We cats really don't want to keep writing about "Herb" Cain, but he keeps giving us reasons to.
To wit: The fact that his campaign is now threatening to destroy the women accusing him of sexual harassment just makes us cats believe the charges more.
Yep, "Herb" is clearly a guy who believes he's entitled to everything — the Presidency, the sexual services of women who work for him — and if you don't comply with that, watch out.
(We can hear the Freepers screaming "hypocrisy" now, and we'll just pre-empt all that by responding right away. Yes, dear Freeps, we know that the Clinton campaign went after Gennifer Flowers in 1992. We'd also like to remind you that the President later admitted her story was true. So in the words of "Herb's" lawyer, before you make the Clinton-Cain comparison, "think twice.")
Meanwhile, we see the Cain aggression as part of a larger picture: the GOP's overall attitude toward women. The party is becoming positively Saudi in its regression on women's rights.
See, the Democratic Party, for all the flaws of some of its male, um, members, does not try to legislate away women's freedoms and prosperity. It's not Democrats who are trying to pass "personhood" amendments in the states. It's not Democrats who are trying to hurt working women and their families through union-busting. It's not Democrats who want wives to be submissive to their husbands. And on and on and on.
We wish we knew what Republican women are thinking about today's GOP. And as always, we'd like to ask, "Why are you in that party?"
(P.S. Speaking of Republican women, how did Jan Brewer get Rick Perry to channel her last night? Amazing! You know, whoever told Perry last month not to do any more debates is looking like a genius today.)
UPDATE, November 11: Re Cain's "Princess Nancy" epithet and his "joke" about Anita Hill? More proof to us cats that he's guilty as charged. Also, he hates women. In our next post, we will endeavor to write about a subject other than this supremely empty suit.
(IMAGE: POLITICO)
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