With sexual assault allegations whirling around Herman Cain, electoral experts believe that the once republican favorite may have already lost the 2012 nomination. This once-simple pizza boy is now enduring a vicious political onslaught. It seems as though a new “victim”—a more appropriate name may be money seeker—surfaces daily.
Thus far, four women claim that Herman Cain acted inappropriately towards them. Two of the plaintiffs, Karen Kraushaar and Sharon Bialek, claim that Cain “pushed my head [down]” and “touched my leg under my skirt.” Can their claims be any more generic? And can the “victims” possess more trustworthy résumés?
Karen Kraushaar, a very public spokesperson to Herman’s harassments, has a murky past and is a seasoned veteran at accusing powerful men. Just ten years after her settlement with Cain, while working at the Immigration and Naturalization
Service (INS) in the Justice Department, Kraushaar happened to file a complaint against her then current boss for, you guessed it: sexual harassment.
With no sound evidence, how can we believe these accusations? How do we know that Rick Perry, another republican candidate, did not have this information
leaked to aid in his nomination campaign? How can our society know that Cain is guilty? It seems like every time we turn on the news, there is a new court case in which a powerful man is defending himself against a barrage of ridiculous accusations from money and fame seeking women: Kobe Bryant and Ben Roethlisberger are a few recent examples of this trend.
Herman Cain is just the next person in line for this never-ending cycle of torment. All of this should not prohibit him from being a presidential candidate, but it most likely will. Even if the accusations are false, the baggage will follow Cain wherever goes. The Republican Party and United States of America cannot have a political leader with said baggage.
Just as Cain’s spotlight began to brighten, it has already gone out. Along with the constitutional requirements of a natural-born citizen of this country, a resident for at least 14 years, and no younger than 35 years old, having a squeaky clean past is another necessity; Cain’s past and present should have been sterilized before attempting to run for presidency.