Posted on 09/25/2011 5:52:11 PM PDT by mandaladon
In the aftermath of his big Florida straw poll victory, Herman Cain appeared on Fox with Neil Cavuto, who asked Cain to respond to actor Morgan Freeman’s contention that the Tea Party was based on racism. Cain, who is a favorite at Tea Party events and who owed his remarkable victory yesterday to Tea Party activism, told Cavuto that being a great actor doesn’t always equate to having a grasp on reality. Cain declined to take offense, as Newsbusters reports, and instead focused on the desperation from the old-guard hard Left who just assumed that the race card was a winning trump that was exclusively theirs:
NEIL CAVUTO: Morgan Freeman, the actor, has been very critical of Tea Parties, and said that what they’re doing is racist based, and going after and unseating Obama has at its underpinnings racism. I’m paraphrasing here, but what do you make of that argument?
HERMAN CAIN: Well, first of all, I doubt if Morgan Freeman, with all due respect, who is a great actor, has he ever been to a Tea Party? Most of the people that are criticizing the Tea Parties, Neil, about having a racist element, they have never been to a Tea Party.
CAVUTO: But wait a minute, wait a minute. He has played, wait, wait, wait. He has played a President of the United States.
CAIN: Oh. Great, yeah, in a movie. This is real life out here on the campaign trail, man. This is not a movie.
CAVUTO: So, are you offended by that?
CAIN: No, I’m not offended by it. I just, I just think that it is sad that they’re so short-sighted in really understanding what the whole Tea Party citizen movement is all about.
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So, you're waiting for a scream? May I ask what are your qualifications to ascertain when the scream is loud enough, and on what basis?
Time’s have changed.
Just what has changed?
I did not vote for Obama to prove that I am not a racist. I do, however, intend to vote for Cain to prove I’m not an idiot.
Why do so many treat the inflated opinions of vapid celebrities as relevant?
Very good! And I could agree with that!
He should hire your for your instincts and knowledge...NOT
Why isn't Cain a #1 bet for GOP candidate?
I'd guess the average iq is lower than the national average (exceptions are of course there), and they have the right to talk about their opinions, but they are at the end just personal opinions.
I think he did annihilate this comment, but in a subtle way, such that no one can call him a loose cannon. What he DID do was whack it aside in a way that dismisses the remark entirely (it won’t even get a ‘scandal’ but will not even be remembered — it is now a damp squib)
I hear you AIT, but how does he get around (this late in the game) not having large numbers of grass root support, name recognition, campaign org in primary states, or source of significant funding to really compete in the primary states? As much as Cain seems like a good choice with conservative ideas, the above things really do matter.
I agree
No it's not! He's the septuagenarian perv who started screwing his step-granddaughter when she was 17 but didn't marry her until she was 27........
There is a vast difference in maturity between a 21 year old tart and a 27 year old woman of the world..........
I stand corrected.
Please, sit down.......LOL!
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