We receive a lot of e-mail. Most of these missives are carefully read, discussed at length among the editors, and courteously replied to in a timely fashion—except for the ones that are so bizarre and irrelevant that we're simply afraid to engage the sender. Instead, we'll share them with you. Behold, the eccentric underbelly of the Gothamist inbox: more ›

At a bizarre pep rally in Atlanta moments ago, GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain announced that he is "suspending" his campaign for president, "because of the continued distraction of the continued hurt caused on me and my family." Cain added, "I'm not gonna be silenced and I'm not going away." Translation: "Don't worry, I'm still going to be shilling my books and speaking for tens of thousands of dollars!" more ›

In the wake of several allegations of sexual harassment, as well as a long-term affair, subliminal smoking advocate Herman Cain has been facing rumors that he will drop out of the presidential race soon. Yesterday, Cain shot back at critics that he had to discuss the matter with his wife Gloria, who he hasn't seen in person since before his alleged 13-year-affair with Ginger White came out. But today, the Cains showed solidarity by launching a new section of his campaign website run by Gloria: "Women For Herman Cain." more ›

Whether or not Herman Cain had an on-again, off-again consensual affair with Atlantan Ginger White (which he didn't!) is none of our business. But people, this coordinated conspiracy against our next president has to stop! Cain's already said he's "reassessing" his entire campaign, and now he's cancelled a private dinner sponsored by Post columnist Cindy Adams. That Rockette costume that he was supposed to wear is NON-REFUNDABLE people! more ›

To date, all the allegations against GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain have involved unwanted sexual harassment or outright sexual assault. Now, Ginger White, an Atlanta businesswoman, has told a FOX affiliate that she had a consensual affair with Cain. more ›

Subliminal smoking advertiser and 2012 presidential candidate Herman Cain went on Letterman last night to deny, for the 653th time, that he has ever sexually harassed anyone. When asked by the host (who admits he's "no stranger to sexual scandal" himself) if "These statements are all false? All of these women are lying? They're all lying?" Cain responds, "Yes. They are." Well, that settles it! more ›

In a press conference in Arizona yesterday, presidential candidate Herman Cain continued to deny the allegations made by five different women who have claimed he committed everything from impropriety to sexual assault. "I have never acted inappropriately with anyone, period," he said, blaming the charges on the "Democrat machine," and denying that he remembered any of the incidents in question. Would he perhaps one day? "It's a remote possibility…I'm not an expert in how the brain works." more ›

The revelations from Sharon Bialek that Republican frontrunner Herman Cain allegedly grabbed her genitals, pushed her head toward his crotch and said, "You want a job, don't you?" back in 1997 have provoked the NY Post's Andrea Peyser to paint the blond mother as a gold digger AND harsh on her make-up: "Sharon Bialek is 50, out of work and, according to one who knows her, she’s a smooth operator living way above her means. From the look of her heavily painted face, she’s also soon to be in acute need of a new tub of eyeliner." more ›

Yesterday, Sharon Bialek shared an account of her 1997 meeting with 2012 GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain in which he allegedly grabbed her genitals, pushed her head towards his groin and asked, "You want a job, don't you?" So what's Cain's next logical step in confronting these serious allegations? Get some TV laffs at their expense! more ›

Previous sexual harassment allegations against 2012 GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain have all been shrouded under confidentiality agreements and behind anonymous sources. But earlier today, a former employee of an agency involved with the National Restaurant Association gave a press conference in New York and claimed that Cain sexually assaulted her in 1997 after she asked him to help her find a job. Sharon Bialek alleges that after a dinner in which Cain told her that he "upgraded" her hotel room, he drove her to NRA headquarters, when he "reached over and touched my leg and grabbed my genitals…he then grabbed my head and pushed it towards his crotch...He said, 'You want a job, don't you?'" more ›

Politicians win elections and earn their salaries by promising their constituents things and then explaining later why those promises were broken. This is in the Constitution, or Federalist 35 or something. But what happens to voters when they've been pushed to the very brink of insanity by a corrupt, inane political system and a rotten economy? According to new polling by the ABC News/The Washington Post, we're about to find out in 2012! The data shows it will involve a lot of misery, culminating in a campaign that is "a dramatic shift from the hope-and-change enthusiasm generated by Obama's first run for the White House." more ›

Were you wondering how to spend $999 next Thursday? Well, if you want to line the coffers of Republican presidential frontrunner Herman Cain—and meet the man himself—that magical number will get you into Cain's NYC fundraiser next week. Politicker NY reports, "Mr. Cain is spending next Thursday in the Big Apple to raise funds with a lunch at the Russian Tea Room and cocktails at Club 101 on Park Avenue. Both events feature a half hour 'VIP Reception' with a minimum donation of $999 and an hour-and-a-half long 'General Reception' that costs $500 to get in the door." Still, the former Godfather's Pizza CEO is battling questions about various payouts to past female employees and now one of his accusers has broken her silence (via her lawyer). more ›

GOP Presidential candidate Herman Cain is currently the subject of an awful "witch hunt." Yes, he may have been accused of sexual harassment by two different women during his tenure at The National Restaurant Association in the late 90s. But Cain has said that he's never sexually harassed anyone, and never came to a "settlement" either. Sure an "agreement," may have been reached to pay one of the women $35,000—a year of her salary—but remember the late 90s, with all its "free love" and "Macarena?" Now, the woman who accused Cain of misconduct and took the severance pay wants to speak out, but is barred from doing so by the terms of her agreement. more ›

Before he began advocating for higher taxes for the poor and middle class, 2012 GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain headed up the National Restaurant Association. Sure, that group may have worked hand in hand to further the interests of the tobacco lobby, but at least Cain didn't do anything actually illegal, just morally reprehensible. But today, Politico reveals that the trade group was forced to settle two different complaints against Cain for "inappropriate behavior." Sounds like someone needs an electric fence around their groin. more ›

According to a CBS/New York Times poll, Herman Cain is besting Mitt Romney in the GOP presidential race, 25% to 21%. Cain is hoping to build on his success with this brilliant art house campaign ad released on Sunday night. more ›

Thanks to a pair of straw poll wins and an ingenious "9-9-9 Plan" that is akin to punching the poor and middle class in their faces nine times every nine seconds for the next nine decades, Herman Cain is now giving Mitt a run for his money in the GOP presidential field. This means his positions are getting more scrutiny, including his ideas about foreign policy. Daniel Drenzer over at Foreign Policy takes a look at Cain's website and finds "a total of five paragraphs on 'national security.' That's it." Yes, but historians will soon clamor for these brave, five paragraphs to appear under the bulletproof glass with the Declaration of Independence. more ›

Last night was the 756th GOP debate, and all eight candidates did their best to ensure that Republicans will nominate Mitt Romney. As the Washington Post puts it, the party's base has "turned their attention to the latest candidate to capture their fancy," and that man of the hour is Herman Cain, who saw other candidates criticizing his 9-9-9 plan for tax reform. Jon Huntsman said, "I thought it was the price of a pizza when I first heard about it," and Michele Bachmann noted, "when you take the 9-9-9 plan and you turn it upside down, I think the devil is in the details." We are really typing this: Michele Bachmann is right. more ›

2012 GOP presidential candidates Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich are positive that this whole Occupy Wall Street thing is overblown. This is because they represent all of the everyday millionaire pizza moguls and Tiffany's marketers/serial adulterers who know that these nurses, students, union members and other "people" are just jealous. "Part of it is jealousy…My parents never said that we hope the rich people lose something so that we can get something," Cain said at a joint appearance on Face the Nation, presumably forgetting that time he left a flaming bag of poo on John Schnattner's doorstep. more ›

Rick Perry's 2012 Shoot 'Em Up Express has slowed significantly thanks to the candidate's poor debate performances and willingness to help illegal immigrants. Now, the Washington Post delves into the collar-tugging details of the former name of Perry's hunting parcel along the Brazos River: "Niggerhead." more ›

This morning on "Fox News Sunday", our favorite pizza magnate-turned-presidential candidate Herman Cain weighed-in on a debate over whether communities should have the right to ban Muslims from building mosques in their neighborhoods. And he used only the most airtight logic in completely misinterpreting the Constitution to argue his views: "They have a right [to ban a mosque]...That's not discriminating based upon their particular religion. There is an aspect of them building that mosque that doesn't get talked about. And the people in the community know what it is and they're talking about it." Watch him discuss the hallowed ground of Murfreesboro below: more ›