Cain's statements may not play in the black community, but white conservatives eat that shiat up! He may still be black, but he's their kind of black.

Boortz interrupted Cain, saying he prefers the word "bigoted" to "racist."

must.control.message.

jehovahs witness protection: The man is right. I can't understand why some people don't see this.

Care to explain why he is right?

On the other hand, nothing will.

Stupid Cain, only black Republicans can be racist.

Well he already claimed they're 'brainwashed'. Somehow I get the feeling this isn't going to hurt much more.

Who cares... even if he wins, he loses.

Herman Cain two days ago: No one in America is held back by racism.

Herman Cain yesterday: My campaign is being held back by racism.

Yeah, Herman Cain can't believe that black people would not support his 9-9-9 deal. He doesn't seem to believe most black folk are smart enough to know that plan would jack up their taxes and that it has nothing to do with delicious pizza (after all, he did preside of the downfall of Godfather's Pizza's food quality).

GaryPDX: The Dog Ate The Constitution: Stupid Cain, only black Republicans can be racist.

I thought it was only white people who are racist.

Only racist people are racist... it's really that simple.

Election pro-tip: Calling the black community racist for not supporting you and for questioning your reasons for being in the race isn't to going to get them to support you


That's right Michele

GaryPDX: I thought it was only white people who are racist.

Only white liberals who don't like racists. They are the real racists. Also, all liberals.

Cain plays the race card way too often. He should learn to stop making excuses for why people don't like his stupid policies.

JohnnyC: GaryPDX: The Dog Ate The Constitution: Stupid Cain, only black Republicans can be racist.

I thought it was only white people who are racist.

Only racist people are racist... it's really that simple.

Excuse me, but I'm a middle aged loser and I'm trying to feel sorry for myself here. You're not helping.

WTF Indeed: Cain's statements may not play in the black community, but white conservatives eat that shiat up! He may still be black, but he's their kind of black.

Exactly this. Calling the black community racist plays amazingly well with the Republican base. Being black, it's certainly easier for Cain to get away with it.

GaryPDX: I thought it was only white people who are racist.

I've never met a ethnic group that wasn't racist, blacks included. When people are angry, racism is low-hanging fruit on the insult tree.

This guy is making Alan Keyes look like an erudite statesman.

ManateeGag: So, let me get this straight. Voting for Obama only because he's black - Horrible decision. Voting for Cain only because he's black - Right for this country. Is that what I'm being told here?

YES. The Republicans love hypocrisy even when it has to be made up by them.

It's not like he was the CEO of a company that promotes an ethic stereotype or anything like that.

Finian's Rainbow.

GaryPDX: The Dog Ate The Constitution: Stupid Cain, only black Republicans can be racist.

I thought it was only white people who are racist.

I love how the right makes up all these things that "liberals believe" that is not close to actually what liberals believe so that their actual stupid beliefs seem to be sane.

FTFA:
"Ok, bigoted," Cain said. "How dare Herman Cain, first, run as a Republican? How dare Herman Cain be conservative? And how dare he move up in the polls, so that he just might challenge our beloved Obama? That's the problem they have."

I understand that he's on a radio show, and that it needs to be entertaining, but that's farking disgusting. Why do politicians utilize strawmen so readily? Can't they argue based on the merits of their ideas? Is it a lack of faith in themselves? WTH?

Remember folks, he's the "sane" GOP hopeful.

oldass31: I understand that he's on a radio show, and that it needs to be entertaining, but that's farking disgusting. Why do politicians utilize strawmen so readily? Can't they argue based on the merits of their ideas? Is it a lack of faith in themselves? WTH?

Republicans do this all the time. They know there message will not succeed with the public so they make up these strawmen. Like the Idea Democrats want to make no government cuts. That's BS but the keep repeating all the time to make their position of no tax increases seem equivalent.

Diogenes: One side of the mouth says, "I can still be black and Republican" while the other side is saying "I'm blacker than Obama!"

It's amazing his face doesn't fly off his skull.

Well, you can be black and republican, there are plenty of them. Cain's weird-ass political positions have more to do with him being Herman Cain than being black, though. Dude's not raving mad or anything, but he's more than slightly oddball and more than a bit underinformed at times (well, OK, frequently).

ColdFusion: Yeah, Herman Cain can't believe that black people would not support his 9-9-9 deal. He doesn't seem to believe most black folk are smart enough to know that plan would jack up their taxes and that it has nothing to do with delicious pizza (after all, he did preside of the downfall of Godfather's Pizza's food quality).

You know, I'm getting sick of all the Cain/Pizza jokes spewed by liberal hatred. Imagine the outrage if the republican's made fun of what a democrat presidential candidate eats.

Calling anyone racist, for pretty much reason, isn't going to get them to support you. It's a very serious accusation in this culture: there are people who wouldn't generate a lot of controversy if they were called racist, but even they tend to spend a great deal of time and effort convincing themselves and others that they are not racist.

Jake Havechek: "This president I think has exposed himself over and over again as a guy who has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture....I'm not saying he doesn't like white people, I'm saying he has a problem. This guy is, I believe, a racist." -Glenn Beck on President Obama, Today Show, July 28, 2009

The interviewer's follow up question was for some examples of white culture. Beck couldn't come up with any.

Corvus: GaryPDX: The Dog Ate The Constitution: Stupid Cain, only black Republicans can be racist.

I thought it was only white people who are racist.

I love how the right makes up all these things that "liberals believe" that is not close to actually what liberals believe so that their actual stupid beliefs seem to be sane.

Neither of us mentioned liberals. Why are you so defensive?

The Dog Ate The Constitution: Corvus: GaryPDX: The Dog Ate The Constitution: Stupid Cain, only black Republicans can be racist.

I thought it was only white people who are racist.

I love how the right makes up all these things that "liberals believe" that is not close to actually what liberals believe so that their actual stupid beliefs seem to be sane.

Neither of us mentioned liberals. Why are you so defensive?

Why are you defending yourself? You sound defensive.

Somacandra: Yes, so long as you understand Cain claims to perform 'authentic Black-ness' as a part of 'authentic American-ness.' He's calling Obama inauthentically African-American as a way as saying he's inauthentically African-American.

There was a show on PBS some time back that dealt with genetic genealogy. One of the people in the show was a black professor who taught African studies. They did some DNA tests and it turns out that the professor had more European markers than African ones, which was surprising because the professor was very dark skinned and had strong African features. The expression on the professor's face when learning of this was priceless.

I bring this up because there is a good chance that Cain is mixed ethnicity as well. Many blacks in the Americas are, and sometimes you just can't see it like you can with Obama. Take the professor in the PBS show as example. So this whole "I'm blacker than you" game is stupid. It's like the pot calling the kettle gray.