When writing about the human resources side of things, I try to shy away from political issues, because you don't just bring this sort of thing up in polite company.

At least that's what my godfather always told me. He was an old-school, old-money conservative Catholic who was, to say the least, big on social graces. In fact, he'd probably be mortified I'm even writing about this. So, forgive me in advance for this week's foray into the GOP primary race.

Herman Cain's slow, steady fall from grace over the last week or so has been, at turns, comical and tragic – one might say Shakespearean in its scripted farcical twists and heartbreaking turns.

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