The Other McCain

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

So … How Was Your Monday?

Mine could have been better, as I was compelled to endure the mortification of reading these sidebar headlines at AOSHQ: Iowa social conservatives, who are practically Kos diarists, urge Cain to clear the air. Haley Barbour, who only became a conservative, like, this morning, advises Cain to get all the facts out. Johnny-come-lately conservative Bill Bennett, […]

GLORIA ALLRED PRESS CONFERENCE WITH NEW HERMAN CAIN ACCUSER UPDATE: VIDEO, HEADLINES ADDED UPDATE II: CAIN CAMPAIGN: ‘ALL ALLEGATIONS … COMPLETELY FALSE’

UPDATE 3:18 p.m. ET: Video via Nice Deb: A quick sample of headlines: Woman: Herman Cain put hand up my skirt — USA Today Herman Cain and Sharon Bialek: How it came about — Washington Post Cain accuser says candidate groped her in 1997 — CNN UPDATE 3:35 p.m. ET: The Anchoress speaks: The MSM […]

Zombie Allegation Against Herman Cain Hopes Gloria Allred Can Give It Brains

by Smitty Via Drudge, Radar Online reports that Gloria Allred will lend her considerable legal credibility to the search for the first substantial allegation against Herman Cain: A new woman alleging sexual harassment by presidential hopeful Herman Cain will break her silence at a news conference with her powerhouse attorney Gloria Allred Monday afternoon in […]

Herman Cain Accuser’s Lawyer: ‘No Value of Revisiting the Matter … Now’

“Lawyer ethics” — Hold a press conference to announce that you don’t want to discuss your smear-job against your client’s former boss: Joel Bennett, whose client is one of two women that lodged written sexual harassment complaints against Cain during his three-year tenure leading the group, did not identify the woman. He said she felt […]

Herman Cain: The Third Koch Brother?

WASHINGTON, D.C. An accusation to which he’s proud to plead guilty: After a tough week of media scrutiny, Herman Cain retreated to friendly turf Friday with an address to a conference sponsored by Americans for Prosperity . . . Liberals have criticized Cain for his connection to the group, funded in part by Charles and […]

A Post Which Tries To Capture The Absurdity Of The Cain Situation In A Way That Some May Find Sacrilegious

by Smitty 15. Now at that Election Cycle, the Media was wont to release unto the #OWS people a prisoner, whom they would. 16. And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 17. Therefore when they were gathered together in Zuccotti Park, the Media said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto […]

Today’s Herman Cain Headlines

Headline at The Week: Herman Cain’s accusers: Should they be allowed to tell their side? And my post from two days ago is cited in arguing that not only should they be “allowed” to tell their side, they should be compelled to tell their side — and under their own names. Anonymous accusations in such a serious […]

999 Ninth Street NW

“You’re very attractive,” says Erik Telford WASHINGTON, D.C. Here at the Renaissance Hotel — the address of which is the title of the post — I was working hard, trying to get an important story written, but my friends insisted on buying me beers and talking about Herman Cain. The Americans for Prosperity “Defending the […]

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