OWS Protesters Heckle Herman Cain

Joe Schoffstall | December 2, 2011
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By Lindsey Boerma, National Journal

December 1, 2011 | 11:45 p.m.
 
MURFREESBORO, Tenn.-- Though he assured the dean of Middle Tennessee State University that there would be no politics during his visit, Herman Cain called it “tempting” to respond to a handful of protesters who interrupted his lecture here on Thursday night.
 
As Cain was recounting his climb up Pillsbury’s corporate ladder to a full lecture hall of about 300 students, someone shouted, “Mic check!” setting off a minute’s worth of shouting from the audience. “We are the 99 percent!” several representing Occupy Wall Street chanted. “Sexual abuse is unacceptable!” one student hollered.