” “And what I have told people [is] if they come up with something to try to damage my reputation, they will have made it up.””
Cant argue with that.
Hearsay, 3rd-hand “witnesses”, and a bunch of “I cant talk on camera” people.
That and a bag of d*cks will get you a date in San Francisco.
Cant argue with that.
None of this takes away the fact that there was some sort of sexual harrassment issue at a prior job. That was not made up, as Cain has now admitted as such, and probably something that should have been mentioned when he stated that there are no skeletons.
Cain has not handled this well, which I don't particularly enjoy seeing. He's my 2nd choice, so it doesn't behoove me to see him destroyed. However, he's managing to dick this up right and left.
Interviewed today on KTOK’s Mullins in the Morning, Wilson, of Wilson-Perkins-Allen Opinion Research headquartered in Washington, D.C. explained he was a witness to the incident. “I was the pollster at the National Restaurant Association when Herman Cain was head of it and I was around a couple of times when this happened and anyone who was involved with the NRA at the time, knew that this was gonna come up.”
Wilson described the woman as a low level staffer who was maybe two years out of college. “This occurred at a restaurant in Crystal City (Virginia) and everybody was aware of it,” he continued. “It was only a matter of time because so many people were aware of what took place, so many people were aware of her situation, the fact she left-—everybody knew with the campaign that this would eventually come up.”
Wilson said for legal reasons, he can not discuss details of the incident. “But if she comes out and talks about it, like I said, it’ll probably be the end of his campaign.” The consultant said Cain is digging himself a deeper hole by challenging the woman. He also believes it has put the Restaurant Association in a position where it will have to release the woman from her confidentialilty agreement. “If she talks about it, I think it’ll be the end of his campaign.”
Well, they didn't make up that two women filed harassment complaints. They didn't make up that there was a settlement. The harrassment complaints may have included made-up information, but that was "made up" back in the 1990s, and he knew about it.
Cain keeps trying to gloss over the point that the charges were FACT, not fiction. An harrassment complaint with a settlement is a "skeleton" -- one that can easily be explained, but that does require an explanation. He seems to think that if he says something should be ignored, it should be ignored. He also acts like if he says something, it must be taken as absolute truth, even if it's the opposite of what he said previously.
Which I guess is how things work in the corporate world, as president of Godfather's he just proclaimed things and people made them so. That's not how government works, but Cain wouldn't know that because he has no experience.