I must say, however, that there is often truth to the adage "where there's smoke, there's fire." I actually would not be "devastated" to learn that there was some truth behind the accusations, because I learned long ago not to trust any man (or woman). We can place varying degrees of confidence in people - and hopefully a great deal of confidence in some - but God is the only One worthy of our complete trust. Given our fallen nature, sooner or later everyone will disappoint us in some way. Thus we should not be surprised to discover that someone we looked up to was not the example we thought they were.
As I mentioned in earlier posts, I was concerned - IF it was true (and that's a big IF) that a married man "on the road" would look for a single woman to keep him company (even at a dinner table). I remember Billy Graham saying long ago that he made it a point never to be alone with a woman. Similarly, I remember my childhood pastor, a godly man, saying that he never allowed himself to be alone in his office with a woman; the door would always be cracked & the secretary next door. Hopefully she could keep a confidence!
I am no prude and far from what I should be as a Christian, but I've been around long enough to realize the dangers of men & women together in the workplace. I worked for many years in an office setting, and I cannot remember a single time when I even went out for lunch with a female co-worker alone. It just never occurred to me, and I knew that it would hurt my wife.
So, I must say that if someone is not in the practice of guarding himself in this way, it tells me a lot about his character (again, innocent until proven guilty!) All the best.
I can't even describe how it makes me FEEL to consider the attacks against Cain while considering the history of Teddy Kennedy. There is something so very wrong with the situation.
I can only repeat my advice to cut off all support to the liberal media. Stop subscribing to your local liberal rag. Tune out completely the broadcast networks. If you don't do this, then you are paying the salaries of those who are trying to destroy us.
Is this not the norm, anyway? That the guest speaker may invite audience members to dinner, or someone from the press?
Don't expect me to also believe that a GUEST SPEAKER of the NRA goes to dinner, and will have any kind of privacy at the table, such as one might if you were an unknown visiting businessman.