[txrangerette]

Would it be an oddity, or would it be the norm, for Cain not to know the trade group he represented paid these claimants off?

[Berlin_Freeper]

One complainant can be denied. Two starts to raise any eyebrow. If more documented claims come out then Cain is finished.

[RhoTheta]

Is the Left trying a repeat of the Clarence Thomas “high-tech lynching?”

[CharlesWayneCT]

This is definitely a better answer than the one yesterday. And given they knew for 10 days that this story was coming, it seems “amateurish” that they didn’t have this statement prepared yesterday.

I mean, it’s not like Cain would be confused about which women accused him of harrassment and got a settlement, right? It’s just two women. He says he knew about the allegations, and with 10 days he could have called his staff from the 90s and found out about the settlement.

It is very odd that as President of the association, he would have no clue that they reached a settlement. If you are touting your management of a lobbying group as a reason you are prepared to be President of the united states, you really should actually know what they were up to, especially if it is settling with people who falsely accused you of things.

Actually, that would be weird. According to the story, the settlement includes a gag order, that people can’t discuss the matter. How could they possibly sign a gag order without including the person actually accused? If I accused someone of something, and decided to settle with a gag order, I would make certain the person I accused couldn’t run around denying it later. But that’s more of a question about the women and their lawyer.

Hopefully, if Cain wins the Presidency, he’ll pay more attention to what his administration is doing. I’m sure he’ll learn that as part of his on-the-job training, after his handlers explain to him that he doesn’t get to sign constitutional amendments, but that he is expected to submit legislation if he wants congress to consider it.

Note: I am not discussing the nature or veracity of the allegations. I am ignoring the allegations. I’m discussing the process by which the allegations are being handled by the inexperienced, amateur Cain team, which his supporters are so thrilled about, because they are not professionals and have no experience, since “being professional” and “having experience” are now “bad things”.

[MaxMax]

OT, three people on Cspan in 15-min just spouted the new talking point that Cain is only running
for money through book sales. Now isn't that how Zero became a multi-millionaire? New attack incoming.

[SoJoCo]

It’s nice to see Cain on the offensive over this. He should have categorically denied it from the get-go. Now that he has he needs to keep doing so and force Politico to respond with what they have. If anything.

[iontheball]

We can only guess what really happened. There are a number of possible scenarios. Allegations of this type are sometimes raised by disgruntled employees who concoct such allegations knowing a company will give them a termination payout just to get rid of them. It is easy money. Insurance companies also do this in some disputed claims, which are more bother to defend against than just settle and be done with them. A settlement in these instances proves nothing.

[Sudetenland]

I was suckered by this. I was wrong. I am glad Mr. Cain made this unequivocal, unambiguous, straight out denial. I take him at his word. Very few people faced with these charges who had any culpability would find some means of equivocating.

When Block issued his "I have no knowledge of this" semi-denial, I began to believe that it was true. The fact that Cain has absolutely denied it leads me to believe this is just more liberal lies.

Clearly the left is frightened of Cain as they are of Palin and Perry.

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[dfwgator]

Frankly with bullshit like this, who really wants to run for President anymore?

[liberalh8ter]

Hey Politico and other Obama hit media:

Barack Obama's law license was voluntarily retired. Michelle Obama's law license was voluntarily placed inactive. Why?

[who knows what evil?]

...so what makes Politico any more credible than Weekly World News?