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| 2011-11-04 |
| h/t Instapundit In an interview with The Daily Caller, former National Restaurant Association board chairman Joseph Fassler offered a firm defense of GOP presidential front-runner Herman Cain, along with an explanation for how Washington’s best-kept secret — the identities of Cain’s sexual-harassment accusers — was also kept from the association’s board. “The accusations? It’s a hatchet job, in my opinion,” Fassler told TheDC from his Phoenix, Ariz. office. “My gut tells me it’s a hatchet job. He gets a lead, he gets some traction, and the next thing you know, here come these allegations. It’s sad.” |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #11 Of course, it may be that this news happened to early, and she was supposed to stay anonymous until it could do the most damage to the conservative cause (which many people have yet to realize is something different than Cain's cause). |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-11-04 23:29 |
| #10 Heard this afternoon that one of the accusers' lawyer basically said as much (a hatchet job) and now the NRA is allowing the original accuser out of her confidentiality agreement, if she wants to. She is now declining that invitation, so my guess is she got paid to go away (whether or not the accusations were true). |
| Posted by: BA 2011-11-04 22:11 |
| #9 Trust me, if it were the liberals behind this, they'd have waited until the field had been reduced to Cain and Romney, or just Cain vs. Obama. We're damn lucky with the timing. And no, these are not illusory charges, IMHO. They _settled_ and _paid_ on three separate occasions, over a decade ago. With cash totals apparently good enough to buy a nice house. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-11-04 21:01 |
| #8 What is really funny is how Cain is moving UP in the polls after these allegations started showing up in the lamestream media. Since they cannot use race on Cain, they are trying to use the modern witchcraft accusation of 'sexual harassment' against him. Although after Clinton, how the Dems think they have any credibility on that issue is beyond me. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2011-11-04 20:28 |
| #7 This is the same media which activly covered up Edwards affair. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-11-04 19:52 |
| #6 Best line so far (from Ann Coulter): Being accused of sexual harassment in the 1990s is like being accused of witchcraft in the 1690s. |
| Posted by: Tom 2011-11-04 19:42 |
| #5 The timing of these allegations seems too convenient. So far there hasn't been anything coming out except for innuendos, assertions, and allegations. It is fairly common to give people severance packages just because they are not working out. It is also fairly routine to pay off people who have claims (whether they are true or not) just to go away. Somewhat apart from this, I knew of a company that paid a flat amount to make product liability claims to go away because it was cheaper than going to court. I haven't seen anything yet that makes me think there is something here. This brouhaha has not seemed to hurt Cain's polls. People are so sick of the professional political class that just maybe that is why they are going for Cain. He is a novice. He also seems like an honest guy. People are so sick of the main stream media picking the winners for them. Maybe this is another reason Cain is popular. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-11-04 17:42 |
| #4 "And if this guy, despite BEING ON THE BOARD, doesn't know the details of the settlement, why is he so sure it's a hatchet job?" Because he recused himself and let his counsel and human resources commander handle the incident. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-11-04 12:17 |
| #3 Yes, the amount that was awarded is within the amounts typically given in a nuisance suit to get the person to go away and avoid further legal costs. |
| Posted by: Jeque Hupairong2828 2011-11-04 11:56 |
| #2 I wonder if there is some lawyer who once worked for NRA feeling like crap right now because he pushed for settlement to make a non-existant charge go away. I mean who would have thought such a fiarly common move might become a huge deal. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2011-11-04 10:00 |
| #1 What, he was forced to make three separate settlements by their hair rays? And if this guy, despite BEING ON THE BOARD, doesn't know the details of the settlement, why is he so sure it's a hatchet job? |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-11-04 09:43 |