Breaking Discussion: Cain & Sex (UPDATE)
By Bronwyn's Harbor on October 30, 2011 at 10:43 PM in Current Affairs
Say it ain’t so. A.P.: “Cain denies report of sexual harassment“:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s campaign denied allegations Sunday that he was twice accused of sexual harassment while he was the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.
In a statement to The Associated Press, his campaign refuted a Politico report that said Cain had been accused of sexually suggestive behavior toward at least two female employees. The report said the women signed agreements with the restaurant group that gave them five-figure financial payouts to leave the association and barred them from discussing their departures. Neither woman was identified.
The report was based on anonymous sources and, in one case, what the publication said was a review of documentation that described the allegations and the resolution.
Cain’s campaign told the AP that the allegations were not true, and amounted to unfair attacks.
“Inside-the-Beltway media have begun to launch unsubstantiated personal attacks on Cain,” spokesman J.D. Gordon said in a written statement. “Dredging up thinly sourced allegations stemming from Mr. Cain’s tenure as the Chief Executive Officer at the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, political trade press are now casting aspersions on his character and spreading rumors that never stood up to the facts.”
Asked if Cain’s campaign was denying the report, Gordon said, “Yes.”
Aides did not immediately respond to whether Cain would keep to his planned appearances in Washington on Monday. He was slated to discuss his tax plan at the American Enterprise Institute, appear at the National Press Club and hold a healthcare briefing on Capitol Hill. …
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Of Note: In the last debate, Cain introduced himself as married for 44 years. But I can’t recall ever seeing his wife on television or in print. So I googled her tonight after seeing the above story.
With wife Gloria, married in 1968
“Cain married Gloria Cain (née Etchison), of Atlanta, soon after her graduation from Morris Brown College in 1968.[15][16] His wife of 43 years is a homemaker, who also served stints as a teacher and a librarian.[15] The couple have two children and three grandchildren.[17]”
Wedding in 1968
The wedding photo comes from yet another site. Go to UAddIt, which purports to answer the question of Herman Cain’s marriage and wife.
It is peculiar that so few photographs are found of Cain’s wife and/or the two of them together.
If you’re curious, here’s the link to all of the results for Google’s images of Cain’s wife, including — obviously — some rather (but typically so) bogus results.
UPDATE–(From Larry Johnson). Bronwyn nails it. Cain has a big problem and it will probably derail his campaign if not handled properly and quickly. There are only two possible answers to the question, “Have you been accused of sexual harassment?” Yes or no. If he was falsely accused but paid out a major settlement to two different women, then he is toast. If there were only “accusations” but no subsequent action, then he is probably okay but still damaged. The key remains whether or not the women come forward. If they are required to be silent as a condition of a settlement then that will come out too and, if that is the case, Cain is done.
I like Herman Cain but he is not running a tight ship as a Presidential candidate. There is no guarantee that a good candidate will be a good Presdient, but a bad candidate does not give you a warm fuzzy when you step into the voting booth.
Cain is now on Fox. He admits he was accused but claims he was falsely accused. Gives a weasel worm answer on whether or not there was a settlement. If the restaurant association made a settlement then Cain, despite his protestations, will be mortally damaged.
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