Ed Schultz Rolls Out the Hatchets on Herman Cain

"Let's get to work."

This evening, I made a point to tune in on the first segment of the Ed Show....

......on MSNBC certain that Butter and Egg man Ed Schultz would be raring to go on the Herman Cain "scandal". He didn't disappoint.

There was Ed breathlessly playing the Grand Inquisitor as he played all of Cain's statements the past 24 hours to show his inconsistencies. There was Ed referring to Cain as "Pizza Man". There was Ed bashing "the right-wing hate machine" and playing a tape of Ann Coulter defending Cain by saying that liberals will always attack black conservatives (which is a fact). At any rate, there is hardly any doubt in Ed's mind that Cain is guilty.

But guilty of what?

All we know is that in the 1990s, a couple of women filed a sexual harassment complaint on him with the National Restaurant Association, with whom they were employed and he was president. The allegation is that he engaged in "inappropriate sexual conduct that made them feel uncomfortable." The association made some sort of negotiated settlement with the women, and they received some financial amount in five figures. As is customary, they signed an agreement of non-disclosure. Thus, we don't know the identities of these women, nor so we know the specific allegations.

But Ed knows he did it.

The only thing I have gleamed so far is that Cain has vigorously denied having committed sexual harassment. (Of course, the concerned women and men often have a different perspective on that question of what constitutes sexual harassment.) Cain has said he wasn't involved in the settlement and didn't know the amount-then later gave another interviewer an answer that implied he was involved or had knowledge of the settlement. Ed is jumping all over that.

But we don't know the specifics of what was alleged, and either does prosecutor Schultz.

Never fear, however. Ed is on the job. Here is what he needs to find out for us-his breathlessly awaiting viewers.

What exactly did Cain do? Did he ask for a phone number or a date? Did he proposition these women? Did he put his arm around their shoulders over cocktails in a bar? Did he put his hand on their fannies? Did he tell a suggestive or dirty joke? Did he compliment them on their looks? Was he staring at their cleavage?


Did he tell them that "they made his knees knock"?

Did he invite them up to his room?

Did he drop his pants in their presence and tell them to "kiss it"?

Did he telephone them  late at night and talk dirty to them?

Did he ask them to have sex with him in his office?

Has Cain lied about it under oath?


Because if all that is true, then Cain is obviously not fit to occupy the Oval Office, right?.



As Ed said tonight, "And you want this guy to be president of the United States?"

Rest assured, Ed and the other mad-hatters at MSNBC are going to stay on this like white on rice. What I would like to know is where was Schultz when Clinton was doing all that stuff in the White House with Monica Lewinsky? What was Schultz's position on the Paula Jones complaint and the story put out by other women about Clinton's alleged predatory behavior? Was Ed outraged at Clinton, or was he telling us to "Move on"? (Actually, Ed was doing play-by-play on football games for North Dakota State University in the 1990s, so I guess  there is no public record.)

Far be it for me to give advice to Ed Schultz, but he might want to check that talk about the "right-wing hate machine" in the same breath as he is trying and convicting Herman Cain. In addition, Ed may want to think about how many of Cain's pizzas he has consumed before he calls him "Pizza Man".