Since the news first broke last month that GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain had been the subject of at least two sexual harassment complaints while he was working at the National Restaurant Association, the right-wing establishment has come swinging to his defense. They've called Cain’s accusers humorless kvetchers who overreacted to Cain's harmless if gregarious behavior. They've suggested that sexual harassment doesn’t exist. Rush Limbaugh even said that if women wanted to be left alone, they should don burqas. But all of this chatter about whether women take sexual bawdiness too seriously obscures a critical point about the nature of sexual harassment: It's not about sex. It's about power.
But all of this chatter about whether women take sexual bawdiness too seriously obscures a critical point about the nature of sexual harassment: It's not about sex. It's about power.
"I think we’ve got a great field of candidates. So stay tuned," she said.
News of the comments, earlier reported by Forbes, quickly lit up the trading terminals on Wall Street and momentarily overshadowed talk of Italian bond spreads. Coming amid the Occupy Wall Street protests and war on the 1%, many bankers said the tirade from one of their favorite chefs was a step too far. Two bankers interviewed Wednesday said they canceled reservations at Batali establishments and several said they would never book a Batali table again. "What an insult!" one trader blast-emailed to colleagues. "I must have spent more than $5,000 on his stupid black truffles over the years, and now he says I'm Hitler?!"
"What an insult!" one trader blast-emailed to colleagues. "I must have spent more than $5,000 on his stupid black truffles over the years, and now he says I'm Hitler?!"
Though Burr lived for 30 years after leaving office, he never wrote a self-justifying memoir that trashed the reputations of colleagues and foes alike. Would that Cheney could make that claim.