Herman Cain appears to have been running for President with the illusion that he would be given the same treatment given Democratic candidates. For years the main stream media ignored the private sex life of top Democrats. Barney Frank’s roommate was literally running a gay prostitution ring out of his apartment. Kennedy probably set the national standard, at least with regard to the frequency of episodes but LBJ was not exactly a choir boy. Carter probably didn’t do much, in or out of the bedroom, but Clinton picked up the slack. The press knew this, of course, but they simply did not care. When Gennifer Flowers claimed she had a long-term sexual relationship with Bill Clinton, the main stream media just yawned. The press ignored the inconvenient fact that Gennifer Flowers had taped phone conversations with Bill Clinton. They accepted silly fairy tales from people like James Carville and George Stephanopoulos claiming that somehow the tapes were doctored. (Later, during Clinton’s Presidential deposition regarding the Kathleen Willey cases, Clinton admitted under oath that he had sex with Gennifer Flowers after all.) I doubt that the Monica Lewinsky affair would even have been reported if Clinton hadn’t lied about it under oath. Even then the media decided that perjury didn’t matter either, since it was just about sex.
But, this is only for DEMOCRATS! Republicans are held to a very different standard. If a Republican shows any hint of this kind of stuff the main stream media goes nuts. If it’s a female Republican or a black Republican they go postal. They don’t just report on stories, they dig through trash cans and library records in a desperate search for any hint of evidence. If they can’t find something, they just make it up.
Herman Cain failed to learn the lesson of the Clarence Thomas hearings. Clarence Thomas was accused of sexually harassing Anita Hill. But technically he wasn’t accused of sexual harassment. He was accused of making unwelcomed sexual comments. Even Anita Hill admits she never filed a complaint and continued to socialize with Thomas. She became a Democratic celebrity and has made a fortune giving speeches ripping Clarence Thomas. But at worse, Thomas was guilty of only being crude. If these kinds of accusations were made about a Democrat, no media outlet in the country would bother to report it.
Now Herman Cain surfaces and, once again, the main stream media is foaming at the mouth. The sad truth is that the main stream media is totally biased. They expect Democrats to be cads, so they don’t care. They think all Republicans attend the church of “I’m better than you,” so they are on a mission to bring them down. They justify this by calling Republicans hypocrites. It is disgusting and shameful, and it is indefensible. But the solution is not to stop investigating Republicans; it is to start telling the truth about Democrats. One could write an entire book about the Barack Obama scandals, which have been completely ignored by the main stream media.
In the meantime, Herman Cain’s campaign is going down in self-inflicted flames, as it should. Regardless of how unfairly he has been treated by the media, that does not justify this pattern of behavior. Republican candidates are held to a higher standard than Democrats. Thank God! I hope that never changes. If we lose the ability to tell the difference between right and wrong, what else matters?
TDM
What berring does this have to do with how someone preforms in their job? Most CEOS or people with an agressive personaility Men and Woman have relationship problems however generrally do well at their job.
That rep Weiner other then him lying about it what a joke ! what is an internet relation I would have laughed at every woman that steped up.
Cain was treated unfairly by the press. But part of the reason for that is that Democrats have a long history of ignoring sex scandals. It is becoming more and more apparent that Cain has a zipper problem. This should matter, for both parties, because of the potential for blackmail and intimidation. Clinton committed perjury to try and cover up his affair with Monica Lewinsky. He denied the affair with Gennifer Flowers, but later admitted having sex with her during a deposition. (There is a limit, even for Clinton, on how many times you can get away with lying under oath)
TDM