Herman Cain denied having a 13-year extramarital affair but his attorney very conspicuously did not deny the charges. That leads me to believe that Herman Cain did in fact have an extended extramarital affair. I also had a red flag go up when Cain said this:
Cain described the woman as an “acquaintance who I thought was a friend” and said his campaign was going to handle the charges “detail by detail, accusation by accusation.”
Now, when he says that he “thought [she] was a friend,” I take it to mean that he thought she’d keep her mouth shut.
Cain’s attorney is taking the position that the accusation isn’t criminal in nature and that it therefore falls outside of the purview of the media’s responsibility to vet candidates.
…this appears to be an accusation of private, alleged consensual conduct between adults – a subject matter which is not a proper subject of inquiry by the media or the public. No individual, whether a private citizen, a candidate for public office or a public official, should be questioned about his or her private sexual life. The public’s right to know and the media’s right to report has boundaries and most certainly those boundaries end outside of one’s bedroom door.
So, is this lawyer saying that the accuser spent time behind Herman Cain’s bedroom door? Because that’s what they seem to be saying to me. And I think people cared about Bill Clinton’s consensual sex-life. At the least, the Republicans certainly cared.
Herman Cain is either the biggest victim alive or he didn’t think very hard about the skeletons in his closet before he launched this book tour.
Damn, Booman, you beat me to the post.
My favorite was this part:
Yeah, I’ll bet he was trying to help her financially.
“Here’s $50,000. Keep your mouth shut.”
I’m looking forward to Gingrich attacking Cain for his marital infidelity.
It’s how they prove how much they love our country.
I think this affair claim is a good PR move on the part of the Cain campaign. It’s the most presidential thing he’s done to date.
I don’t know which is more cruel…that he may have had this affair; that he groped numerous women; that he called everyone else a liar or that he has brought all this to his family’s doorstep in a very public and humiliating way.
Arrogance.
Adultery is a misdemeanor offense in GA.
http://www.lectlaw.com/files/sex06.htm
How inappropriate is that?
Now, now, Booman….Cain has claimed to be a victim numerous time. Do not deny the man his right to self identify.
I suppose he should of thought about his skeletons more as you say but consider that next year there will be the book and supporting tour telling about how he was victimized for saying things people didn’t want to hear.
Then the year after there are the inspirational videos and supporting seminars and tour about he as he alone could have overcome a vast conspiracy to destroy him.
Then of course the year after there is the book and the supporting tour about how he overcame being addicted to sex and once again found Jesus and that makes him the perfect person to be president in 2016…
Effing brilliant.
Maybe Cain wasn’t kidding about the “for every woman accusing him, 1000 (999?) didn’t”.
Given the population of the US, there’s a LOT more stories out there. Tens of thousands, at least.
Herman Cain is either the biggest victim alive or he didn’t think very hard about the skeletons in his closet before he launched this book tour.
Look at the idiot who took over the Not-Mittens spot from Cain in the GOP #Fail parade. It’s such a messed up race that these people(Gingrich, Cain) entered the campaign on a lark and now they are leading, or have led.
Social Values Out, or Mitt in? Hard choice for the Republican base.
“Herman Cain is either the biggest victim alive or he didn’t think very hard about the skeletons in his closet before he launched this book tour.”
I think he thought about, or was at least cognizant of the skeletons, but believed he’d charm and clown his way past them. Which he might yet do for a while. Can’t really blame him for taking a page from Clinton.