"I was hoping to stay out of this..."
Posted on 11/03/2011 10:04:50 AM PDT by bbernard
Adding to the ongoing Herman Cain sexual harassment controversy, two sources have now confirmed to PJ Media that a female employee of the National Restaurant Association told associates she had been brought by Mr. Cain to his Crystal City, Virginia residence where she alleged “he had taken advantage of me.”
One source, a male, told PJ Media:
Herman took advantage of seniority and power with a young woman. It was an abuse of power.
Implying that coming forward with the accusations was an ordeal for the young woman, the source also said:
Who do you believe, a CEO or a mid-level staffer? It was unsettling for her to make charges.
The name of the woman — who was in her early twenties at the time of the alleged incident — has been confirmed by PJ Media. We have chosen not to reveal her identity for reasons of discretion.
Both sources, one male and one female, worked at the time — mid-1990s — for the governmental affairs department of the National Restaurant Association, as did the woman.
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two sources (UNNAMED) have now confirmed to PJ Media that a female employee (UNNAMED)
Yeah, I’m convinced.
This is digusting..from the media, from the right and the left. Name the damned woman, get it out in the open and then let the chips fall where they may.
They have been sitting on the pot way too long.
There has to be a way to ID this woman. IIRC she was a grad of an Ivy League college and has also worked in various federal positions. She was in her mid 20’s.
It is not much to go on, but it is a start.
If anyone has info that might help, please freepmail.
All Info Confidential, of course.
Cheated? What makes you think that it isn't an open marriage? In any case, that is a personal matter between them IMHO.
Reasons of discretion? This little gold digger who threw false allegations at Cain gets to tell her story without identification? Since when are they so worried about discretion when they let an unproven attack out on the leading GOP candidate for president? The White House in cahoots with the company who is Perry’s consultant firm? Makes sense to me. This is definitely, as I said in the very beginning, a Clarence Thomas repeat! Never happened!
Period! She is in this one for the money, too
k and I’ll bet it is an irresistable amount! This is why po0litics stinks! End of story!
I took the couch.
Damn... I guess this means I can never run of office. (/blatantly made up story)
"I was hoping to stay out of this..."
If the two sources know what happened in that apartment, then they must have been there to witness it. In which case, Cain was never alone with the woman. Otherwise, how do the sources know what took place? Oh wait, the woman must have told them! Which would make them two impeccable witnesses, indeed.
“Afterwards, Mr. Cain allegedly took the woman by taxi to his apartment, where she spent the night and woke up in his bed”
Where was Cain? Had he just offered her a place to sleep and then gone home?
People are saying he said inappropriate things to women...like what?
Why does everything have to be vague or couched?
It’s like the woman with cleavage that becomes outraged when a man stares at her boobs.
Hi...frankly I don’t care where this goes...it’s all a diversion and the media’s latest scandal to feed the public with.....next...and moving on.
I’d be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for bedding a subordinate, but cheating on his wife? Not so much...
More anonymous “sources”. No reason for the two “sources” in this article to remain anonymous either.
“Name the damned woman, get it out in the open and then let the chips fall where they may.”
“I want to know who she is, her background and her political affiliations and associations. To whom is she connected?”
Yes, I too want these sources vetted. I want to know whats in their past.
They continue to want to hide behind their allegations. They know they will be scrutinized.
Sometimes it’s better/cheaper/easier to simply pay the extortionists to go away.
I agree. And I do not see anything holding Cain back now from telling his side of the story; now that this is in the open. I don't know what he can say at this point, though, unless to say that this is all lies. It certainly seems like more than making someone "uncomfortable".
Yeah, we all know what Clinton and Teddy and Bawny Fwank did; but they're dems and get a free pass. It's not fair; but it is what it is.
I see an enormous fork approaching from space heading straight for Cain.
Regardless of whether this is true or not, he’s done.
Unlike the Thomas accusations, this is actual physical contact. And if it actually happened but was consensual, he cheated on a wife he’d been married to for decades.
I know people will scream bloody murder about “double standards” but you have to face the reality that someone who makes a big deal about being religious and moral is going to be hurt by something like this infinitely more than a politician who doesn’t.
People can argue that his true believers in the primaries will consider it false, but this absolutely kills him with independents (especially women) in the general election.
If this happened as claimed, why would Cain be asking that his accuser be released from the confidentiality agreement? Do you really think he would want this to be publicized?
Of course, it might be just a ploy: Cain may think his "ace in the hole" is that his accuser will never go public.
But, I think it's just as likely that this story was manufactured by someone with an axe to grind. These "witnesses" are remaining anonymous, too. Has anyone bothered to confirm they are who they claim?
But when she awoke, did she have her clothes on?
I agree, but I don't want to hear shit from the media or the left about this.
Taking advantage of Monica Lewinsky was no big deal to them, so why should this be?
Where were these people when he last ran for political office?
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