It is unbelievable that Cain would run if he knew he'd done what's alleged; he had to know it would come out.
But it is also unbelievable that a woman would publicly denigrate a Presidential candidate with such false allegations.
Well... Bill Clinton probably actually DID DO most of what was alleged against him, and he still ran. Same for Ted Kennedy. No matter what side of the political aisle, at the national, or even just high in state-level politics, there's almost always a certain factor of a desire for power, and an ego to be fed.
The exceptions (like Ron Paul), and their lack of success at getting the ultimate brass ring, seem to prove the rule, at least to me.
I will retain a healthy skepticism as long as all the claims are originating from Cain's days at the National Restaurant Association. That could very easily be "dirty pool" at the corporate level, a power play within the NRA, or a group who was ousted when he assumed power there.. whatever.
http://law.jrank.org/pages/3741/Mackenzie-v-Miller-Brewing-Co-1997-1999-2000.htmlAKA "The Seinfeld Lawsuit" over the joke that presumably started the whole thing, or was a very thin pretext to oust someone with (manufactured) cause.
I've seen it first hand when I worked at Miller Brewing for almost ten years, and I had regular contact with some of the principal people involved, and knew their personalities, and how the "reality" clashed with the testimony in the various trials over the whole thing. Those in SE WI or the Milwaukee metro probably remember the case.
If it really is a "pattern of behavior" with Cain, then I'd expect to see a whole slew of other sexual harassment claims from the other corporations he's worked at, or led.
