By William L. Garvin
If you were watching and reading the main stream media this week, you might have noticed some malice to their madness. First is their obsessive and repetitive need to use every possible means to slur the character and competence of Herman Cain. One lawyer (whose lips were moving!) said he represented an unnamed woman who claimed Mr. Cain made a gesture that while “not overtly sexual” made her feel “angry and uncomfortable.” Does anyone anywhere have the slightest idea what kind of gesture this could be? Furthermore (his lips were still moving!), he claimed she wanted to speak out on the subject but was prevented from doing so by a confidentiality agreement.
At the time of this alleged incident (1999), Mr. Cain was employed by the National Restaurant Association as their Chief Executive Officer. The NRA investigated her allegations and apparently reached an agreement that she would receive $45,000 and she would then quit the NRA. Liberal talking heads spent inordinate amounts of time quibbling over whether this was a “settlement,” “agreement,” or a “severance package.” Whatever it was, the deal was between the NRA and this mystery woman, not with Mr. Cain. Confidentiality was agreed to by both those parties as this generally serves to protect the plaintiff as well as the defendant. Mr. Mouthpiece continued his fifteen minutes of fame by proclaiming his client wanted to set the record straight.
It apparently came as quite a shock when the NRA waived its confidentiality requirement and said go ahead and speak. All of a sudden, Mystery Woman had a change of heart and no longer wanted to “revisit the details.” Rather than actually do a little investigative reporting, the media continued along its merry way rationalizing her abrupt reversal of field and continuing its “high tech lynching” with incessant innuendo and sexist aspersions. Notably absent from coverage were interviews with Mr. Cain’s coworkers who hold opposing views to the obscure charges of Mystery Woman. Also notably absent from the scene were those champions of minority rights, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Oh, that’s right…Cain’s a Republican, just like Clarence Thomas. When you have a black conservative, it’s hard to portray him as a racist so play the sexist card! Ms. Madeline Albright said as much when she complained that Mr. Cain didn’t consult her on foreign affairs because she was a woman. There are many reasons why he wouldn’t consult with her…just look at her record.
Now that you understand the main stream media hatchet job on Mr. Cain, let’s put things in real world perspective. The Human Resource Institute notes that the average sexual harassment claim that is founded results in an award of $650,000 with an additional award of $85,000 in legal fees piled on top of that. Mystery Woman received $45,000. One could infer she had a lousy case, a lousy attorney, or all of the above. It is an unfortunate but common practice in corporate and government worlds to settle out of court for “nuisance value” rather than litigate even the most specious of claims. The vague allegations, lack of evidence, refusal to come forward after the confidential requirement was lifted and anonymous source would lead one to objectively conclude that this was the case with the NRA.
It’s too bad the media didn’t spend the same amount of time investigating the seventeen jobs bills that have been passed by the House but are gathering dust in Harry Reid’s Senate. They could also have investigated why some Democrats voted with Republicans against the jobs bill. They could have investigated “Fast and Furious.” They could have investigated why the Bullet Train in California has ballooned in cost from its 2008 estimate of $33.6 billion to $$98.6 billion. Why has the completion date moved from 2020 to 2030? Why did Beacon Power get $43 million from American taxpayers in August of 2010 and file for bankruptcy in October of 2011? Why did they create only fourteen jobs?! And where is the $500,000 that Occupy Wall Street raised? And why did they apply for a trademark? Has OWS gone corporate? Inquiring minds want to know; the media doesn’t.
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