HERMAIN CAIN ON THE ISSUES
Posted on 10/03/2011 5:51:03 AM PDT by Kaslin
Hollywood, the MSM, and the DNC, hardest hit
On September 23, actor Morgan Freeman called the Tea Party “a racist thing” while appearing as a guest on Piers Morgan Tonight. He said the “stated policy” of the Tea Party “is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term,” and then equated such a policy with “We’re going to do whatever we can to get this black man outta here.”
Of course Freeman’s only the latest in a long line of liberals to place the “racist” moniker on the Tea Party movement. And like the others before him, many of whom were mental heavyweights like Janeane Garofalo, Freeman’s criticism is unfounded.
Moreover, the foolishness of his statements became evident within a day of their broadcast, as the Tea Party and other outlying conservatives carried Republican Herman Cain to a smashing victory in the Florida straw poll on September 24. What this means is that Cain, a black man, was propelled to victory over three white men (Perry, Romney, and Gingrich) and a white woman (Bachmann) by the same conservatives that had allegedly been opposed to Obama because of the color of his skin 24 hours earlier.
The truth is that the same Tea Party that cheered and voted for Representative Tim Scott (R-SC), who also happens to be black, will cheer and vote for every candidate that stands against big government, high taxes, open borders, and abortion on demand, among other things.
On a deeper level, the message from Cain’s resounding victory in Florida is that conservatism is colorblind. This translates two ways: First, it means conservatives aren’t caught up in the idea of electing a president of color simply because of that color (regardless of what it is). Rather, they put substance over style. Secondly, it means that conservatives aren’t opposed to a given candidate because of the color of his or her skin (regardless of what color it is). Rather, they judge each candidate on the basis of his or her policy positions and political ideology.
Cain won in Florida because he has come across as the most conservative guy in the mix during the last two debates. Or to put it as Rush Limbaugh did: “You want to know why Herman Cain won the straw poll in Florida? [Because] you can’t find one example of Herman Cain, at any point in this campaign, not being a conservative.”
If we want to face the cold hard facts, it’s the left in America that’s consumed with race. They are the political ideologues dominated by racial categories and quotas like affirmative action, and by the furtherance of racially homogenous groups like the Congressional Black Caucus. (Read Roger L. Simon’s fabulous suggestion on what to do with the Congressional Black Caucus here.) They were also the political group that hailed Barack Obama as the “first black president.”
I still remember the ubiquity of articles penned by liberals like Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi back in 2008, which took the usual leftist approach of arguing that America needed a redemption that could only be found through electing a black president. Taibbi himself rhetorically asked his readers back then: “Would it be such a terrible thing for America to show that it’s big enough to elect a black president?”
But that’s simply not how conservatives approach politics. Conservatives aren’t looking for the black candidate, they’re looking for someone who understands and upholds the Constitution of the United States. They’re not looking for the Hispanic candidate who will magically cause Hispanics to vote Republican. Rather, they are looking for the candidate who understands that conservatism is the only political hope people of all colors have, if they want to experience the American Dream.
Perhaps Herman Cain put it best when he said blacks have been “brainwashed” into supporting Democrats to this point in our history. The liberals have been very successful in that particular way.
Yet with Cain, an American who is a conservative first and a black man second, people of all races have a poignant reminder that conservatism is colorblind, and that all those who have been trapped in the downward spiral of Obama’s socialistic welfare policies now have a way out.
That way is not through more government in our lives but through less government in every aspect of our business.
Also see: “Cain Wins Big in GOP Women’s Poll“
Since I am an actual Cain supporter, not a fake Cain “supporter” who has not actually supported him, I can say that I am not too concerned about his poor response to the race baiting. He could have done better, but nobody is perfect. For the Perry supporters who have a legitimate beef, I am sorry. But Cain is a better canididate. To the Palin supporters, stop trashing the other candidates while you wait for yours. Did I miss anybody? I don’t think so. I am also a Bachmann supporter but I gave to her congressional campaign and specifically not to her presidential campaign.
Aw, come on Morgan. Even you aren't stupid enough to jump from point A as stated above to point M where you assert it's because of his race. Face it: Obozo is in way over his head and doesn't have a clue what to do to right this economic ship. It's time for him to go, not because of his race, but because he can't do the job he's supposed to do...period!
I love it that Cain is gaining momentum, because I love his ideas. The “9-9-9” plan is great- not perfect, but 100000000% better than what we have now.
The fact that he is black and will drive the libtards crazy trying to explain how that makes us racist is just icing on the cake.
I like Herman Cain. I just question whether he is ready to be POTUS. His personality is great, his business experience significant and just the fact that he is doing so well dispels any myths about race and conservatives. I wish he would quit bashing other conservatives (the thing about the Perry camp that Perry did not own is silly and the ‘I should have said something when people booed the gay solder’) appear to come from a man who will say anything to win (sadly, won’t most them?).
He did poorly in his run for Senator from Georgia and has held no elective office - though he tried. We currently have a painful demonstration of a President who is unqualified for the position. I do not want to see that again. I am still in the undecided camp and will support any Republican over Obama. What I really fear — Republicans will get into foxholes over their favorite candidate and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
If Cain makes it to the general election as the republican candidate, democrats will describe as an Uncle Tom and a traitor to blacks and other minorities.
They’ll for surely be pointing at the failure to nominate Cain as further proof of the racist republicans.
With democrats, it’s always a catch-22. The only way to ever be right by them is to support whatever they stand for, no matter how damaging or idiotic.
I had the pleasure of voting for Herman Cain for senate and would love for him to go all the way to the White House.
They’ve tried to denigrate him as a pizza man, but the fact that he’s been a very successful CEO of several companies, and he knows the importance of surrounding himself with others who make up for knowledge and skills that he lacks, is a huge plus for me...unlike bo, who has surrounded himself with a sorry ship of fools to the detriment of us all.
The GOP establishment is going BALLISTIC over the possibility that Cain or Perry might win the primary.
I am convinced that THEY are REALLY the reason Christie may run. Like Romney, he is one of them, they can trust him, and continue down the road of pablum-fed pseudoconservatism which the Bush Klan established, and teh Rockefeller bunch espoused years ago.
Romney can’t compete wit Cain or Perry at this point, so they are writting him off.
That’s fine, don’t be blinded. But at some point you have to choose from your choices (exception is Palin and I don’t rule out changing my support to her).
That’s the problem - we should not be trying to be right with them! They are getting suckered in to prove we aren’t racists. It is pathetic to watch and Cain is taking advantage of it to the hilt, IMO!
We act like the commie rats ever say anything that is true - so we have to set them straight on this one issue! Dumb move walking into the trap. Wonder what happened to IGNORE them and take care of our business of nominating our best candidate - not one to prove a point.
I’ve not seen Cain bring up race before this Perry incident (a mistake on his part). I hope he steers clear of it in the future, he’s a good candidate for lots of reasons, and race isn’t one of them.
When the name calling starts by the libtards, everyone should ask them to prove their assertions instead of playing defense.
I’m wondering if Cain is colorblind...or a great pretender.
I’m not blinded and I don’t rush to support. With all these lefty polls - it’s a liberal tactic to push this thing and make the process longer than it should be and causing strife. Let the candidates do their thing - in the end we will see if there is any cream that raises to the top. I’ve seen many jump to support a candidate before they really know much about him and then give passes left and right for that candidate w/the ‘no one is perfect’ because they have locked themselves into this candidate. And that’s just what the left wanted all along - get locked into a candidate and ignore what they could have seen with ‘open impartial eyes’. With ‘loyal eyes’ one always gives out ‘no one is perfect’ passes.
BINGO! That is what leaders do - prove it or shove it. But seems some voters don’t come from a leaders position - they jump through the hoops that were deliberately created for them - to prove them wrong. Pathetic to watch!
Be careful. The Cain acolytes will be all over you for daring to suggest there may be a chink in their candidate.
I have your same concern about foxholes. Even though I keep a table of candidate positions on each of several items I’m accused, out-of-hand, for not knowing anything about the candidates I question.
:) I was thinking of that song!
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