Okay a whole lot has happened in the last few days, at least politically. I'm not even going to touch all the Penn State stuff, I could barely get through the time line list ESPN published on their site without vomiting. But what I want to talk about tonight isn't outside that same vein. I want to talk about the utter lack of balls that the Herman Cain campaign has, including the people over at the HermanCainPAC. My primary focus in life is to approach everything as objectively as possible and to try and treat things as they are without a bias from things around them or past events not directly related. That is why everything about the recent Cain sexual harassment revelations has irked me so much, because they are playing fast and loose with the facts of the case, are using their ability to get headlines to warp the facts and vilify the victims and in some cases the accusers. Now, I say victims and accusers for a reason, and it needs to be acknowledged that there is a difference and why some of these women are anonymous. I've heard numbers ranging from 4 to 7 separate complaints as well as people saying they have witnessed inappropriate behavior in the past while working with Cain. SO, lets start from the bottom. For certain, there are two cases that have been settled outside of court and that Cain has signed off on each settlement. That means that these two women are by Cain's own admission, victims, and that he did something wrong. In one case I believe was settled up in the millions and with a settlement that high, something happened because going to court to fight it if he was innocent would certainly be less costly. Additionally, Cain keeps talking about the reference he made to the victim about how tall she was compared to his wife. Yes, it is true that is part of one of the complaints, but it is only one incident of several that were cited. Also in these agreements, which is pretty standard for most out of court settlements, the victims were required to never speak publicly about it. That is why they, the original 2 victims reported by Politico, were listed as anonymous, because if they had come out and said anything they would have been sued into oblivion. Outside sources have since uncovered one of the women, who has been found to work in a government agency, the treasury I believe, and since having been publicly outed has been attacked relentlessly by Cain, many in the right wing radio industry and in some papers alongside the woman who came forth earlier this week with an unfortunate choice for a lawyer. Between the two women we have heard much misinformation and vilifying. It was reported by Cain's manager that the son of one of the women was a reporter at Politico and stated that it has been verified. This is not the case, there was a man working for politico over 10 months ago with the same last name as one of the victims, but who is of no relation to the victim and now works somewhere else. Additionally, said woman has had a picture of her posted on Herman Cain's PAC website and referred to as an "Ugly Bitch" while a second woman had an editorial written about her, claiming she needed to have her face painted in makeup in order to be presentable. With these two cases, what the hell kind of relevance does what either woman look like even have to do with anything? Also, one of the to women isn't selling her story or anything, she is just putting her story out there.
I'm going to cut this short, with no editing of this post because I'm really tired, and finish with a tidbit about the debate from last night. Herman Cain referred to one of the most successful Speakers of the House, Nancy Pelosi, as "Princess Nancy". To be fair, immediately following the debate he apologized, but at best I think it was a hollow apology. See this isn't the first time he's referred to her that way. When he used to do a radio show he would frequently refer to her as "Princess Nancy." I think this, and his habitual referring to himself in the third person, as very indicative of the kind of person he is. Pompous, egotistical, holier than thou with no respect for women who have worked hard in their lives to get where they are.
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