Herman Cain Pac website not a lie, but a re-posting site of other stuff

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Thursday November 10, 2011 · 10:25 AM PST

2011/11/10 · 10:25

There has been quite a bit of discussion on some diaries here about the Herman Cain Pac web page that calls one of Herman Cain's accusers an "ugly bitch" and whether or not it is a real site or a lie, etc. It is obviously a real website. Whether or not the person who created the website ever collects any money for any political purposes cannot be known. The "Donate" button on the site doesn't work.

But, there have been hundreds of posts going back several months. All or virtually all of the posts appear to be posts that have been taken from other blogs, including the one calling Karen Kraushaar an "ugly bitch." The "MP" listed as the poster apparently stands for Mofo Politics. Here's the link to the original page on the Mofo Politics blog. http://www.mofopolitics.com/... This blog is also the originator of the "Gloria Allred has to tell fat bimbo Sharon Bialek to stop giggling at the press conference" blog post that was also picked up by the Herman Cain Pac blog site.

What appears to be the case is that whoever is responsible for the Herman Cain Pac website / blog, picks stuff from elsewhere on the Internet and reposts it. I didn't find ANY original content on the website (although I did not make an extensive search). I did find several posts that listed "Herman Cain" as the author and that were were written in the first person. These articles written by Cain are no doubt available other places on the Internet.

The site Herman Cain Pac has a Facebook page with lots and lots of supporters, and the Herman Cain Pac site appears to have a number of followers, although they may all be duplicates of the Facebook followers.

Son of Prominent Yes on 8 Leader Quits Mormon Church Over Prop 8

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Friday November 14, 2008 · 6:40 AM PST

2008/11/14 · 06:40

Matthew Lawrence, 28, of Santa Ana, California is just one of approximately 500 people who have contacted Signing for Something ( http://www.signingforsomething.org/... )in the last few days to announce his resignation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints because of the Mormon Church's handling of and involvement in the gay marriage issue. Matthew is gay and is the son of Gary Lawrence, 67, who is the "State LDS Grassroots Director for the Yes on 8 Campaign" for the state of California. (See http://yesonprop8.blogspot.com/... ).

Matthew Lawrence, in an e-mail interview with this diarist, said that although he is "extremely upset and frustrated" with his family and that he has "cut off communication with them," that "at the end of the day, I do love them." The elder Lawrence was also the Mormon Church's point man for the Prop 22 campaign in 2000. Matt says, "I love my family so much, but it's hard to not take this personally. We had a brief falling-out over Prop. 22, but that got mended. But two anti-gay initiatives in eight years, it's impossible not to feel attacked."

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Wednesday November 12, 2008 · 9:06 AM PST

2008/11/12 · 09:06

Mormons continued to register their resignations with, and post resignation letters to Signing for Something this week, citing "hatred" and "discrimination" among their chief reasons for quitting the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These resignations come among the continuing backlash against the Mormon Church's involvement in passing California's Proposition 8 last week to take away the right of civil marriage for gays and lesbians.

Excepts of a few recent letters are posted here, with links to the full letters.

I am a gay man who, after serving a [Mormon] mission to the Netherlands, left the mormon church (although not officially) as they have no place for me. I’ve always felt that I didn’t need to upset my family or make waves by requesting that my name be removed from the records. After all, I didn’t recognize the church’s authority anymore so what was the point?

Andrew Callahan

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Monday November 10, 2008 · 1:26 PM PST

2008/11/10 · 13:26

Mormons are resigning from their church, officially the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, citing the Mormon Church's involvement in California's Proposition 8 and other similar measures as "the last straw." Many have posted heart-wrenching letters to the Signing for Something website, some involving abuse and suicide in their families. Some who post specifically refer to intolerance and bigotry by the leadership of the Mormon Church.

Late Thursday Signing for Something website owner Andrew Callahan began seeing blog posts on many different blogs about people resigning from the Mormon Church over this issue. Friday a page was added to the Signing for Something website in an attempt to begin to get an idea of how many people were actually resigning over this issue. Within just a few hours, several dozen had responded and said they were resigning over this issue. Within less than a day it was more than 100, and as of this morning (Monday) the number stands at approximately 250 and growing.

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Sunday November 09, 2008 · 11:27 AM PST

2008/11/09 · 11:27

The website Signing for Something http://www.signingforsomething.org is registering resignations of Mormons who are quitting the church over Prop 8. Many are also posting their letters of resignation for the world to read. There is much anger within the Mormon Church directed at the hierarchy of the church for its generations of lying and misleading its own members. For many, Prop 8 was the last straw.

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