Two women accused Herman Cain of inappropriate behavior

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[Sub-Driver]

Exclusive: Two women accused Cain of inappropriate behavior By: Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman and Anna Palmer and Kenneth P. Vogel October 30, 2011 08:00 PM EDT

During Herman Cain’s tenure as the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, at least two female employees complained to colleagues and senior association officials about inappropriate behavior by Cain, ultimately leaving their jobs at the trade group, multiple sources confirm to POLITICO.

The women complained of sexually suggestive behavior by Cain that made them angry and uncomfortable, the sources said, and they signed agreements with the restaurant group that gave them financial payouts to leave the association. The agreements also included language that bars the women from talking about their departures.

In a series of comments over the past 10 days, Cain and his campaign repeatedly declined to respond directly about whether he ever faced allegations of sexual harassment at the restaurant association. They have also declined to address questions about specific reporting confirming that there were financial settlements in two cases in which women leveled complaints.

POLITICO has confirmed the identities of the two female restaurant association employees who complained about Cain but, for privacy concerns, is not publishing their names.

Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon told POLITICO the candidate indicated to campaign officials that he was “vaguely familiar” with the charges and that the restaurant association’s general counsel had resolved the matter.

[Pan_Yan]

“Drag a hundred-dollar bill through a trailer park, you never know what you’ll find.” —James Carville, responding to Paula Jones’ sexual harassment allegations against Bill Clinton

[CodeToad]

You beat me to it, but worth repeating.

“Drag a hundred-dollar bill through a trailer park, you never know what you’ll find.” —James Carville, responding to Paula Jones’ sexual harassment allegations against Bill Clinton

[Chode]

looks like they need to pay their settlement money back...

[jospehm20]

I didn’t see this coming. /s

The establsiment types are predictably going through the old playbook.

[TexasFreeper2009]

lol

yep, it’s a good thing we have already read that play book :)

All this does is make me even more committed to Cain.

[BradtotheBone]

POLITICO has confirmed the identities of the two female restaurant association employees who complained about Cain but, for privacy concerns, is not publishing their names.

Tells me all I need to know....

[monkeyshine]

Clinton was in the ultimate position of power... and they claimed it was ‘just about sex’. This, after of course he went on the CBS evening news and apologized for ‘mistakes’ - he would never have won the primary if he didn’t do that.

My point is, if a man with a position of power as attorney general, as governor, then as President can write it all off as “just about sex”, anyone can.

Cain would do best to ignore it as much as possible, and when asked directly simply say “everyone who runs a business knows that these claims are quite common” and “I did nothing inappropriate”.

[justsaynomore]

Romney or Perry, I bet. Cain volunteers have been warning of something like this from Perry’s campaign.

[Hoodat]

they signed agreements with the restaurant group that gave them financial payouts to leave the association. The agreements also included language that bars the women from talking about their departures.

What part am I not getting here?

[plain talk]

They will move forward with the Clarence Thomas treatment since there is a negro (Cain) that refuses to stay on the democrat plantation.

[TexasFreeper2009]

This has Romney’s fingerprints all of it.

Perry likes Cain.

[DouglasKC]

Here we go....because he's a conservative black the meme is that he's a horny negro.

Gee, never mind their repeated defense of a President who actually got a bj in the oval office from a a female subordinate.

[Fred]

Vera Baker anyone???

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2104270/posts

[Diogenesis]

Given the timing and nature,
this sounds like a typical ROMNEY DIRTY TRICK, Mr. Cain.

“And The Most Irresponsible Journalist Award Goes to The Politico’s Jonathan Martin!
So tell me, how do you write a “news” story about an organization paying for a speaker when you don’t even know if the organization is paying for the speaker?
Ask “journalist” Jonathan Martin. He knows all about it.
You see, Jonny wrote a piss poor story the other day about how the Iowa Family Policy Center will be paying a large speaker fee if Sarah Palin comes to Iowa to keynote the IFPC’s fall funderaiser.
The only problem is that Jonny has no sources confirming that any exorbitant fee is being charged or paid.
Jonny also got some inside info from David Kochel, who was a top aide to former (and future) presidential candidate, Mitt Romney.
Hey Dave, didn’t I just read a story about how Mitt Romney tried to buy off the Iowa Christian Alliance?
I heard you helped facilitate that little scheme. And somehow you are shocked at the thought of a well-known political figure (who very likely isn’t running for president) getting paid a speaker’s fee for (gasp) a public speaking appearance? ..
and then we’ve got Tim Albrecht quoted. He was the Iowa spokesman for Romney’s 2008 caucus campaign.”
And it always seemed like, whenever the Romney people had rumors they wanted to start about other candidates,
Jonny was their go-to guy to get those rumors in writing in front of a national audience.

[VanDeKoik]

“Cain told the campaign staffer he had beaten the case and that the woman had paid for his legal fees. “

Case Closed.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww. Better luck next time, Rove-Romney.

[justsaynomore]

I’m just telling you what I know.

[Texas Fossil]

Anita Hill

Yep, Bumpity, Bumpity, Bump!

[South40]

They probably should have waited until he got the nomination.

That tells me it's not the left behind this but one of Cain's RINO opponents.

[kevao]

I predicted a pubic-hair-in-my-pepperoni type lynching almost six months ago:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2715924/posts?page=33#33

The Rats desperately need a new playbook.

[RipSawyer]

I disregard this kind of thing. I know from experience that women sometimes make totally unwarranted charges of this type and you can never be certain, it usually comes down to he said, she said. Men might do the same thing to women if they thought they could but they would be laughed at so they don’t.