Why is the media so obsessed about whether or not Herman Cain had private, consensual relationships? What did the Atlanta businesswoman get out of it? Does she want another 15 minutes of fame? Is she over the hill?
Day to day relationships are par for the course for most Americans, I believe. Gossip is par for the course when people have not the brains to explore substance. This belongs in the tabloids, which is what our media are about today.
The local news guy said a lot of the national media were aware of her too and trying to chase her down, so he convinced her that it was better to get her story out on her own terms with their local ‘I Team’ who could give her extended airtime to explain her side of it.