campaign completely bungled this. As someone who’s worked on campaigns, who’s dealt with these types of scandals, they did screw it up from the start. But I will say this: there are no details yet, and I believe that if Politico had the details, and they would have been salacious, they would have used them. So that's telling me that this really isn't a big deal. Also the number of the settlement is very small. But, again, the AP went with an anonymous source on Wednesday. This is not good journalism here, just quoting all of these anonymous sources.
COLMES: I’d like to address those numbers. The reason the numbers are so different is because Herman Cain unlike Bill Clinton was out front on all of the media outlets talking about this, doing interview after interview as soon as this broke, changing the story numerous times. Bill Clinton, the accusee of who you mentioned previously, wasn't out talking about it. Herman Cain has created a media firestorm because of the way he’s reacted to it.
Yeah, Cain's reaction is why Politico has now run more stories on this subject in the past six days than they did Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's ties to domestic terrorist Bill Ayers or his connection to convicted real estate developer Tony Rezko.
It's also why CNN has now covered this so-called scandal more than it did Obama's association with Ayers, Rezko, and the America-hating Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
Having watched Colmes for years, I've always wondered if he really believes the nonsense that comes out of his mouth when there's a microphone near it, or if he's just one of the Left's best shills.
Readers are encouraged to review Scott Whitlock's entire report "Networks Hit Cain Story 50 Times in Less Than Four Days; Ignored Clinton Scandals."
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Colmes is an idiot. Enuff
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 5:35pm.
Colmes is an idiot. Enuff said.
Ricklail
Submitted by rockyracoon on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 5:54pm.
You're being kind calling this commie an idiot, but I understand the decorum, of our forum, here.
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
Give the guy a break
Submitted by dr-go on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 6:18pm.
he's trying his best to be as lucid as possible.
Yeah
Submitted by Rukus on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 7:01pm.
I don't think martian's make much sense either.
the gold standard for liberal lunacy
Submitted by Cho Yi Fan on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 5:39pm.
While I like Fox news one sure way to get me to change the channel is
to bring on Alan Colmes.His arguments always defy logic and some of his
ideas are simply wacko. Like the idea that Bill Clinton was out in front
of his numerous scandals. Clinton was really a stand up guy?
I can usually listen to liberal lunacy but Colmes takes lunacy to a whole level.
To me listening to him is a waste of valuable time.
talk about lipstick on a pig
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 5:50pm.
One of the side benefits to the Cain issue is that we get to remind everyone what a perv Bill Clinton was/is and that the esteemed elder statesman treatment he gets is undeserved.
It's funny
Submitted by Rukus on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 7:05pm.
Haven't heard the ex perve-in-chief weigh in on this yet. He's hopin' it's all true so he can give Cain a high five. Or a fist bump.
no Cain "settlement"
Submitted by spepper on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 5:54pm.
Cain did not issue a "settlement" to his accuser-- the NRA (restaurant assn., not the gun club) did that! Cain has repeatedly stated that he originally knew nothing about a settlement-- which is the TRUTH-- the accuser's termination of employment and severance compensation was from the NRA, NOT CAIN. And this was a totally separate event from the "nondisclosure agreements" that BOTH Cain AND his accuser signed separately, regarding the "accusation event".
True!
Submitted by Fan77 on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 6:17pm.
But let's not forget, that a "severance" settlement is common. A regular practice where employers pay up to reduce the risk of lawsuits from fired employees.
Non-disclosure agreements is also common when an employee is fired... as I mentioned above, the employer simply protects himself from the employee for being fired.
All of a sudden, MSM doesn't understand common practice ....sheesh! .... But then again, this is simply partisan ... isn't it?
According to a lady on Mark
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 6:18pm.
According to a lady on Mark Levin the other who had litigated things like this said that the Hermanator probably didn't know a thing about it. That is that he knew that maybe someone had made an accusation but he never knew the outcome. Besides the woman making these claims won't come forward telling me she is full of crap.
Does Colmes think nobody remembers....?
Submitted by NeoKong on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 5:53pm.
We were all there too.
"It was just sex and doesn't the President deserve a private life...?" was all we heard.
Honest to god. How can these people deny that no one would have dared to harass the Clintons the way that they did to Cain ?
He is forever the the gold standard of the media ignoring a sex scandal.
Acussee
Submitted by dmaley1714 on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 6:07pm.
Nice Colmes.. why not call Clinton what he was the perpetrator.
Alan Colmes
Submitted by 26CX on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 6:13pm.
is an effeminate version of Bob Beckel.
Colmes v Beckel
Submitted by StarAZ on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 7:10pm.
That's a toughie. Colmes is like a self-parody, but Beckel actually shows his contempt for the audience--playing on his Crackberry or putting his feet up like his hero Obama. Both are not mental giants. Beckel is probably smarter--he always seems sort of bemused--like "you know this is just my day job."
Colmes and Beckel
Submitted by 26CX on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 7:59pm.
both have contempt for their audiences, but where Colmes looks down on everyone and poses as an intellectual superior, Beckel always resorts to name calling and physical threats.
Between the two of them, they pretty much cover the liberal spectrum.
I like Beckel, he is a die
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 8:10pm.
I like Beckel, he is a die HARD LIBERAL AND PAID TO BE SO.
I'm glad that nobody's paying him
Submitted by 26CX on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 8:19pm.
to be a die hard conservative. He is a horse's ass most of the time.
And if Cain was quiet, Colmes would go after him as well.
Submitted by drsamherman on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 6:22pm.
Colmes is becoming more irritating as times goes by and his boycrush Earbama's disasters pile up like trash.
Nope, NO bias here.............
Submitted by Tomorama on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 6:41pm.
Was his "being out front" part of the redefining of the word "is"?
OR when he was "out front" on his LYING that he did "not have sex with that women, Monica Lewinsky"?
Cain according to all reports was NON_SEXUAL, 64 stories, Clinton rapes, assaults, fondles, cigars, lies etc, etc, etc and we get what 7 in the same timeframe?
Remember also, THX to NB the other day posting FACTS, not only were there few stories, they pretty much all QUESTIONED the victims of said rape, assaults, fondling etc, etc.
Nah, the media is fair.
Knew this would happen
Submitted by MCLIJazz on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 6:49pm.
I can only take Alan in small doses. 22 minutes of him on the weekend is not what I need. His shtick never changes. Fox News Watch is a show about media coverage, but Alan turns it into a political moral equivalency show when he's on. With all due respect, it's such a relief when I check the Fox News Watch webpage on Thursday or Friday and he isn't listed as the second liberal on the panel. Then I'll DVR the show and watch it. Otherwise, why bother hearing "the right/far-right/Bush did it, too" whenever it's his turn to speak? So, I'm hoping someone like Kirsten Powers is on the panel instead next week.
Upon further review...
Submitted by MCLIJazz on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 10:51pm.
...he made one good point. Cain didn't help himself by telling conflicting stories.
I hope this blows over, but I just fear it'll turn into Woods or Weiner.
Since Alien Colmes is from
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 6:55pm.
Since Alien Colmes is from Uranus...........you can't really blame him for his stupidity, since he's not really from this planet. Of course, when I look at Boy Barry, I've got to think that he's from some other universe also...........
I'd say 'the creature from the black lagoon'...........but I'd probably get thrown outta here!!!
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 6:58pm.
but seriously through--they really are funny.
Colmes and Judy Miller
Submitted by StarAZ on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 7:07pm.
Colmes and that giggling Miller woman are the worst things to ever happen to News Watch, but if Cain did use his "humor" and old guy thoughtlessness and tackiness to try to sweet talk women, then whose fault is all this? Sure, we don't have details yet, yes, Clinton skated more than this, etc etc etc--but why were these women paid off? Colmes, for all his predictable yackety-yack, did not pay them.
Sorry about posting facts..............
Submitted by Tomorama on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 9:59am.
Genius, neither did Cain.
Oh, I am a genius
Submitted by StarAZ on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 2:38pm.
I didn't say Cain paid--he kept arm's length. I said Colmes did not. Read carefully.
Alan Colmes
Submitted by EvilCon555 on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 7:03pm.
Would SCREAM racism if this story involved President Obama and a subordinate. We are at the mercy of a brainwashed media. It is frightening.
EvilCon555
"All great change in America begins at the dinner table" Ronald Reagan, Jan 21, 1981
Colmes
Submitted by stan25 on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 7:03pm.
The best thing Hannity did was fire Colmes off his show. Too bad the others on Fox don't go to Roger Ailes and demand that he get rid of Colmes. Maybe if they all said that they would resign, if he did not go would send a clear message to Ailes. Oh yeah, Jerry Rivers, Bob Beckel and Lamont Hill leaving would make me a very happy camper too
Colmes
Submitted by stan25 on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 7:04pm.
The best thing Hannity did was fire Colmes off his show. Too bad the others on Fox don't go to Roger Ailes and demand that he get rid of Colmes. Maybe if they all said that they would resign, if he did not go would send a clear message to Ailes. Oh yeah, Jerry Rivers, Bob Beckel and Lamont Hill leaving would make me a very happy camper too. Better include Shep Smith in that list.
I think all those libs are
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 8:13pm.
I think all those libs are good for us and the shows. They make us sharper in our skills.
Colmes, as all libs, follows the template to perfection
Submitted by metaphorsbwithu on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 7:58pm.
I've had enough "discussions" with liberals to know that no amount of factual information can ever persuade them they are wrong.
They simply ignore them and keep coming back with one excuse, explanation, or rationalization after another, always trying to get in the last word, never really disproving your facts and what you say, but simply trying to overwhelm you with slogans and talking points to respond to, accusing you of bias in your thinking and flaws in your observations and perception until you realize it's just silly to keep wasting your time trying to expose the flaws in their position and to pull them into reality.
It's a game to them.
In other news,
Submitted by UpNorth on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 8:12pm.
Colmes said that he is fair and balanced. No, wait, he was mistaken, that's Fox's standard, Colmes admitted, he's just another libturd, much like Beckel, Obama, Bite-Me and SanFranNan.
Alan
Submitted by palmaceiahome on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 9:03pm.
Colmes has NO intellectual honesty, how can he be presented those facts and go into never, never land? I watched Geraldo do the same thing on O'Reilly over OWS on Friday. I would like to see a cable news Channel with host and guess from the Conservative side.Just put the guys on talk radio on the air. Mark Levin could be the lead anchor. Can you imagine those ratings?
Colmes is the psychic twin of ...
Submitted by wizardjr on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 9:10pm.
Elenor Clift. They're both mental midgets.
Wiz,
Submitted by gfrrman on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 10:02pm.
and they look alike too. Twin "things" from the same mutha. Although Alan needs to upgrade his WHINE to compete with his most incompetent other half. Good gosh, Elenor Clifts' voice is 10 times worse than finger-nails on a blackboard..HIDEOUS "female"
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I just change the channel
Submitted by ohio granny on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 9:54am.
When either one of these dem shills come on I either change the channel or mute it. They never say anything I want to hear.
Noel is right. Colmes always
Submitted by pockets64 on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 9:28pm.
Noel is right. Colmes always looks like he is painfully reciting the party line. He knows it's bull droppings, but it's his job to play the liberal and that's what he has to say. At least that's what the expression on his face and the tone of his voice tell me.
Someone once asked about Colmes
Submitted by Blonde on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 9:43pm.
....and his shaggin' the DNC party line "how can he look at himself in the mirror?".
To which I replied....
"Easy, he has his paycheck taped to his forehead".
Nothing has changed.
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Colmes is FOX's equivalent of
Submitted by Bhaal on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 10:16am.
Colmes is FOX's equivalent of the Iron Sheik from 80's WWF.
Old story abt diff. btwn. Dems & GOP sums it up
Submitted by Annie Ashe Fields on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 10:24pm.
Walking down the street, a Conservative and a Progressive come across a bloody, beaten old man. They look up from the victim just in time to see what must be the perpetrator booking it down the street and around the corner out of sight.
The Republican, leaning over the poor man, comforting him, says to his friend: "Hurry! We've got to catch him."
The Democrat, unmoved, having not lifted a finger to help the victim nor moved an inch replies: "Yes, he (the runner) OBVIOUSLY needs our HELP!"
Colmes, like all rudderless Democrats, is more interested in aggrandizing his cause then fixing the problems on the ground.
If
Submitted by bolivar on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 10:12am.
If I had my druthers, I would give Colmes a fat lip and tell him "you oughta put some ice on that" and then walk away. Clintoon was a sleaze and for the life of me, I cannot understand how Shrillary can stand to be around him. She is no beacon of decency or propriety but, a woman scorned and then crapped on and smirked at etc is a terribly bad thing to have against you.
Short answer
Submitted by Model850 on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 2:52pm.
I cannot understand how Shrillary can stand to be around him.
The short answer: Political expediency.
Personally, I couldn't stand
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 3:14pm.
Personally, I couldn't stand being around either one of them!!!
And thstop making fun of my lithps!!!!
And this "used car salesman",
Submitted by jessieH on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 10:15am.
And this "used car salesman", this, talk as fast as possible, liberal's opinion means something, why?
Alan is just being Alan.
Submitted by Don L on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 2:01pm.
"The reason the numbers are so different is because Herman Cain unlike Bill Clinton..."
Leave it to truth benders like Alan to ignore the major difference here -Clinton was guilty. Why would Alan do such a thing - to blame Cain by associating his situation with the blue dress man from Hope? (Which reminds me-never, never, vote for any candidate that mentions hope in his campaign.
So let me get this straight -
Submitted by amyshulk on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 11:21pm.
So let me get this straight - NOT OK to blame a woman who is raped for her actions, the OWS'ers for not policing their own, and the same for the good Muslims, but it IS OK to blame Cain because he was "asking" for it???
Now I know why I'm not a lib - my head wouldn't be able to keep all that crap straight!!!
Ronald Reagan