Herman Cain and Secret Settlements
Herman Cain has been accused of sexual harassment. He denies the allegations.
What about the women who asserted the claims? The ones who allegedly received money from the National Restaurant Association, Mr. Cain's employer at the time? What do they say?
Apparently, they aren't saying anything because as a condition of the settlements they were required to sign confidentiality agreements. In other words, they agreed not to discuss the settlement or the allegations as a condition of the settlement.
Secret settlements are standard operating procedure in many types of cases. I will leave for another day a discussion of the pros and cons of such provisions.
I have no idea whether Mr. Cain harassed anyone. But Mr. Cain and the NRA should release the women from the confidentiality provisions and allow them to tell the public their version of what happened. Doing this is the only way to permit the public to make an informed judgment about the events and whether the events should have any impact on Mr. Cain's ability to serve as President.
This is not only in the best interest of the public - it is also in the best interest of Mr. Cain. His denials are meaningless if he insists on keeping the confidentiality agreements in force. The public will wonder what he is afraid of will punish him for his failure to permit the information to be released.
I am sure your position as a trial lawyer (and likely member of ATLA) and your donation history (which shows that you donate to Democrats like Bruce Braley) have no influence on your hypocritical position on whether or not Cain should release his accusers from confidentiality agreements. Where were all the Democratic calls for openness for Ginnifer Flowers, nor where was the main stream media in revealing that Flowers was paid a 6 figure settlement by the Clintons?
You democrats have a double standard at every aspect here --- in your mind, Cain has been accused of wrongdoing, therefore, he must be guilty. But the benefit of the doubt is given to every accused Democrat, and the media turns the other way and essentially ignores wrongdoing by Democrats. You would think the media would have reported extensively about the close ties between Obama and American unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers, but not one network outside of Fox reported on the relationship.
This whole situation with Cain wreaks of one thing, and one thing alone --- the political establishment and their media Obama worshiping allies will do anything to railroad the possibility that a black man become the GOP nominee -- because Democrats, just like their slave master ancestor Southern Democrats of the 1800s, believe that they OWN black people, and deserve their vote. How dare Cain, or any other minority, leave the plantation of handouts, welfare, and failed affirmative action policy which have destroyed black America and created a generation of government dependency. But hey - you lawyers benefit directly from regulation, which is why you are overwhelmingly liberal. The more regulation and law, the richer you get. You sir, are disgusting.