Posted on 11/06/2011 9:48:17 PM PST by smokingfrog
The women who accused GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain of sexual harassment more than a decade ago have effectively been released from any agreements they signed pledging not to talk about the alleged episodes, according to employment lawyers.
On Friday, the group Cain headed at the time, the National Restaurant Association, agreed to release one of the women from her confidentiality pledgeat least to allow her attorney, Joel Bennett, to release a carefully drafted statetment saying she stood by the charge.
But because Cain has called the charges fabricated and at least in one instance suggested one of his accusers had performance problems at work, the women likely are free to speak out now regardless of whether the assocation formally consents, the attorneys said. And one prominent lawer who handles sexual harassment and discrimination cases said the women could even bring a libel suit against Cain.
In my view, theres nothing left of the confidentiality to maintain. [Cain] has tarnished, he has impugned the integrity of these women by saying these were trumped-up charges , said Debra Katz of Katz, Marshall & Banks, a D.C.-based employment law firm. He misstated the nature of the payment I cant understand for the life of me while Joel Bennett is taking such a legalistic approach.
Katz said any statement by the woman involved doesnt affect the NRAs reputation, especially as regards a decade-old incident involving a single alleged wrongdoer. The allegations were made about a specific individual, not a more widespread atmosphere, she said.
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Back in 1982 there was a card carrying lesbian feminist on my team where I worked at a large aerospace manufacturer in Seattle. She even had a couple of “I support the ERA” bumper stickers on her car.
One day we are waiting for a team member to show up at our meeting and could see him walking across the campus to our building. She said we should get started and I said we’ll wait. She asked why we sould do what I said and I said, “’Cause I’m the male.”
Different world then, and it gave me great pleasure to say it.
Epilogue. If she had been a normal feminine woman and asked me the same thing, I would have said what I was really thinking: that the other guy was a key player and we needed him to be there from the beginning to make the meeting productive.
But it was more fun to do a bit of an “in your face”, in a simpler time when men were men and sheep were nervous.
Newt’s ex-wife never had cancer...I did not know that until yesterday.
Thank you for that fact. Sure is a lot of disinformation bubbling out there about both Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich - can we suppose the same source?
You think you know something, but you really know nothing. It is all second or third hand gossip.
It’s well established that Newt cheated on his wives before he divorced them.
“It’s well established...”
Have you carefully checked your sources? Or are you here on Free Republic to spread disruption?
The following are excerpts from The Ulsterman’s interview with the White House Insider that was just published today.
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Ulsterman: Who what GOP nominee would pose the greatest threat to Obama?
Insider: Its too early to say for certain. I maintain that Herman Cain would not win the nomination. He represents the frustrations of a lot of people but not the best hopes of the Republican Party. He wont be able to withstand the onslaught that is coming from the Obama machine. I used the term brutal before sticking with that. Brutal.
Ulsterman: So in your opinion who could withstand that onslaught?
Insider: Romney remains the frontrunner. That hasnt changed. And for the people who say hes not conservative enough he aint Barack Obama...When the nominee is chosen they are the one who needs to win against Barack Obama. Anyone who can say with a straight face that John McCain would have been worse than Barack Obama cmon. Nobody in their right mind thinks that anymore except the most extreme Democrats. And they aint Democrats.
Ulsterman: Who else besides Romney?
Insider: Look, I dont buy the medias spin that the GOP field is a bunch of losers. And thats just how they have been trying to portray them. This is almost all of them are viable candidates. If I had to choose a legit underdog somebody besides Romney who is up and coming, who could take on Barack Obama, it would be Newt Gingrich. Youve written on him Ive noted that. There is some money taking an interest in Gingrich these days which is interesting because he burned a lot of bridges with those people not so long ago. But with the threat to everything that is Barack Obama, it seems like perhaps all is forgiven these days. At least for now. I read the line that Gingrich has baggage. Really now. Baggage? And just what the f-ck you wanna call what Obama has? So anyone who throws out that baggage BS about Gingrich its just like I said. Dont trust them. They are angling for Obamas re-election.
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I have dealt with enough Obots on this site to recognize their stench. You, truthfreedom, are giving off the tell-tale odor.
All good points, but I want to know the dirt on Clarista, or whatever her name is.
? I’m confused. Are you calling me a smear bot / merchant?
Repeating: Her mom is still alive and could refute her story if it were false.
Her mom made her statement in the 80s.
It’s now a she said / she said situation.
Good luck with that.
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