The Washington Examiner reports tonight that a fifth woman has come forward with a story about Herman Cain, saying in 2002 he asked her to set up a dinner date for him with another woman, in a “tone” she viewed as “suspect.” (The woman declined, and it eventually turned into a group dinner, where it seems the worst thing Cain actually did was order two $400 bottles of wine and stick his dinner partners with the bill.)
Herman Cain is gunning for Tiger Woods’ record.
Team Cain triples down: “All allegations of harassment against Mr. Cain are completely false. Mr. Cain has never harassed anyone.” That’s the campaign’s official statement on the latest harassment allegations, and it’s a notably firm denial. There’s very little wriggle room; if, say, some sort of evidence were to come out against Cain, he’d have a hard time coming off as anything but a bold-faced liar. This would seem to imply that Cain is confident no hard evidence will surface—a confidence that, in itself, doesn’t imply innocence or guilt. The statement also inexplicably patted Cain on the back for his “clear foreign policy vision,” perhaps in an attempt to divert media attention to another, less salacious Herman Cain controversy. (Picture credit: Gage Skidmore) source
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Quick to the draw, a campaign slogan nobody wants to be associated with.
He pulled my head towards his crotch… I said, ‘I have a boyfriend.’ He said, ‘You want a job, right?Sharon Bialek, on Herman Cain • Bialek is fourth former Restaurant Association Employee to accuse Cain of sexual harassment—and the first to come forward publicly. For now, we’ll treat these accusations as just that—accusations. Also notable: Bialek is being represented by celebrity attorney Gloria Allred, who’s previously taken on Tiger Woods and Meg Whitman, amongst many others. source (via • follow)
Damn, today is a banner day for scandal-laden news. (We’re in disbelief that “BREAKING: Woman: Cain reached under skirt for her genitals, pulled her head toward his crotch” is a news alert.) Here’s the Cain accuser, who is suggesting far more than sexual harassment. Here’s the Conrad Murray story.
Anyone watch this?
We heard about this but skipped it because it sounded weird. It’s not a real debate unless Jon Huntsman’s in the house.
Ron Paul wins another straw poll; Herman Cain right behind: Despite a scandal that chewed up much press energy this week, Herman Cain was only two points behind Ron Paul in a Republican straw poll in Illinois. But Paul still kicked his butt. source
Politico reports that the cash settlement for one of the women accusing Herman Cain of sexual harassment bears the date: September of 1999. No joke.
On a related note, if you missed Michelle Cottle’s Daily Beast piece from a few weeks back about Cain’s obsession with numerology (and one number in particular), it’s definitely worth a read.
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We’ve retained independent counsel to look at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story and report back to us… Amy, why don’t we talk about the campaign going forward?Herman Cain’s chief-of-staff, Mark Block • Refusing to give a detailed answer on the much less examined scandal afflicting the Cain campaign right now. As we mentioned earlier, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that early in Herman Cain’s presidential run, his campaign accepted about $40,000 worth of illegal donations from a charity, Prosperity USA, which was run by Mark Block himself. This is, so far as we’ve seen, the first instance of Block or any representative of the Cain campaign being asked directly about this, and it doesn’t seem like he was very keen on the question. source (via • follow)
Herman Cain and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
Herman Cain’s doing kinda crappy, but he’s not exactly dead in the water yet. In fact, he’s way up on Mitt Romney in South Carolina, according to a poll that came out after the scandal.
“This is one of the actions in America that is the reason why people don’t get involved in politics,” Mark Block, chief of staff to Cain’s campaign, said in an exclusive interview with Fox News’ Special Report. “The actions of the Perry campaign are despicable.”
Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em.
It’s been a rough week or so for GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain: He’s been hit with two different accusations of sexual harassment dating back to his time as the head of the National Restaurant Association, as well as reports his campaign accepted $40,000 worth of illegal contributions. Now, another woman has accused of sexual harassment, though she remains anonymous, saying she fears retaliation. In the meantime, the lawyer for one of Cain’s two early accusers is lobbying the NRA to waive the non-disclosure agreement the woman signed, arguing it’s unfair to allow Cain to spread his side of the story. Suffice to say, things are probably getting tense on the Cain Train. source
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