There definitely was something to it - whether it’s as bad as the deleted Pyjamas Media reports or not, I don’t know, but there were two settlements and Cain initially denied them - then admitted them bit by bit.
He could simply have defused this whole thing by being honest at the very start, except that he chose to do a Bill Clinton (remember, it was Clinton’s own arrogance that prevented him from settling a defamation of character complaint which then launched the Lewinski affair, during which he steadfastly denied - until he admitted). The Dems were with him all the way, however.
Except for Cain’s hard-core groupies, nobody is going to be with him on this one. But I think he has now tarnished the entire GOP slate.
I find it rather interesting that Bill Clinton was known to have more than likely raped at least one woman possibly two, beat the crap out of another in a parking lot, and accosted numerous others, but the press couldn’t have cared less.
Now unspecified rumors by unspecified people have caused Cain no limit of grief. And what’s more, the good folks at FRee Republic are now the best friends of the folks who are instigating this double standard.
Why yes, Cain has a real problem. LOL, perhaps it’s the Conservative movement that has a problem. No specific charges, no named accusers, all a vapor trail at this point, and some of our people are writing Cain off.
LOL, with FReepers like these, who needs D.U., MoveOn.Org, Huffington Post... et al.