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sailwind
Really? I call B.S. on that one. Did they attack the woman when John Edwards had his scandal? NO. You are making stuff up.
Did the media attack the woman when Gary Hart had his scandal? NO. Again, you are making stuff up.
Taka, The media that called them out first was the National Enquirer, they seem to have a lack of stories on Mr. Cain.
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sailwind
Agreed and concur. Let's see how he will handle this further if he really is Presidential timber.
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sailwind
Actually if one can put their personal politics aside and not act like usefull partisan hacks to repeat the smears just to score political points the actual allegations made against Mr. Cain 11 or 12 years ago are pretty lame and trivial. We aren't talking anything really than someones elses perception as to what constituted bad or unwanted behavior on his part while at the NRA. Following Mr. Cain these past months it should be obvious to anyone that he is a very outgoing human being who is not afraid to have fun and lighten things up. The recent you tube video of him while he was CEO at Godfathers in Nebraska showing him singing a parody to John Lennon's "Imagine" as in "Imagine there is no Pizza" to the local Business Chamber of Commerce dinner in Omaha. To almost every article I've read that have folks go on the record with their actual names who have ever worked for him male and female, even the original Politico one that started this whole thing have nothing but praise and kind words for the man. I also noted that he never had a complaint ever at anyone of his many positions in his corporate life except at the NRA. This is just my opinion though I believe this to be true and the whole underlying premise behind all of this occurring at the NRA and only his stint at the NRA is this. When he became head of the NRA in Washington D.C he brought his Godfather's style of management with him. Personable, funny and a bit over the top. Many of the stuff shirts types that live and work in the beltway and at the NRA at the time weren't able to adjust to his style and felt "uncomfortable" with his management style, after all the man is prone to start singing when he wants to lighten things up. It would not be beyond the realm of possibility or even more likely that in fact he did think his behavior there and any compliants lodged were so trivial that he wouldn't remember them in detail 11 or 12 years later. I think the same Mr. Cain that we are seeing on the campaign trial is the same Mr. Cain that headed the NRA in his core personality. Some folks really like him and some folks well they are complaining also about his campaign behavior (he made an Ad of a guy smoking!...the horror).
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sailwind
The employee described in conversations with the AP over several days situations in which she said Cain told her that he had confided to colleagues how attractive she was
He paid compliments about her to his colleagues without her knowledge and then told her that he did at a later time? This is it?? Well at least it took several days of intense grilling by A.P to get that juicy morsel out.
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sailwind
Put a fork in this scandal its done.
This just in.
The attorney for one of Herman Cain's accusers told USA TODAY that his client is "unlikely" to be giving interviews anytime soon.
Joel Bennett also told USA TODAY's Jackie Kucinich that his client has asked him to stop talking to the news media.
He has talked to several news outlets, saying Cain has been "bad-mouthing" the two women who made the sexual harassment claims against Cain when he led the National Restaurant Association.
"I stand by everything I said," Bennett said.
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sailwind
Pretty much says it all right there and why the political establishment is on their destroy Cain must be destroyed mission now. I guess when you really do have a plan that really will change the way Washington does business by getting rid of the current tax code and all those sweetheart tax breaks and shelters that the lobbyists thrive on that this should not have been unexpected.
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sailwind
Taka,
I think you misheard what he actually said in the interview.
On CNN Headline News, Cain was forced to defend his apparently shifting recollections of the sexual harassment allegations. He said his initial statement that he did not recall a settlement was accurate because he does remember what he termed a "separation agreement" with one woman. He recalled that it was "somewhere between three and six months' pay" but that it was not a "legal settlement."
He said he does not recall a second woman's harassment claim, as reported by Politico, and cannot remember details from the first woman's allegations beyond the height comparison to his wife.
"The reason I forgot them is because they were ridiculous," he said of the first woman's additional claims.
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sailwind
My simple mind just wonders how do plan to charge a Chevy Volt, thru more coal burning plants? Or more Nuke plants Yabits? After all myself as a taxpayer is on the hook to pay for the thing thru the bailout.
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sailwind
Taxpayer bailout...Ford did not need one.
Coal fire power plants are not vogue to power them. Nuclear power plants are a better option. Build more nukes Yabits?
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sailwind
Yabits,
How are those sales Chevy Volts working out so far?
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sailwind
Sushi,
I been following a guy who is an actual member of National Restaurant Association comments on another thread to educate myself more on this. Herman Cain could not okay the payout and he could not really know how much the settlements where actually for. The management structure of the association consists of two parts. The volunteer structure which he was Presdient and the permanent staff support structure of the association. He has been telling the truth the minute these bogus smears came out. His words not mine.
Cain was the President of the volunteer Board, but that doesn’t mean that he would be privy to a settlement, that he is one of the named parties would most likely ensure that he in fact would not be. Such a matter would be handled by the lawyers, HR and EVP-CFO, and that’s about it. Settlements are buried in conduct settlements are buried in ledgers just like Worker’s Comp cases are, and only those who need to know the details are legally permitted to officially know.
Being the President of an organization does not mean that you get to take a pass on workplace privacy laws, the President of the NRA is not the party of primary fiduciary responsibility for the organization, that falls to the EVP and EVP-CFO, and outside of the lawyers and HR, the only other executive likely to be involved in the details of any settlement would be the EVP and EVP-CFO, not the President of the volunteer board.
With regard to the NRA specifically (of which, in full disclosure, I am a member):
And he added this later.
Cain was the head of the volunteer advisory board to the NRA and not party of primary fiduciary responsibility for the corporation that is the association, those positions in the NRA are held by the EVP and the EVP-CFO.
Even if Cain had asked, he most likely would be legally prevented from knowing the details of the settlement. Just as he would not be legally entitled to know the details of an individual worker’s compensation settlement. Cain would be entitled to know the total sum paid out annually to settle conduct claims, and worker’s comp claims, but there are laws against him knowing the actual details of individual claims, even if he were named in them.
The only legal way for him to know the details, were if he were to be found personally responsible for the settlement, it’s obvious he wasn’t as there is no record of such. Therefore, the lawyers would make sure that he is not directly and officially notified of any settlement details. Telling Cain would open the NRA up to actual criminal charges and possible prosecution by the EEOC.
Your turn Sushi on my straw grabbing.
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sailwind
Don't expect anymore details to get out. Politico all of the sudden has a case of laryngitis.
Politico reporter Jonathan Martin, who co-wrote their article on Herman Cain, told MSNBC this morning that he just isn't "going to get into the details" of what Cain allegedly said, did or "gestured." Martin cites an incident that may or may not have happened where Cain may or may not have invited a woman up to his hotel room. Relevant transcript below:
Politico's Jonathan Martin: "And also, what actually happened to these women as well, we want to be sensitive to that, too. It includes both verbal and physical gestures.
"These women felt uncomfortable, and they were unhappy about their treatment, and they complained to both colleagues and senior officials. In one case it involved, I think, inviting a woman up to a hotel room of Cain's on the road … We're just not going to get into the details of exactly what happened with these women beside what's in the story."
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sailwind
Only if you like no real details in your articles. Things like who, what, where, when and how.
The report was based on anonymous sources. They do not even bother to tell the reader if the settlement was for 10,000 or 99,000 dollars. We're just suppose to guess. They don't tell us if the women in question were fired and filed a complaint afterwards, yet they say they saw the documents. They say it happened in the 90's but do not tell the exact years. Did this happen when he first started as head of the NRA or towards the end? Makes a huge difference if he had just started and was taking charge and shaking up the staff. In short they do not really tell us anything at all just vague details and yet they went ahead and reported it anyway. This is not straight reporting this is yellow journalism at its absolute worse.
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sailwind
Read my 11:55 post
Mr. Cain said “I have never sexually harassed anyone,” you want him to say that he did after all? What kind of logic is that if a person is innocent of the allegation? He say's he innocent. Politico has nothing but allegations that were settled years ago........non-story and just a smear job.
Secondly settlements does not mean quilty of squat in most these cases. It means that instead of wasting time going to court and wasting thousands of dollars the company or organization choses to settle it out of court. It also means the parties lawyer up and throw as many allegations as they can at each other to try and get the best deal. It happens all the time and afterwards the parties sign non-disclosure forms. Which is why the NRA hasn't released any more information on the settlement, they can't they are legally bound not to.
Got it. So clueless that if they are actually voting for a Black conservative they are demonstrating they are clearly racist and don't even realize it. Sounds totally logical.
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sailwind
I don't know about that. You and Politico seem pretty unified on the greater good in how you both can also smear Mr. Cain I'd say.
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sailwind
Now there is some "logic" on display.
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sailwind
Human Target,
If you are saying Politico has a right wing bias then that would indicate that their stories could not be trusted by a Liberal such as yourself.
Question, then is why are you giving any sort of credence to this story about Mr. Cain?? Does it not work both ways?
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sailwind
The majority of the American people elected him and the majority happens to white. Dems / liberals / independents and yes even some Republicans voted for him. They now have serious regrets on their decision and are looking at Mr. Cain as the answer to Presidents Obama's failings as President. Race has nothing to do with it. It is policies and the ones that are best for America.
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sailwind
Mr. Cain said “I have never sexually harassed anyone,” you want him to say that he did after all? What kind of logic is that if a person is innocent of the allegation? He say's he innocent. Politico has nothing but allegations that were settled years ago........non-story and just a smear job.
9.1 percent unemployment rate / record number of Americans on food stamps / 50 unemployment rate for black teenagers / 14 trillion in debt is your legacy on election day, nobody is going to be laughing on election day on the Liberal record you've managed to accomplish the past three years.
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sailwind
A Pulitzer Prize for Politico in the future for this fine reporting on Mr. Cain! The information for awarding the prize is based on anonymous sources but rest assured its true.
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