Washington – Cain Mulls Lawsuit Against Politico: Aide

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     US Republican Presidential candidate Herman Cain delivers remarks at a House healthcare caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, USA, 02 November 2011. Cain has spent the day talking healthcare despite the looming unanswered questions about harassment.  EPA/SHAWN THEWWashington – Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, facing harassment accusations, is weighing a lawsuit against the news outlet that first reported the claims, a spokesman said on Friday.

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    Washington-based Politico broke the story on Sunday night that two former female employees of the National Restaurant Association accused Cain of harassment while he headed that trade group during the 1990s.

    Cain maintains his innocence and has blasted the media, giving conflicting accounts of the case and accusing rival Rick Perry of instigating the controversy to derail his surging campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

    “It is being discussed,” Cain’s chief of staff Mark Block told Fox News on Friday, when asked if the campaign was considering suing Politico. “The Politico article, if it was held up to the same standards as the code of ethics of journalism, the people involved would be fired.”

    Politico has stood by its article, and a third woman has emerged who had accused Cain of harassment.

    Cain, who stood at the back of the Republican pack weeks ago, is leading in some national polls after strong debate performances.


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    SherryTheNoahide
    SherryTheNoahide
    12 years ago

    Oh pa-leaze! *eyeroll*

    He’s thinking about suing Politico because… they found out he’s a big pervert & are telling everyone, BEFORE he (G-d forbid) gets close to the White House?!

    He’d better just humbly step down from his campaign & accept reality! (lol) His past indiscretions have now come to light (which happens to everyone who runs for President), and they have proved that he is NOT a person fit to represent this country on the International Stage! Period!

    And to sue Politico just because YOU’RE misdeeds have been uncovered, is just childish! It’s like a kid, who gets mad at someone who tattles on him… even though the real fault is HIM! It’s just ridiculous that people are even still considering this man to run our country. My goodness!

    Not to mention… Politico is known for being one of the more trustworthy sites to get political information from! They are non-partisan & always have been!

    But I’m sure everyone sticking up for Herman Cain…. will blame POLITICO for his campaign falling apart… and will ignore the man’s inappropriate behavior all together! (lol) Again…. it’s a joke!

    MidwesternGuy
    MidwesternGuy
    12 years ago

    This type of action doesn’t reflect well on Cain’s campaign. Besides the freedom of the press, it just makes Cain look like a weenie.

    It’s time for Cain to just be straight about what did or didn’t happen. It’s well-known that organizations settle lawsuits even when in the right because of the high costs of legal defense. And sometimes people sue without merit for a quick payoff.

    But Cain has to get past this one way or another. I think that if there are allegations that can be proven in some way (and we don’t even know what the alegations are yet) then the conservative base will be far less generous in forgiving him than, say, the liberals were with Clinton.

    But that’s all speculation until Cain just addresses this one way or the other.

    12 years ago

    Yeah Sherry! I don’t care that Cain is a friend of Israel and a moral man, I’ll jump onto the liberal media bandwagon because my father, his father, and his grandfather before him voted democrat!

    ormeo
    ormeo
    12 years ago

    After Paula Jones held a public press conference in February of 1994, there was only one report on her allegations against President Clinton.

    Following Kathleen Willey’s July 1997 claims of being groped by President Clinton, there were a mere three reports. For Juanita Broaddrick, who came forward in February of 1999 to say Clinton raped her, only three stories followed charges appearing in the Wall Street Journal.

    It should also be pointed out that all these women offered their names. They weren’t anonymous. Additionally, the accusations of assault and rape go far beyond what’s being mentioned with the Cain scandal.

    Over a period of just three and a half days, NBC, CBS and ABC have devoted an incredible 50 stories to the allegations against Cain since Monday morning.

    Sherry, are you so blind to this double standard?

    victorg
    victorg
    12 years ago

    Finished. Next candidate?

    Anon Ibid Opcit
    Anon Ibid Opcit
    12 years ago

    This is not going to turn out well for Cain. The three women are under gag orders. If he takes Politico to court they will be subpoenaed and have to answer ALL the defense’s questions. Further, truth is a perfect defense in libel suits. If they have their facts right Cain will be out a lot of money, suffer horrible publicity and scuttle his campaign

    12 years ago

    I don’t believe that Cain only (by his own admission) compared the height of his wife, with one of the woman’s height. There is an old saying, “If it walks like a duck, quack like a duck, it is a duck”. The only reason the three women have not come forward on their own, is that they know that they will be attacked, harassed, and buried by very powerful interests. Anita Hill went through a lot of scorn after her testimony in 1991, against Clarence Thomas. Recently, one of Thomas’ ex-girlfriends substantiated a number of Hill’s accusations against Thomas.

    LiberalismIsADisease
    LiberalismIsADisease
    12 years ago

    The liberal “media” is at it again and again. I guess things were slow that day at the Washington Compost so their blog had to make up something. So there is NOTHING – NOTHING AT ALL just a bunch of hearsay and the MsObama mania media is upset that Cain is in essence telling them to go to purgatory where they all belong.

    These wonderful “media” people are NOWHERE to be found when it comes to anything their Oybama could do. How come they didnt look into his relationship with TERRORSTS? How come they didnt fully examine the relationship with the rosha Rev Wrong and Rev Flagher???