A fourth woman has come forward with claims of sexual harassment against GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain. Here is the TV interview.
My questions are:
1. Why did it take 14 years for this woman to go public with the allegations?
2. She has said she will not press civil charges. Why, then, is she bringing it up now? What is her motivation?
3. Can these allegations from 14 years ago ever be proven true or false?
4. Is this woman a credible person?
Fire away.
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Why would she retain Gloria Allred?
Why a lawyer at all?
Do you seriously expect me to believe that you didn’t tell your boyfriend or your mentor what happened in ANY detail at all?
I call bullsh*t.
Where has this woman been for 14 years? If it her allegations are true, was that the first time she re-buffed a sexual advance? Is every male who ever made a sexual advance and was turned down guilty of “sexual harassment”?
@ huckfunn:
She described a sexual assault. And was laughing. And never went to the police nor told anyone the details.
It’s a lie.
Did I ever tells yinz about the time Herman Cain sexually assualted me? What a crock! EVERYONE is afraid he will get the nom. I will redouble my efforts to make sure he does.
@ Bumr50:
Yep. If it was so horrible 14 years ago, she would have said something before now. Pure smear.
odd that this comes up now, why didnt she come out when he was running for senate in georgia…or, odd she didnt make a big stink and get some $$$ way back in the day when this happened, odd that she didnt go to court (cant now i think the statues of limitations have run out), odd that gloria allred will be all over this but wouldnt touch much worse allegations and fact against clinton. odd, odd, odd…
@ coldwarrior:
What are her motivations? All Red will have coached her to say “to see that justice is done… the truth come out”, etc… Complete political smear with probable financial incentive.
This Too-Ray guy is certainly getting a lot of legs with the Cain story.
The most recent allegation is that he made a (verbal) pass at the woman when she wasn’t even working for him.
This doesn’t fall under the definition of sexual harassment.
I suspect that these women think they can get book deals or something.
New Cain bumpersticker.
I support the guy and realize that this is supposed to be derogatory, but I like it!
h/t WZ
@ Bumr50:
This may well all bullshit, but unfortunately it’s mounting and he’s being taken completely off message by it all.
Just defending against shit like this is a full time job.
He’s really fucked no matter what.
Bumr50 wrote:
And DirtyRino gives the h/t to Dave Weigel. Now where have I heard that name before?
@ refugee000:
nah…this will just make people more pissed off.
look at what happened last week: his campaign donations went up and there was no negative reaction in iowa or south carolina. cain’s enemies cant keep this up forever, cry wolf…und so weiter
@ refugee000:
I’m going to support him as long as he stays in.
I honestly believe he’d be a great leader, and a change of pace but one I trust.
I don’t know what will happen.
months to go till we vote
@ Bumr50:
It sucks. It’s a really nasty hit job that’s being blown up by a left wing media that ignored John Edwards love child story for a year.
Is there a “Premium” Linkedin member here? Sharon Bialek has 7 connections but only Premium members can see them. Might be worth $24.95/month to uncover a possible ‘scoop’.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sharon-bialek/8/840/a5a
I’ve been a supporter of Herman Cain for a long time- probably one of the earliest of his backers here. IF there’s anything to this, I’d have to re-think my support for him. But I’d want to see/hear a lot more than has come out so far.
Cain statement given today.
@ mfhorn:
I stand behind him and trust him infinitely more than this shrieking harpie.
Looks like the esteemed Ms. Bilek is a former client of David Axelrod…
https://w3.courtlink.lexisnexis.com/cookcounty/Finddock.asp?DocketKey=CAAJ0MB0BFIICG0MD
(Hat tip PA-Native on Fox News comments section)
Different David Axelrod.
Bumr50 wrote:
Mea Culpa.
@ Bumr50:
I’m sure these claims are nothing but a load of BS. These claims need to be addressed- I like the idea of polygraph tests. The truth will come out & I believe he’ll be found innocent of the claims.
Bumr50 wrote:
I’m with you. Something ain’t right here and I think we will find out the truth sooner than later.
mfhorn wrote:
If he’s found innocent will that hurt his credibility with moderate Democrats? They seem to go for powerful guys who harass interns.
@ mfhorn:
This screams bull shit at the top of its lungs. Think of the probability from a statistical stand point for just one minute. Herman Cain has a huge career of many successful endeavors that spans decades. All of the women so far have come from only one small blip on his career. Where are the women from Godfather’s, Burger King, the Navy Ballistics Research job, The Federal Reserve, The Radio Station, anywhere else? Has any of these high profile cases pursued by Gloria Allred ever turned out to resembling in any way the narrative that she presented in her opening presser? Doriengrey has noted also that each of the women so far come from the one organization where Herman had to deal with the SEIU. So far, only Allred’s client has suggested anything occurring which would constitute any type of sexual behavior.
This is a smear job from our dear friends of the left.
Well, it’s not much, but Mr. Cain just received his first contribution from me. It was also kind of neat seeing my name on the “latest donors” ticker on his site for 5 seconds.
Some links for these over at Freep.
Who’s behind it all?
The Chicago connection makes me suspect Rahm Emanuel too.
Only 4 women? Piker. How many did Tiger have? Ten, eleven?
Anyway,
Last night I was dreaming, I dreamed about the H-bomb. . .
Thirteen Women
/whereami
Research over at Free Republic is overturning a lot of stones and finding slimy things in Bialek’s past (summary, links to evidence at FR):
The IRS is after her…
She has a lien against her property..
She has several bankruptcies and paternal fights over a son she had with a married CEO (and she has lost jobs faster than Kardashian marriages).
Ms. Bialek sure left a lot of creditors in her last bankruptcy (all got screwed 100%). All her debts to them were WIPED OUT…including her doctors.
Another thing that doesn’t smell right is she said that her boyfriend booked the hotel room for her but when she got there, Cain had upgraded her room. Due to the privacy act, hotels don’t give out names of guests. You can’t call a hotel and ask if xx is staying there- not to mention some third party jacking with your reservation. Hotels wouldn’t do that.
She just had a summary judgement against her from a collections lawsuit. In September (9/22/2011), her assets were order to be seized.
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Contrary to popular misinformation, it was Freepers who produced the evidence that brought down Dan Rather. Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs was just a poser who went along for the ride.
Washington Examiner thinks they have a “fifth accuser.”
Read this tale of sexual mischief!!!!
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@ Bumr50:
Get this. Here’s the reporter that documented the supposed “hugging” at the Tea Party convention, and who believes Miss Buy-A-Lick:
Stranger and stranger.
@ Bumr50:
Link.
@ 2soonold2latesmart: