Herman Cain Press Conference Live feed

C-SPAN ^ | 11/8/11 | Herman Cain

[The Sparrow]

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[bigbob]

OK, since you say the encounter a month ago was "more than shaking her hand". let's just have the whole story as reported by WIND host Amy Jacobsen, who was there:

The Cain Encounter ...

They hugged each other backstage in a full embrace like old friends. She grabbed his arm and whispered in his left ear. She kept talking as he bent to listen, and he kept saying “Uh, huh. Uh, huh.”

Huh?

“I don’t know if what she was giving him was a sucker punch, but he didn’t put his arm down while she was talking to him,” said the Sneed source.

◆The “he”... is GOP presidential contender Herman Cain, who has been accused of sexual harassment by several women.

◆The “she”... is Chicagoan Sharon Bialek, who held a news conference Tuesday as the only woman to PUBLICLY accuse Cain of sexual harassment.

◆The Sneed source ... is WIND radio co-host Amy Jacobson, who tells Sneed she witnessed the Cain/Bialek encounter a month ago while backstage at the AM 560 WIND sponsored TeaCon meeting in Schaumburg Sept. 30-Oct. 1 at the Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center.

◆Quoth Jacobson: “I had turned on TV to find out who was Cain’s accuser, and I almost fell over when I saw it was Sharon Bialek accusing Cain of groping her genitals.”

“I was waiting for Herman Cain’s ‘Accuser No. 4’ to surface — and up pops Sharon!”

“I couldn’t believe it. I was shocked.”

“I recall Sharon was hell bent on going backstage at the TeaCon convention — where she cornered him,” said Jacobson.

“I was surprised to hear she claims she did not know Cain was going to be there. Cain was expected and was late.”

Bialek told the media on Monday: “I went up to him and asked him if he remembered me. I wanted to see if he would be man enough to own up to what he had done 14 years ago.”

◆The encounter: “It looked sort of flirtatious,” said Jacobson. “I mean they were hugging. But she could have been giving him the kiss of death for all I know. I had no idea what they were talking about, but she was inches from his ear.”

◆The introduction: “It all began when I took a convention break and joined my pals at the hotel bar. Sharon was drinking Mimosas with them. She said she was a Republican, a Tea Party member, had once dated [White Sox sports announcer’ Steve Stone] and had worked at WGN radio.”

◆The rendezvous: Sharon also said she was anxious to meet Cain again and had once gone to an afterparty with him and her boyfriend years ago. But she never mentioned he had sexually harassed her.”

◆The upshot: Bialek has since applied for employment in sales at WIND radio and is scheduled for a second interview Thursday.

[CainConservative]

Baby, you’ve come a long way in 20+ years in this country concerning sexual harassment since the old days of Coke cans & body hair.

[molson209]

In the one photo I saw that does not appear to be the accuser. The woman in the picture appears to be too thin

,tall and tanned

[who knows what evil?]

The dnc must consider Cain the biggest threat at this point in the election cycle.

Tells me all I need to know...

[goldstategop]

Democratic partisans know a lot about womanizers. It takes one to know one.

Especially those who worked for Der Slickmeister!

[ColdOne]

The media will never let go of it. True.... Wolf Blizter just said if Cain think this is going away he is going to have a rude awaking.

[Nervous Tick]

>> Until I see a fact that proves he did something wrong come to light, I’m backing Cain.

That’s where I’m at. Considering the stakes involved (POTUS) and the integrity of the press (vanishingly small), the *only* thing that will sway my opinion at this point is hard evidence.

These media vermin can gin up an endless stream of false witnesses if they so choose. Perhaps I’m jaded but I don’t find any of them convincing.

[molson209]

In the one photo I saw that does not appear to be the accuser. The woman in the picture appears to be too thin

,tall and tanned

sorry and no Kirk Douglas chin thing

[teenyelliott]

As far as I am concerned, in matters like this when it is he said she said with no proof the accused must be believed.

Anyone can say anything, and that alone should NOT be enough to destroy a person's life, reputation or job.

Except for that one time in 1988 when Barry Soteoro told me he was a practicing Muslim and hates the U.S. And that he was going to marry a giant angry woman so that people would think he was straight. Those things are true.

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[ChocChipCookie]

But she was able to get close enough to a Presidential candidate who is leading in the polls and has an interaction that causes a reporter from Chicago to wonder “What the heck is that about?”

I don't know if this is much of an explanation, but very often when a person is in the public eye a lot, some people believe they actually have a bond with them. It's not unusual for someone to approach a celebrity as though they are old friends. I personally wouldn't walk up to a stranger and hug them, but apparently, this woman is quite a piece of work.

[goldstategop]

JimRob can have him permanently zotted if he’s a troll. No doubt we’ll have DUers on here trying to sow doubts about Cain’s virtue.

[Jedidah]

Bush 43, hands down.

[Bigun]

On CNN now, watching James Carville and Donna Brazille attack Cain as a womanizer is just hysterical.

They can't handle the fact that he is defending himself. He was supposed to just roll over and play dead like all those who preceded him.

[Chasaway]

That’s actually a very good answer. And very reasonable.

That’s where I think I am.

But the operative piece of that is “while still open to new evidence”.

I hope I am and I hope all are.

Thanks for your response.

Sure can’t argue with it!

And you know...here on FR...we’re ALWAYS looking for something to argue about.

And I didn’t mean to come across as sarcastic. If I did and you were sincere, I apologize.

[Huck]

Beards are ok. I’ve got my winter beard on. I say bring back mutton chops! Interesting though, over 100 years without a president with facial hair. Last candidate with facial hair—Dewey. A moustache. Moustaches are for cops and homos.

[Cyber Liberty]

So, according to your logic, an agreement is a settlement.

Uh, no. That's the all-inclusive fallacy. Example: All bugs are insects, but not all insects are bugs.

[DoctorBulldog]

Thanks. A few of the other Freepers just pointed out that it was Amy Jacobsen in the photo. I blame my eyes and old age. :)

Cheers

[buccaneer81]

Wolf Blizter just said if Cain think this is going away he is going to have a rude awaking.

Don't bank on Wolf's intelligence...

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