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Former Campaign Aide Says Cain’s Behavior ‘Never Even Bordered on Inappropriate in the Slightest’
The Other McCain ^ | 103011 | Robert Stacy McCain

Posted on 10/30/2011 9:33:58 PM PDT by Fred

You have to read pretty far down into the Politico story before you find that response from Herman Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon, and the article sticks all the exculpatory material at the end:

Ron Magruder, Denise Marie Fugo and Joseph Fassler, the chair, vice chair and immediate past chairman of the National Restaurant Association board of directors at the time of Cain’s departure, said they hadn’t heard about any complaints regarding Cain making unwanted advances. “I have never heard that. It would be news to me,” said Fugo, who runs a Cleveland, Ohio, catering company, adding such behavior would be totally out of character for the Cain she knew. “He’s very

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To: justsaynomore

Yep. Fishy, indeed.


41 posted on 10/31/2011 8:29:47 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (A MUST WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KeOLurcQaqI)
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To: justsaynomore; All
Did anyone see the interview Jenna Lee of Fox News Happening Now did a few minutes ago? She asked Herman Cain about the allegations of the sexual harassment and he replied that none of these are true. She also asked him if he never paid any settelment to keep these two women quiet and he said absolutely not. He said, it is possible though that the Restaurant paid a settlement to these 2 women, but he did not and there was no reason for him to do so
43 posted on 10/31/2011 9:08:46 AM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: Not gonna take it anymore
“Who needs Herman Cain to go away?

Romney does.”

I don't know who was behind the apparent non-story about Cain's alleged harassing two trade-group employees, but to your point, ...

Perry needs Cain to “go away” more than Romney does since Perry and Cain are fighting over the same primary voters.

44 posted on 10/31/2011 10:03:23 AM PDT by riverdawg
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To: Qbert
"(And Politico’s counsel probably told their hit men Journolistas that even if the chairmen did know, that they couldn’t comment... all to heighten the sense of “guilt” by suggestion). Seems very, very fishy."

The Jackwagon Journ-o-Listas strike again.

45 posted on 10/31/2011 10:06:29 AM PDT by cookcounty (2012 choice: It's the Tea Party or the Slumber Party.)
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To: Fred
As I read it, this issue is basicall summed up as follows:

On one side (Politico) you have this:


We have a report where we know nothing about the accusers and the specifics of the accusations from a dozen years ago.

They, at this point, are simply reported very vaguely by Politico: “episodes that left the women upset and offended” and “physical gestures that were not overtly sexual but that made women who experienced or witnessed them uncomfortable," and that, "they regarded as improper in a professional relationship.”

We have allegation of payoff in the five figure range, but again, nothing specific. IMHO, until the accusers come up with something much more specific, like names, dates and places, it is going to continue to be nothing more than an attemted smear campaign from my perspecitve.

Maybe Politico has more...time will tell, but at this point, it's not out there.


...and then, on the other side (Herman Cain's) you have this:
Ron Magruder, Denise Marie Fugo and Joseph Fassler, the chair, vice chair and immediate past chairman of the National Restaurant Association board of directors through the entire time of Cain’s position at the Restruant Association, said they hadn’t heard about any complaints regarding Cain making unwanted advances.

“I have never heard that. It would be news to me,” said Fugo, who runs a Cleveland, Ohio, catering company, adding such behavior would be totally out of character for the Cain she knew. “He’s very gracious.”

Fassler, who helped bring Cain on board as CEO of the restaurant association, said that any inappropriate behavior was not brought to his attention and that he would be upset to learn it had gone on and he was not made aware of it.

“That’s a shock to me,” Fassler said. “As an officer during all of Herman’s years there as a paid executive… none of that stuff ever surfaced to me. Nobody ever called me, complained about this, nor did I ever hear that from Peter Kilgore, nor did I ever hear that from Herman Cain.”

Fassler — who ran a Phoenix food-service company and finished his term as chairman the month before Cain’s June 1999 departure but remained on the board’s executive committee — described Cain as treating men and women identically and asserted it was “not within his character” to make unwanted advances. “It’s not what I know of him,” Fassler said.

Much like Fassler, almost all board members remember Cain fondly and say he left on good terms.

Cain was “extremely professional” and “fair” to female staffers at the restaurant association, recalled Lee Ellen Hayes, who said she “worked fairly closely with” Cain in the late 1990s, when she was an executive at the National Restaurant Association Education Fund, a Chicago-based offshoot of the group.

Cain’s treatment of women was “the same as his treatment of men. Herman treated everyone great,” said Mary Ann Cricchio, who was elected to the board of the restaurant group in 1998. She said Cain left such a good impression on the organization that when he spoke at a group event in January of this year, as he was considering a presidential bid, “he had unanimous support in the room.”


Very specific denials and testinomies to Cain's professionalism and behavior from very specific people over very specific time frames which would have covered the events in question.

So, at this pont, who you gonna believe?

And, at this point I do not believe it was the DNC that did this. Too soon. They would have held it for the general. I believe some RINOs, afraid of what Cain represents and his climb in the polls, are taking shots at him.

But, they will have to be a LOT more spoecific than this, and Cain's responses today have been forthright in denial. He said the accusations were false.

46 posted on 10/31/2011 10:22:36 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Fred

It seems like many credible people have come to Cain’s defense, right away, with no hesitation to stick their neck out. That speaks well of Cain— a long track record of good professional relations with people.


47 posted on 10/31/2011 10:42:33 AM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: Sea Parrot
Well, Cain has now entered Palin’s world, he dared get too popular and it will only get worse with the accusations.

Bingo. I wonder if we will ever have a responsible President again.

After all the malicious destruction that the media brought to Sarah Palin, you are correct in that they are going to savage Herman Cain with absolutely no hesitation.

It is WAR. All out WAR. Americans versus the most devious, nasty and vicious people in the history of our Society.

48 posted on 10/31/2011 12:56:40 PM PDT by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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To: Jeff Head

@JeffHead. I have a feeling you’re going to need to post that rebuttal on not fewer than a dozen threads over the next 24 hours. Great to see you back in the forum, hope you are well.


49 posted on 10/31/2011 1:25:50 PM PDT by j_tull (I may make you feel, but I can't make you think.)
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To: Not gonna take it anymore

” Who needs Herman Cain to go away?

Romney does. “

B I N G O


50 posted on 10/31/2011 9:43:46 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
I remember Perry saying that. It was when Herman started climbing in the polls.

In any case it seems like it was for nothing per this morning's news. Cain didn't harass anyone. Just made a height comparison about his wife with his hand (these libs will try anything, dam idiots).

51 posted on 11/01/2011 4:07:02 AM PDT by Condor51 (Yo Hoffa, so you want to 'take out conservatives'. Well okay Jr - I'm your Huckleberry)
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