Posted on 11/01/2011 7:53:42 PM PDT by bullypulpit
If you read between the lines of the various news reports about the Cain operation, the picture becomes clearer to me every day. The latest dust up about the sexual harassment of employees confirms it.
Leading up to the sex scandal, we had the clues. Now I know it to be so, that Herman Cain is an ass, and he's reckless.
The first clue came just after Cain placed poorly in the Iowa straw polls. We heard from disgruntled former Cain staffers:
Jim Zeiler, the regional field director who was one of the five disgruntled staffers who left, explained his decision with a devastating assessment of Cain, saying the candidate was more interested in jet-setting than running a campaign that incorporates traditional grass-roots techniques.
"Hes not inquisitive. He wants to be in front of the adoring crowds, but he doesnt seem to be interested in the issues," said Zeiler, a former regional field director for Cains campaign.
(Source: Politico, "Cain's campaign crash continues at Ames")
Mr. Zeiler was a disgruntled former staffer. This kind of tripe is expected in today's coarse society. No one gets asked to leave, or quits in anger, without throwing the former boss under the bus. If you've ever employed people, you know this. A good friend of mine, an employer in the retail industry, told me that his strategy when interviewing potential new hires is to ask himself "How long will it be before this person screws me," not if he/she will screw me. The "screw" is inevitable.
So, it's easy to dismiss this accusation as the disgruntled ex-employee getting his last jab. The "screw."
Since Cain staffer Jim Zeiler has left, however, we have seen how Herman Cain isn't very sharp on the issues. He certainly isnt 'presidential material smart.' I only posted five gaffes here. I have 10-20 more. Electric fences, anyone? Do you think he's serious about learning the issues? I don't. My radar was still searching, though.
Next, we hear that Herman Cain doesn't want staffers to speak to him unless those staffers are spoken to them by Cain first. Apparently this rule is enforced when staffers are chauffeuring the candidate around. The New York Times sources that accusation from an intercepted email in the reporter's hands that originated from campaign leadership. Was it from "The Smoking Man"?
For goodness sake, the poor drivers for Cain are probably star-struck young interns or volunteers. Do barely paid, or volunteer campaign workers deserve to be treated that way?
To be fair, Cain explained that he does tell people driving him to shut up when he's preparing for a speech. In this Right Scoop video, he's all chuckles about it. I thought that it was reasonable. Maybe. My radar was honing in, though.
I re-read the Times article tonight, in light of the sex scandal. The article details more arrogant behavior.
Does this sound like someone who should be leading in the GOP nomination polls?
After all of the staff revelations, we now have the sex scandal. Viewing the scandal in a vacuum, it's easy to run to Cain's defense. My initial reaction was that this was Clearance Thomas 2.0, and we cannot let this stand. This is Herman Cain, a conservative black man deserving of our support against the evil marauders in the mainstream media.
However, when viewed through the prism of earlier reports of Cain's egomaniacal behavior, the sex scandal makes perfect sense. My radar locked on.
Cain is arrogant and reckless. He mistreats people working for him. Why would not Cain's penchant for employee mistreatment also include sexual harassment? This is especially true of the powerful, arrogant CEO versus the weak, insignificant female employees.
What is more, regardless of Cain's waffling denials of the sex scandal's ingredients, there are not one, but two incidents. One would think that a powerful, calculating CEO would figure out what went wrong the first time, and avoid a second accusation.
Two accusations reinforces my point, that Cain is arrogant and reckless. He doesn't believe the rules apply to him. Why not invite a young employee to his hotel room?
Radar locked. Fox One!
Herman Cain is not ready to be our Republican standard bearer.
We all have opinions. Deal with it.
What Mr Cain has is a sex scandal, He has a legal battle and, some shizzle about building electric fences down the RIO Grande along with some allegations of funding impropriety’s.
But its no big deal
You have an odd definition of “sex scandal”; one only a worried Perry-bot could seemingly define.
Why in the world should a case that has been closed for over a decade be re-opened so we can have a he-said she-said debacle where there is not even any way to prevent outright lying?
WHAT is to be gained from that?
And WHY would any conservative, no matter who they are supporting in this primaries, actively advocate this debacle be visited upon a candidate so as to suck all the oxygen out of the entire race?
ARE YOU NUTS?
(Yes, I’m shouting, and I’m not apologizing for it.)
Been paying close attention to the words and actions of politicians since the 1960's. I'd say the Founders got it right when they talked about citizen legislators going to WashDC for several terms and then returning to private life. Not spending their entire life in elective office. That would be the ideal situation except for one thing. This is 2011 and not 1789. Today the world of politics is much different than it was 235 years ago. And the Founders didn't put term limits in the Constitution for a good reason. They wanted the American people to vote into office men and women of honor and integrity who they could trust. Then vote out of office the corrupt officials, the charlatans and demagogues, the phonies and frauds.
Electing a President involves a different set of standards. I want someone who has held elected office before. Someone who has governing and/or legislative experience of some kind. Someone who understands how government operates from experience working inside the system. I don't want some novice coming along, appealing to peoples emotions on one hand, while they hoodwink voters with the other hand.
I support Perry now, but I will support anyone but Romney or Paul to be the GOP nominee. I hope Republicans pick the best possible challenger. America can't afford 4 more years of Obama and his destructive agenda.
Someone else is being quoted there and TBP is erroneously attributing all of that to me, for some reason.
I'm requesting that the post be removed since it is egregiously misrepresentative.
Wowzer. Is that ever overly dramatic.
That is flat-out untrue.
Liar
I gotta get to the pillows.
Sweet dreams!
No, it's not.
Do your homework and stop letting your emotions drive you.
That's how we get stuck with Obamanations.
I missed that.
Have a lot of your friends been “zotted” lately?
I am glad to hear that you have been having such a good time this evening. I trust that you are home safe and not planning on getting behind the wheel of a motor vehicle...
I haven’t had any posts deleted.
You got it so wrong, bud.
Putting Herman Cain's Sexual Harassment Accusations in Context.
And what is your factual basis for concluding these complainants are "poor women," i.e., innocent victims as opposed to false complainers or easily offended ninnies? You know exactly NOTHING about them. So, again, it would be the better part of valor to not make stuff up.
You’re on a roll tonight!
Gnight
I've never beaten my wife.
Nice. NOT.
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