Posted on 12/02/2011 1:48:48 PM PST by Steelfish
Cain Accuser, Despite Glare Of Public Scrutiny, Has No Regrets Sharon Bialek, who has accused presidential candidate Herman Cain of groping her 14 years ago, has seen her personal failures make headlines. But, she says, 'it was imperative that I come forward.'
Sharon Bialek poses in her Glenview, Ill., home. (Pic in URL) She went public last month with her accusation that GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain had groped her during a meeting in 1997.
By Robin Abcarian December 1, 2011
Reporting from Glenview, Ill.— A month ago, Sharon Bialek stood with her attorney Gloria Allred before a bank of microphones in New York City and accused GOP hopeful Herman Cain of behavior that bordered on assault.
Going public with unprovable allegations of sexual groping against a presidential candidate exacts a personal price that hovers somewhere between high and shoot-me-now. Her motives have been questioned, her failures have been aired for the world to judge: Two bankruptcies. A child-support battle with the father of her 13-year-old son. Engagements but no marriages. A checkered job history.
Even a normally private and painful moment made headlines when Bialek, who is behind on her rent for her 3,000-square-foot attached home, was served this week with an eviction notice.
Bialek said she didn't regret going public with her assertion that, after a business dinner 14 years ago, Cain stuck his hand up her skirt and tried to force her head toward his crotch. Women approach her in grocery stores to quietly cheer her on, she said. Her son's orthodontist thanked her.
"It was imperative that I come forward," said Bialek, who is 50. "I am all about justice and doing the right thing. I couldn't sit there and let this man become president, knowing what I knew, and knowing that he is lying."
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Where is the barf alert?
Oh, man...
Where to start.......
After watching all these women....you kinda get this memory of the Clinton women who came forward. Mostly all women that weren’t the type that most guys would ever date or hang out with. They were women looking for charming men, who had power or money. There’s nothing impressive or sensational about any of them.
From the most recent Cain-gal....she lived off his cash for thirteen years. So now what? Seems like you shot the golden cow. This impressive sudden cash flow from NBC and CBS? It’ll run dry in seven days. Then what?
Because she is a media whore.
Seriously, fourteen years later, what are we supposed to do with this?
She can’t prove it happened. He can’t prove it didn’t.
Despite this, we’re all supposed to judge him guilty.
Lady, get a life. And Ms. Bialek, you too.
She’s uglier than the backside of my n&#s.
They had to be dragged while kicking & screaming to cover the Clintoon mess. They never bothered to thoroughly cover the bawney fwank misdeeds. They still are not looking into the occupier in the White House, but they sure are covering Cain’s problems.
If Cain did it,fine cover it but please drop the double standard.
I really am pi$$ing into the wind here.
She is all about justice and doing the right thing, yet waited 15 years to report a sexual assault/rape attempt? Yeah right
“They had to be dragged while kicking & screaming to cover the Clintoon mess. They never bothered to thoroughly cover the bawney fwank misdeeds. They still are not looking into the occupier in the White House, but they sure are covering Cain’s problems.”
The following statment is LITERALLY true, or VERY, VERY close to it.
We knew more about Joe the Plumber in three days than we know about the kenyan to this very minute—financials, taxes, divorce, business, etc.
that is just one of the many things about queers, they manner of how they aproach moral values, or consciense
If Mr. Cain withdraws because of this stuff, and even if he doesn't, there should be an investigation into the stirring of this pot, and the people - Axelrod/Obama being the prime suspects - who are behind it should be publicly humiliated (taking it as given that the investigation couldn't be conducted before Obama leaves office).
The people we know are in on it are the broadcasters and writers who are the conduits of this stuff to the public. They should all be ashamed. But then, we know that such people are in fact shameless. Every man jack of them.
The LA Times author of this piece is a noted feminist and liberal. Why don’t they have full disclosure for journalists?
how much did she get and from whom???
It sounds like he was only giving her money for the last 2 1/2 years.
She is basically claiming they knew each other for 13 years and that Cain would hook up with her now and again - a friends with benefits thing.
With what we have there is no way to know what is true, but if Cain has done nothing wrong it should be pretty easy for him to put to rest. He should be calling for investigations, not telling Sean Hannity "Let's not play private detective right now". If Cain means to stay in this race he needs to answer every media question out there. He started doing it the other day, and is now back to being less than forthcoming on the subject.
DEFAMATION of character on full display.
The LA Times is STILL assigning reporters to this has-been. When are they going to "do the right thing" and release the Rashid Khalidi video with Obama - which they have kept under wraps for 3 years?
Why is it any of our business? If it's alright with Gloria (and it may not be), then it's alright with me. I don't remember Clinton answering any questions about Flowers after the one-line "mistakes in my marriage" on 60 Minutes. And he never answered any questions on his rape, grope, exposure, etc. The media scolded us that it was "just sex", and the public agreed: he left office with a 69% job approval rating, with 100s of judges appointed to rip our constitution to shreds. (and if you back Newt, you can't very well criticize Cain for infidelity). We are stupid chumps to rip one of out guys to shreds at the behest of the Left.
Bialek got evicted yesterday, according to radio.
“I am all about justice and doing the right thing”
Where to start...
Hmm...
Let’s start with, “I am all about justice and doing the right thing except paying bills, paying rent, paying back people who I have received money from, respecting people who have helped me in the past...”.
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