ourselves to continuously be distracted by these sort of incidents. i will respond to them. but we cannot slow this campaign down. when we need to be dealing with our economic crisis. our spending crisis. our energy crisis. our foreign policy crisis. illegal immigration crisis. and a crisis of leadership in the white house in washington, d.c. that is what i am going to continue to focus on. on behalf of the american people. not for me, but for the grand kids. thank you all very much for your attendance. [ applause ] >> bret: herman cain speaking to reporters in scottsdale, arizona, spoke for more than 30 minutes. he said he chose to address the allegations directly. repeating three times the line, "i have never acted inappropriately with anyone period." now cain claimed he did not especially recognize sharon