I noticed this article "Herman Cain drops out of presidential race" on my Yahoo! homepage. Being a bit of a Herman Cain fan (and making the connection that I'd just talked to my good friend about him the day before yesterday), I clicked on it to find out why, and to see if my friend already knew this. Since he hasn't messaged me back yet, I'll write my thoughts about this article.
I'm not at all into politics because I don't have enough prior/background knowledge to side with any particular opinion on anything way bigger than my sphere of influence. I don't even know when to vote for anyone in my home state (not that I would since that would be out of ignorance and almost an abuse of my right to vote since I wouldn't be voting intelligently in favor of what's best for the people). Despite this, Cain strikes me as an interesting candidate. My friend regularly informs me of any political updates, including debates, and from what he tells me, Cain sounds like he knows what he's doing (but that's probably biased based on my friend's opinions). Cain is a businessman, which is unusual since most candidates are involved in government work, but I think that vocation gives him a new perspective, shining light on experts' blindspots.
The article says he's dropping out because of some allegations of sexual harassment and an affair. Oh goodie, another skeleton in a politician's closet; let's do the only rational thing and expose the mess out of it to embarrass the politician. Understandably, the American people shouldn't have to deal with all of these secrets, but to me, this article sounds like some women got bored, wanted 15 minutes of fame, and declared their "personal time" with Cain. The mistress even produced a cell-phone record. Oooh, risque.
Come on. A cell-phone record? That they'd be talking on the phone? Why is that scandalous? She and Cain admitted their long-time friendship; why can't we chalk it up to that? What sucks the most is that Cain's lawyer didn't really deny the allegations; he just said Cain's sex life is private. Awesome. Cain dropping out, then, tells me that this thing might have more of a sticky truth than I first thought. Either that or Cain can't handle the pressure of all of these false claims. Or maybe it's something else entirely.
See, that's why I hate politics; I can talk myself in circles with all of the limited information I have and never reach a conclusion.
Moody, C. (2011). Herman Cain drops out of presidential race. Retrieved from http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/herman-cain-suspends-presidential-campaign-184541824.html
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