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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 07:46 PM Original message |
Why many black Democrats* are uncomfortable w/Herman Cain: He embarrasses us in front of white folks |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. K&R |
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DontTreadOnMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. As an American... |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. He's only considered a serious candidate BECAUSE he's black |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Um, Perry and Bachmann are still in the room. n/t |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I didn't say they're not in the room. But neither is seen as a serious contender |
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walerosco (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. So true |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
51. Slight correction: it's because OBAMA is black. That's the difference between Cain |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Thanks so much for writing this. Make no mistake from me. |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm black and I don't care what color he is or Obama either. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
49. I would mostly agree with you in some other cases |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
55. Fine, but Cain is the one obsessed with appeasing the GOP by making some asinine |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. Don't feel badly black brothers and sisters.... |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I love it! |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 03:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
31. No kidding. We've got LOTS more buffoons than they'll ever have! |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Seriously. |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I feel your pain. nt |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. Isn't it just galling? I, too, am embarrassed by these women. christine o'donnell??? WTF??? |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:12 AM Response to Reply #31 |
61. Me too, they absolutely make me "cringe". nt |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
53. +1,000,000!!!!!! n/t |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. "auditioning to play George Jefferson" |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
11. I like this |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. Look at the white clown show up there -- Santorum, Bachman, Perry et al. |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. Well said. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. No need to be embarrassed, |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
15. i don't like cain because he is black....i loathe him because he is a buffoon |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Exactly |
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chalky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. You had me until you brought Condi into the mix. Condi's fawning over GW made her a twofer - |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. i agree with you more than me |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. I disagreed with Rice and Powell on many things but neither of them made me cringe |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. True, but Cain sets the dignity bar so low, it's not hard to get over it . . . |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. even when lying? |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. that's what I found so offensive about Rice, as a woman |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I don't cringe whenever a black person does something I don't like or even something offensive |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. Excellent post |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. You really nailed this |
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1StrongBlackMan (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 11:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Cringe like ... |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. A well thought out and accurate assessment. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. Cain is in it for the money, that is all... |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
23. Michael Steele even thinks Cain is a joke. |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. As a Latino |
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1StrongBlackMan (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
25. Wow ... |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 02:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Well, i would have been worried about yer friend if he thought 'wow, he is me' :p n/t |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
28. Well, white Republican presidential candidates embarrass me in front of black folks and |
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Kind of Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 05:24 AM Response to Original message |
32. Cain doesn't make me cringe. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 07:11 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. His willingness to kiss up to, play along with and advance the message of these same Republicans |
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Kind of Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 03:22 AM Response to Reply #33 |
63. I wonder the same thing. |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Bizarre, isn't it |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 07:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Eggs-actly! And that's how Cain gets away with using stereotypical racist comments all the time. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 08:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. He's the kind of black person who plays into stereotypes that some white people have about us |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
58. I totally agree with your perception of Cain. |
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Kind of Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #34 |
62. Tell me how you really feel! |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
37. regarding the breakdancing |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Yikes! |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
40. Keyes is a lot worse, but Cain is still awful |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Oh, PLEASE let this be true! |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
42. He's your Phyllis Schlafly. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #42 |
68. I was just thinking exactly the same thing--you beat me to it. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
48. That sums it up nicely! |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
50. Black liberal Democrat here to declare Herman Cain as an embarrassment to blacks, |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
52. K&R n/t |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
54. It is the TeaPubliKlanism that gets me, Republican regular is bad enough. |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. But they probably don't know that . . . |
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CoffinEd (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
59. So why not let him behave like a silly black man |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. CoffinEd, you are becoming one of my favorite posters |
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CoffinEd (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. You're going to give me a big head |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. I agree with you |
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CoffinEd (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. In the Words of Fred "The Hammer" Williamson... |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #70 |
74. I LOVE this post! |
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CoffinEd (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. You're Welcome... |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
60. excellent. K&R |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
69. I hear what you're saying, and can sympathize....however.... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
71. Mr. Cain does not represent black folk any more than Duby represented white folk |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
72. i enjoyed reading this very much nt |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
73. there you go again. Enlightening and empowering the rest of us |
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