The Associated Press (AP) is reporting high-profile discrimination attorney Gloria Allred is claiming another woman – the fourth so far – is accusing Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential hopeful Herman “Pizza Man” Cain of sexual harassment.
Allred’s client – whom she did not identify – would be the first woman to go public with accusations Cain has engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior.
Pizza Man has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and has called the accusations a “smear campaign”. Conservative talking heads – Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, et al – have accused Liberals of spreading the story, claiming it’s all part of some vast left-wing conspiracy because Democrats are afraid of a Cain candidacy.
Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon assailed Allred, calling her a major donor to Democrats who typically engages in self-promotion. He said the campaign would have more to say on the allegations later, even though the candidate has said he’s not going to answer any further questions on the subject, going so far as telling a Washington Post reporter he was going to send him a copy of ethics rules regarding Journalists.
“I consider sexual harassment the No. 1 problem in the workplace,” Allred told the AP in an interview last week. “It denies equal opportunity in the workforce. If (women) don’t protest it, they’ll have to continue to suffer.”
As the blood continues to spread in the political shark tank, GOTP rivals and party “elders” have pressed Cain to disclose all information about the allegations.
“Legitimate questions have been raised and that information has to come forward,” former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman said Sunday, adding that it is up to Cain to divulge the details.
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said the best way for the Pizza Man to get back on message “is to get all the facts on the table.”
Cain’s decided to deny the allegations and then change his story continually as more and more information is leaked; it’s clear both the Pizza Man and his staff is in over their heads in responding to the accusations and it still remains to be seen if this will hurt him or help him amongst the GOTP faithful.
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