Iowa Cain Accuser Appears To Have Anti-Cain Agenda

Ugh – All this nasty Republican infighting helps no one.

Jeffrey Lord of The American Spectator reports:

“Conservative” Iowa radio host Steve Deace is in the news cycle accusing Herman Cain of sexual harassment — specifically saying, according to Politico, that Cain had said “awkward/inappropriate things… to two females on my staff.” Deace also said he was concerned about “the fact the guy’s wife is never around.”

The American Spectator contacted Deace directly tonight to ask two questions:

1. What did Herman Cain say to the woman or women on Deace’s staff?

2. Was Deace present when Cain did whatever “awkward/inappropriate things” Deace is accusing him of?

This evening Steve Deace responded as follows, his response printed in its entirety:

No one affiliated with our radio program has anything else to say about Herman Cain’s awkward and inappropriate comments made to our staff referenced in a recent Politico story beyond what we have already said.

Sadly, those comments are no more inappropriate and awkward than Mr. Cain’s multiple positions on the sanctity of human life, his support of the TARP, his not knowing China already has nuclear weapons, and his refusal to defend marriage. The fact that someone so uninformed and morally inconsistent has made it this far in a crucial Republican presidential primary, only to finally be vetted by his personal life, is an example of why so many Americans have lost faith in the system. Instead of debating issues we debate cults of personality. This sort of personality-driven politics helped Obama get elected four years ago, and look how well that turned out.

Steve Deace

So Deace went on the record to say that Cain said “awkward and inappropriate things”to his female staff, but even though he’s obviously not under any confidentiality agreement to keep silent about it, he’s zipping it on the details, anyway? We get to leave it all up to our imaginations? You’ve got to be kidding me.

He put up, and shut up. As Lord said later in his article – this is spectacularly unfair.

At this point I feel I must interject on Mr. Cain’s defense lest people start getting the idea he’s some out of control, lecherous cad. I’ve met Cain on a number of occasions, now, in both professional and social environments and he’s never been anything but kind, professional, and personable. I’ve seen no indication whatsoever that there was anything like the stories we’re hearing in his character. None. And all the women willing to go on the record who know him or have worked for him, say the same thing.

Good grief.

MORE:

The Caucus Blog reports:

Joel P. Bennett, the lawyer for one of the women who has made accusations against Mr. Cain, said that his client had decided not to go public or to make a public statement herself in an effort to shield herself from the media frenzy swirling around the situation.

Whoever was behind this story getting leaked – whether it was the Perry camp, Rahmbo, or the Tooth Fairy – probably wasn’t expecting this to be the result:

Business Insider: Herman Cain’s Harassment Scandal Is Raking In Cash For His Campaign: