A Guide to the Cain Conspiracy Theories
Herman Cain said he's not going to "point any fingers" at who might be conspiring to destroy his reputation with sexual harassment allegations, but the Internet is happy to fill that void.
Though the details still need hammering out, Karen Kraushaar and Sharon Bialek, two of the women accusing Herman Cain of sexual harassment, want to speak out at a joint news conference "so they can air their stories together," The Washington Post reports.
Herman Cain said he's not going to "point any fingers" at who might be conspiring to destroy his reputation with sexual harassment allegations, but the Internet is happy to fill that void.
Herman Cain insisted on Tuesday that he didn't know Sharon Bialek, rejecting her claim that he groped her and made an unwanted advance after they had dinner in Washington, D.C., in 1997.
Herman Cain's official press-conference response to Sharon Bialek's allegation that he sexually harassed her isn't scheduled until 5 p.m., but his campaign has already taken new aim at his boldest accuser by detailing her history of lawsuits and bankruptcy in an email blast.
Sharon Bialek visited the morning shows to explain why she is publicly accusing Herman Cain of sexual harassment. While some interviewers were more sympathetic than others, Bialek stayed on message, with celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred by her side.
Sharon Bialek's smirks aside, the accusations she made, many people have since noted since her press conference, sound not like sexual harassment, but sexual assault.
Today politics exceeded its own parody: at least 50 reporters gathered at a comedy clubhouse -- while the rest of us watched on TMZ -- to hear the latest news about a leading a presidential candidate complete with warmup from a radio shockjock minion. What's left for Jon Stewart?
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