Herman Cain explains his problem using nothing but hand signals
(Jonathan Ernst, Larry Downing, Downing, Jason Reed, Reed / Reuters)
And he
complained about them
after Sharon Bialek stepped forward:
I have touched on this before - the emphasis on "gaffes," gotcha questions and time devoted to trivial nonsense - and everyone knows the process only became further detached from relevance this week as the media published anonymous, ancient, vague personal allegations against me.
As a refresher, Bialek said:
While we were driving back to the hotel, he said that he would show me where the National Restaurant Association offices were. He parked the car down the block. I thought that we were going to go into the offices so he that could show me around. At that time I had on a black pleated skirt, a suit jacket and a blouse. He had on a suit with his shirt open. But instead of going into the offices, he suddenly reached over and he put his hand on my leg under my skirt and reached for my genitals. He also grabbed my head and brought it toward his crotch. I was very, very surprised and very shocked.
“I said: ‘What are you doing? You know I have a boyfriend. This isn't what I came here for.’ Mr. Cain said, ‘You want a job, right?’
My oh my, how very anonymous. And vague.
Speaking of vague, Herman Cain will hold a press conference later this afternoon to explain his behavior. He vows to "set the record straight." We'll see.