Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's campaign denied allegations Sunday that he was twice accused of sexual harassment while he was the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.
In a statement to The Associated Press, his campaign disputed a Politico report that said Cain had been accused of sexually suggestive behavior toward at least two female employees.
The report said the women signed agreements with the restaurant group that gave them five-figure financial payouts to leave the association and barred them from discussing their departures. Neither woman was identified.
The report was based on anonymous sources and, in one case, what the publication said was a review of documentation that described the allegations and the resolution.
Cain's campaign told the AP that the allegations were not true, and amounted to unfair attacks.
"Inside-the-Beltway media have begun to launch unsubstantiated personal attacks on Cain," spokesman J.D. Gordon said in a written statement. "Dredging up thinly sourced allegations stemming from Mr. Cain's tenure as the Chief Executive Officer at the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, political trade press are now casting aspersions on his character and spreading rumors that never stood up to the facts."
Asked if Cain's campaign was denying the report, Gordon said, "Yes."
Aides did not immediately respond to whether Cain would make his planned appearances in Washington on Monday. He was slated to discuss his tax plan at the American Enterprise Institute, appear at the National Press Club and hold a healthcare briefing on Capitol Hill.
Cain — a self-styled outsider relatively new to the national stage — is facing a new level of scrutiny after a burst of momentum in the race for the GOP presidential nomination. He's been steadily at or near the top of national surveys and polla in early presidential nominating states, competitive with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
The former pizza company executive has been pointing to his long record in business to argue that he has the credentials needed to be president during a time of economic strife.
In its report, Politico said it confronted Cain early Sunday outside of the CBS News Washington bureau, where he had just been interviewed on "Face the Nation."
"I am not going to comment on that," he told Politico when asked specifically about one of the woman's claims.
When asked if he had ever been accused of harassment by a woman, he responded, Politico said, by asking the reporter, "Have you ever been accused of sexual harassment?"I have checked and checked,i have found nothing that cain has done wrong.The aligations are just that aligations.politico admits they wrote this without proff of anything,this is looking more and more like dirty politics braight out by mitt romneys bunch,and the republican establishment,cain is a polition they cant buy,and they cant stand it.America wecant afford to loose this guy,in past years we have lost many great canadates because of dirty politics,mud slings,We cant allow this ti happen again,The left,the left wing demicrates,and the republican astablishment distroyed probly 1 of the greatest presidents we coulda ever elected,when sara palin came on the seen,everybody was histactic,untill the dems and old school republicans found outwhen alaska elected her as there govenor,they elected a person that promised to clean up-dirty politions,and guess what 1 year later thats exsacully what she did,jailed um,fired them,now you put yourself in these politions shoes,would you want a renegade,polition who believes in the constaution ,who promised to clean up washington,being elected,hell no you wouldnt,a palin election,ment a lot of heads would role,Here we are almost 4 years later we have another polition running who promises the same thing,Dont let this happen,show these scum-bag politions on both sides of the ille-your days are numberd,the days of big pay-offs,back door bills being passed ,is over,America stand behind herman,lets not loose this mannnnn speek out show your support,send a message,hermans our man,and they cant stop him.
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Your grammar, spelling and typing skills are horrendous. My 4 year old could do a better job.
thank you i appreate your concern,but comeing from a left wing idiot like yourself,ill over look it.but thats 1 area - that the right steps all over you Hippocrats on is we dont judge people by spelling abuility,we judge by there hearts,not there abuility to right.your no dought the left wing hipocrite,and a america hater,thats why you use anonymous to talk shit.but feel free to show your ass,it only shows people just how stuppid you idiots on the left really are.
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