Posted on 10/31/2011 9:00:24 AM PDT by martosko
During Monday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Happening Now,” the suddenly embattled former Godfather’s Pizza CEO and Republican presidential front-runner Herman Cain offered a stern denial of allegations, raised in a Sunday Politico story, that he had sexually harassed two women in the late 1990s when he was CEO of the National Restaurant Association.
“I’ve never sexually harassed anyone, and yes, I was falsely accused while I was at the National Restaurant Association,” Cain said. “And I say falsely because it turned out after the investigation to be baseless. The people mentioned in that article were the ones who would be aware of any misdoings, and they have attested to my integrity and my character. It is totally baseless, and totally false, never have I committed any sort of sexual harassment.”
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In this case, there actually was a complaint that had merit for consideration by the courts, which is why they settled out of court, to keep it from escalating into a much higher settlement.
Is it a shock that the media has found former disgruntled employees who may be willing to make unsubstantiated claims?
So any time a conservative black man wants to run, or be appointed to, a higher office “they” pull out the sexual harassment card? What will it be this time? Coke or Pepsi?
The card was played once (see Justice Thomas), cannot use it again. We’re NOT that stupid.
Cain should have stepped up to the microphone and said “scuse me while I whip this out....” then pulled the statement out of his coat pocket.
Seriously, this “story” just broke but even without knowing much about it I’d bet that the complainers are white and that the people on the board were white too. This was back in the 90’s and Cain was the first president of the National Restaurant Association in 1994. At first glance it appears that the National Restaurant Association had a great guy in as president who they wanted to protect. I could be wrong but the timing on this “news” seems more than a little bit interesting....
—Note - I am not a Cain supporter...
Herman can't deny it didn't happen.
The problem is we can't get much more information because of some kind of gag order after the pay-off.
No it's not. In fact, there usually is a statement, included in the "agreement", that it is not an admission of guilt.
Hmmm Cain “confirms”...
The writter could have used a different word. Confirms usually means... it happened. Unbelieveable..
Not yet....
Looook eeento my eyes...
I'm not sure it's Romney, himself, but I'm 100% sure it's GOP Establishment. The liberal MSM was happy to run with it, but I doubt they dug it up.
So, settling out of court is considered admitting guilt 'in the courts', eh?
It is highly amusing to watch what you Perry freaks have become. In your case, it is particularly enjoyable.
Same here.
Cain’s my guy. If I wasn’t sure before, I am now.
sneaks
The Politicao reports that the women “felt uncomfortable” about gestures that were “not overtly sexual.”
Translation: Herman got his equipment tangled up in his underwear, put his hands in his pockets to make a hurried adjustment, the elevator door opened, and some woman thought he was playing pocket polo.
Yes it’s quite embarrassing, every man has had this happen, including me.
Good for you, Mr. Cain!
Nice to see a candidate that fights.
The democrats have no reason to spread garbage about Cain. They don’t worry about Cain. Karl Rove has been known to use every lowlife tactic in the world to gain the advantage. In 2000 McCain was well on his way to winning the SC primary when it was “rumored” that he had a black kid out of wedlock and was also suffering from PTSD. The smear worked and we all know who went on to win the GOP nomination. So please keep this in mind when trying to figure out who started this garbage about Cain, and who it will benefit if he has to withdraw his nomination.
What are the consequences of a news organization offering them 6 figures vs. the 5 figures received - for the purpose of overturning the agreement and allowing them to tell all...
This is one of those settlements that we are not going to fire you, but here is a severance package, now go away and shut up....
Notice, the Politico article never used the term sexual harassment... That is a media jump...
Right, look how well that strategy worked for Michael Jackson.
Sounds convincing. No doubt you were there, second row, center, witnessing the whole drama as it unfolded.
So, what was the nature of the actual alleged harassment?
Do all complaints that the courts consider have actual merit, prior to consideration?
They settled out of court precisely because the case had merit, and the plaintiff accepted the chump change settlement, because the case had merit? Why would the plaintiff advance an allegation which had such merit as to be considered by the court, and then actually shown to have merit, settle out of court?
Maybe the court is lying, and the plaintiff actually received much more?
Questions, questions...
Here's where I do think the story will go next:
Cain made the statement that he did not even know anything about the settlement. I checked..that's what he said. I myself find that hard to believe.
I was a stock broker for 25 years, and over my career, had complaints filed by clients. It's inevitable. Most were dismissed as boundless..my firm backed me up, and the clients backed off. 4 went to arbitration..that's how securities disputes are resolved, and three were settleed, even though I did nothing wrong..the clients lied..howeverm belive you me I wanted to know every single day what was happening with the cases..
Looks like libs want to give Cain the “Clarence Thomas” treatment. Won’t stick.
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