his wife went to the homeowners association and asked for permission. she went to the architectural board, they said look, it s a swing set go ahead and build it. that is her side of the story. they hired a builder, paid $1,200, it was half built then the homeowners association came over and said, stop, a neighbor has complained, you need to move the entire swing set. here is captain frye. we heard there were complaints but they didn t say what the complaints were, so other than knowing that it was in view of the street, which is not something that is in the cc and r s or the governing documents don t mention anything about that. reporter: c, c and r meaning codes, covenants and restrictions. they continued to build it and the captain shipped out to afghanistan. when the hos sent a letter to his wife saying move this thing or else, saying you broke the rules, you didn t stop building it and now we are suing you. so the fryes got an attorney the lawsuit is now in full swing.
you could do a whole column on this one. cain gave an inskrutible answer when asked to take a lie detector. try and figure out what he meant. as distasteful as it might be, would you be willing to do a lie detector test to prove your honesty in something like this. yes. go ahead. yes, i absolutely would. but i am not going to do that unless i have a good reason to do that. that s one of the first covenants i made with my staff and attorney. of course i would be willing to do a lie detector test. what did he say, dana? no way on god s green earth will i take a lie detector test. he said i absolutely would. and then he said only i think it s appropriate. guess who the arbiter of what is appropriate here? the same thing going on with all of the accusations. it doesn t matter what somebody else says, even if he did it if
when asked to take a lie detector. try and figure out what he meant. as distasteful as it might be, would you be willing to do a lie detector test to prove your honesty in something like this. yes. go ahead. yes, i absolutely would. but i am not going to do that unless i have a good reason to do that. that s one of the first covenants i made with my staff and attorney. of course i would be willing to do a lie detector test. what did he say, dana? no way on god s green earth will i take a lie detector test. he said i absolutely would. and then he said only i think it s appropriate. guess who the arbiter of what is appropriate here? the same thing going on with all of the accusations. it doesn t matter what somebody else says, even if he did it if he doesn t consider it inappropriate. i think what herman cain s standard of inappropriate is,
candidate for the republican nomination for the president, has been kind enough to join us in our studios in washington, d.c., and he s joining us live this morning after what was surely a very stressful and busy day yesterday. i do hope you got some sleep, and thank you for being with us. our viewers do thank you, too. thank you, robin, and it was a busy day but i survived. this is why it was a busy day, and we re going to talk about many issues, but let s start with what s at the top of the news. many people are asking, did you say something early yesterday about sexual allegations against you but something completely different hours later? let s watch as things happened yesterday. if the restaurant association did a settlement, i am i wasn t even aware of it and i hope it wasn t for much because nothing happened. so if there was a settlement, it was handled by some of the other officers that worked for me at the association, so the answer is absolutely not. i am un
dan simon, living the collective dream in san francisco. cnn newsroom continues right now. hello, everyone, president obama is just about to land in columbus, ohio, to campaign for the jobs bill that republican leaders of congress are openly rejecting. barely 24 hours ago the president showed off his american jobs act and demanded congress pass it with, and i quote, no games, no politics, no delays. but then came the details of how the $447 billion package would be paid for. two words. tax hikes. and you could hear the opposition digging in. the biggest hike by far would be a cap on itemized deductions for high earners. the white house estimates that would raise $400 billion over four years. the bill would also close loopholes enjoyed by oil and gas companies, raising an estimated $40 billion. it would raise taxes on investment fund managers and scale back depreciation rules for corporate jets and suddenly republicans who had been promising to hear the president out had h