He devoted most of his speech to the topic of segregation. There is no problem with that if he had he tied it in with an issue like abortion. Had he done that, it would have been a powerful moment. Instead, he made a bus analogy, saying that he remembers signs on that instructed African Americans to sit in the back of the bus, and now he owns a bus with his face plastered on it*****
This is one of the things that troubles me about Cain. It seems his idea of Christianity revolves more around the concept of some sort of social gospel. The church he attends certainly doesn’t sound as radical as 0zer0’s, but it does seem to focus on racial empowerment as a spiritual principle and Cain at times reflects that thinking in his statements and proposals.
At this point all the candidates have issues, but the only two I could see supporting are Perry and/or Santorum.
In a word, “social justice” (well 2).
This is interesting, Steve King took both Perry and Santorum hunting this weekend. We’ll see if anything comes from it.
Keep in mind, Cain says he is American first, Black second, and Conservative third. That explains his priorities pretty well.