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November 6, 2011 in Nation/World
Cain says he won’t discuss claims
THE WOODLANDS, Texas – Republican presidential contender Herman Cain on Saturday vowed to answer no more questions about decade-old sexual harassment allegations and blamed journalists for the claims that have dogged his campaign.
Growing agitated with reporters after a one-on-one debate with rival Newt Gingrich, the former business executive suggested the reporters who asked questions about the allegations were unethical. Asked if he planned to never answer questions about the incidents, he was certain.
“You got it,” he snapped, even as the allegations leave plenty of doubts about Cain’s candidacy.
A lawyer for one of Cain’s accusers said Friday that his client had filed a complaint “in good faith” against Cain in the 1990s for “several instances of sexual harassment” and had received a financial settlement.
Attorney Joel Bennett suggested Cain wasn’t telling the truth in his repeated denials of the incidents that allegedly took place while the Georgia businessman headed the National Restaurant Association.
Cain repeatedly has denied ever sexually harassing anyone, and his campaign said it was “looking to put this issue behind us.” Advisers had hoped Saturday night’s debate here near Houston would help do that.
Tea party organizers explicitly limited the discussion to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Gingrich, however, gave Cain an opportunity to address the allegations with an open-ended question about what has surprised him about running for president.
Cain didn’t hesitate: “The nitpickiness of the media,” he said.
“It is the actions and behavior of the media that have been the biggest surprise,” he said, his voice rising.
“There are too many people in the media who are downright dishonest. … They do a disservice to the American people,” Cain said, bringing the room to its feet.
A Washington Post-ABC News survey taken after the allegations emerged last Sunday showed Cain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney running almost even atop the field, with most Republicans dismissing the harassment allegations. Seven in 10 Republicans say reports of the allegations don’t matter when it comes to picking a candidate.
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greenlibertarian on November 06 at 1:00 p.m.
Good luck with that Koch-Cain.
By Peter Nicholas Washington Bureau
November 6, 2011, 10:49 a.m.
Prominent Republicans called on Herman Cain to disclose full details of the sexual harassment allegations that have dogged his presidential campaign for the last week, saying the candidate must address lingering questions about the incidents.
Cain, speaking to reporters after a debate in Texas on Saturday night, said he would not provide any more specifics, asserting that “everything has been answered.”
“We’re getting back on message,” Cain said.
Cain needs to be more forthcoming than that, some fellow Republicans said on the Sunday morning talk shows. GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman said Cain needs to “get the information out and get it out in total.”
Huntsman, appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said “legitimate questions have been raised and that information has to come forward.”
Two women reportedly received financial settlements stemming from Cain’s behavior in the late 1990s, when he was president of the National Restaurant Assn.
An attorney for one of the women said last week that Cain had subjected her to “a series of inappropriate behaviors and unwanted advances.” (continues)
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-republicans-cain-20111106,0,1724682.story
Huntsman and Gary Johnson are the only sane candidates the GOP has which is why they’re at the bottom of the polls.
Willard’s got the money, wouldn’t bet against him.
Uncle Tom Koch-Cain is toast.
bpackley on November 06 at 1:53 p.m.
Yeahhh, don’t we have better things to do than dig up allegations into bad behavior that happened 10 YEARS AGO?? ALLEGATIONS no less!! Was their an investigation done? What were the results? Was Cain reprimanded at that time?
I don’t think there is anyone alive who has not done anything wrong in their entire lives! Stop casting stones and at least let him speak and campaign! Then make an informed decision at the polls!
misjustice on November 06 at 2:42 p.m.
Koch-Cain has mismanaged this dip into his past wrongs. Two settlements were made with women to keep the allegations quiet.
Koch-Cain should have gotten out in front this by first admitting that “mistakes were made”, then he should have acknowledged the settlements, issued a brief apology for past errors in judgment, and then stated that he was done talking about it…
Instead he waffled/lied and allowed the drip, drip, drip of information to happen over the course of a week, that’s 7 news cycles where his past “mistakes” were permitted, by his mismanagement, to dominate the news. He can’t walk back from it now.
His failure to manage this small incident leads many to doubt his ability to handle a large incident; and rightly so.
Now, in a final act of desperation, he is playin’ the race card. After his own past remarks that race never held anyone back in ‘Merica, Koch-Cain is now pulling an Uncle Thomas…
I know, it’s not Koch-Cain’s fault that those women were clumsy; they tripped and his hand “accidentally” went up their skirts!
; )