Thursday, November 3, 2011

HERMAN CAIN'S "XXX" PAST RISES AGAIN

Sex sells just about anything these days, so it's not surprising that G.O.P. presidential hopeful Herman Cain is making even greater inroads with his party's faithful after reports surfaced that he'd been previously accused of sexually harassing two women and the organization he headed (the National Restaurant Association) paid the women to keep their mouths shut about the matter. Nothing inflames the rabid right like a juicy sexual harassment expose.

It's kind of ironic that Republican die-hards would flock to Cain, as they did to Clarence Thomas decades ago under similar circumstances, yet crucify Bill Clinton for his inappropriate sexual dalliance with Monica Lewinsky, but the G.O.P. faithful have never been known for giving equal treatment when it comes to sex.

The fact is Cain's sexual harassing past is of no moment to me. I've listened to him speak. I've read his political platform and I've digested as much of his political rhetoric as my stomach can handle. In my book, he's not presidential material. He's not even worthy of being in the presidential ballpark, but the fact that Republicans think he is shows just how intellectually weak and dishonest the Republican Party is these days.

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