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Racial Politics Return With Cain Allegations | News One
Cain is a race card playing idiot who has used race to his advantage repeatedly, whether its branding black people as "brainwashed" or saying that Democrats are afraid that a "real black man" might run against Obama, typical of the Tea Party/far right penchant for grabbing headlines and attention and stacking up support from white Republicans, the same Cain who said I dont believe racism in this country today holds anybody back in a big way. Why now is he and his backers playing the race card by saying this scandal is "high tech lynching" and Cain saying the scandal is happening because of his race? You right wingers can't have it both ways.
Anyways, some interesting tidbits from the link:
It gets deeper, lol
And lastly:
The race card player
Cain is a race card playing idiot who has used race to his advantage repeatedly, whether its branding black people as "brainwashed" or saying that Democrats are afraid that a "real black man" might run against Obama, typical of the Tea Party/far right penchant for grabbing headlines and attention and stacking up support from white Republicans, the same Cain who said I dont believe racism in this country today holds anybody back in a big way. Why now is he and his backers playing the race card by saying this scandal is "high tech lynching" and Cain saying the scandal is happening because of his race? You right wingers can't have it both ways.
Anyways, some interesting tidbits from the link:
The black conservative is trying to navigate around allegations that he sexually harassed at least three women, implying that the accusations surfaced because he is Black. Hours after the claims were reported, Cains supporters branded his trouble a high-tech lynching. Thats the term coined 20 years ago by another Black conservative, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, after his confirmation hearings for the court were rocked by allegations of sexual harassment.
Cains supporters have pinned blame on a white GOP presidential rival, on liberals afraid of a strong black conservative and on mainstream media interested in guilty until proven innocent. But by playing the race card with the Thomas precedent, his backers belied the post-racial America that President Barack Obama was said to have brought about in the United States and that they, too, promote.
It gets deeper, lol
But that doesnt mean that talking about race for political advantage is passe. Conservatives immediately turned the narrative that way once the Cain allegations became public. Just like they did to Clarence Thomas, they are engaging in a `high-tech lynching by smearing Herman Cains reputation and character, Jordan Gehrke of AmericansforHermanCain.com wrote in a fundraising appeal.
Not everyone on the Republican side appreciates the tactic.
I think we need to get past the language of race on both sides, Rice, who succeeded Powell as President George W. Bushs secretary of state, told Sean Hannity of Fox News in an interview Tuesday.
Black conservative commentator Armstrong Williams, who worked for Thomas when he headed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, said some Republicans are put off by Cains claims of racism because they hate it when they are accused of being racist.
Why is the first response from some conservatives that this must have to do with Cains race? That makes them guilty of the same race-baiting we accuse Democrats of, Williams said.
Before his current troubles, Cain did not shy away from using race as a talking point, much to the consternation of liberal and independent blacks. He said blacks have been brainwashed into voting for Democrats in large numbers and he eschewed using the term African-American, preferring to call himself an American black conservative. He maligned Obamas mixed-race identity, saying the president has never been part of the black experience in America and that Democrats are doubly scared that a real black man might run against Barack Obama.
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But then again, Cain isnt worried about what the majority of the black or other minority voters think of him yet, because there are few to be found in the Republican primaries he needs to win to be considered a legitimate national candidate. Cain must survive a grueling start to the GOP primary season that begins in Iowa and New Hampshire states with marginal black populations before heading south into South Carolina and Florida and then west to Nevada.
In denying the sex harassment allegations, Cains race talk became a defensive shield. He told Fox he thought his race influenced the decision to take the allegations public.
I believe the answer is yes, but we do not have any evidence to support it, he said.
Cain also used race as a cover while lashing out at nameless foes. Im a black conservative, and it is causing their heads to explode, Cain told Hannity days after accusing GOP rival Gov. Rick Perry of Texas of leaking the sex harassment claims. Perry denies the charge.
If Cain survives his current predicament, the color of his skin will be negligible in the minds of Republicans, said Black, the political science professor.
Hes the type of African-American they really like to support because he is saying the same things they believe, Black said.
The race card player
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