As of last night, Mr. Herman Cain was still struggling over the allegations of two, three or six women that he had harassed them sexually back in the 1990's. After denying any such thing had ever taken place he then admitted that cash settlements were made on two of the women though he had no knowledge of those settlements.
Cain is hardly the first man ever to be so accused. He's also not the first guy who ever twisted in the wind trying to explain himself. In his case, the accusations gain credibility because of the number of different women involved and his strange way of defending himself.
This is a man who has been a great success in the business world, and we might suspect he owes that success to his attention to his business dealings. So how could a man so involved with his own life have no idea that settlements valued in five figures had been made from his personal resources to get rid of lawsuits? It doesn't compute. He looks like a cad or a fool.
As far as the accusations themselves are concerned, let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
It does bother me that the Republicans have for years postured themselves as the guardians of private morality, when in fact they are no less inclined to transgress than anyone else.
If you've not been watching the Daily Show or the Colbert Report lately, you should look up the episodes of the past week and have a good laugh. They've been pretty spot on with pointing out Cain's foibles.
ReplyDeleteMy understanding of Cain's business acumen is that he was the CEO (or equivalent) of Godfather's Pizza. Friends have mentioned that his tenure of Godfather's Pizza was a success because he brought the company into profitability by closing down all outlets that were marginal and firing all the employees in those areas. I'm really not sure what business acumen it takes to accomplish that, if it is indeed the case that this is what he did.