First, let me say - I still support Herman Cain.
In the last five days, Politico has published ninety stories about Herman Cain and the alleged "harassment." And no great revelations have occurred. The accusers still remain anonymous. The details still remain sketchy. In short, what has happened is usually what happens when the media engages in "high-tech lynching": the story becomes the story. Politico has as much an obsession about keeping itself in the new cycle as Kim Kardashian.
Let me be a lawyer, for a sec (it's the weekend, after all, and I like to be someone else then), and say this about these accusations. Objection:
- Lacks foundation. The main citation is anonymous and unsubstantiated.
- Assumes facts not in evidence. Begins with the premise that there was harassment without a showing of such.
- Irrelevant. Who cares? After all, the Dems were quite vocal that we should not fret about Clinto lying under oath in the Lewinsky scandal, saying such a thing does not mean he cannot be an effective President.
- More prejudicial than probative. Assuming "something" happened, there is no finding that it was harassment and it allegedly occurred in the 1990's with no further episodes occurring. And please, do not attempt to convict a man by saying, "Well, there may be more there . . ." Yeah, there may be unicorns flying out your butt, too.
How silly has this become?
Joe Scarborough, host: "We had a picture of Henry Kissinger talking to Herman Cain earlier and I'm just wondering, you're in New York, did you talk to Herman, and if so, what did you say?"
Mika Brezinski: "Yeah, how did that meeting go? "
Madeleine Albright: "Well, he didn't call me. I'm the wrong gender."
Brezinski: "There you go."
Or perhaps you are the wrong political party. Or perhaps, Maddy, he didn't think your work was worth his time to ask about. But to insult him so flippantly with "I'm the wrong gender?" That is both juvenile and stupid, so indeed, why waste the time talking to her? Statements like that make me conisder that Herman Cain's "women problems" lie with the particular woman.
Meanwhile . . .
It’s Day 5 since allegations burst into the media that Herman Cain sexually harassed female employees in the late 1990s when he ran the National Restaurant Association. And notably, the GOP presidential contender's poll numbers haven’t budged. In fact, the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll – conducted in the days after the harassment allegations surfaced – shows Mr. Cain’s numbers among Republicans have risen over the past month. He is now at 23 percent, versus 24 percent for his top rival, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Joe Scarborough, host: "We had a picture of Henry Kissinger talking to Herman Cain earlier and I'm just wondering, you're in New York, did you talk to Herman, and if so, what did you say?"
Mika Brezinski: "Yeah, how did that meeting go? "
Madeleine Albright: "Well, he didn't call me. I'm the wrong gender."
Brezinski: "There you go."
Or perhaps you are the wrong political party. Or perhaps, Maddy, he didn't think your work was worth his time to ask about. But to insult him so flippantly with "I'm the wrong gender?" That is both juvenile and stupid, so indeed, why waste the time talking to her? Statements like that make me conisder that Herman Cain's "women problems" lie with the particular woman.
Meanwhile . . .
It’s Day 5 since allegations burst into the media that Herman Cain sexually harassed female employees in the late 1990s when he ran the National Restaurant Association. And notably, the GOP presidential contender's poll numbers haven’t budged. In fact, the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll – conducted in the days after the harassment allegations surfaced – shows Mr. Cain’s numbers among Republicans have risen over the past month. He is now at 23 percent, versus 24 percent for his top rival, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
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