You mean to tell me you guys are actually buy the crap this "woman" is putting out?
As I stated earlier, Alan, the Cain train left the station quite a while back for me. He didn't take running for office seriously and therefore was not worthy of my serious consideration.
As regards "this woman," again, as I stated earlier, this one is different. I will be pleasantly surprised if it all blows up and turns out to be totally fabricated but I wouldn't wager money in that direction. If I were going to put money down on the situation at this particular point I would bet against Cain being innocent.
And it just doesn't matter after that. We aren't libs. Morality and integrity matter to conservatives. We know that if a man is dishonest in his personal relationships then he is not trustworthy with the responsibilities that come with high elected office.
Let's say,
for the sake of argument, that the latest bimbo's tale is true. That means that Cain has been living a lie for the last decade plus. That means that he has very likely lied to the faces of his campaign staff within the last three weeks. Certainly after the initial (probably fake) revelations Cain would have been asked by his senior staff if there was anything else out there that might come out. If he told them that there was nothing then he lied to them.
Telling the truth is a big thing to me. I have literally walked away from established business relationships when I discovered that I was being lied to. The money to be made wasn't worth it because I could no longer believe that I was being dealt with honestly. I will not invest my time, money and vote in someone who demonstrates that they are dishonest in their interpersonal relationships.
Extramarital affairs are a serious deal breaker for me. The character flaw involved is a big one. It involves years of careful deception and deceit. There is absolutely no way that I would support someone who acted in such a way. And yeah, there is a big difference between someone who has a momentary lapse of reason and someone who WORKS at it for over a decade. There is a difference between someone who, their marriage being essentially dead, plays the field while a separation and divorce is pending (mutual spousal knowledge) and someone who makes regular hookups out of town for a decade or more.
Seriously, if your spousal relationship is so miserable that you have to seek satisfaction elsewhere (for years) then man up and get a divorce.
The problem for Cain is that he wanted the best of both worlds. He wanted to be the upstanding pillar of the community, the business leader with integrity, the church pastor, the best-selling author, etc. but he also wanted to get his end wet with whomever he could cajole into a hotel room. The notion that you can live such a double life forever with no consequences is narcissistic...yet another unacceptable character flaw.
IF he is guilty.
And he probably is. It certainly doesn't look good.
But no, this isn't the thing that put me off of Cain. It will be something that I can point to in the future, though, and breath a sigh of relief that I made the right decision earlier. There will be no remorse for me that I dropped Cain from consideration. Not ever.