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.
That's just weird.
BTW, what is that you like about Perry?
LOL... way to cut to the chase.
Not in 1992, and not Bill Clinton. There’s no comparison. We already knew about the women in 1992, we knew that Clinton was pro-abortion.
Perry is against the fence and he’s for in-state tuition benefits for illegals. I’m sorry, but that’s an open-borders position. He’s a “path to citizenship” guy.
Nothing. I'm paying him to run.
LOL.
Pretty good answer.
In 1988 your boy worked for Gore. Man up and admit your hypocrisy. You sound like a Ford supporter in 1976.
What part is racist?
Apparently Mr Cain is no longer down with electric fences on the border that will kill and machine guns nests with 999 .999cal machine guns.
I know only Perry deserves scrutiny, but Cain is in this stuff deep.
Oh, please. Hiring an independent counsel to look into allegations is not “ducking questions.”
No, YOU are wrong. He has retracted from all that bluster.
With NO scrutiny.
I bet you bragged about spending three years in third grade too. If I wrote that piece of trash I certainly would try to keep it a secret.
He has said he was kidding about the electric fence (too bad), but he hasn’t retreated from supporting a fence.
You just can’t stand that a black man is doing better than your RINO candidate.
Newsflash! You know what, it’s all over my Web site that SUPPORTS Rick Perry, about that unfortunate period of Rick Perry and Al Gore.
And you wanna know what else? Ronald Reagan was a democrat.
But neither of these explain why Hermain the sexual harasser Cain supported Bill “Jennifer Flowers” Clinton in 1992. We are starting to see a pattern. Ya think?
I ruined your evening, didn’t I?
You're the one sounding racist there, TBP.
Hahaha! Just like he was kidding about the naggerhead rock and the sexual harassment claims.
I wanna like the guy but he is getting a pass.
“Texas is on the right track.”
As late as 1980 70% of Texas were Anglos. By 2020 Hispanics will out number Anglos. By 2040 projections are that 70% of Texans will be Hispanic. In 15 years Anglos will be migrating from Texas to Michigan and Ohio looking for a better life
http://dallasfed.org/research/pubs/fotexas/fotexas_petersen.html
And you sound exactly like a Rockefeller Republican in 1975.
But neither of these explain why Hermain the sexual harasser Cain
So you have judged Cain guilty.
That says all we need to know about you.
Soory, the credit on your race card is all used up. Try something else. ... And I doubt Herman would approve of such foolishness as you just tried.
Sure, anyone who disagrees with you Perrybots MUST be a racist.
Go away, liberal.
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