Put a fork in Mr. Cain, he's done.

On the periphery of these accusations is the absurdity that accusations or actual sexual misconduct equals complete and total political suicide and/or death, while bringing your country into armed conflict, or starting wars under false pretense is doesnt result with the same media reaction or consequence.

Make one inappropriate advance at any point in your life with a woman, and your political career could later be in extreme jeopardy as you are crucified by the media. Sexual misconduct is viewed as a political deathtouch.

Bring a nation to war, or continue to support wars which result in the death of thousands of soldiers and possibly a million+ civilians, or pick any other crime that shold have a higher penalty in terms of political suicide...and you are not persecuted under the media spotlight intensity. The whole freakshow is just wrong in my mind.