Rush uses the race card, again.

[Fuzz]

RUSH: So we had a caller in the last hour who wanted to know what the likelihood would be that the Politico story on Herman Cain was planted, leaked by a Republican -- and it's entirely possible. I have no idea where it came from. I also don't know this. You have... Were these white women, do we know that? Well, if they were white women... If the women involved here... Let's look at it this way: Suppose Herman Cain were white, would the women have felt the same way about whatever he did? What is this "gesture that was not overtly sexual" that still offended them? If a white guy did it would it have bothered white women or did it bother them because a black guy did whatever he did? I'm just speculating here, folks, because we don't know.


RUSH: Ken in Livonia, Michigan, welcome to the EIB Network. Hello.

CALLER: Yeah, Rush, I just wanted to comment that when we see the attack against Herman Cain by those on the left --

RUSH: Yeah.

CALLER: -- it's pretty obvious they're reasoning is that they know that the only way that Barack Obama can win against any Republican candidate is he's gotta pull out the race card. He's got to divert people's attention from the real issues, and that's the whole reason behind it.

RUSH: You mean they don't want to run against another black guy because that takes one of Obama's strengths away?

CALLER: You got it.

RUSH: Being the only black on the ticket?

CALLER: That's it.

RUSH: Well, that could be.

CALLER: Because it's the whole issue of Barack Obama's ideology. Barack Obama's being able to point to his presidency, he'll lose against any candidate. So he's gotta pull out the race card, he's gotta attack the Tea Party, he's gotta attack the --

RUSH: Right, so your thinking goes if the Republicans nominate a black Republican it would be very hard to say that the Republicans are racist and you've gotta elect Obama to save the country from a bunch of racists?

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CALLER: Thank you for taking my call, Rush. It's an honor to talk to you, and forgive me if I'm nervous. I just want to tell you: You know, I'm a huge Cain supporter; so is my husband. This really upsets me. This guy is a brilliant man. I heard him on the radio a year ago, and I was so impressed with him, you know, and I look at the liberals, and what they've done to the black community in general, and it just breaks my heart. You know, they enslaved them in the 1800s and Republicans fought to free them. Then the black community was Republican until Kennedy, according to Shriver, was supposed to go shake their hands and offer them sympathy when this church was blown up in Birmingham. Then they enslave them to welfare handouts. They demoralize them, take away their education, take away their faith. You know, and then this great guy comes up and what are they doing? They're saying, "Well, he's a black guy. He can't control himself. Look at him!" They're doing the same thing to him they did to Clarence Thomas, you know, that same racist stereotype.

RUSH: Yeah. "High-tech lynching." Yeah.

CALLER: Yeah! "Just because he's a black guy, he can't control himself. He can't control his urges." If I was Herman Cain I would just say to them, "You know, this has nothing to do with what's going on in the country right now. And if you are really concerned with what's going on in the country -- since obviously if this were a true thing, you know, I wouldn't be here right now. I would have been demoted. I would have lost my job. So since this wasn't true let's focus on what's going on in the country or are you doing this to me because you feel threatened by me?"

RUSH: You don't sound nervous to me, by the way. I just want you to know.

CALLER: Ooh, you're really nice to say that.

RUSH: Yeah. You don't sound -- you sound fired up; you sound passionate.

CALLER: Well, I am, because I love this country and all the people in it. And you're born here, it doesn't matter what color you are, you're an American. Up until the time of until 40 years ago when the Democrats took over, the liberals took over the lives of black people in this country, they were famous people. They were strong, they were powerful, they had their own famous scientists and inventors and teachers and writers and it's like they're being demoralized. You know, they're being reduced to, "Look at you guys! You can't real do anything. We'll give you a handout and a hand up (garbled)."

RUSH: Yeah, I know. The Democrat policies have blown up the black family.

CALLER: Well, look what this kind of government policy's done to Native Americans. My grandfather was Native American and his parents left me move to Rhode Island, got a job and said, "We are not living this way," and my grandfather said to me, "History is what it is. But we're here today, and so, you know, you be the best person you can today and forgive people, you know, for whatever happened that made you unhappy. But history is what it is, and, you know, if white people hadn't come to this country we'd be living in a bark hut and going to the bathroom in the woods. So just be grateful for what you've got, don't complain and work hard," and, you know, I think as a group of people any time you depend on the government -- any time the government takes over -- they ruin your life.

RUSH: Yeah. Well, they certainly limit your potential. They do. Let me tell you something. I want to try to... I doubt that I can make you feel better 'cause this is outrageous. But, folks, I'm sitting here and I really... Cookie, if you're rolling on MSNBC, I've got to hear this. You've got to give me audio on MSNBC of Jonathan Martin from like 1:30 on 1:35. I need you to listen to it because I am convinced I heard him say that it's up to Herman Cain to explain all the details in The Politico story. Now, folks, if I heard that right, Jonathan Martin was talking about the problem Herman Cain has and he still hasn't told us what the allegations are. Well, that's right, 'cause he denied anything happened! But I'm sitting here, and I'm wondering, "What if...?" This is I want to hear it. I ought to withhold all speculation 'til I hear it.

But what if this is just a fishing expedition? What if they don't have half as much as they're suggesting they've got? I find it hard to comprehend. You report a story, and you have in the story "women, sexual harassment, but there really weren't overtly sexual gestures but found it very offensive and very uncomfortable." They weren't "overtly sexual;" the people who published the story do not give us any details and then go on TV and say it's up to Herman Cain explain what the charges are -- and until he does, he's got a big problem. Now, it happened in a flash, and if I didn't hear this properly then of course this is all kaput. So we'll wait 'til Cookie produces that, and we'll go from there. Elizabeth, thanks much for the call. I appreciate it.

[KharmaTrain]

1. Pre-Emptive Strike

It appears "Herb" Cain has some 'splainin' to do about this sexual harassment suit. The first one is as head of this organization how he couldn't have known about this suit and settlement. It doesn't pass the bullshit test...and the media sure won't let go with his simple dismissal. Next comes the "who"...and this is what Rushbo is trying to head off. Muddy the waters, use "high tech lynching" and then the "she was asking for it" once the person is exposed. We've been down this road before.

Now for rushbo's other question about this story being planted by one of Cain's political opponents. Probably. Now go chase your tail figuring it out who it was.

[DainBramaged]

2. Garbage belongs in a can......

[MrScorpio]

3. Dollars to donuts that it was one his paid callers with a script in hand nt

[rurallib]

4. Wow - sounds scripted as hell for one thing

and if it was it amazes me they would actually say some of the things they did.

[Enrique]

5. programmed, not scripted

all this stuff isn't just Rush, it's all over RW radio, nearly verbatim. Probably originated in a think tank somewhere, or from Frank Luntz.

[KamaAina]

6. So there have been no famous black people in the past 40 years?

And didn't the black vote switch from R to D during the New Deal?

[tanyev]

7. Getting played here, too.

[Lint Head]

8. So, now the ass bolied drug addict love's Obama because he's black.

I want to hear Plush Buttboils speak out against pedophiles that go to the Dominican Republic and use Viagra to have sex with boy and girl sex workers. There's circumstantial evidence that this happens. Buttboils is more concerned about Herman Cain than child slavery.