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With No Specifics to the Accusations, Herman Cain Wins This Fight
http://www.nationalreview.com ^ | 11/04/2011 | By Jim Geraghty

Posted on 11/04/2011 7:40:06 PM PDT by Maelstorm

Joel Bennett, the lawyer for one of the former employees of the National Restaurant Association who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment, spoke to Wolf Blitzer live on CNN moments ago.

Bennett said that in his legal opinion, what occurred between Cain and his client met the legal definition of sexual harassment. But despite repeated questions from Blitzer, he refused to specify what the alleged actions were, and he said his client would not be appearing to shed any further light on the matter.

When Blitzer pointed out Cain’s vehement, blanket denial, Bennett replied, “In all my years of lawyering, I’ve never seen anyone accused of sexual harassment say, ‘I did it.’”

In short, Mr. Bennett is arguing, ’I won’t say what he did, but trust me, he’s guilty of wrongdoing.’ This is ridiculous. To Politico, the public is supposed to take this into account in their assessment of Cain but we can’t even get any sense of what triggered the original complaint, and whether this was much ado about nothing or whether Cain actually did something wrong.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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I've always liked Jim Geraghty. He's a good man and tries to be fair. He's not a part of the frat boys snicker and puff club.
1 posted on 11/04/2011 7:40:08 PM PDT by Maelstorm
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To: Maelstorm

And the Democrap Libtards are RACIST for going after Herman Cain the way they have been.

Saying “He’s a black man who knows his place”


2 posted on 11/04/2011 7:43:23 PM PDT by Mr. K (The enemy of my enemy is my candidate.)
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To: Maelstorm

I wonder just how much drinking is going on tonight at the Rove and Romney homes.


3 posted on 11/04/2011 7:44:08 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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To: Maelstorm

I haven’t see “The Justice Brothers” out defending this black many who has been unjustly targeted by the media!


4 posted on 11/04/2011 7:54:41 PM PDT by bigbob
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5 posted on 11/04/2011 7:54:50 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: Mr. K

He DOES know his place- its in the WHITE HOUSE.


6 posted on 11/04/2011 7:58:46 PM PDT by imjimbo (The constitution SHOULD be our "gun permit")
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To: Maelstorm

If Cain actually looks like he will win the nomination, you can be sure these woman will come out of the woodwork.


7 posted on 11/04/2011 7:59:05 PM PDT by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
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To: Maelstorm
Bennett said that in his legal opinion, what occurred between Cain and his client met the legal definition of sexual harassment.

How ambiguous is it possible to be? So basically, to anyone with a liberal mindset and thin-skin, this may meet the "legal definition" of sexual harassment. To the rest of us, it is a pile of steaming caca de toro. He probably said he liked her earings.

8 posted on 11/04/2011 8:01:37 PM PDT by RobertClark ("Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Maelstorm

I take it this lawyer backed out of his announced press conference this afternoon?


9 posted on 11/04/2011 8:03:15 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: RobertClark

Yep. I’ve never before seen anonymous statements be so vauge. This is a lot of second hand smoke.


10 posted on 11/04/2011 8:07:01 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Better to keep your enemy in your sights than in your camp expecting him to guard your back.)
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To: 3Fingas

It will be too late. The same trick doesn’t work twice and if they did wait and come out no one that matters would believe them. Rightfully or wrongly it would be like Bill Clinton and I am certain Herman Cain is not a Bill Clinton. That there is not real salacious specifics released means that most likely there were none. People tend to be much more open when they are anonymous than when they finally have the spot light on them.

This really has the feeling of there being no ‘there there’.


11 posted on 11/04/2011 8:11:20 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Better to keep your enemy in your sights than in your camp expecting him to guard your back.)
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You can bet that whatever happened is so far from sexual harassment that to release it would make his accusers look like thin-skinned cry babies.


12 posted on 11/04/2011 8:12:18 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: Red_Devil 232

Nope they had it to say that the lady didn’t want to talk not even to release an anonymous statement through her lawyer.


13 posted on 11/04/2011 8:12:18 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Better to keep your enemy in your sights than in your camp expecting him to guard your back.)
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Bennett replied, “In all my years of lawyering, I’ve never seen anyone accused of sexual harassment say, ‘I did it.’”

Guess he never heard of Clinton admitting he did have sex with that woman. And he paid Paula.


14 posted on 11/04/2011 8:13:33 PM PDT by Terry Mross (Where is the OPPOSITION party? I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
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To: 3Fingas
Nope. People pushing this idea do not understand how the US Media works.

They come out swinging later and NO one is going to pay attention. The 1st question will be “why are you coming out now when you were offered the chance a year ago.”

This story is dead.

15 posted on 11/04/2011 8:15:14 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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To: imjimbo
He DOES know his place- its in the WHITE HOUSE.

I heard that!

16 posted on 11/04/2011 8:17:25 PM PDT by SuziQ
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Two ways to destroy a man....call him a racist.....call him a sexual harrasser. They actually tried the first and it didn’t work. So they go to number two.


17 posted on 11/04/2011 8:17:39 PM PDT by Terry Mross (Where is the OPPOSITION party? I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
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To: DouglasKC

That is the only explaination. If they really wanted to hurt him and take no flack they could just say whatever it was that he did that was so clearly bad. I’ve never seen allegations be this weak in this kind of situation. It’s like that Steve Deace chump from Iowa. Cain commented on how nice the ladies looked he worked with and he went all anal.


18 posted on 11/04/2011 8:20:22 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Better to keep your enemy in your sights than in your camp expecting him to guard your back.)
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To: MNJohnnie

I wish that were the case, but for Republicans, the rules are different. They will trot these girls out later on in an effort to suppress the evangelical turnout.


19 posted on 11/04/2011 8:30:30 PM PDT by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
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To: 3Fingas

“If Cain actually looks like he will win the nomination, you can be sure these woman will come out of the woodwork.”

Maybe so but the effect will be greatly diminished by then. In a way it will be old hat.


20 posted on 11/04/2011 8:31:03 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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