WASHINGTON – Back in the ’90s, I was “relationship consultant” at the LA Weekly, so I’ve interviewed enough men, as well as women, on relationships to know a bit about this subject. Gloria Cain has a very sad case of denial. But she’s got a partner there, with Rush Limbaugh leading the indefensible for the right-wing. We’ve seen this before and it never has a pretty ending.
Poor Mrs. Cain. If there was one woman, I could see giving Mr. Cain the benefit of the doubt.
Two women become curious.
Three women become a problem.
Four women mean Mrs. Cain doesn’t want to know the truth.
Obviously, she just can’t handle the possibility that her god-fearing man, the father of her children, grandfather, and the man who preaches and sings the gospel so earnestly can’t heed the message.
Yes, Gloria, your husband is a womanizer. No, he’s likely worse. He’s a serial sexual harasser who lies about it, then blames the women.
If I had a nickle for every woman who was shocked to learn the man she loves has a roving eye and ego, well, I’d have a lot of nickles.
There is no evidence that Howard Cain has a mistress. That’s the good news for Gloria Cain.
The bad news for Mrs. Cain was seen with Herman’s “Princess Nancy” slap, revealing his feelings toward women are very, well, let’s just say complicated. His wife is likely his Madonna. All other women are, well, not whores, but more like fair game, as long as he doesn’t get caught.
Double lives or alternative existences for men is nothing new. It’s not a split personality. It’s arrogant entitlement to whatever he wants.
Mrs. Cain wants us to believe that not one, not two, not three, but four women are all lying about the allegations they are making, which all sound similar.
While her husband thinks blanket denials will get him off the hook, because there isn’t evidence to prove anything, except through the women’s words. So, Herman and his team point to hard times of Ms. Bialek, one accuser who went public, even bankruptcy, because the 1% Mr. Cain represents think your net worth is equivalent to your human worth.
In the CNN poll, more women reveal they believe the accusers than the men.
Mrs. Cain just can’t imagine the Herman she knows is a womanizer.
It’s how a lot of wives convince themselves they’ve not been made a fool.
Taylor Marsh’s new e-book, The Hillary Effect – Politics, Sexism and the Destiny of Loss, the view from a recovering partisan, has been chosen by Barnes and Noble as one of 4 books in the launch of “NOOK First” Featured Authors Selection. Marsh is a veteran political analyst and commentator. She has reported from the White House, been profiled in the Washington Post, The New Republic, and has been seen on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, CNN, MSNBC, Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera Arabic, as well as on radio across the dial and on satellite, including the BBC. Marsh lives in the Washington, D.C. area. This column is cross posted from her new media blog.