Well it seems even FOX News has left Herman Cain our in the cold. All the media has been so infected by the politically correct view that if a charge is made of sexual harassment that it must be true, or at least it should be treated as true till it is proven false.
I recently had to go through a "sensitivity" training that included the whole office because there was probably some charge of sexual harassment leveled against an individual. Party of the training included that if you were even accused of such a terrible crime, that will label you for life, even if there is NO proof you are put on notice and the next charge could mean you are dismissed from your job. I raised my hand and asked if this meant that you were guilty until proven innocent. The woman teaching the class said of course not, I responded with the question of why you would then be on notice when it has already been stated that there was no evidence of your offense?
There is never any answer to this question. It is simply a given that to be accused of such a thing is as good as to be guilty of it. This is the same thing that is happening with Herman Cain right now. Every one is saying that because so many charges are coming out that it must be true and this is only going to make things harder on him.
I remember a friend at a job I worked at a long time ago being accused of such a thing by one of the girls on the unit. He was immediately removed from his position, suspended, then put on night shifts while the investigation was going on. Almost 2 weeks after the initial report the girl who had accused him told one of the staff that she had lied and just wanted to see how trouble she could get him in. This was a correctional institution. No you have to understand at correctional institutions criminal are not known for their honesty, yet she was immediately believed when the charge was made, but when she recanted they again assumed it must because of intimidation or some such rubbish. So now they didn't believe she was telling the truth about lying, though they were ever so quick to believe the lie. This man, who loved those kids so much that he used to come in on his holidays to do Santa Clause and make Easter dinner out of his own pocket became a pariah. He almost lost his marriage and his job over a lie from an inmate.
It is time that we stopped believing charges with no foundation of evidence simply on the basis that no one would tell a lie about such a thing. Now the same thing is happening to a presidential candidate with a scrutiny never witnessed when Clinton was accused of such a thing and God forbid we should consider how the media tried to cover for Weiner till they knew they simply couldn't any more. Once he saw the media favor waning, that's when he determined that he ought to resign.
In this case we have at least one person who has now accused several different people of sexual harassment all under questionable circumstances. Another woman seems to know Axelrod and yet this doesn't raise any question about her either. Once can only wonder why there are not more questions being raised about the women.
I know the story line reads that if you question the motives of the person bringing the charge that other people will be afraid to step forward if something similar happens to them. If people are really unwilling to level a criminal charge against someone who has committed a crime then there is not much other people can really do about it. At some point it is most certainly approropreate to raise questions about the person bringing the charges against someone.
In this particular case there are at least 2 people who have questionable motives for doing what they're doing. It should also be asked why it is that these people didn't come forward sooner. Everyone seems to treat these women as though they were scared children instead of adults who understand the protection of the law against such criminals.
I understand that an unwanted sexual advance, meaning you ask someone on a date and they say no and you ask another time is now considered a crime in some states. This used to be called persistance. Now it is called a crime. It is a wonder with this fear of being considered a sexual predator for making such advances that anyone actually gets married anymore. Womean want men that are persistent. They want men that know what they want. Yet we now have the situation that men are so afraid to do that, that the entire relationship is now in the hands of the women, at least till men start bringing sexual harrassment lawsuits against them for being persistent.
I feel greatly for Cain becuase of this media lynching he's getting. I understand why he called it what he did, and I think he had every right to call it such. It sure seems like a media lynching to me. Even FOX news has joined the fray, repeating every charge that comes out with no investigation whatever before they repeat what may be the lies. Once the damage is done it's done. Will the media print any retractions? Somehow I doubt the media will do more than a brief snippet advising that new facts have come out, but as I said by the the damage will have already been done.
It is most certainly clear with the incessant hammering at how Romney is still our man that they don't want Cain. He's not the republican's kind of candidate. Why is it that they didn't report the romney situation more as he can't seem to make any headway in his campaign? Or maybe, it doesn't seem that he's really exciting the voters at all? Or maybe, "there's only marginal interest in Romney"? Certainly all of these would have been equally true, yet in almost every story about Romney there is nothing negative to say and they are constantly looking for the bright note in his campaign.
It is for this reason that I say the media seeks far too much to insert themselves and their desires into the choice of a president. This is not their job. Even FOX News can't resist the incessant drumbeat that Romney still looks like the best bet to beat Obama. They refuse to admit that Obama is in bad shape and keep behaving as though Obama is still in great shape for the presidential run. Do they really think that Americans are not aware of just what Obama is? And of course again the question is why has the media done so little to report about his many socialist and communist relationships? Why have they not reported more on the many socialists and communists he has chosen for his cabinet? These are things that would normally destroy a candidate's chances, but there is still nothing on this from the media.
I understand how hard it can be to prove from a reporting perspective what a candicate believes, but it is certainly not difficult to report about the choices of people he's selected for his cabinet and what their pasts are. It is not difficult to report on Obama's past relationships as well as the various socialist and communist groups he's been involved with. Even out of his own mouth he mentioned that he sought out Marxists and communists to hang out with in college.
Romney has been a constant flip flopper. He proposed and got passed a health care bill that is almost the same as Obama's. He managed to find one way to spin it and the media has since dropped any mention of his healthcare plan. The media has ignored is pro abortion stances and his many other very liberal stances. They ignore the fact that in Massachusetts it is nearly impossible to get elected even as a republican unless you are extremely liberal.
The media, including FOX News keeps seeing for someone who is liberal or "moderate", translation has liberal leanings at least in some things. I believe it is for this reason that they hate Cain so much. He is what he is. He doesn't put on airs. He doesn't pretend to be something he isn't. He's a straight shooter. Yes, sometimes he has not handled the media as well as he might have, but even in this I find it refreshing. The media wants to demand what kind of candidate he's going to be and he reuses to fit in that mold.
The media hype has already started to fall off about the sexual harassment stuff but FOX News is still reporting on it and trying to remind the American people about it, as though this is still something they ought to be concerned about. The real question is, where was their investigative reporting to find out if the allegations were actually true. They just accept what the accuser tells them and as far as they're concerned it must be true till it is proven to be false.
They are also criticizing Herman Cain for his lack of international politics. I can't help but wonder how much experience in this area many of our founding fathers had before they became president. On the other hand our founding fathers didn't have their fingers into every international event going on. Our founding fathers made it quite clear that we should not be heavily involved in other nations nor should we have a ton of treaties making friends of some and enemies of others. Their view would be analogous to Switzerland. Either way there are certainly plenty of other very qualified people Cain can call upon for information. There is certainly no one individual who is completely up to speed on every nation's issues. A wise leaders seeks counsel. This is what the scripture tells us and the fact that Obama would seek counsel is just one more indicator that he is a wise man. Any man who pretends to have all the answers and is up to the job in absolutely every area on his own is a man I do not trust.
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