The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Let Her Speak: Cain Accuser Seeks Release from Confidentiality Agreeement

While I was at the American Spectator gala Tuesday night at the Capital Hilton in D.C., I learned that one of the women who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment has been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal: A woman who complained about Herman Cain’s behavior when he was president of the National Restaurant Association […]

Did Politico Stop By The National Restaurant Association For A Herman Cain Bite, And Wind Up With Botulism?

by Smitty Northern Virginia Lawyer links Virginia Virtucon and: Based on a suggestion from a local blogger to look into political donors on the Board of Directors of the National Restaurant Association for potential ties to presidential campaigns, I have attempted to identify anyone privy to inside information about the National Restaurant Association who also […]

Saw Brian Williams On CNNNBC Say That Herman Cain Should Unseal The Settlement For The Alleged Harassment

by Smitty If I was Mr. Cain, I’d be all: “Yeah, we’ll unseal them. . .right after the good President unseals his academic records. Heyooo!” UPDATE: thanks to the commenter who helped me with my title problem. Workin’ hard, tryin’ to tell the difference between the Judean Peoples’ Front and the Peoples’ Front of Judea.

BHO And The Medicine Cabinet: Workin’ Hard, Tryin’ To Understand That There ‘Economics’ Stuff

by Smitty The WaPoo: This morning [31 October, 2011] President Obama signed an executive order intended to combat a wave of prescription-drug shortages in the United States. How can there be a wave of something not being there? But I quibble. The whole point of the article is to excite some feeling of unexpected calamity. […]

Herman Cain At The National Press Club

by Smitty UPDATE 14:53 the bottom line on the allegation: “In my over 40 years of running businesses and corporations, I have never sexually harassed anyone,” he told an audience at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. “I was accused — falsely, I might add. When the charges were brought, I recused myself, and […]

Cain Spokesman: ‘Smear Campaign Meant to Discredit a True Patriot’
UPDATE: Former Campaign Aide Says Cain’s Behavior ‘Never Even Bordered on Inappropriate in the Slightest’

You have to read pretty far down into the Politico story before you find that response from Herman Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon, and the article sticks all the exculpatory material at the end: Ron Magruder, Denise Marie Fugo and Joseph Fassler, the chair, vice chair and immediate past chairman of the National Restaurant Association board […]

Ouch! New Poll Shows Perry at 7% in Iowa

The headline on the Des Moines Register story is “Herman Cain, Mitt Romney lead new Iowa Poll,” but when you break down the numbers, the really shocking result is farther down: Herman Cain …………………. 23% Mitt Romney ………………….. 22% Ron Paul ……………………….. 13% Michele Bachmann ………….. 8% Rick Perry ………………… 7% Newt Gingrich …………………. 7% Rick […]

Ace Don’t Love Him No Herman Cain

Everybody knows I love Ace, so much so that I laugh even when he’s viciously mocking my candidate: [H]e talks like a f–king dumbass much of the time, and when he’s not talking like a f–king dumbass, he’s doing an empty folksy pander which is all very nice for those who are receptive to it […]

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