- He breathed audibly, glared at the reporter and stayed silent for several seconds. After the question was repeated three times, he responded by asking the reporter, “Have you ever been accused of sexual harassment?”
from the new Politico novel Black Man Coming
The gloves are off. Maybe we should file this under reading between the lines; what they wrote and what they really meant!
Politico in concert with MSNBC and others are breathlessly reporting on allegations:
- that “at least two” female employees complained to colleagues and senior association officials about inappropriate behavior by Cain. “At least two” really means, “damn, we tried to make it more while pretending to be journalists and couldn’t find a way!”
- The women complained of sexually suggestive behavior by Cain that made them angry and uncomfortable. What the hell does this mean, suggestive? Either his behavior was or it wasn’t.
- In one case, POLITICO has seen documentation describing the allegations and showing that the restaurant association formally resolved the matter. What this means is they’ve seen one side of the story, the allegation side they are using as a device to weaken Cain and strengthen Obama.
- Both women received separation packages that were in the five-figure range. Five figure range? You mean the payoff could have been as little as $10,000? Sounds like a nuisance suit to me. Now if these women received $500,000 each that would be worthy of a second look.
There were also descriptions of physical gestures that were not overtly sexual but that made women who experienced or witnessed them uncomfortable.
OK, I’m trying to figure out what kind of physical gesture that wasn’t overtly sexual, could be.
If Cain whipped “it” out and placed it on the table THAT would be suggestive. But no, it can’t be that. Did he place his hands in his ears and go, “Bugga,bugga, bugga”?
Unless Politico has something more than allegations, accusations, and anonymous sources this is a waste of my time and yours!
BTW, do you think the fact that this Politico piece was written by easily identified Journolisters could have tainted their perception of the truth? Na, what am I thinking?
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