Ben Bradlee on the Cain accusations: “I think he’s got it coming to him, doesn’t he?”
posted at 9:10 pm on November 4, 2011 by Allahpundit
Via the Daily Caller, I watched this early this morning and still can’t figure out why he’d say it. Is he … joking? Mistaking Cain for someone who has a proven track record of harassment? Simply wishing ill upon the Republican demon du jour? Or is there another explanation?
On the one hand, he’s 90. On the other hand, he seems perfectly lucid. On the other hand, he’s 90. Seriously, what’s this supposed to mean?
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Y’all know what runaway slaves get. He shouldn’t have left the plantation.
Pablo on November 4, 2011 at 9:13 PM
Bradlee is a hack douchebag and always has been. Now he is a has-been douchebag hack.
darwin-t on November 4, 2011 at 9:14 PM
Really?
It’s obvious.
Cain is a conservative black – he’s off the liberal plantation, and whatever sleaze folks want to throw at him as a result… he has it coming to him, see?
Midas on November 4, 2011 at 9:14 PM
First off he’s nearly 40 years past the “who is this guy” stage…
2ndly, this whole Cain thing has me rooting for Herman.
Now that this gal thinks she’s not going to have to go public? They already know where she lives. Her phone is ringing off the wall. She’s probably waiting for a 7 figure offer to tell her “story”.
Go Herman Go!!!!
PappyD61 on November 4, 2011 at 9:14 PM
Coming to him? Yes indeedy.
https://supporthermancain.com/iowafund/src/1103
katy the mean old lady on November 4, 2011 at 9:15 PM
Bradlee puts his head in her boobies before he says that
faraway on November 4, 2011 at 9:15 PM
What this pric# have to say about F&F or Solyndra? I thought he was a journalistic Icon?
darwin-t on November 4, 2011 at 9:16 PM
Freeze the video at the 1:08 mark.
faraway on November 4, 2011 at 9:16 PM
He’s drunk and can’t keep his hands off the reporter. Oh yeah, and he’s a douchbag.
Knucklehead on November 4, 2011 at 9:17 PM
Racism inherent in the left.
rbj on November 4, 2011 at 9:17 PM
You should show the whole clip. Woodward was there too, and drunk as a skunk.
kg598301 on November 4, 2011 at 9:18 PM
Two possibles.
1. Bradlee believes that Cain is a Republican so he deserves anything he gets in the way of grief.
2. Or this kind of behavior is common in DC, and is assuming Cain is guilty based on that.
sharrukin on November 4, 2011 at 9:19 PM
They are both obviously drunk. It is funny that Bradly says Cain had the sexual harassment charged “coming” as he (Bradley) is hanging all over an attractive young woman he doesn’t even know.
Liberals; do as I say, not as I do.
BuckNutty on November 4, 2011 at 9:19 PM
“Run for the roundhouse” has negative racial connotations in American history. Ben made a Freudian slip.
onlineanalyst on November 4, 2011 at 9:19 PM
I know this wasn’t the question, but didn’t he just repeatedly sexually harrass that reporter? He should keep his hands to himself. It would be quite funny if she filed a complaint.
Now, he likes Chris Matthews and a Kennedy? He’s just wishing ill on.
bloggless on November 4, 2011 at 9:19 PM
Benjamin C. Bradlee
*******************
Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (born August 26, 1921) is a vice president at-large of The Washington Post. As executive editor of the Post from 1968 to 1991,
he became a national figure during the presidency of Richard Nixon, when he challenged the federal government over the right to publish
the Pentagon Papers and oversaw the publication of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s stories documenting the Watergate scandal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_C._Bradlee
canopfor on November 4, 2011 at 9:19 PM
I thought it was professor Irwin Corey.
fogw on November 4, 2011 at 9:21 PM
I heard about this on the Quinn (www.warroom.com) in morning show (104.7 FM Pittsburgh 0600-0900 mon-fri) and couldn’t believe it.
I then posted it on facebook and my “progressive” friends went bonkers.
2:08 into the clip bradlee (evidently drunk) starts his comments.
At 2:28 he makes the comment that Mr. Cain should “run for the roundhouse”..a direct reference to the place (the roundhouse) in Harpers Ferry that runaway slaves “ran” to in escaping their masters wrath during the abolishionist movement.
This clip needs to be shared far and wide..who are the racists now msm (garafolo, et. al.)…..hmmmm
135Driver on November 4, 2011 at 9:21 PM
Too many martini’s.
SlaveDog on November 4, 2011 at 9:22 PM
Bradlee is right now probably rounding up his old KKK buddies to go after can.
InkyBinkyBarleyBoo on November 4, 2011 at 9:22 PM
And now he’s an old drunk has-been. Pimping a book for Chrissie Mathews.
Sigh.
katy the mean old lady on November 4, 2011 at 9:23 PM
Freeze the video at the 1:08 mark.
faraway on November 4, 2011 at 9:16 PM
faraway:After enlarging it to 200%,yup,he got caught!:)
canopfor on November 4, 2011 at 9:23 PM
Yeah, Herman isn’t light skinned and does have a slight accent. He wouldn’t pass the “Harry Reid test of acceptable negroeness.”
Actually, the way I perceive his comments is “he left the plantation safety net and went out on his own, so he has it coming.”
Liberals are despicable people.
BruthaMan on November 4, 2011 at 9:23 PM
Er, I beliee in was and old joke. “Run for the roundhouse, Nelly. He’ll never corner you there.
katy the mean old lady on November 4, 2011 at 9:25 PM
what do you expect from a bunch of old has been farts and drunk on top of it..they couldn’t hardly speak straight.. they were sloshed.
hogtrashhd on November 4, 2011 at 9:25 PM
canopfor on November 4, 2011 at 9:19 PM
=====================
And now he’s an old drunk has-been. Pimping a book for Chrissie Mathews.
Sigh.
katy the mean old lady on November 4, 2011 at 9:23 PM
katy the mean old lady:Prostituting The Tingles book,lol,you
is baaad,haha,oh…good point!:)
canopfor on November 4, 2011 at 9:26 PM
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
A real racist.
faraway on November 4, 2011 at 9:26 PM
135Driver: I heard that same bit on Quinn this morning.
An explanation is included in this piece, as well as the irony of celebrating a book (and booze) party for Jack Kennedy, a known womanizer.
http://imkane.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/bradlee-interview-exposes-lefts-underbelly-of-bigotry-and-racism/
onlineanalyst on November 4, 2011 at 9:26 PM
Holy crap. He’s raking it in. Yesterday, I figured he might break $1m by the time this is over. But he’s got a shot at 1.5 or even 2.
Frankly, I thought he was cooked a couple of days ago, given how poorly he handled the accusations. But he seems to have weathered the storm. If he takes this as a lesson learned and starts getting ahead of the conversation, then I think he’ll have a real shot at the nomination. It’ll show he’s learning on the fly and able to adapt, which is critical in my mind. If he keeps stumbling through new crap, though, and keeps uttering gaffes and stupidities, then I don’t think he’s worth the time.
We’ll see. He needs to show he can play the outsider, and still be savvy to the BS that happens in a campaign. ‘Cause this ain’t nothin’ compared to the insanity of day-to-day presidentin’.
nukemhill on November 4, 2011 at 9:27 PM
Someone better be saving this video before it disappears.
faraway on November 4, 2011 at 9:27 PM
I think he was trying to be witty with a pretty young women, and it came out wrong. Of course, today people have to careful never to make a mistake…
RedSoxNation on November 4, 2011 at 9:28 PM
That party epitomizes the shenanigans and inbred quality of the elite DC cocktail crowd.
onlineanalyst on November 4, 2011 at 9:29 PM
Think he made her feel uncomfortable?
SlaveDog on November 4, 2011 at 9:31 PM
Coming to him? Yes indeedy.
https://supporthermancain.com/iowafund/src/1103
katy the mean old lady on November 4, 2011 at 9:15 PM
katy the mean old lady:Thanks for the heads-up,btw,you got
this linky?!
===================================
Herman Cain Express
*******************
http://beta.hermancainexpress.com/websites/?id=1
canopfor on November 4, 2011 at 9:31 PM
From the Headlines…
Seven Percent Solution on November 4, 2011 at 9:31 PM
No it’s not.
Link.
If you google it, you’ll come up with all kinds of info.
Knucklehead on November 4, 2011 at 9:32 PM
Ben Bradlee said Cain should “run for the roundhouse”
“Run for the Roundhouse Nellie” By Zeke Manners & his band – Ironically, also on the Album is the song “They’re out to trap ya”
Bradlee must have played this on his Victrola Talking Machine
batterup on November 4, 2011 at 9:33 PM
…and he’s a douchebag.
darwin-t on November 4, 2011 at 9:35 PM
It means Cain opposes Obama.
More importantly, watch Bradlee’s hands.
Jim Treacher on November 4, 2011 at 9:36 PM
Wow.
What a racist piece of garbage.
tetriskid on November 4, 2011 at 9:37 PM
our ruling elite at their finest.
rob verdi on November 4, 2011 at 9:38 PM
This is the first case of real racism that I’ve seen in a long time.
faraway on November 4, 2011 at 9:38 PM
I’ve been busy….has anything been going on?
HornetSting on November 4, 2011 at 9:39 PM
This is the second time I’ve heard this reference. On Bill O’Reilly had Dr. Marc Lamont Hill on and paraphrased the same thing.
Kini on November 4, 2011 at 9:41 PM
Why’d you post this, Allah?
listens2glenn on November 4, 2011 at 9:41 PM
…that Cain is a black Republican.
Bradlee is lucid, but he’s a liberal, which means his lucid is always clouded by Utopian bull caca.
He considers Mr. Cain ‘guilty’ of leaving the leftie plantation, which is heresy in his mind.
Schadenfreude on November 4, 2011 at 9:41 PM
Nothing of substance
Schadenfreude on November 4, 2011 at 9:42 PM
I had to look him up online.
SouthernGent on November 4, 2011 at 9:43 PM
Um, nope. Gotta pass on that. There was a roundhouse in Martinsburg. They were built at the end of the lines. to turn the engine around. I think the link was confusing it with the underground RR.
katy the mean old lady on November 4, 2011 at 9:44 PM
Run to the Roundhouse, Nellie
Nellie is a good hand with a locomotive, but not much at catching the eye of her true love, rancher Sterling Worth. But Sterling is having his problems because villainous Hugo Swindle has discovered oil on the ranch and is attempting to take over the property. Nellie learns of the truth, but Hugo will stop at nothing to achieve his evil goal! He pursues Nellie, who tries to escape (to the roundhouse, of course), but Hugo captures her, and she is tied to the railroad tracks. Just as a train comes thundering down on helpless Nell, Sterling appears, defeats the villain and saves the day. Our hero then sees Nellie’s true beauty for the first time, and they join in a warm embrace.
sharrukin on November 4, 2011 at 9:44 PM
Not much…
… But I hear Prescott Huntsman is still in the race.
Seven Percent Solution on November 4, 2011 at 9:45 PM
What does it mean? If Bradlee’s standard of conduct is Kennedy, then all men have it coming. That’s all I can get out of what he’s saying. Or, that anyone who denies that men are serial gropers and philanderers is some kind of hypocrite. It’s twisted, whatever it is.
Paul-Cincy on November 4, 2011 at 9:45 PM
Alternate headline: “Hey, it’s a boring night, so let’s show some video of some really drunk old farts who are some how relevant, or something.”
My God, if we could only get some video of Sarah Palin slurring her words………..
Rovin on November 4, 2011 at 9:46 PM
Nah, we’e just been hanging around.
katy the mean old lady on November 4, 2011 at 9:46 PM
I doubt very much that he was very kind when other Republicans got caught up in scandals.
sharrukin on November 4, 2011 at 9:46 PM
Yep, then when challenged, walked it back to this is all part of the vetting process, or some such weasel wording,
a capella on November 4, 2011 at 9:47 PM
Thanks very much for the tip. You’ll be hearing more about this.
Jim Treacher on November 4, 2011 at 9:47 PM
So Bradlee is chuckling at the allusion to if not a lynching, some chase leading to tying Cain to the railroad tracks for an oncoming train.
Paul-Cincy on November 4, 2011 at 9:47 PM
I’ve been busy….has anything been going on?
HornetSting on November 4, 2011 at 9:39 PM
HornetSting:Kinda,
We are in,a straight week,of
“Siege at Stalingrad”,wait,I F’d up,
correction,
its,Seige at Cains Train Station!!
canopfor on November 4, 2011 at 9:49 PM
I guess that is funny to a lot of people.
Chris Matthews has great friends.
tetriskid on November 4, 2011 at 9:49 PM
She made him uncomfortable. He is getting quite “friendly” with her until she asks about racial motives. Then ol’ Ben recoils slightly and moves back away from her and his hands are off. Sounds like an effective way to get rid of an annoying drunk liberal, ladies.
Mallard T. Drake on November 4, 2011 at 9:50 PM
Not everything is about race.
sharrukin on November 4, 2011 at 9:51 PM
Of course he’s got it coming to him. How dare a black man succeed without the democrat party propping him up! :)
lonestar1 on November 4, 2011 at 9:52 PM
Thanks! Isn’t it amazing the crap that sticks in your brain?
Of course I have no idea where the car keys are right now. Or the cat.
Oh
no!
Not again!
Excuse me for a minute.
katy the mean old lady on November 4, 2011 at 9:52 PM
This is the grand eminence of the Washington ruling class elite. Think about that. Just a besotted, insulated old fool. All us conservatives have it coming to us, don’t you see, especially uppity black men who try to leave the plantation.
rrpjr on November 4, 2011 at 9:53 PM
The reporter was hawt and I don’t think she could spell “cat” if you spotted her the “k” and the “a.”
cane_loader on November 4, 2011 at 9:53 PM
Link.
If you google it, you’ll come up with all kinds of info.
Knucklehead on November 4, 2011 at 9:32 PM
Knucklehead:
Wow,worth repeating,great linky Knucklehead!:)
The Washington Post continues to publish stories involving the murky sexual-harassment accusations surrounding Cain, but when John Edwards ran for president in 2008, the Post did not investigate the allegations of infidelity involving campaign videographer Rielle Hunter or those surrounding the subsequent love child. The National Enquirer did all the leg work on that one.
canopfor on November 4, 2011 at 9:53 PM
Donald Trump has been strangely silent.
Is his mouth on strike?
cane_loader on November 4, 2011 at 9:55 PM
Is that what you think? You’re pretty sharp there.
Jim Treacher on November 4, 2011 at 9:55 PM
I recall an episode of Chris Matthews’ program a few years ago, where he’s recounting an execution of a Nazi after the Nuremberg trials. The executioner is supposed to hang the guy behind a curtain, and instead, something else happens, and there’s a lot of commotion behind the curtain. Matthews explains, with a huge, s***-eating grin on his face, laughing, smiling, about to burst with excitment and glee … Matthews explains, “he strangled the bast*rd”. And I had to wonder, Nazi or not, what kind of sick guy would have such a reaction to such a story. Matthews in this lather, this frenzy of bloodlust. It was macabre. I think the guy has some psychological problems.
Paul-Cincy on November 4, 2011 at 9:56 PM
There are roundhouses everywhere. And I’m looking at my own book on the start of the Civil War.
Google/Bing…..John Brown+Harpers Ferry+roundhouse
Harpers Ferry Raid.
Knucklehead on November 4, 2011 at 9:56 PM
Let’s see, ninety year old Democrat…..
What do you think it means?
Hawkins1701 on November 4, 2011 at 9:57 PM
My grandmother is going to be 96 next month and she is sharp as a tack. This guy was probably this stupid when he was 30. Grandma always says…you can’t fix stupid.
57 States.
“Corpsmen”.
9.0% unemployment.
Oakland burning to the ground…but, let’s take a swipe at Cain.
HornetSting on November 4, 2011 at 9:57 PM
So this is one of those famous cocktail parties the D.C. elite die for? Looks like a snooze-fest to me.
SouthernGent on November 4, 2011 at 9:57 PM
Well,speaking of the RoadHouse thingy,thank gawd,the US and
Canada built the Underground Railway,for escaping slaves back when!!
=============
Underground Railroad
*********************
The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century black slaves in the United States to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause
(more….)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad
canopfor on November 4, 2011 at 9:58 PM
Are you sure they weren’t at a party honoring Robert Byrd’s memory?
RedRedRice on November 4, 2011 at 9:59 PM
Dammit, Hornet…**she mutters as she wipes the coffee off her laptop…
lovingmyUSA on November 4, 2011 at 9:59 PM
Ehh, it was just a cheap wisecrack.. I admit it.
cane_loader on November 4, 2011 at 10:00 PM
My grandmother is going to be 96 next month and she is sharp as a tack. This guy was probably this stupid when he was 30. Grandma always says…you can’t fix stupid.
57 States.
“Corpsmen”.
9.0% unemployment.
Oakland burning to the ground…but, let’s take a swipe at Cain.
HornetSting on November 4, 2011 at 9:57 PM
HornetSting:And,unless the GOP Debate Format changes,real soon,
its gonna keep painting GOP as idiots,as well!
So far,Team Obama,has enjoyed,over a solid month
of…..*DISTRACTIONS*!!!!:)
canopfor on November 4, 2011 at 10:01 PM
You’re welcome! Do I get a prize?
I just finished reading this book 5 days ago and the phrase is right in there for all to see.
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
The book was excellent!
Knucklehead on November 4, 2011 at 10:05 PM
We had the Underground Railroad here in Iowa, both here in Des Moines, and my home city of Marion, Iowa.
lovingmyUSA on November 4, 2011 at 10:05 PM
Apparently the Tea Party is running an Underground Railroad protecting black conservatives from people like Ben Bradlee.
faraway on November 4, 2011 at 10:09 PM
people like Ben Bradlee… and his media businesses WaPo and Politico.
faraway on November 4, 2011 at 10:12 PM
Clip saved
hamradio on November 4, 2011 at 10:13 PM
My questions to Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn: How many conservatives have you had or honored at your famous Washington, DC dinner parties? How many were descendants of African slaves?
Guess who’s not coming to dinner.
TXUS on November 4, 2011 at 10:17 PM
Bradlee thinks Cain is too “uppity.”
Pilgrimsarbour on November 4, 2011 at 10:25 PM
Hey, thanks! My friend is a Ciil War buff. Ordered it for her.
Still gotta go with Nelly though. It would be the kind of thing a drunk old fart would say, thinking she knows what the hell it means.
It was also in a collection of great country song titles along with:
16. It’s Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night That Chewed Your Ass Out All Day Long
15. If I Can’t Be Number One In Your Life, Then Number Two On You
14. If The Phone Don’t Ring, You’ll Know It’s Me
13. How Can I Miss You If You Won’t Go Away?
12. I Liked You Better Before I Got to Know You So Well
11. I Still Miss You Baby, But My Aim’s Gettin’ Better
10. I Wouldn’t Take Her To A Dog Fight ‘Cause I’m Afraid She’d Win
9. I’ll Marry You Tomorrow, But Let’s Honeymoon Tonight
8. I’m So Miserable Without You, It’s Like You’re Still Here
7. If I Had Shot You When I First Wanted To, I’d Be Out Of Prison By Now
6. My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend And I Sure Do Miss Him
5. She Got The Ring And I Got The Finger
4. You’re The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly
3. Her Teeth Was Stained But Her Heart Was Pure
2. She’s Looking Better After Every Beer
And the Number one song is. . . .
1. I Ain’t Never Gone To Bed With Ugly Women, but I’ve Sure Woke Up With A Few
katy the mean old lady on November 4, 2011 at 10:27 PM
Bradlee is the scum that has taken this country to the depths of hell. Screw this irrational piece of garbage. When you think of the Washington Post, leftwing nut jobs like Milbanks, Robinson and Cohen are certified bigots who have no conscious. Bradlee is their daddy.Those more leftwing insane were made to branch off and form Politico. They are all a part of the movement to destroy this nation.
volsense on November 4, 2011 at 10:32 PM
It’s in the book, “run to John Brown’s Fort, run to the roundhouse”
I love a good history book that’s written like fiction.
I just finished this one and am now reading “Lusitana”
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
Dang, I didn’t know the doctors killed James Garfield. Duh!
Knucklehead on November 4, 2011 at 10:35 PM
Bet he went to some “good’ party’s with JFK. Lot of pretty girls around don’t you think?
Hummer53 on November 4, 2011 at 10:36 PM
I wonder when Mr. Bradlee thinks it’s proper to bring up Barack Obama’s race. When people criticize him, perhaps?
I wrote Ben Bradlee off when I learned he knew everything that was going on in the Kennedy WH and decided the people had no right to know news that, in his opinion, wasn’t fit to print. And that he would elevate a hack like Sally Quinn to journalism’s hierarchy because she was sleeping her way to the top. With him.
SukieTawdry on November 4, 2011 at 10:49 PM
JFK: “Where’s the women?”
Paul-Cincy on November 4, 2011 at 10:49 PM
So that’s Ben Bradlee – don’t believe I’ve ever seen him live (assuming that he is here).
One thing I never knew about him – per Wikipedia:
“In 1952 Bradlee joined the staff of the Office of U.S. Information and Educational Exchange (USIE), the embassy’s propaganda unit. USIE produced films, magazines, research, speeches, and news items for use by the CIA throughout Europe. USIE (later known as USIA) also controlled the Voice of America, a means of disseminating pro-American “cultural information” worldwide. ”
Funny that.
Tim_CA on November 4, 2011 at 11:17 PM
Yikes!
Ben Bradlee throwing darts at Cain for sexual advances? Bradlee was “dating” Sally Quinn who worked for him at the Washington Post. And he was doing it while still married to his second wife. They used to sneak off together to unknown locations. My paper, the Washington Star, used to report on their escapades, calling the two the “Fun Couple” in our tasteful gossip column called The Ear. It was must reading for Post staffers and the newstands near the Post would run out of Stars when we revealed another weekend jaunt together.
Bradlee must be getting senile. He seems to forget his own dalliances. He most certainly has forgotten he had to return a Pulitzer Prize won by fraudulent reporter Janet Cook. He vouched for her phony story when neither he nor her direct editor Bob Woodward validated her sources.
But liberals are never judged by their actions.
Corky Boyd on November 4, 2011 at 11:31 PM
Generous interpretation of “he’s got it coming”:
1. The accusations are real; they exist
2. There was a settlement over the accusations
3. Herman Cain is running for president
4. Presidential candidates do, and must, get properly vetted by the media (except for you-know-who, of course)
Non-so-generous interpretation:
1. He’s a Republican and must be punished
Tuning Spork on November 4, 2011 at 11:34 PM
Damn, I can’t believe Allah missed the Daily Caller’s link title and missed the delicious irony of it all:
Former-washington-post-editor-discusses-cain-sexual-harassment-story-while-pawing-daily-caller-reporter.
Buy Danish on November 4, 2011 at 11:43 PM
Never heard of this dude before this thread. Who cares what an old fool says?
karenhasfreedom on November 5, 2011 at 2:24 AM
Bradlee has always hated Republicans. Why do you think the Post went after Nixon instead of the more corrupt LBJ?
WannabeAnglican on November 5, 2011 at 3:59 AM
Bradlee would have been 20 years old in 1941. He grew up (?? did he ??) in an era of America that was segregated and if you were a white boy it was ‘sport’ for some to dis on black men and lust on black women. To Bardlee’s old mind he thinks Cain is ‘upity’ and the quote in his mind was: “I think the ni**er needs to know his place, don’t yall?”
The sad thing is the fact this creep has had so much power and infulence over the last forty years and probably has screwed over many black and white people from his glass tower. People like him are one reason I believe in heaven and hell.
jarhead0311 on November 5, 2011 at 5:01 AM
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