Herman Cain: Practice What You Preach

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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain opined in the New York Post that protestors on Occupy Wall Street should stop protesting, look in the mirror, and "examine their own failures ."

But almost a week after a Politico reporter confronted Mr. Cain about decade-old sexual harassment allegations against him , Mr. Cain refuses to take that advice himself.

Saturday, after a one-on-one debate with fellow rival Newt Gingrich, reporters asked the former CEO if he refuses to address further questions about accusations made by two women of "inappropriate" and "sexually suggestive" behavior while he was head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. His reply: "You got it."

But Mr. Cain would be wise to remember what he does not have: the Republican nomination for President of the United States. He needs to remember what President Obama said to members of Congress during his American Jobs Act speech, that the American people, "hired us to work for them."

And right now Mr. Cain, you don't have the job.

We rely on our press to ask hard questions so that we can make our decision as to who would best represent this country. As a former CEO he knows how important first impressions make. According to the Huffington Post, when a reporter tried to ask again about the allegations, Cain immediately interrupted:

"Don't even go there," Cain said before the reporter from The Washington Post could finish his question. "Can I ask my question?" the reporter said.
"No," Cain snapped.
"Please send him the journalistic code of ethics," Cain instructed his chief of staff, Mark Block.

Please send him the journalistic code of ethics. Can you imagine saying this to an interviewer for a job that you want? I wonder how quickly an interview would end, if a job applicant at Godfather's addressed an interviewer the way Mr. Cain addressed the press, the interviewers on behalf of the American people.

If Mr. Cain really wants to preside over the American people, then he must answer our questions. This includes lingering questions on the allegations of sexual harassment. If he doesn't, he shouldn't be surprised when what he told protestors on Occupy Wall Street, actually happens to him: "If you don't have a job, blame yourself!"

Memo to Herman Cain: You Don't Have the Job originally published on the Yahoo! Contributor Network