Cain Accuser Filed Another Complaint Against Employers At Her Next Job
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This December 1999 image from video shows then-Immigration and Naturalization Service spokesperson Karen Kraushaar at a news conference in Miami regarding Elian Gonzalez. (AP Photo/APTN)
WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — A woman who settled a sexual harassment complaint against GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain in 1999 complained three years later at her next job about unfair treatment, saying she should be allowed to work from home after a serious car accident and accusing a manager of circulating a sexually charged email, The Associated Press has learned.
Karen Kraushaar, 55, filed the complaint while working as a spokeswoman at the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the Justice Department in late 2002 or early 2003, with the assistance of her lawyer, Joel Bennett, who also handled her earlier sexual harassment complaint against Cain in 1999. Three former supervisors familiar with Kraushaar’s complaint, which did not include a claim of sexual harassment, described it for the AP under condition of anonymity because the matter was handled internally by the agency and was not public.
To settle the complaint at the immigration service, Kraushaar initially demanded thousands of dollars in payment, a reinstatement of leave she used after the accident earlier in 2002, promotion on the federal pay scale and a one-year fellowship to Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, according to a former supervisor familiar with the complaint. The promotion itself would have increased her annual salary between $12,000 and $16,000, according to salary tables in 2002 from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Kraushaar told the AP she considered her employment complaint “relatively minor” and she later dropped it.
“The concern was that there may have been discrimination on the job and that I was being treated unfairly,” Kraushaar said.
Kraushaar said Tuesday she did not remember details about the complaint and did not remember asking for a payment, a promotion or a Harvard fellowship. Bennett, her lawyer, declined to discuss the case with the AP, saying he considered it confidential. Kraushaar left her job at the immigration service after dropping the complaint in 2003, and she went to work at the Treasury Department.
Details of the workplace complaint that Kraushaar made at the immigration service are relevant because they could offer insights into how she responded to conflicts at work. She now works as a spokeswoman in the office of the Treasury Department’s inspector general for tax administration.
Kraushaar’s complaint was based on supervisors denying her request to work full time from home after a serious car accident in 2002, three former supervisors said. Two of them said Kraushaar also was denied previous requests to work from home before the car accident.
The complaint also cited as objectionable an email that a manager had circulated comparing computers to women and men, a former supervisor said. The complaint claimed that the email, based on humor widely circulated on the Internet, was sexually explicit, according to the supervisor, who did not have a copy of the email. The joke circulated online lists reasons men and women were like computers, including that men were like computers because “in order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.“ Women were like computers because ”even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.”
Kraushaar told the AP that she remembered the complaint focusing on supervisors denying her the opportunity to work from home after her car accident. She said other employees were allowed to work from home.
Kraushaar, who is married and lives in suburban Maryland, was among two women who formally settled harassment complaints against Cain in exchange for severance payments in the late 1990s when they worked at the restaurant association. Bennett has said Kraushaar settled her claim during the summer of 1999, shortly after Cain left the organization. Neither Kraushaar nor Bennett have described exactly what Cain was accused of saying or doing to Kraushaar when she worked there, although Bennett said Kraushaar wants to conduct a joint news conference with all the women who have accused Cain. The New York Times reported previously that Kraushaar received $45,000 in the settlement with the restaurant association.
Kraushaar agreed to discuss some aspects of the complaint at the immigration service if the AP agreed to protect her privacy, as it did in previous accounts of her complaint against Cain. She subsequently waived her privacy by confirming for news organizations her identity as one of two women who settled complaints against Cain, so the AP no longer is protecting Kraushaar’s identity.
Cain has denied that he sexually harassed Kraushaar and others who have accused him of inappropriate behavior.
In a news conference Tuesday evening, Cain said allegations of sexual harassment by Kraushaar – whom Cain identified by name for the first time – were determined to be “baseless,” but he did not explain who made this determination and Kraushaar has disputed this. Cain said that after negotiations between Bennett and the restaurant association’s outside counsel she received money under an employment agreement, which Cain said was different from a legal settlement.
“When she made her accusations, they were found to be baseless and she could not find anyone to corroborate her story,” Cain said.
Cain said he remembered gesturing to Kraushaar and noting that she was the same height as Cain’s wife, about chin-high to Cain. The Georgia businessman said Kraushaar did not react noticeably, but he said the restaurant association lawyer later told him that was the most serious claim that Kraushaar made against him, “the one she was most upset about.”
“Other things that might have been in the accusations, I’m not aware of, I don’t remember,” Cain said.
Fox News has more:
Sharon Bialek, a Chicago woman who once worked for the restaurant association’s education foundation, accused Cain in a nationally televised news conference this week of groping her and attempting to force himself on her inside a parked car after they had dinner in 1997. Another woman told the AP that Cain made unwanted sexual advances to her while she worked for the association, and a pollster said he witnessed Cain sexually harass another woman after an association dinner.
Kraushaar’s complaint at the immigration service prompted managers to use caution when writing and speaking to Kraushaar while the complaint was being investigated, another former supervisor told the AP. Two supervisors said Kraushaar asked a colleague to act as a witness when she had conversations with one manager after she filed her complaint.
The complaint at the immigration service was “nobody’s business,” Kraushaar said, because it was irrelevant to her sexual harassment settlement with Cain years earlier. “What you’re looking for here is evidence of an employee who is out to get people,” she said. “That’s completely untrue.”
“I filed a little complaint,” she said, in an interview with CNN. “I am not a troublemaker at all.”
Kraushaar, who started her career in Washington as a reporter, was praised for her work in 2000 when she traveled to Miami to help agency officials during the coverage of the Elian Gonzalez case, when federal agents seized the boy from relatives to return him to his father in Cuba.
“Ms. Kraushaar’s assistance was invaluable and her performance extraordinary,” wrote Robert A. Wallis, the immigration service district director in Miami. Kraushaar provided seven such letters of recommendation to show that her performance was commendable while working at the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the restaurant association and the immigration service.
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countryfirst
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:00amWhy do these stories and some people state that settlements were negotiated. They were not settlements, a settlement is done when truth to a claim is found, there were never any.
These women are just trying to cash in again. I have had to make economic decisions based on legal blackmail in the past, it happens every day.
Report Post »ACLUHater
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:42amOnce a whore, always…
Report Post »dsd13130
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:56amEXACTLY, people just don‘t get that it’s a better use of your company’s money to pay people off rather than paying lawyers.
Report Post »Founding Father2
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 11:01amAnother thing that is disgraceful is MSNBC, but we already knew that. They are now labeling Herman Cain a ‘sex offender’: http://www.americanparchment.com/video/2011/nov/msnbc_cain_sex.html
How disgrace are they!!!
Report Post »IMAWAKENOW
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 11:14amsounds like she should mix it up a bit, sexual misconduct, slip and fall, then discrimination. If you are going to try to live on law suits you have to cover your trail better.
Report Post »Marci
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 11:25amShe says the other suit she tried to file is irrelevant? B.S.
Report Post »Delta_River_Folk
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 11:30amMaybe the women should be the first to recieve a lie detector test, then go from there.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 11:38amSo this woman filed a complaint ona lesser offense but didn’t when the head of the NRA groped her……THIS STINKS TO HIGH HEAVEN. And it part of the same playbook Obama’s state senate and u.s. senate campaigned used to get his opponents outof the races for those seats. CHECK IT Obama won his state senate and U.S. senate seats in unopposed races because his opponent dropped because of sexual allegation……..I READ THIS ONE A MILE AWAY
Report Post »seanscythe
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 12:49pmCain is in the big leagues now, he has the Media and Obama cronies after him at every turn. They want him knocked down but all it’s doing is building support for his campaign. $5 friday is coming up and I think I’ll send him a lot more.
Report Post »marion
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 12:56pmIsn’t asking for a settlement amount, pay scale raise, government training, and new job akin to sexual blackmail?
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 1:13pmI’m sorry this is a political Hit job ! Gloria Allred ? Come on remember the hit job on Meg Whittman ? The story came from an obama add worker’s son ! The left can not have the race card taken out of this race! And paint him as a big bad black predator of little white girls, and you’ll anger lots of naive white people ! Kraushaar doesn’t like play’ in by the rules, what a surprise ! The left NEVER plays by the RULES ! The other chick, If she was ever in a car with Cain ..WAS there to get a Head and she would of traded ! But I cant disclose my source!
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 1:15pmEvery white woman with No Class here’s your chance for you 15 Days of fame !
Report Post »pitboss711
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 2:33pmWhat?? You mean there are actually women who file frivolous complaints for spite or even their own possible monetary gain? Why, I’ve never heard of such a thing. (Looking up and rolling eyes.)
Report Post »RossPoldark
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 3:28pmWow, what a scheme. Women who go from job to job claiming sexual harassment, and using it as extortion! I wonder how many people live off of doing this?
Report Post »Hollywood
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 4:03pmI think you know the answer to that question. They use the word settlement PRECISELY because it implies wrongdoing!
Report Post »Patrick Henry II
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 4:14pmIs this the slut that her son works at the politico? You know another republican organization just like the Obama administration is a Republican organization too.
Report Post »Patrick Henry II
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 4:38pmAs Ms. Sharon Bialek has placed herself in the public spotlight through making patently false allegations against Herman Cain, it is only fair to compare her track record alongside Mr. Cain’s.
In stark contrast to Mr. Cain’s four decades spent climbing the corporate ladder rising to the level of CEO at multiple successful business enterprises, Ms. Bialek has taken a far different path.
The fact is that Ms. Bialek has had a long and troubled history, from the courts to personal finances – which may help explain why she has come forward 14 years after an alleged incident with Mr. Cain, powered by celebrity attorney and long term Democrat donor Gloria Allred.
In the courts, Ms. Bialek has had a lengthy record in the Cook County Court system over various civil lawsuits. The following cases on file in Cook County are:
■2000-M1-707461 Defendant against Broadcare Management
■2000-M1-714398 Defendant in lawsuit against Broadcare Management
■2000-M1-701522 Defendant in lawsuit against Broadcare Management
■2005-M1-111072 Defendant in lawsuit against Mr. Mark Beatovic.
■2007-M1-189176 Defendant in lawsuit against Midland Funding.
■2009-M1-158826 Defendant in lawsuit against Illinois Lending.
Ms. Bialek was also sued in 1999 over a paternity matter according to ABC 7 Chicago (WLS-TV). Source: WLS-TV, November 7, 2011
In personal finances, PACER (Federal Court) records show that Ms. Bialek has filed for bankruptcy in the Northern District of Illinoi
Report Post »4blackhorses
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 6:39pmExcatly, thanks to the bleeding heart judicial system we now have two types illicitaly making money by women rather than the time honored one of prostitution. THEY can choose the words and SCREW YOU!!
Report Post »proudinfidel54
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:52pmTen more accusations like these two and this woman can retire in Florida. You know what the problem is of course, she is convinced that no man can keep his hands off of her
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:58am.
Report Post »Why do ugly women feel the need to make false claims about sex? Is it because no guy in his right mind would be caught dead with them?……..
oneshiner
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:58amProbably just another woman who uses people any way she can
Report Post »Hollywood
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 4:06pmI”m still wonderin,from one of your earlier comments, which ONE is the horse? Guess you have better judgement/eyesight than me!
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:57amRelease the NRA settlement papers, Herb. What are you hiding? And release your birth certificate and your college transcripts, too. Waaaaaaa-aaaaaaaa-waaaaa-aaaaaa
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:02amShouldn’t you be in school by now?
Report Post »Or did Mom let you play hookey?
qpwillie
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:03amYou’re a racist!! You don’t want to see a black man in the white house.
Yes we Cain – Yes we Cain – Yes we Cain – Yes we Cain – Yes we Cain!!!!
Report Post »Br33tt
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 11:37amReaching there senseless??
Report Post »Your Sensie
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:45pmI have accused myself of sexual abuse on multiple occasions.
Report Post »saranda
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:56amThis Mark Block needs to step down as he is doing more harm than good to Cain. Exposed yesterday for incorrectly identifying a Politico employee (ex it turns out) as being the new womans son. Not any relation it turns out.
Report Post »Last week, called out the Perry camp for starting the rumor. Less than one day later he recants that accusation.
This guy has no credibility on this issue and needs to be silenced.
kmichaels
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 2:43pmYou need to get your facts straight. Block did not recant the claims about Perry the next day. I watched him carefully. He talked around it in order to let the issue die, but he never recanted the claim.
Block is doing fine.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:55amThese women made a living out of false complaints. Seems like it would be easier to just work.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:19am….Kraushaar said Tuesday she did not remember details about the complaint and did not remember asking for a payment, a promotion or a Harvard fellowship……
Hmm. I would think someone could remember if they demanded a Harvard fellowship. Not exactly a routine request.
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 11:13amWho can take these serial complainers seriously? Wonder how much BHO’s paying these career-complainers-for-hire?
BHO’s Over and Over Again, Modus Operandi is: Scandal, Inciting Riots and Playing The Race Card [with hermain cain, the race card is n/a]. America’s On To Him! All of BHO‘s futile efforts are only revealing who he’s afraid of. America Thanks You, BHO and Minions and Lemmings! You libs are doing a Great Job of campaigning against yourselves. You libs are guaranteeing an easy win for America in 2012. America Appreciates It!
God Bless America! In Jesus’ Name!
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:53amMan, I hope all this is a scam. These are some homely women, and I would hope Cain had better taste and higher standards.
Report Post »Rajabear1
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:52amI would say the only misstep here would be that the NRA keeps paying off bogus complaints to save money and court costs to prove these women to be liars. Might have worked in the short term for them, but now look at what this has done to a man’s future, and possibly the country’s, by letting it stand as is instead of properly clearing his name. Looks like her next employer called her bluff and she had to back down. More balls than the NRA. What a shame. Maybe this whole thing will serve as a lesson to all places of businesses not to back down anymore to these frivolous complaints, essentially blackmail. It demeans any woman or man that IS truly abused in the workplace.
Report Post »GeneTracy
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:50amKraushaar claimed her employment complaint was “relatively minor”,and that there MAY have been discrimination on the job.Sounds like a strong case to me.
Report Post »schroeder123
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:49amwhat is happening to our female gender. ?
Report Post »garyM
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:56amMost of them are gonna vote democrat as they always have so they can cover up their evil! About 60%!
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:47amThen there‘s this from Smokin’ Mark Block:
“At the press conference it was brought up that Karen Kraushaar had come out as one of the women, so we’ve come to find out that her son works at POLITICO, the organization that originally put this story out,” Block said.
When Hannity asked if the information about Kraushaar’s “son” was confirmed, Block said: “We‘ve confirmed that he does indeed work at POLITICO and that’s his mother, yes.”
Josh Kraushaar, the man Block appears to be talking about, denied these claims. On Tuesday, Kraushaar posted numerous messages on his Twitter page that refuted Block’s “confirmed” allegations.
Kraushaar acknowledged working at POLITICO from 2007 to 2010, but said he had been at the National Journal for over a year. His Twitter bio lists his current job title as the executive editor of the publication’s blog The Hotline. He‘s also NOT RELATED to Cain’s accuser.
“For a presidential spokesman to go on TV and make up blatant falsehoods doesn’t speak well for his boss, either,” Kraushaar wrote.
Any questions?
Report Post »saranda
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 11:24amMark Block has done as much damage to Cain by his misinformation of the past week as the women have. How does this man keep his job?
Report Post »kmichaels
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 2:46pmSounds like, at worst, an honest mistake.
Now, since you are a proven liar daily on this board, what about your character?
Report Post »dukeofpaducah
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:45amI once met a very attractive woman at a job that I was just hired at. I encountered a guy who had worked there for a while, and knew the woman. I told him that I thought she was “really fine”, and that I liked her. Lo and behold, the guy told her what I had said, man to man, and the next thing I know she reported my comments to HR, and I was accused of sexual harrassment. I couldn’t believe it. I got written up, and carried that stain on my record until the day I left. UNBELIVEABLE!
Report Post »Faith1029
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 11:28amDUKEOFPADUCHAH: Yes, it’s getting bad out there. When I was working we had to attend sexual harrassment classes and were told you cannot compliment the oposite sex in the workplace because it can be viewed as sexual harrassment. I don’t know how women find men these days because the men are probably all afraid of law suits. Thinking back I could have sued many times for the compliments I received. That would have never crossed my mind to do that. While I don’t condon overt sexual harrassment, a compliment here and there is nothing to get upset about. I think PC and feminists have contributed to this issue. I feel sorry for you guys out there. It’s a different world now.
Report Post »dukeofpaducah
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 12:52pmTo FAITH1029
Report Post »Thanks for your comments. I’m sure other guys reading it have a renewed “Faith” in woman-kind (smile).
I read some of your other posts, and they are right on.
Livia
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 3:30pmOh, good grief! I am female, 63 years old, with gray hair and wrinkles, and if some man said I looked good, I would most likely give him a big hug. The years past that women have claimed to be “liberated” seems to have put them in a prison of sorts. I know when I was younger and looking better, I thought it was great if a man said I looked good!
These women are looking for a fast buck, and when women trade their character and being for a quick buck, it turns them into prostitutes, plain and simple!
Report Post »Faith1029
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 7:48pmLIVIA: Amazing isn’t it that women will dress to kill, have on tons of makeup with blouses cut down to their waist and skirts raised up to their underwear, sexy hairstyles that cover one of their eyes and then wonder why they get hit on. Who are they dressing for? How you portray yourself is how you will be treated. Also, if they can’t take a compliment from a man without flipping out over it, well then good luck to them ever finding one.
Report Post »GLOBALCRASH
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:41amFrom all the reading I have done on this, these women are___________(fill in the blank)!! And good ole money grubbin, greedy Gloria Allred got her greasy hands involved.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:39amHey, ugly chicks need attention, too! Too bad some feel that they need to bring up bogus claims of “harassment” in order to get it…..
Report Post »motonutt
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:47amShe is a contentious liberal victum mentality man hating lier…..did I leave anything out?
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:56ammoto … Yeah, you left out “who got paid off by Cain’s employer because he sexually harassed her and they needed to keep it quiet.”
There you go. Hope that helped.
Report Post »Dahart
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:56amYes you forgot …Spineless
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:56amNope, I think that just about covers it. Oh wait, you did leave out unattractive, whiny, miserable, wench with daddy and entitlement issues. :)
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:23amAwwwww, look. Your Senseless needs attention, too….. Bless your little heart, dear. :)
Report Post »Mtroom
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 12:45pm@sensai
Report Post »” My coffee spilled onto my lap your honor.And it was hot.”…Ring a bell? Because the lady was paid off…Does it make McDonald’s guilty? Well? Does it? Just askin’
motonutt
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 1:12pm@SENSEI…..And if you really believe that, you’re not real bright.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:38amShe can’t make on her work meirts so she goes for money the only way she knows how
Report Post »havsumtea
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:37amThe left is on the march. I’m sticking with Cain until someone can prove unequivocally that he has done anything wrong here. In the last 24 hours, the left has destroyed the great Arizona Senator who wrote SB1070, they have stopped Ohio from recovering from union onslaught, and they are “occupying” much of our nation. Pray that these “occupiers” don’t give the Obama administration a reason or event to declare marshal law, suspend the Constitution and shut us all down!!
Report Post »jzs
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:43amActually, when people hold an election and one side wins, that’s “we the people” voting.
Blame “the left” if you want, but you may want to consider the idea that the majority of people simply don’t agree with you.
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:49amYou forgot trouncing that personhood abortion in Mississippi. JZS is right, the peopler are speaking, and we’re saying, “These righty wing extremists are out of control.”
Report Post »mastice
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:00am@JZS
You are right, to an extent. However remember, because of how we elect presidents and how the electoral college works, that it is possible for a person to obtain the office without the popular vote. Granted it has only happened a handful of times throughout history but it does happen.
I think you are wrong on who will win, but that’s a personal observation/opinion on my part. Time will tell.
Report Post »clarity2199
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 12:18pmI feel bad for that ‘no’ vote on the issue…but I’m not surprised. The unions were very organized in doing their part to get what they wanted. I saw no organization on the other side. I’ve seen a couple meetings with people speaking to the Tea Partiers, and on the last week some ‘yes’ signs showed up….waaay too late.
Report Post »I think if they really wanted that ‘yes’ vote, there should have been a better fight. It wasn’t even a challenge. And the governor got the message too, and is obviously willing to back down, now.
The people of Ohio has to be stronger and more willing to work for it, if they want the proper laws passed, or it’s not going to happen.
kmichaels
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 2:55pm[jzs
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:43am
Actually, when people hold an election and one side wins, that’s “we the people” voting.
Blame “the left” if you want, but you may want to consider the idea that the majority of people simply don’t agree with you.]
Since you’re a liberal leftist fruitcake, you are in the 20% range of popularity. Conservatives count for 40% (double the liberal count) and the rest are declared independent. Since the liberal media currently controls most of the media then the independents have to struggle with seeing through the liberal lies, which, as is simply human nature, difficult to do when you are bombarded daily by liberal lies.
You for example, JZS, seem to enjoy lying daily. So if you were the only source of news people would tend vote more for liberals.
Thankfully, little idiot leftist troll, the times and sources of news are a changin.
Report Post »liberalsflewoverthecoocoosnest
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 3:51pmSorry folks, there are problems with JZS’s comment: “Actually, when people hold an election and one side wins, that’s “we the people” voting. Blame “the left” if you want, but you may want to consider the idea that the majority of people simply don’t agree with you”
Report Post »When our representative republic was founded, only land holders, (those with something to loose, could vote. As such, campaign issues were less polar than they are now. There was not a “victim” voting block that consistently voted for hand-outs and redistribution of someone else’s wealth. Thankfully, there remain some politically pristine locations in America, namely that big swath of red states between the east and west coasts. The consumer class tends to congregate in urban population centers where politicians are likely to pander to them and unfortunately, they wield greater national influence. Though “consumers” are 48% of the population, I don’t think they qualify as “we the people”. “We the people” are the producer class. “We the people” pay taxes, work for a living, and raise kids who do the same, unlike the useless liberals who are singularly responsible for union strikes, “thug life” in public school system, emasculation of the American male, frivolous law suits, and the unholy trinity; Harry Reed, Nancy Pelosi, and Barney Franks. We also have them to thank for the current president and antichrist, “messiah Obama” and the daemoness, Michelle “start the jet; I’m
chris vrahnos
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:23pmKeep worrying The S.F.chapter may get the rest of them to start acting up.Right now O W S.is looking at central park in N.Y.C.to move to.I can see the clash right now.The rest will follow suit and gather up more and more support from the bleeding hearts.Can’t say for sure but it could esclate into some kind of civil war.IF that happens be ready for a fight on a scale that hasn‘t been seen since the 1860’s.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:36amYes Ms. Kraushaar, all your dirt will now be dug up. Better be sqeaky clean. I doubt you are.
Report Post »Dahart
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:42amShe was also involed with Elain Gonzalez case back 1999-2000
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2011/11/herman-cain-accuser-karen-kraushaars-name-sound-familiar-.html
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:50amHerb Cain is clearly not squeaky clean either.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:44amWho is, Sensei? Your man Obama? Don’t make me laugh.
Report Post »liberalsflewoverthecoocoosnest
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 4:32pmAll you need to know about this Kraushaar ding-ding is that she hangs out with Gloria Allred and she works in Obama’s IRS….if those two items don’t fill you with shame and regret, then falsely accusing Herman Cain won’t register on the morality meter. Seriously, if you were a woman who was sitting in a car innocently asking a man for a job and he grabbed your head and pushed it towards his crotch, would your first words really be “You know I have a boyfriend”?!
Having been falsely accused of rape in college, I feel Cain’s pain. The girl that accused me put on a big show; tears, shaking, the whole bit. I almost started believe her myself. Only, she forgot to find out where I really was when she said I was raping her. I was 300 miles away with the entire track team running all weekend. As it was, she got to spend time with a shrink. But had I been in town with no alibi, I could now have a record as a sex offender. Being in Herman Cain’s position is perfect for attracting all the whack jobs. The Dems know that all they had to do was put out one accusation, and the rest would take care of itself. Just like the women who make false claims, the Dems knew that Herman would be seen as guilty, with the burden put on him to prove otherwise. 15 years later, there is no proof either way, so the Dems see this as a win no matter what. They know that Republicans eat thier young…..which is how Dems got so much power in the first place.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:36am.
Report Post »We need to Waterboard these women to find out the truth…………
1casawizard
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:52amWhat happened to MDA, methylene di-oxymethamphetamine? CIA had used that recreational drug in the past to get people to talk and is also enjoyable to the recipient.
Report Post »Hephzibah
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:35amI know a college-indoctrinated liberal Democrat who has been using sexual abuse lawsuits as a form of income since she was 18. Go to a bar, excessive drink and flirt, low-cut clothes, ask for escort to car, guy wants a kiss, and there‘s her next year’s salary.
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:51amWow, I know a high school educated conservative waitress who does the same thing, That’s amazing.
Report Post »momsense
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:33amAnother “suing sadie.“ Gloria Allred should use more care in dragging her ” professional victims” out of the feminist cesspool.
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:58amGee, the person doing most of the whining about being a victim is . . . surprise . . .a conservative. His name is Herb Cain.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:26amLooks like you are doing way more whining on here. These claims will turn out to be baseless, but the media (and the Obama admininistration) will have attained their goal, which is to smear HerMan Cain, because they are terrified of intelligent, ethical, and moral black men.
Report Post »kmichaels
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 2:59pmSensless sensie still the perpetual lying little dopey leftist troll eh? What a sad life that idiot punk must lead.
Report Post »grannyjojo
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:31amSounds like the truth is trying to rise to the top, ever so slowly. My prayer is that the truth WILL come out, no matter what the truth is. “Every knee will bow and every tongue confess”
Report Post »tony k
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:29amJust like them all. they are the people in your business that are always thinking they have been wronged. They are like cancer in the work place always stirring up trouble! And its the cheapest way to buy them out of their job. Thats what I feel happened in 1999. The NRA got full of her and asked how much is it going to cost for you to move on.
Report Post »bigfatslob
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:27amAttention All Employers, stay away from this “Law Suit Waiting To Happen”. So far TWO NON-CREDIBLE women have come forward…who’s next???? This is such B.S.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:26amLiberal women .. seem to think if a man says “good morning” they have been sexually propositioned. Going from one employer to another seeking payouts … these should be treated for what they are .. extortion.
TEA!
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:53amNo, good morning is a nice and fine thing to say. “Good morning, sweet cheeks how about a little dessert before breakfast.” not so fine.
Report Post »TexasHunter
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:19amSENSI- Your comments have no point, no material, nothing to back it up, therefore are diluted by stupidity. Just like Cains accusers. It’s a crying shame I know. Now Troll on.
TEA
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:31amTexashunter . . . Great, let’s take this chance. Here’s a verbatim exchange between two of your buddies – Mark Block and Sean Hannity. (Block is, of course, Herb Cain’s chief of staff.)
Then there‘s this from Smokin’ Mark Block:
Block: ” . . . we’ve come to find out that her son works at POLITICO, the organization that originally put this story out.”
When asked by Hannity if that had been conformed, Block said, ““We‘ve confirmed that he does indeed work at POLITICO and that’s his mother, yes.”
Josh Kraushaar, the man Block appears to be talking about, denied these claims. He had worked at POLITICO from 2007 to 2010, but said he had been at the National Journal for over a year. His Twitter bio lists his current job title as the executive editor of the publication’s blog The Hotline. He‘s also NOT RELATED to Cain’s accuser.
My point: Block and Cain are pathological liars.
My proof: the truth as evidenced here:
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/cain-campaign-manager-mark-block-lies-again/
Now, I now you nancy boys down Texas way aren’t sued to taking responsibility for anything. You’d rather take federal dollars. So tell ya what, partner, you just stick to plastic women and pathetic football teams and us real men will take care of the hard work worth doin’.
Nice hat, though. No cattle? So sorry. And always remember, don‘t mistake your friend’s face for a quail. Keep your shotguns pointed AWAY (that means in the other direct
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:52amSensei, I‘m sure you were just as convinced that the virtue of Clinton’s accusers was unquestionable. Right?
Report Post »TexasHunter
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 2:22pmSENSELESS- First you are quoting findings off the internet. That is your first mistake. Read a book. Lets see you have the balls and run for President. Wonder how much inconceivable dirt we would find on you. Second- you obviously know nothing about Texas and the women here. There are some of the most sexiest beautiful hard working women you will ever lay your brown eyes on down here. Third I know how to hunt. I do it on a regular basis. So as long as you are not in my cross hairs you “should” have nothing to worry about. So stay in your little routine city boy and let the real men handle the real work. Running America on the back bone that is was founded on. You son have no idea what work is. Fourth the cattle our pinned up. Just like OWS will be when the Republic rises again. Now run along and play with your GI Joe or barbies. Not sure what you are into. Fifth here is your first assignment Read Hunting for God and Fishing for the Lord. Please get back to me in a week with your report.
Report Post »liberalsflewoverthecoocoosnest
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 5:27pmLittle twits like Your Sensei can only act tough on the internet. Notice the smarmy attitude and condescending tone, as if he has suckled at the “bosom” of Anthony Weiner. Only an emasculated, hairless, liberal ectomorph would be obtuse enough to believe that veiled homoerotic innuendos on a comment board would intimidate anyone – much less someone with the handle “texashunter”. (snigger) I could be wrong about the liberal ectomorph comment. That’s a bit mean spirited. Sensei is probably just a prepubescent, cabbage farting, craven, turd-sucking “academic elite”; but again, it’s probably a stretch to conclude that he eats cabbage from his postings. Since he is almost certainly one of those “academic elites”, (you can just tell, can’t you?) maybe Sensei can help me with something……I was under the impression that “academic” implied “education” and that “elite” inferred “superior”. US College students rank at the bottom of every list compared to other developed countries, and there is a dearth of skilled workers in America – even as the real unemployment rate inches toward “Afghanistan”. How is this possible? Where did the academics go? And what do you libs mean by elite? Is that sort of like saying a tricked out Mustang is “bad”? Does “academic elite” in liberal parlance really mean “ignorant looser”? Finally, do you live in your parent’s basement and love Obama because you are still on their insurance? U
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 5:59pmTexasshunting . . . I know you’re used to living in denial, otherwise you wouldn’t live in the armpit of America. I lived there, worked in the oil patch down there, so I know what I’m talking about. Now, I offered ample evidence of my claim that Mark Block is a unrepentant liar – backed up not by “findings on the internet” but by a video of him doing it. So, you’re 0 for 2 – Texas and truth.
Third, every idiot with a gun says he knows how to hunt, just like Dick Cheney. I see no reason to trust you any more than I do his highness The Random Blaster. Strike 3.
But hey, you can still go trolling for one of those most sexiest womenfolk of all, just make sure they don’t have a weenus hiding under their hoop skirt.
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 6:03pmliberalsownthecoocoosnest . . . As for you, oh derivative one, don’t try to sound smart, cuz it comes across like you’re trying to sound smart, which is betrayed by the random placement of all those 50-cent words you think make you sound smart. They don’t. You sound like a high school sophomore trying to pad the essay to reach 500 words. Next time, try aborting your misguided screed before you use up all your characters. U
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:25amIn managment, we call people like this “cases”. Everytime you turn around they have your H.R. dept tied up chasing ghosts. They are usually looking for an easy payday. Prison is where they need to be.
Report Post »PzV
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:46pmAmen,
I have been in management for some time now. I have also been involved in three court cases, we won them all. But I can also tell you that there have been numerous times where we have settled with a complainer. It has never been a case where we thought we were in the wrong; rather, it was far cheaper to pay them out and sign an agreement to our liking than to fight it in court.
The evidence I see up to this point substantiates what I see happening at our company. It is a cost benefit analysis every time. So these claims prove nothing. It is completely he said, she said and I have to say there are plenty of people out there quite willing to sue a company over nothing in order to get a settlement.
If these women really had a case, they would have sued many years ago for 6 figures or more, not the measly one year wages we are reading about!!!!
Come on guys, try and use some logical thinking here. If Cain really did such bad things, there would be significant judgments against him and his company. The fact that these women took small payouts and did not sue clearly indicates that they are gold diggers with no case at all.
Report Post »BWallSr
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:21amWhat are the odds…The shakedown worked once, so why not try it again? This is a shame. Drag a man through the mud fraudulently.
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:33amThat speaks loudly. She is an ambulance chasing news hound like gorila allred. The more the libs and progressives try the more their lies show who they truly are. CAIN STILL HAS MY VOTE.
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 9:54amSWel, Mike, why did the Cain camp lie about her son?
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 11:08amSenseiless, why do you keep trolling on about the mistake about her son? Get past it. It’s not even the issue.
Report Post »You seem desperate to try to make a connection there and the false accusations. If these women really had a case, and they really thought they were harrassed, they would NOT have taken payment and waited until Cain was in the spotlight to bring this up again, UNLESS they wanted the attention and are motivated by something else (personally, I think they are being paid.)
your sensei
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 6:21pmWell, Crococrap Hunter, that’s the difference between you and me. You “think” they’re being paid, even though you have zero evidence of that. I “know” Block is a liar. You have no choice but to discount it as a “mistake.”
I dont blame you, it’s all you have left.
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