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Originally Posted by vienna
I also believe in equal digging. But, as you pointed out, there appears to be a pattern emerging. Some troubling aspects have also arisen. One of the women involved in this story actually had to get a waiver on a confidentaility agreement signed as part of her settlement with the Restaurant Association to be able to make a statement about her case. She then made a statement through her attorney affirming the incident, but made the statement anonymously and has stated she has no intention of pursuing the matter either in the media or in the courts. This is a highly unusual occurance and lends credence to her allegations as she appears to merely be affirming the facts as she experienced. She has no known connection to any "enemies" of Cain and it doesn't help Cain that she is also a registered Republican.
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Lend credence? If she is anonymous then how do we know if any of her claims are true? How could anyone know who she is connected with, or how she votes? She is a phantom as far as i'm concerned.
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Then there is the matter of Cain's handling of the reports. First he denied it ever happened at all. Then he said, well, something happened but no claims were filed. Then he said, yes there were claims but no settlements. Then there was money paid, but it was severance, not a settlement. Then It wasn't really severance, it was a settlement, but for a small amount. Then the amounts were actually substantial. Then he said.... and it goes on and on... Cain's memory seems to switch on and off faster than he can think up his next excuse. The situation has gotten to the point where he is verging into Clinton-esque "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." parsing of his version of the (no pun intended) affair.
The question that really needs to be asked by anyone thinking of voting for Cain, or any other candidate, for that matter: Is he/she really an outsider and a "breath of fresh air", or is he/she just another political wanna-be carrying the poltical stench of duplicity, opportunism, and business as usual? As the Who song says, "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"...
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I agree. This is the only credible bad mark against Cain so far imo. I think it shows a serious lack of character not to have come clean right away, not to mention extraordinarily bad judgement. Now even if he is getting bad advice, which seems obvious, I expect my president to be better than that.