Posted on 08/18/2011 5:24:17 AM PDT by markomalley
Liberal activist and actress Janeane Garofalo appeared on Keith Olbermann's "Countdown" show on the Current TV network Wednesday night. Garofalo went on several rants, one of which included accusing the Tea Party, which she calls a "fundamentalist" movement, of racism.
Garofalo also said successful businessman Herman Cain is either being paid to run or is suffering from Stockholm syndrome because he is a "person of color" running as a Republican in the party's presidential primary.
"[He's] in this presidential race because he deflects the racism that is inherit in the Republican party, the conservative movement, the Tea Party certainly. [In] the last 30 years the Republican party has been moving more and more to the right, but also race-baiting more. Gay-baiting more. Religion-baiting more," Garofalo said.
"But, Herman Cain, I feel like, is being paid by somebody to be involved and to run for president so that you go like 'I love that, that can't be racist. He's a black guy, a black guy asking for Obama being impeached.' Or 'it's a black guy whose anti-Muslim. It's a black guy who is a Tea Party guy.'"
Garofalo also had some conspiracy theories as to who may be putting Cain up to this.
"And I feel like wouldn't that suit the purposes of whomever astroturfs these things. Whether that be the Koch brothers or Grover Norquist or any anything. It could even be Karl Rove. 'Let's get Herman Cain involved so it deflects the obvious racism of our Republican party,'" Garofalo said.
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Sounds like the tinfoil hat is a little too tight on Ms. Banshee. She would be smart to stay in during a lightening storm.
I suppose by her logic the grand dragon of the KKK should run to prove that voters are not racist since a black man running proves the opposite?!?!
I wonder if she has to chew through leather straps every day?
Those enamored of socialism are of low self worth who know deep inside that they will never earn or create that which they covet. Therefor they favor a government that will take from those who earn or create and give, of others efforts, to them. This is without realization that this form of government gives only enslavement and misery.
Garofalo personifies the above statement.
Garofalo,you are so uninformed and ignorant. The Republican party of today is twenty points to the left of where the Democrat party is supposed to be under normal circumstances.
The political spectrum from one on the right to one hundred on the left. The politics of the people is at forty and does not move from there. The Republican party should be 30-35 but is currently 60-65. The Democratic party should be 45-50, yes they belong slightly to the right of center, but they are 75-80. The media except for Fox are 80 plus in order to refer to the Democrats as moderate. Fox is 65-70, that way they can refer to Republicans as far right.
Would it not be heaven to have a media outlet at 40 with the parties where they belong?
It's like playing roulette and the house wins every time the marble lands on either black or red. Or like the AGW scam, it it's hot, it's Gorebull Warming...if it's cold, it;s Gorebull Warming.
It's a LOSE, LOSE, LOSE, LOSE situation for everybody!
That would be a very cool lawsuit!
If it was televised, I'd buy a TV and take time off work to watch it.
“The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true”
“Boom boom dittum datum wadum chew!”
They never talk about his Horatio Alger award as someone coming from a most humble background and making something of himself.
He has done the walk of all of their talking points and challenges and has an answer for them.
Understands numbers, business, economics, money and money movement, poor, raising yourself up, jobs, hiring, managing and motivating, turn around a business, and all while being polite and respecting all.
Many thanks to Herman Cain for stepping forward.
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