The compliments came from Cain’s lips to Greata’s ears on her show, when bluntly asked what he was doing to cause the ruckus. It was just maybe compliments. All the reports attributed to the complaintants themselves contain that he was inviting them to his room, his pad, but with the rush of clutter coming in, this also could be the complaint of one and not all three. It is hard to tell. The Wilson quotes says he himself was a witness describe the repeated Cain comments to one woman during drinks in mixed company got to the point of embarrassment, and someone Wilson said finally told Herb to lay off. Thus the difference between his “compliment” and my own term of “suggestive flattery” comes from Wilson’s eye witness account. However, I can not remember where I read Wilson’s account last night or this morning.
I did hear the Greta interview. Greta asked Cain if he was someone who might compliment a woman in a way that she could misconstrue. Cain said no. He said if he was with his wife in a group, he might say to the husband of a couple, “I see you married up.” Or, if it was a co-worker he knew and she had, for instance, changed her hairstyle, he might say “I see you changed your hairdo. It’s flattering.” Now, I don’t judge either of those examples to be sexual suggestiveness. If you do, I guess reasonable people can disagree.
I’d like to see a Wilson account where he describes repeated comments to one woman, and Wilson told Cain to lay off. I’ve read Wilson articles, but haven’t seen that. Maybe I missed an article somewhere, which is certainly possible. Like I said, I have read the sources you mentioned in your first reply to me, and haven’t seen those specific details. If you come across that particular story with those details, I’ll post the link for you if you ping me to it. I promise not to comment derisively on the story, but only to post the link for you. Thanks.