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Politico's Martin Still Can't Explain Exactly What Herman Cain Did
RealClearPolitics ^
| November 6, 2011
Posted on 11/06/2011 2:07:12 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
(VIDEO AT LINK)
In an interview with Howard Kurtz on CNN, Politico's Jonathan Martin still can't explain what exactly it is that Herman Cain reportedly did to the women who received payouts from the National Restaurant Association. Mr. Martin's main argument is because the story hasn't been fully challenged, it must be true. Here's a partial transcript of the back-and-forth between Martin and Kurtz.
Howard Kurtz, CNN: "Jonathan Martin, let's talk about the first story last Sunday, you and three colleagues reported this and what it didn't contain in the way of details. Here's the language from the story. Sexually suggestive behavior that made the women angry and uncomfortable, descriptions of physical gestures, not always overtly sexual, innuendo, and in one case, an unwanted sexual advance at a hotel."
"Why publish the story then when you couldn't answer the essential question: What precisely is Herman Cain alleged to have done to these women?"
Jonathan Martin, Politico: "Howie, I think any journalist would find the, uh -- a report of two women got a five figure, each, cash payout after alleged sexual harassment against a CEO of a trade group that is now a major contender for president, newsworthy. And that's the story we had, and that's what we published."
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cain; hermancain; lamestreammedia; marriotdirtytrick; martin4romney; msm; politico4romney; pollutico; romney; romneydirt; romneydirtytrick; sorosromney
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Q: Would you have run this story if it was Mr. Obama, another Democrat or a RINO? A: Of course we wouldn't. Look how we buried the John Edwards scandal and JFK's shenanigans.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“Alleged sexual harassment” is not sexual harassment.
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:09:46 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Stop Government Greed Now!!!!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Have we reached 11,000+ headlines on Google News yet?
Still no story to go along with the propaganda campaign by the Dem Media?
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:09:55 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Politico ran 90 anti-Cain stories in 5 days: in 5 days! And over what? A gesture! Not a rape, an attack, or an affair with an intern in the Oval Office who isn't your wife...but a gesture! The left is terrified of Herman because he poses the biggest threat to Obama's voting base & socialist agenda. And how is it Politico failed to thoroughly cover the fact Obama snorted coke, smoked weed, was mentored by a self-confessed communist/wanted terrorist in Bill Ayers, & spent 20 years in a racist, anti-American church? Yet, they're talking about a GESTURE amidst this mountain of scandal & historic failures by this administration. Wake-up, America! Perspective, not propaganda!
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:10:20 PM PST
by
xuberalles
("The Right Stuff" Conservative Novelties http://www.zazzle.com/xuberalles)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I think he should have to explain to his employer(s) why he thought running with this story was worth destroying what scant bit credibility Politico may have had.
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:10:40 PM PST
by
South40
(To Tear Down Herman Cain is to aid Mitt Romney)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Seems if it’s “good enough” to have an attorney for one of those “ladies” opine that whatever the act that wasn’t specified was, he believed it to be sexual harassment — well it ought to be good enough to ring up some defense attorneys in this field and have them vouch that this is a normal way to make garbage sexual harassment lawsuits go away.
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:12:15 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(ya don't tug on Superman's cape/ya don't spit into the wind--and ya don't speak well of Mitt to Jim!)
To: South40
There are still people on FR defending this story (saying Cain still has to answer for something). How do you answer when you are not even sure what specifically you are accused of? It makes me SICK.
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:14:00 PM PST
by
justsaynomore
(Pray for Herman Cain)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:16:58 PM PST
by
Diogenesis
("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
That reporter Jonathan Martin is so nervous and defensive, you’d think he was the one accused of sexual harassment.
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:21:09 PM PST
by
drierice
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Yes, this Politico regular looked sour and quite uncomfortable this morning given that he and his whole gang are found not to be heroes after all, but caught instead with their britches around there ankles trying to defend a nasty case of smearing opposition research with no real there, there. Even that Kathleen Parker person redeemed herself slightly, by giving Martin flak. Rather enjoyable outcome all around wouldn’t you say? For once, no free pass on a cheap shot. Gotta be a FIRST.
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:21:35 PM PST
by
RitaOK
(Texas. Exhibit A for Rick, who needs to pound the fiction flackers back into the Stone Age.)
To: justsaynomore
I don’t see it so much here, but what gets me on other blogs is the people lamenting (or pretending to lament) that this scandal-ette (and there are plenty of women who vouch that Herman Cain behaved himself like no less than a gentlemen in their private presence) is going to turn the USSC over to progressives and oh woe the country is lost.
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:21:39 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(ya don't tug on Superman's cape/ya don't spit into the wind--and ya don't speak well of Mitt to Jim!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Mr. Cain, people want to know. When did you stop beating your wife?"
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:25:56 PM PST
by
Free Vulcan
(Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead.)
To: justsaynomore; South40
Those are Perrywinkles and Romneybots, mostly.
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:26:15 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
To: HiTech RedNeck
The best part about this shyster, Joel whatsisname, is that he admitted to WaPo that he doesn't have any records of the case, or even a copy of the confidentiality agreement. But he accurately "remembers" all these suggestive incriminating allegations from 12 or so years ago from a minor run-of-the mill scam-case, when Cain was not even a public figure. Right.
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To: justsaynomore; All
There are still people on FR defending this story (saying Cain still has to answer for something). How do you answer when you are not even sure what specifically you are accused of? It makes me SICK.
Too many people allow themselves to be led by the nose with 'breaking headlines' even when there is no story to back up the huge banners and exclamation points. Jonathan Martin is not a journalist, he is a bought and paid for sockpuppet for the 0bamunist regime, and anyone thinking that dirtbag is 'objective' or adheres to ANY sort of journalistic standards is just kidding themselves.
The leftists made a huge throw of the dice on this non-story, hoping that America would see lots of smoke (of the media's making) and not notice that there was no fire, and they didn't count on Herman Cain responding not in some slick, campaign manager's scripted and parsed answers, he answered from the gut, and if his responses didn't seem all polished and smooth, well that's a damn good thing because that alone proves that he was speaking the truth, and mostly spoke off the cuff, but Americans like that and they especially like the fact that Cain didn't back down.
Jonathan Martin is to REAL journalism what e.coli is to an all-you-can-eat buffet.
Look up Wes Pruden's excellent article on this sorry affair in the Washington Times, it's worth the read, and he nails these sorry and pathetic b@stards to the wall.
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:27:22 PM PST
by
mkjessup
(I stand with Herman Cain, a God-fearing, Jesus-loving, Constitution-honoring PATRIOT.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Tell Jonathan to put some ice on it.
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:29:35 PM PST
by
EDINVA
(We Can't Wait, either)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Jesse Jackson is being sued for sexual harrassment by a man in Chicago, from what I am told.
Media has not reported it.
To: justsaynomore
Are there still people on FR defending Politico/the sexual harassment non-story? I saw a few at first, but they got beat down pretty bad [or good, depending on your POV]. I thought the rest of the smear merchants crawled under a rock and stayed there. Am I mistaken?
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