Cain's racial offense

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Tea partiers are delighted that their support for Herman Cain proves they don't hate black people. Unfortunately, judging by some of his statements, Cain doesn't seem to like black people very much, either.

It says a lot about America's racial progress that the former Godfather's Pizza CEO has surged to first place with a 4-point edge over Mitt Romney in the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll — a poll that also gave Cain a 69 percent "favorable" score among tea-party backers.

Yet, one also wonders how much of the Hermanator's rise has benefited from his trash talk about black people and other minorities.

Exhibit A: He said on CNN that black voters have been "brainwashed" into not "thinking for themselves" or "even considering a conservative point of view." Funny, but I didn't hear similar complaints when black voters — like me — said they would be delighted to consider Colin Powell, if he were to run. But, oh, yeah, Powell is a moderate Republican, a nearly extinct breed in today's tea-party-fueled GOP

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-oped-1016-page-20111016,0,541461.column

I usually let OP ED pieces stand on their own but Clarence Page nails it.

[Nancy Waterman]

1. Cain said today his favorite Supreme is Clarence Thomas

This was on Meet the Press. Both of them seem to have no sense of collective responsibility for those who are trying to lift themselves out of poverty and make it in this world. Thomas and Cain made it big so screw everyone else. No wonder the Tea Partiers love these guys. The TP hates the idea of any collective responsibility in which we actually help each other. Cain fits right in.
No one has asked him but I am sure, like Thomas, he would be against anything like affirmative action.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. I Believe He Supports Affirmative Action

In 2004, Cain ran for the U.S. Senate in Georgia and did not win in the primaries. He was pursuing the seat that came open with the retirement of Democrat Zell Miller. Cain sought the Republican nomination, facing congressmen Johnny Isakson and Mac Collins in the primary. Cain and Collins both hoped to deny Isakson a majority on primary day in order to force him into a runoff. Collins tried to paint Cain as a moderate,<31> citing Cain's support for affirmative action programs, while Cain argued that he was a conservative, noting that he opposed the legality of abortion except when the mother's life is threatened.<32> Cain finished second in the primary with 26.2% of the vote, ahead of Collins, who won 20.6%, but because Isakson won 53.2% of the vote, Isakson was able to avoid a runoff.<33[br />


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain

But I doubt he would talk about his support of it now.

[Skittles]

6. Cain and Thomas are birds of a feather

repuke whores

[Supersedeas]

10. Nancy, I think that you touched upon something here.

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. Aaron McGruder must have used Herman Cain as a template.

[Tunkamerica]

4. Uncle Ruckus was always an uncomfortable character to watch for me.

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. And as an AA myself, Herman Cain is much more uncomfortable, because he's not a cartoon,

just cartoon-ish. ;(

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. The Whole "Boot Straps" Argument Is A Noble One In Some Ways

However not everybody can pull themselves up by their bootsrtaps.

[Tarheel_Dem]

9. Especially if you don't have boots to begin with.

;)

[slackmaster]

7. Herman Cain leaves his dirty socks lying around everywhere

:argh: