I Just Caint Stand It

Now Herman Cain is blaming this whole sexual harassment scandal on a man who helped him in a previous campaign, and is now tangentially working for one of his rivals. Pundits continue to act as if this is part of a continued attack on black conservatives dating back to ... well dating back to the only other comparable incident, Clarence Thomas and the coke bottle. Is Bill Clinton a black conservative? What about Anthony Weiner? Arnold Scwarzenegger? Eliot Spitzer? I'm really sick of all these games. It doesn't matter who tipped off what news organization. It doesn't matter who is gloating over the allegations. It certainly shouldn't matter that Cain is black and conservative. Do we let black conservatives harass women? What matters is the substance of the allegations and how Cain has handled them in the last week. What did Cain do to these women? Does it matter what he did to these women? How did he handle this whole hullabaloo, and what does that say about his ability to govern the country? These are questions that we should be dealing with. Enough already with all the talk of racism, liberal conspiracies, and bitter Republicans. Well, maybe the bitter Republicans ...