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.
Well BYE. What is reckless and arrogant is this utterly clueless rant you waste time and space posting.
Beat Cain on the issues or get out of the way. This slimy personal attacks and reckless smears do one thing, strength him.
There are a lot of people giving Mr Cain a free pass on anything he says and a lot of people flat out lying about Mr Perry.
These women should return their money first and get agreement from whoever was on the other side before they go against the settlement. I thought a settlement was a settlement. I guess if you’re a lib then agreements mean nothing. Relativism rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The current story is that Mr Cain has broken the agreement, and apparently ticked off one of the women, who has now retained a lawyer.
Mr Cain has changed his tune over the course of several days on this matter, and while I am not accusing him, he appears vulnerable due to being reckless in his handling of the matter.
People can say what they want about Perry.
But the man is no waffler.
Talkin’ is one thing.
Doin’ is another. We don’t know what he’d do. I stand by that.
If Perry had Veto’d the bill and sent it back - they would have passed it anyway.
The bill has been changed twice and voted on again in 2005 and it was unanimous. No no votes.
In 2001 when they first passed this bill, Perry had just stepped up into the Governor’s role due to Bush becoming President.
Perry was simply going along with what the majority (AT THAT TIME) of Texans wanted.
This is an issue Texas deals with because the Federal Government will not secure the border, requires that we educate illegals and will not deport them.
Texas makes a PROFIT off the illegals that enter college so it is not a taxpayer issue. And since they are here, might as well make lemonade with the lemons the Fed Gov has left us with.
He has stated over and over that this legislation would not be a national issue and he would never introduce it.
It is a 10th Amendment State issue.
Besides, when he becomes President, he will secure the border with National Guard Troops and once the border is secure this problem becomes a mute point.
Blah blah blah.
Yesterday’s news. Time to move on.
“I understand over 10,000 Americans in Texas were unable to go to college since Perry failed to veto this law.”
Prove it
New ABC news report says the settlement was not a few months severance.
It was 350K
Cain said it was a few months severance.
He can’t.
Cain just does not know insider politics.
AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT HIM
He needs to pick Newt as his VP so they he has someone with Washington experience next to him
BUT I DONT WANT ANOTHER WASHINGTON INSIDER- LOOK AT THE MESS THAT ‘EXPERIENCED’ POLITICIANS HAVE GIVEN US!!!
No.
It is this mornings headline.
I don’t believe it.
Literally.
And even if it’s true, I’m for Cain. The more mud is slung at Cain, the more it’s clear to me, he’s the guy.
I notice nobody is mentioning Perry today, or even this week.
Because Perry’s an electoral nobody...
Like you said.
You don’t care if it is true or not.
Look.
You are a brain-washed, repetitive Perry propagandist.
You don’t care either.
LOL.
Listening to a radio talk show right now, and the hosts asked the question, whether the “leak” came from Cain?
:D I like it.
Prove it
Probably can’t but I doubt there is one American that was unable to find a college in Texas to attend if they were qualified. It may not have been the one they wanted but that isn’t unique.
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