WorldNetDaily’s support for Herman Cain started out enthusiastic, but when allegations of sexual harassment broke, WND editor Joseph Farah went to radio silence (mostly), while his columnist apparatchiks tried to slime his accusers.
But a woman stepping forward to claim a 13-year affair with Cain seems to have finally marked the end of WND’s Cain-gasm.
WND’s attempting to unload Cain’s book while it’s still worth something is just the beginning. WND columnist Jane Chastain — who just two weeks earlier was making sure people knew that one of Cain’s sexual harassment accusers “twice filed for bankruptcy, had a child out of wedlock, can’t hold a job for very long, was fired from the National Restaurant Association, hasn’t been employed for two years and lives with an unemployed boyfriend was desperate for money” — threw in the towel in her Nov. 30 column:
As a presidential candidate, Herman Cain is done. He is toast!
In the past, I and many others gave him the benefit of doubt. The sexual harassment claims against him that were settled by the National Restaurant Association appeared frivolous at best. Sharon Bialek’s assertion was a “he said, she said” and appeared to be financially and politically motivated. However, Ginger White’s allegation that she carried on a 13-year affair with Cain, backed up with records of telephone and text messages, is troubling. At best, it is a case of poor judgment on his part, and there is no wiggle room in that.
And Farah finally weighed in on the burgeoning scandal on his own website for the first time in his Dec. 2 column:
Herman Cain, a fresh face showed promise and raised the hopes of tea-party activists around the country with a strong popular showing. But, whether he knows it or not, his moral character and honesty has been questioned one too many times by one too many women for him to continue a serious bid for the presidency.
Farah then begs readers to pray to “God for a little miracle this year” in the form of a “Michele Miracle.” Why has Farah thrown his support to Michele Bachmann?
She’s the real deal, folks. She’s 100 percent. She’s gaffe-proof. She’s smarter than Newt, but doesn’t brag about it half as much. She’s honest. She’s sincere. And she really believes in what she says.
“Gaffe-proof”? Really?