Herman Cain attempts to dig plank out of his eye (Jonathan Ernst / Reuters)
It's been nearly two weeks since the Herman Cain
sexual harassment scandal broke, and since the denials and backpedalling and baseless accusations against the left and the right and the media aren't working, the Cain campaign has decided to mount
"a multimedia pushback effort." Translation? Smear the hell out of any woman who dares to come forward:
Now Google searches for the name of Sharon Bialek, the Cain accuser who went public at a New York press conference earlier this week, as well as Cain’s name, prompt an ad for CainTruth.com, the new website launched to defend Cain’s reputation and discredit his foes.
That would be the website where a private dick assures you—with the help of his $15,000 Integrity-o-meter—that Herman Cain is a stand-up dude, and that a woman standing in front of a throng of reporters, detailing a sexual assault, must be lying because of the stress in her voice. Science! As a bonus, the website includes that same woman's financial history, proving once and for all that women who hold nine jobs in 17 years cannot be sexually assaulted.
But here's a thought ... instead of relying on junk science, credit reports and smear tactics to clear his name, why doesn't Herman Cain sit down for that polygraph test that he insisted he would be willing to take?