NBC confirms one Cain accuser received cash settlement

[KeepItReal]

Source: NBC News

NBC News has confirmed that one woman received a settlement from the National Restaurant Association after complaining about inappropriate sexual conduct by Herman Cain.

NBC News is not disclosing the name of the woman nor characterizing who she is.

Cain denied the allegations, saying on FOX this morning he was "falsely accused." "I have never sexually harassed anyone, anyone," he said, "and absolutely, these are false accusations."

Despite being the chief executive officer of the National Restaurant Association, he said he was unaware of any settlement with the accusers, though he didn't deny it.


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[tblue]

1. Dagnabbit!

I really wanted him to be the nominee! The story should've come out after the convention. Dang! It was gonna be so much fun too. So disappointed.

I think the GOP PTB figured they'd had about enough of him. He was never the one they wanted.

[No Elephants]

29. There, there. Republicans were never going to make him the nominee anyway.

[TwilightGardener]

2. He is unaware of a settlement brought about by allegations against him?

And he was CEO? If true (and I doubt it), exactly what kind of clueless President would that make him?

[KeepItReal]

3. Spot on! CEO accused of sexual harassment doesn't bother with outcome?

Who does that?

[No Elephants]

30. No one. And only a liar says he was unaware of a settlement of a sexual harrassment claim against

him when he was President of an association like that.

[asjr]

4. The media have become The National

Inquirer. All I have heard today by flipping around on the television--especially cable channels is Cain and sexual behavior. He denies it. NBC has a name and will not disclose it. I have to wonder--Did Cain tell a couple of dirty jokes a few years ago and some women were offended. Is that what it amounts to? Is Cain now the soup du jour? Has Perry had his 2 week run in the media spotlight? The news anchors, pundits, interviewees and T.V. producers should be ashamed of themselves for delivering such crap on a daily basis. Mr. Cain in my opinion is not presidential material, nor is any of the others on the Republican slate, but if this sort of thing was cooked up because someone wanted him gone, the media are complicit. Dirty pool has really become a dangerous game.

[dtexdem]

17. Oh, just sit back and enjoy the spectacle.

And if you think this is bad, just imagine what they'll cook up for the actual presidential election.

[redqueen]

31. Do you really think dirty jokes are enough

To prompt a cash settlement and an agreement to keep quiet?

If it was a joke I'd want that to be public knowledge.

I fail to see why people want to minimize this.

And I hope you think racist behavior would also be such a non issue.

[No Elephants]

32. The mainstream media is the propaganda arm of the 1%. That reality is old news.

[Froward69]

5. Laura Ingraham was hysterical this morning.

It was almost as if she finally found a Black guy she could sleep with but he got arrested/lynched on the way to their date.

Goddamn, knee slapping, gut busting funny!

ITS BEEN 6HOURS AND I AM STILL GIGGLING ABOUT IT.

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[SoapBox]

6. ...he's just another creepy dirt bag.

Stupid...lying...sleezy...skeezy...money driven...1%er.

Not really a surprise.

But the GOPBaggers and Haters will rally...the "Pearl Clutchers" will say he was just a guy, being a guy...and the Limp Media will report, report, then let it slide.

Mean time, if Prez O has a dinner or beer with an everyday REAL citizen...he will be endlessly blasted for it.

[SemperEadem]

7. herman cain is a buffoon. Plain and simple.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/cains-campaign-made-a-bad-situation-worse/2011/03/04/gIQAGmEXZM_blog.html


"The campaign’s first effort was a non-denial denial. The campaign spokesman told Politico that Cain was “vaguely familiar” with the charges and then tried to fob it off onto the restaurant association. This was laughable on its face. If you’ve ever been accused of sexual harassment — especially sexual harassment on the job that resulted in five-figure financial settlements — you’d be more than “vaguely familiar” with the charges. ?

Cain himself seems to have had his recollection refreshed. “Yes, I was falsely accused while I was at the National Restaurant Association,” Cain told Fox News. “And I say ‘falsely’ because it turned out, after the investigation, to be baseless.”

This is a dangerous tactic. It risks inflaming the women involved, who signed confidentiality agreements and have so far stayed silent. Cain doubled down with the assertion that he did not know about a settlement. “I wasn’t even aware of it and I hope it wasn’t for much because nothing happened,” he said. This strains credulity. Since it seems fairly clear that some settlement was reached, how could the group’s then-head not have known about it, especially since he was the target of the allegation. "

He should have just kept his mouth shut and acted like he didn't know what they were talking about. Or better still, he shouldn't have gotten in the race with this shit looming in his past. It's too easy to dig up shit on people and the truth always outs when it's least convenient for the liar.

[totodeinhere]

8. This reminds me of all of the allegations against Bill Clinton during the '92 campaign.

With all of the problems we have today I hope that we don't go off on a tangent about this at the expense of more important issues like what happened with Clinton in '92.

[fantomas]

9. This is his $99,999 Plan

The National Restaurant Association paid out a lot of money to support drunk driving, smoking in restaurants, and shutting up women.

[No Elephants]

33. Good one!

[BeyondGeography]

10. Like Mr. Pizza was ever going to be their nominee

Next.

[jeanmarc]

19. might have been a VP candidate

I think Cain might have been the Veep candidate, but not any more.

Rubio and Cain are no longer eligible.

[No Elephants]

34. A heartbeat away? I doubt it. There mayhave been speculation about it, though, until Romney

announced his real choice.

[schmice]

11. harrassment

In his own mind he might not think of his actions as harrassment. It is probably different from the legal definition. While people are distracted by this, the economic "recovery plans" of the Republican candidates won't be the focus of the campaign. I think the right did this though they will try to blame it on the left.

[Frustratedlady]

12. Where's KKKarl? EOM

[SkyDaddy7]

14. SQUIRREL!!!!! This is a WIN-WIN for the Republicans!

They get rid of their "black guy" & not look like the racist they are all the while it distracts the media from Obama's Jobs plan & the Republicans ridiculous economic plans.

SQUIRREL!!!!!!!

[Kennah]

27. I hate squirrels

[SkyDaddy7]

28. Did you see the Daily Show about the media...

being easily distracted? He used the dog in "UP" as an example of how the media is so easily distracted.

If you did not see it here it is...It is hilarious!

http://www.juancole.com/2010/09/squirrel-stewart-skewers-media-islamophobia.html

[No Elephants]

35. They eat ACORNs.

[Chipper Chat]

13. Does this mean Sleazebag Perry will vault to number #1?

Mitt seems to stay at about 25%.

[JCMach1]

26. No, it's Newt's turn

[No Elephants]

37. Even Republicans will not vote for Loony Bachman, Mumbles Perry, 9-9-9 Cain.

[AlinPA]

40. The teabaggers and anti-government types will and they control the party. The 3 of them

talk religion a lot and the base loves it.

[wilt the stilt]

15. Bill O'liely and Herm

how about trading stories. Did Herm also like falafels? commiserate and share sexual harassment stories. two of a kind.

[underpants]

23. I almost falafel my chair when I heard this on the radio

First thing I thought of was Bill O

[KILL THE WISE ONE]

18. Who Will be the next Not Romney ? Gingrich the Grinch ?

Pawlenty should have stayed in .... maybe Jan Brewer from AZ that could be fun.

[truthisfreedom]

20. This is a non-story. Cain has no chance. 9-9-9 is for the rich. America's focus should be on jobs.

Jobs, jobs, jobs.

[gademocrat7]

21. Clown car will be less crowded now.

[humbled_opinion]

22. I don't think people on this forum get it...

Herman Cain will be the nominee of the Republicans, they are in full rally mode and they are using everything about Cain to focus on what they consider liberal hypocrisy and a devoted liberal media.

Many naysayers proclaimed that a hollywood actor could never be taken seriously and become President we see how that turned out.

I work with hardcore Conservative teabaggers and today they were defending Cain and claiming they are going to donate more and more money to his campaign because they can see by these attacks that Cain is scaring the crap out of the left.

They welcome a debate between Obama raised by the rich white granny and educated in rich white schools in their words a product of affirmitive action, nothing more and Herman Cain a man that went through the struggle of Jim Crow and how Southern Democrats tried to keep him down but he rose up and his vision will allow more blacks in this nation to rise up....Many where I work are already making up campaign slogans for Cain like ....

Hey black folks hows that last 40 years of voting for Democrats been working out for you?
What has Obama done for you other than tell you to put on your marching shoes?
Obama and the liberals want to keep you on the plantation, follow me for real change and escape the hold that the liberals have on you....

So you see, this is going to be very interesting to say the least....

[PSPS]

24. No, Cain is just selling books.

I don't believe Cain himself really wants to become president. He's just using this attention to sell his book and will drop out when it gets too hot.

In any case, Cain has never held elected office. Such people never become nominated outside a third party because they've never been so scrutinized before. There's a lot more to Cain that we don't know yet, and it will all be bad. Very bad.

As for 'baggers "donating more," upping one's "donation" from $5 to $7 isn't going to cut it. 'baggers aren't prosperous people. Cain would need Wall Street and big business money as well as the usual vig from the GOP criminal syndicate. And they're not interested.

But the media does love to play it up, don't they? Cain is now officially on the freak show circuit.

[redqueen]

36. Spot on.(nt)

[No Elephants]

38. Do they see Clarence Thomas as a product of affirmative action?

I believe Obama' schools claimed during the 2007-08 campaign that affirmative action played no role in their decision to admit him. Moreover, while affirmative action may help you get into a school, it doesn't help you become Editor in Chief of the Law Review, which is a student vote based on some imprecise combination of skill, leadership ability, likeability, etc. Nor does affirmative action get you elected President. '

Thomas on the other hand, did go all through school on affirmative action, then got civil service jobs on the same basis. Ditto his Supreme Court nomination, the Republican Party then feeling compelled to replace Justice Marshall with another African and, in the 1980's being hard pressed to come up with an African American SCOTUS nominee. In fact, Thomas was I believe the only SCOTUS Justice ranked unqualified by the ABA process that ranks judges as either qualified or unqualified.

If that ain't affirmative action, I don;t know what would be.

Finally, if I were you, I would not take many Republicans at their word. They will use any excuse to take a pot shot at Democrats. However, they have no clue whether it was Romney who did this. He sure has more incentive than Obama, if you think about it. And they are tired of being called racists.

Plus there is that syndrome about lying about how you will vote when a member of a minority is running. (The name escapes me at the moment--it's the name of an African American candidate who polled very well, but lost by a landslide.) However, when it is just them and Diebold, they are not going to make the only realistic choice for POTUS a choice between an African American descended from slaves versus an African American descended from a Kenyan.

Take that to the bank.

[humbled_opinion]

43. Yes I understand and share much of your perspective...

I am just explaining what I get from the other side of the issues. They are steadfast in their beliefs. Their version of Affirmative action is liberal minorities taking the easy way up, claiming victim status and demanding an unfair advantage. They contend that this in itself is not fair because some minorities are too proud to accept a handout and therefore will be held back because they will not accept an added advantage. As far as Clarence Thomas, goes he is one of their martyrs the high tech lynching during his confirmation perpetrated by the media and the left. They will argue that Clarence Thomas and Herman Cain both came from very humble beginnings and earned their advancement every step of the way, never claiming victim status or using their race as a crutch... and in fact this is core plank of the Herman Cain nomination, they believe Cain will tap that essence and communicate it to the black community especially during his debates with Obama.

One of the key components is their assertion that Liberal policies and programs have effectively held the black and other minority populations back from their own independent advancement and achievements. To them all Social programs are "hand-outs" "Government redistribution", "welfare" and "reparations", you name it.. They claim the Liberals have it easy all they do is claim there is a disparity or some inequlity or another, rich, poor, black, white, gay, straight, religious, atheist, etc and then the liberal offers all power and control to their liberal god (read the government) and they give government power to take over and control our lives to force equality using the hammer of taxation... They further argue that it is this government tyrrany that eventually destroys independence and desire for achievement.... Pride of accomplishment, etc....

I work with it everyday there is no reasoning with them or rational exchange of ideas, even when I concede a point or two... but there sure are alot of these type people out there.

[JCMach1]

25. A$$ meet fork

[Doctor_J]

39. b-bye, Herm. Someone will step in to provide us with the laughs

:nuke:

[humbled_opinion]

44. Interestingly the reports are that

Herman Cain has had his biggest fundraising days on the Internet since the story broke..... seems like the tea bags have found their nominee and are sticking with him come hell or high water...

[and-justice-for-all]

41. Looks like the pizza has come full circle...nt

[gauguin57]

42. Why do people get into high-profile campaigns for the highest office in the land ...

... when they know they have crap in their backgrounds that could sink them in a heartbeat? I don't get why these guys (usually guys) still think they can get away with it in the Internet age.

Yes, Clinton rose above it. But the Big Dog has mad political skills Herman Cain wishes he could buy with his millions.

Ordinary mortals will be taken down swiftly unless their noses are reasonably clean -- especially with such a crowded GOP field.