Herman Cain: The Buffoon Strikes Again
POSTED BY: Niki2
UPDATED: Thursday, November 17, 2011 14:45
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Herman Cain accuser stands by complaint, won't go public
The lawyer for one of the woman who received a financial settlement after alleging sexual harassment by Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain when he was head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s said Friday that the woman stands by her allegations but is choosing not to discuss them publicly.
The woman "sees no value in revisiting" the complaint, attorney Joel Bennett said, saying the woman and her husband feel it would be "extremely painful to do so."
"My client stands by the complaint that she made," said Bennett, adding that "she would disagree with the statement's [Cain has] made concerning her complaint."
"She made a complaint in good faith about a series of inappropriate behaviors and unwanted advances from the CEO," he said.Bennett did not provide details of the allegations but did say that multiple incidents took place "over a period of time at least a month or two."
Cain has flatly denied all allegations of sexual misconduct and complained of a "witch hunt" against him. In response to the statement, Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon said, "We look forward to focusing our attention on the real issues impacting this country -- like fixing this broken economy and putting Americans back to work through our 9-9-9 Plan, as well as strengthening national security."
Bennett said the woman is not interested in "exposing herself personally...she prefers her privacy and not to be a public figure." He said she appreciates the media and public respecting her privacy.
Bennett represents one of two woman who settled with Cain over alleged sexual misconduct; the Associated Press reported that a third woman has also accused him of improper conduct. According to a report by the New York Times, Bennett's client received settlement of $35,000, though Bennett is not discussing the amount other than to say "it was a monetary settlement.
Cain has given conflicting accounts of his knowledge of the accusations and the settlements, which he first said he was unaware of before discussing them specifically.
Bennett told CBS News earlier that Cain did not sign the initial settlement agreement, and that it's conceivable that Cain didn't even know about it. He repeated that assertion Friday afternoon.
Still, he said "Mr. Cain knows the incidents that were alleged," saying they involved "very specific instances."
"If he chooses not to remember or not acknowledge those, that's his issue," he said. Bennett said the woman was married at the time of the incident, and remains married today.
The National Restaurant Association said in a statement released as Bennett was speaking that it "can confirm that more than a decade ago, in July 1999, Mr. Bennett's client filed a formal internal complaint, in accordance with the Association's existing policies prohibiting discrimination and harassment. Mr. Herman Cain disputed the allegations in the complaint. The Association and Mr. Bennett's client subsequently entered into an agreement to resolve the matter, without any admission of liability. Mr. Cain was not a party to that agreement. The agreement contains mutual confidentiality obligations."
The statement went on to say that the restaurant association had agreed to waive the confidentiality provisions if the woman wanted to discuss the allegations. Bennett said he and his client "have not asked them to lift it beyond making this statement." He also expressed concern about violating "confidentiality and non-disparagement" provisions in the agreement.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57319854-503544/sharon-bialek-a
ccuses-cain-of-sexually-inappropriate-behavior/
Another day, another woman steps forward.
Meanwhile, Cain keeps "remembering" details of things he says never happened, and keeps trying to parse words ("We had an *agreement*, but I didn't know it was a *settlement*"; "If she got anything, it wasn't much."; "She got a standard severance package... of two or three months salary." - turns out one woman got a full year's salary - hardly a "standard" severance package for a staffer)
Hey, it sounds like Cain is just really bad at picking up women, and thinks that if you just grab a woman's head and pull it towards your crotch, she'll get an idea what you want.
"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill
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Stumbled across this link this evening. Funny!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58372028@N00/6323098991/
EDIT--
Aw, crap! The link doesn't even seem to work for me. It wanted to open Outlook Express and send an e-mail.
But it did work by editing it and pasting it into the URL line of the browser.
I wanted to post the image from there. Anybody?
EDIT again-
same slogan on a t-shirt
http://www.zazzle.com/cain_2012_you_want_a_job_right_tshirt-2358326653
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Here ya go, NOBC:
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Hysterical. There's hope he might even MAKE it to the nomination, if there's less turnout by moderate Repubs and heavy turnout by the right-wingers. A majority of THEM say this whole mess doesn't mean anything to them (no doubt to them it's a put-up job by the liberal lame-stream media, etc.). Wouldn't it be GREAT if they out-voted the sane Republicans out there (yes, there are many) and Obama went up against CAIN?! Ohhhh, boy; be still my beating heart!
Yeah, I know, won't happen...but I can dream. This man is the gift that just DOES NOT stop giving! Didja catch the "journalistic code of conduct" bit? He is absoLOOTely hysterical!
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Yepper, that's it , Kwik. Thank you.
Makes a great bumper sticker.
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Haley Barbour says that this whole thing "smells like Clarence Thomas" - whatever that's supposed to mean. Seems to me, with the number of women involved now, and the FACT that there was definitely a decent amount of cash paid out to at least one of them, this is starting to smell more and more like Bill Clinton. Or at least like one of his cigars. 
"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill
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Quote:
Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
Yepper, that's it , Kwik. Thank you.
Makes a great bumper sticker.
Try this one.
ETA: Better this way, I think.
"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill
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Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:Quote:
Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
Yepper, that's it , Kwik. Thank you.
Makes a great bumper sticker.
Try this one.
ETA: Better this way, I think.
"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill
I DO like that smile. And there's a kind of look in the eyes...
But I do think the other one makes a better bumper sticker.
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And let's just think about the irony: Cain has "no memory" of lawsuits and accusations and untoward behavior and settlements or any of that...But as soon as the accusing woman's name becomes public, he's all ready to go with a document containing her whole personal financial and legal history. Hmm.
BTW, he disclosed all this sexual harassment "stuff" in private conversations with his handlers-of-the-moment in 2003. Just in case it might come up. But in 2011 he has no idea. So that's what he's trying to sell us. (And sadly, that's what some demented little people are buying, because they need something chewy to go along with their kool-aid.)
My eyes are rolling right out of my head right now.
Wait, I might be confused again - is this story about Perry or Cain? Or Santorum? Gingrich? Bachman? Sarah P? Or--my god--is W. back? They're all so uniformly nuts that I can't tell which is which...
On the up side, I kind'a like Buddy. He's done good things, not the least of which was on Colbert last night. Brilliant.
Someday I may have to live in a world with no Stewart and no Colbert. That will be a very sad day. Unlike a day with no Cain/Bachman/Palin/Santorum/Perry/Romney... I'll survive that one, but only because there will all be those juicy internet video clips to remind me of the GOTP fun.
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