Look at everything that’s getting thrown at Herman Cain. The GOP Opponents are one thing, but now people that work for the Obama Administration is now – just now – popping up with accusations? How many years passed by with no allegations being made, and now all the sudden that Cain takes the lead in the race for the GOP Nomination, now this pops up?
This is all bogus fabrications and the people accusing Cain looks like they have zero credibility. Just watching these people make the accusations, you can see in their face that they are making this all up.
If these people are being put up to try to harm Cain’s campaign… then his opponents believe him to be such a threat that they can’t counter him in the normal established ways, such as in a Debate. They fear Cain. Just like they fear Sarah Palin.
A Cain-Palin ticket would make the Left apoplectic. I think Jon Stewart would have a stroke. Bill Maher would shit himself to death. (I remain hopeful of either that or he dies like David Carradine) Quiet seriously, that ticket right there would put political opponents in seething fits. This alone makes it worth while to make that ticket happen.
Coming from a perspective where I’ve seen this kind of thing up close (not aimed at me, but at other employees), I can tell you that “sexual” harassment claims are very rarely what the name implies they are.
Sometimes they’re opportunist attempts at a payday. Strange as it may seem though, that’s actually not very common.
Sometimes these claims are vindictive. I’ve seen these several times, where the accuser has some sort of beef with the accusee (usually an employee who doesn’t like their boss). They then look for ways to nail them. Not actively, mind you. But in a passive manner, looking for some misstep, keeping an eye out for an opportunity. Then they file a harassment claim. This is far more common that a payday attempt.
Sometimes, often in conjunction with the above, the accuser’s claim is something trivial. Like maybe the accusee told an off-color joke to a close friend over lunch and the accuser overheard it. They then run off and file a claim. This is probably the most common type of claim.
When people hear “sexual harassment” they automatically envision some scenario where the accusee is patting secretaries on the butt and propositioning them to sex in a hotel room over lunch hour. But in reality, that almost never happens.
True honest-to-goodness “sexual” harassment is very uncommon. The vast majority of these kinds of claims are technicalities under the law and are frivolous. Trust that if any claim against Herman Cain was a true-to-the-core actual case of real “sexual” harassment, CEO or not, the Board of Directors would have sent his ass curbside post-haste.
Just watched his press conference, I have the utmost respect for the man.
He is handling this in such a manner to make those after him scream in rage.
The man is just great.
Jim
A Cain-Palin ticket would ensure Obama’s re-election. Leftists are praying (though they’re all heathens so probably not) that the GOP picks those buffoons.
Yeah, the allegations have zero credibility, which is why the National Restaurant Association paid settlements to two women to settle sexual-harassment claims against Cain. And that’s also why during his 2003 Senate bid, he hired a PR firm to help contain any fallout.
All sorts of stuff is dug up on the frontrunner. Rick Perry’s rather embarrassing name for his backwoods cabin, for example. If you’re the frontrunner, you get the attention for better or worse.
Those look to be nuisance payments.
Sexual harassment “settlements”, as in they were found to have grounds, against him at that point would have been HUGE.
And I agree, there would be NO chance of a Cain/Palin ticket getting elected.
No matter how much I like both of them.
Jim
Sexual harrassment claims have become big business in America. If you’re rich and powerful, or in the employ of a deep pockets organization, you’re walking around with a giant target on your back. Cain is no more perfect than any one of us but I like him. I like his courage, his ideas and his willingness to spell out what he believes and what he’d do as President. He’s got my support and not just because he’s not a mainstream Republican either (though that certainly doesn’t hurt my opinion of him). He’s an answer to the Ruling Class stranglehold on power in this country. Perhaps the last chance.
The media only started unloading on Cain once he started outpolling their fair-haired boy Mittens.
I’m English so I’m no expert on the US political system.
But from my observations it seems to be standard practice for the Deomcratic Party and its supporters to slur Republicans, especially conservative Republicans, as racists. When the Republican in question happens to be black they instead accuse them of being a sexual predator. Thus demonstrating that in fact the Democrats are ones clinging to an outdated racial stereotype.
You seem to have a clear understanding!
He just needs to drop that national sales tax nonsense. Punishing folks for putting money into the economy is the exact wrong idea. Plus, you never create a new tax, because it will just grow from there.
End the income personal tax, too. There’s no size of the Federal government within the Constitutional limits that even vaguely needs that for funding. Tax corporations; operating as a corporation gives all sorts of legal privileges (limited liability, bankruptcy protection, etc.),, so they can pay for those privileges. The consumers end up paying, regardless, but at least the taxation would apply as directly as possible to those who get the direct benefits, just like tolls and fuel taxes apply to those who use the roads.
Yeah, Cain/Palin won’t happen. Sarah’d be crazy to accept it, and the combo doesn’t offer much in the way of benefits while maximizing liabilities of a given type, IMO.
Plus, I can just see the jokes now. “Those Republicans, always looking to cut cut cut. They even cut the first two letters off of last election’s bumper stickers!”
God I hope we don’t see Palin back in the race. A far smarter choice would be John Bolton, he’d shore up Cain’s lack of Foreign policy experience, and he’s pro-gun. Paul Ryan, or even Bobby Jindall would be much better than Palin. Let her go back to AK and quit something else prior to going on to make more money.
Neither Cain nor Palin have military time. Being a Navy Civilian, does not count. Out of those in the race only Governor Perry and Ron Paul have ever served.
Out of the recent Presidents, Clinton and Obama stand out as bad examples.
Geoff
Who will vote against the Nazi, or whatever little bend over puppet they put up.