Unfortunately, in this interview it sounds like Cain is starting to hedge his answers. How hard is it for somebody to say "I never invited any woman to my hotel room......other than my wife, who usually turns me down."
The media yawned.
Clinton paid Paula Jones $850,000 to shut up and go away.
The media yawned.
Barack Obama was creditably accused of smoking crack and having sex with Larry Sinclair.
The media yawned.
Herman Cain was accused of making a comment that offended some easily offended women.
STOP THE PRESSES!!! The media has got its story!!
Maybe this is why Sarah decided not to run...but Rove
If you are reading this your an evil piece of crap. We are still going to
Support Cain and he will defeat that evil Dooer Mitt Romney. It’s a shame George W Bush who is an upstanding human employed such filth like Karl Rove.
Did Judy ever interview Bill Clinton on any similar topic? How did THAT go?
Counting the days until Stephen Bannon reveals his bomb... 30 days out from the Iowa Caucus. Can’t wait because it will likely take down Obama, democrats- or scum sucking crony republicans.
“JUDY WOODRUFF: And there was some mention of a hotel room at a convention or at a meeting. Did any one of these women, were they ever asked to meet you, or….”
Gee whiz, I wonder where Judy was with the Clinton/Broderick hotel room affair investigation-you know, Broderick’s fat lip and Clinton saying, “you better put some ice on that.” No need to answer, why I’ll bet she was just one of the MSM types trying to cover the incident up and make sure it died.
I think there is more to come. That, and Cain’s inability to communicate effectively/tell the truth will hurt him. He can’t remember things which to me seem nearly impossible to forget, if they are important barometers of morality to a man. Who the heck can’t remember if he invited a woman to his hotel room? Either someone completely innocent and naive and forgetful, or a liar or? He needs to QUICKLY decide how to discuss this to get his message across and back on topic. If this drags on too long, he is toast.
We need to get to the ‘high tech’ part of this lynching and figure out where and who released this garbage on Cain. Time for the equal and opposite reaction side of the pendulum to swing back from whence it came.
Its been so long since these hypocrites have been able to feign outrage about anything. It must be like a breath of fresh air to them. Not since Clarence Thomas.
Pray for America
His comment makes me think he hit on one or more of the people talking, but so what?
To help Herman send him something http://www.hermancain.com/
but also “like” him at facebook.com.
Facebook likes are a new way to count “buzz.” Starting from way back, Herman has increased his “likes” by 8% in just the last week. Mitts has a huge lead in “likes” but he has been running for a long time.
The only thing Cain did wrong was handle this issue as badly as he has. The constant changes in his story has not helped his cause.
The dog that isn't barking right now is the National Restaurant Association. I've never had any dealings with those folks that I can recall and don't have any sense of the personalities or the institutional culture. Big trade associations, however, are highly risk averse. They would of course want to keep any dirty laundry private, but they would also not tolerate a CEO who was seriously out of bounds. If Cain had done something egregious, he would have been gone. This would not necessarily entail a public firing, but more likely a quiet resignation three to six months down the road as the Board developed consensus about the need to clear the decks and move on.
First question: what is the timeline on the Cain allegations? How much longer did he stay with the association?
Secondly, a formal HR investigation would be well documented. If a non-disclosure agreement was signed, it would cut both ways. But if the complainants have broken their end of the deal, the association needs to release its records, and Cain should be the one demanding this.
That said, "serious" is in the eye of the beholder, and Cain faces the very real problem of media bias. There is a lot of room in the big messy gray area for actions that may be been shabby or clumsy but that are not hanging offenses in the eyes of any rational observer. But the MSM is not a rational observer when it has a chance to destroy a Republican. A minor faux pas will fanned into whatever fairy tale the media can concoct. Heck, Dan Rather is probably typing up fake-but-accurate incriminating documents right now. Cain, however, is still better off getting this out and over now, rather than letting it drag out. If he were a Democrat, it would likely go away. But he is a Republican; it will never go away.