Herman, we hardly knew ye.
Herman Cain was never going to be president anyway. So many in the Republican Party hate the current black president; they’re sure as hell not going to elect another one — even if he did used to run a pizza chain. These vague allegations of sexual harassment just allow them to throw him under a bus without race seeming to be a factor.
Sexual harassment. “Inappropriate behavior.” It keeps cropping up in political campaigns, doesn’t it? I’m against it, of course, but I’m also against the idea of anonymous women getting a blank check to accuse somebody of it 15 years after it was alleged to have occurred. Is Cain guilty of crass behavior? My guess would be yes. Fat cats often forget their manners. I’m also guessing the women took a cash settlement and agreed to shut up about it. If so, that makes them complicit. If they’re going to whine about it now, they need to identify themselves.
Not that it will help Cain, at this point. He peaked about three weeks ago, just before his 9-9-9 tax plan was pretty well debunked as another gift to the wealthy. The tax plans of his competitors don’t look a lot better, of course, but they’re not black. And so far, they haven’t been accused of sexual harassment. So long, Herman. We’ll catch you later. Probably as a political analyst on Fox.
The shit keeps coming
Mrs. Palin will be right back
Lookin’ good, Chris. Too bad about the phone.
The walkin’ man
That’s just about the most even-handed dissertation and (subtle) denigration of a political wannabe that I’ve ever read. For a journalist, however lapsed, you haven’t lost your “objective” POV.
There’s just such a predictability about this sort of thing. True or not, it reeks.
I think it was Godfather’s, rather than Pizza Hut.
Not sure the women surfaced to complain; it could be someone else with a grudge that brought it to light. Someone today commented that for continued employment in their field, it would be in the women’s best interest not to make any waves and take a settlement.
Oops. Of course it was Godfather’s. Thanks for the heads-up. Note the correction above.