I have just one question. Why now? Why does this surface now, if not for the purposes of character assassination, now that he's leading in the primary polls? I mean, if he's responsible, he should get the consequences. But again, why now? Isn't this the same old election dirty old games and hits under the belt? Even if something is proven to be just allegations, it'd have done the damage on a candidate, just like Strauss-Kahn.
This. Also, maybe they saw how well he was doing in the GOP polls and thought America deserved better than a presidential nominee who sexually harasses women.
I don't really expect anything different from the party of closet gays who advocate reviving sodomy laws as a solution to financial crises. They've pretty much developed the art of hypocritical noise machine politics and made it quite the viable method of political power. Unfortunately the Dems want to do the same thing, they're just not remotely as good at it.
If Paula Jones sexual harassment case against Bill Clinton didn't make him unelectable, then it shouldn't be for Herman Cain either. Unless Democrats are more tolerant about sexual harassment when it is one of their guys doing it, which might be the case.
I was probably because John was a total douche to his cancer-stricken wife during the whole affair. I think political apparatchiks can stomach affairs and dalliances in their candidates, but not to the extreme Edwards pushed.
There's also the issue that the media has jumped on this while they couldn't be bothered with John Edwards and his extra-curricular activities, or the general lack of seriousness the left/media took with Clinton's indiscretions. -- Yep. Even when it came out that Edwards had used campaign funds to cover up his affair and his love child, people barely batted an eye and chalked it up to 'politics as usual'. Now with Herman Cain, there's unsubstantiated allegations and they immediately cry 'pervert'. Really
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I think the smell test works both ways. Republicans don't believe allegations against Republicans (sexual, financial, criminal, whatever) and Democrats don't believe allegations against Democrats, but each eagerly runs headlong into believing allegations against their opponent. The nature of politics, I guess.
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Puritans still echo on.
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As for your accusations about Democrats - notice how John Edwards got turfed?
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Two of them even received settlements for it.
Now, does that change your opinion about them?
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