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Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! · Oct 31, 2011

Re: Herman Cain's sexual harassment history

Webster said:

We don't know the facts -- sometimes these things are legitimate and sometimes they are not. A lot of companies settle everything to avoid litigation and bad publicity and others only do so with bad cases.

While his people should have known about this and prepared him, everything else is just speculation
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That's true a lot of times it is cheaper to settle than fight. The decision is often made by insurance companies. But the fact more than one women complained don't look good.

Dick Whitman · Oct 31, 2011

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I think most of us realize that settlement does not equal guilt. There are tactical reasons to settle. It sucks, because lawsuits are transformed into legalized extortion, particularly when the settlements are accompanied by gag orders. Unfortunately for Cain, I don't think the public takes quite such a nuanced view.

If there is a gag order attached to the settlement, I wonder if the other parties have, legally, waived it by leaking the news?

Webster · Oct 31, 2011

Re: Herman Cain's sexual harassment history

Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! said:

Webster said:

We don't know the facts -- sometimes these things are legitimate and sometimes they are not. A lot of companies settle everything to avoid litigation and bad publicity and others only do so with bad cases.

While his people should have known about this and prepared him, everything else is just speculation
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That's true a lot of times it is cheaper to settle than fight. The decision is often made by insurance companies. But the fact more than one women complained don't look good.
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True -- but I can imagine the scenerio where he made some stupid comments around the office, both employees may have been happy and/or well regarded and they used this to get a payout.

Stitch · Oct 31, 2011

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A CEO making sexually inappropriate remarks? That's a shocker.

TigerVols · Oct 31, 2011

Re: Herman Cain's sexual harassment history

Webster said:

While his people should have known about this and prepared him, everything else is just speculation
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I guess his one staff member was on a smoke break.

Ace · Oct 31, 2011

Re: Herman Cain's sexual harassment history

Those women were just asking for it by agreeing to work for some rich, old, horny dude.

Mizzougrad96 · Oct 31, 2011

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He asked them if they wanted to see where he hid the pepperoni and they misunderstood.

Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! · Oct 31, 2011

Re: Herman Cain's sexual harassment history

Ace said:

Those women were just asking for it by agreeing to work for some rich, old, horny dude.
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I want you as my lawyer!

PCLoadLetter · Oct 31, 2011

Re: Herman Cain's sexual harassment history

Mizzougrad96 said:

He asked them if they wanted to see where he hid the pepperoni and they misunderstood.
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When the Godfathers website because bigsausagepizza.com, you knew something like this would happen.

sportbook · Oct 31, 2011

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Dick Whitman said:

Story broke this weekend:

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2011/10/herman-cain-accused-inappropriate-behavior-former-female-co-workers/44326/

It will be interesting to see how this plays out. It didn't hurt Clarence Thomas in the end, though some pin that on Biden. There won't be that level of politicking to protect Cain, who has to face the public, not the Senate.

Perhaps the more apt comparison is Bill Clinton, though I think there's probably a difference between an accusation, which is denied, and a settlement, which the voters may view as a tacit admission. (Fair or not.)

P.S. Before this is dismissed as an attack from the left, note that it broke at Politico, a right-leaning site. Same as the Bachmann migraines, I think, which were also leaked from the right. Unless it's about Romney, I think that most dirt you hear on the candidates right now are not going to come from the Obama camp, but from within the GOP lineup of candidates themselves.
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Politico is right-leaning? That's hilarious.

Drip · Oct 31, 2011

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One of the girls asked what was that white stuff on the pizza. I guess they didn't like the answer.

Dick Whitman · Oct 31, 2011

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Uh, oh.

Cain said it’s possible that more sexual harassment allegations could be forthcoming, but that they would be baseless. “If more allegations come, I assure you, people will simply make them up. … The only other allegations will be trumped-up allegations. There is nothing else.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/67233.html

I have a feeling he doesn't recover from this.

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