Doesn't matter to the Repugnants. Women are inferior beings, dontcha know.

[i]Cain makes the claim that Jesus was politically conservative and that he “helped the poor without one government program.â€

"conservatives have some sort of magic wand"

Well... it's not really "magic" - it's called propaganda. Unfortunately, it seems to work too.

I see Cain as being done as much because of how poorly this is being handled as any of the other too-many-to-count reasons ~ Sooz

ThinkProgress NEWS FLASH

AEI Forbids Reporters From Asking Herman Cain About Sexual Harrassment Allegations At Open Forum | GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain is launching a media blitz today, the same day Politico reported on sexual harassment allegations against him that led to financial payouts. At his first public appearance today at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Cain ducked reporters by entering through the parking garage. Though billing the event as an open “discussion with Herman Cain,â€

Seems Cain is afraid of the press.

Why?

[i]According to Yahoo News reporter Chris Moody, AEI staff is not letting reporters out until Cain leaves. They are “blocking exits.â€

For what it's worth, Ann Coulter crawled out of her cave in full support of Cain by laying the blame entirely on another smear campaign by the evil Dems ~  ~ Sooz

Just from her very first line, it's clear she can't be taken seriously:

know the facts - she doesn't (most times)



get the truth out - she wouldn't know the truth if it hit her in the head with a brick



and stick to the story - the old "tell a lie often enough it soon becomes accepted as the truth".

As I posted early on, any payment indicates more than what is released to the public ~ and there's another controversy brewing as well, something about his campaign finances ~ Sooz

November 02, 2011 8:00 AM
Cain controversy far from ‘done'
By Steve Benen

About 24 hours ago, Herman Cain's chief of staff, Mark Block, declared his candidate's sexual-harassment controversy “done.â€

The woman can publicly say that Cain is a liar without violating the confidentiality of the agreement, I should think.

Here's the other controversy ~ this is actually a far more serious problem for Cain ... at least legally ~ Sooz

October 31, 2011 12:30 PM
The other Cain scandal of the day
By Steve Benen

Allegations that Herman Cain sexually harassed two women in the 1990s is causing his campaign plenty of heartburn today. The Republican candidate ran to — where else? — Fox News this morning and conceded he'd been accused of harassment, but the allegations were “trumped upâ€

So the current GOP front-runner is a crook and a sexual predator?

Depends on how the agreement is worded, oskar ~ it could forbid any mention ~ and I'm sure any violation will make her liable for reimbursement and possibly subject to further litigation ~

Sooz
  

Sure is beginning to look that way ~ even if Cain is dumb enough to pursue either course, it's VERY troubling that his staff is this incompetent ~

Sooz 

It would be interesting to know if the confidentiality is reciprocal. If it is, Cain has already violated the agreement by talking about it.

Citizens need to stop looking for the easy way out. That merely perpetuates the problems.

I wonder how Cain's story will change now ~  ~ Sooz

November 02, 2011 4:50 PM
And then there were three
By Steve Benen

The Associated Press reports this afternoon that a third former female employee of Herman Cain has come forward with sexual-harassment complaints, describing behavior she considered “aggressive and unwanted,â€

sadly, his attitude toward women in the food service industry is not uncommon

Signs that the GOP/TP slate is beginning to eat its own ~  ~ Sooz

November 03, 2011 9:30 AM
Cain's desperate search for someone to blame
By Steve Benen

As Herman Cain's sexual-harassment controversy enters its fourth day, the Republican campaign seems to be spending less time addressing the questions and more time in a desperate search to find someone to blame.

First, the accusations were the media's fault. Then it was liberals' fault. Then it was racists' fault. By late yesterday, it was Rick Perry's fault.

The Perry campaign denied being the source of the story (it suggested the Romney camp was responsible) and neither Cain nor his team could offer any proof to substantiate the claim.

At this point, I'm not even sure why this part of the blame game matters anymore. Politico reported that Cain was accused of sexual harassment, and regardless of who first tipped the reporters off to the allegations, Cain really was accused of sexual harassment. Blaming the media, liberals, racists, and/or Perry doesn't change the underlying facts, nor does it explain why Cain's version of events has changed so dramatically over the course of a couple of days.

Wildly pointing fingers is absurd. If Cain's accusers are lying, then they're to blame; if Cain sexually harassed those women, then he's to blame. He either committed these misdeeds or didn't. What difference does it make who tipped off Politico?

Also note, after an off-hand comment made by Cain's campaign manager, there's apparently yet another incident in the mix.

[quote]

POLITICO has learned that the incident involved a staffer for Steve Deace, an influential conservative talk radio host who hosts a nationally syndicated show in Des Moines. And Deace says he did take offense.

Deace, who penned an opinion piece critical of Cain earlier this month, told POLITICO in an email that Cain said “awkwardâ€

This is uber bizarro ~ except that I'm sure Ginni Thomas was uber sympathetic, given her own hubby's 'ordeal' ~  ~ there is a clip of the interview [that refuses to be embedded here] at the end link if anyone is interested ~ Sooz

Cain gives exclusive interview to Clarence Thomas' wife
By Jonathan Terbush
Thursday, November 3, 2011

In a bizarre twist, Herman Cain discussed the sexual harassment allegations leveled against him in an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller's Ginni Thomas. Thomas, of course, is the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who faced his own explosive sexual harassment scandal 20 years ago.

In the interview, Cain professes his innocence, and says the story is just another example of how Washington has a totally different mindset from the rest of the country.

“That is the D.C. culture: guilty until proven innocent,â€

[i]“The voice of the people is different from the voice of the media,â€

So ... the pay-offs made public now reach $80,000 [$35,000 + $45,000] ~ Herman Cain wants people to believe that everyone who quits a job gets a pay-out/off ~ that is not how it works in the real world ~ these pay-offs were strictly to avoid Cain embarrassment/humiliation of this kind of litigation ~ if he had any kind of even marginal defense, these pay-offs would never have been paid out ~ Sooz

Report: Herman Cain Accuser Received $45,000
Benjy Sarlin November 3, 2011, 2:06 PM

One of the two women who filed sexual harassment complaints against Herman Cain received $45,000 from the National Restaurant Association over her claim, according to a Politico report.

This is separate from a $35,000 settlement — one year's pay — that the New York Times reported was handed out to a different woman whose complaint Cain has not publicly acknowledged exists.

Cain told FOX News on Monday that the woman who reportedly received $45,000 had made between $40,000-50,000 a year and had been given only a small settlement, suggesting that it may not have even been too different from a standard severance agreement.

“She ended up getting what she would have gotten if she had just said, I want to leave and I would like to negotiate a severance agreement,â€