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To: LindyBill who wrote (453771)	10/31/2011 2:39:38 PM
From: longnshort	7 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793956

Timed for release on Monday morning ... anonymous, vague. Exculpatory facts buried at the end of the story. Figured it would get nasty. They really fear Cain. “episodes that left the women upset and offended” and “physical gestures that were not overtly sexual but that made women who experienced or witnessed them uncomfortable and that they regarded as improper in a professional relationship.” What does that mean? You can't even understand what the allegation is ... someone was allegedly offended by something. The comment below is right ... sexual harassment is whatever a woman wants to say it is. I have a cousin married to a woman who has sued doctors, most businesses in the town she lives in including the local Walmart, a local university .... sexual harassment, trips, slips, and falls, misc injuries, etc. .....walks away with a settlement each time. My own parents are afraid to rent a trailer to them or have them on their property ... there's no doubt she'd sue them for a madeup story. Once in a checkout line at walmart, a clerk pitched some keys to another clerk, the keys touched her hair in transit, she pretended to be hit in the head, claimed injury, sued, and collected a settlement: ..... Seth Austin 2 hours ago in reply to Dianna Deeley It could be anything or nothing at all. I had a woman accuse me of sexual harassment for not paying any attention to her. In the same office another woman accused another man of sexual harassment for putting his hand on her shoulder. The head of our HR department, after I told him I had done nothing to the woman replied that it didn't matter. What matters is what she perceives, how she feels. Even an innocent glance could be perceived as sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is whatever the accuser says it is. HR departments are obliged to investigate and document every case, however frivolous, because they don't want to be sued by the accuser. And oftentimes settlements are reached and payouts made on entirely baseless cases. I worked in an office which had a lot of older ladies, many of whom carried pictures of themselves when they were much younger. They refused to accept the reality of aging and frequently would hit on the younger men as a way of validating their continuing attractiveness. It was well known that the guys who did not respond positively to the advances were risking a sexual harassment complaint in retaliation. theothermccain.com Remember: It's not the nature of the evidence, it's the seriousness of the charge that counts. That's the media rule for conservatives. Now compare to Obama ... there was a guy, Larry Sinclair, who said he had gay sex and used drugs with Barry O. Nothing anonymous there, nothing vague about what was alleged, no lawsuit ... compare the media coverage. Oh yeah, Biden's son, the AG of DE, sent Delaware troopers to Washington DC to arrest Sinclair before he could speak at the National Press Club. Not long after, Biden is chosen as VP. Obama probably wanted all those Delaware swing state electoral votes. h/t brumar

To: LindyBill who wrote (453771)	10/31/2011 7:00:06 PM
From: J.B.C.	9 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793956

Lindy, that is BS. Nobody's going to fall for this October surprise. What's up with you?

To: LindyBill who wrote (453771)	11/1/2011 9:25:39 AM
From: Paul Smith	2 Recommendations Respond to of 793956

Big boost for Mitt. The conservatives are now dead this run. This might be true even without the Cain sex "scandal." Romney might not be ideal but the key is that he not become an obstacle. Obama is an obstacle. To the extent that Obama's presidency is Carter's second term, I see a potential Romney presidency as a Bush 41 (pappa Bush) second term.