[mkjessup]

Don't misread what I'm saying here. I am not at all advocating that we MUST nominate Herman Cain because he is black, far from it. I'm saying that BECAUSE Herman Cain is black (and especially because he IS conservative), we have to be mindful of the sorts of attacks that will be launched at the Republican Party IF he is not the nominee, nor on the ticket. Nothing more and nothing less.

For example, if Colin Powell had ended up as the nominee in '96 or even 2000 as VP to GWB, there would not have been any sort of furor because his liberal RINO credentials were already pretty much in order, so far as the lamestream media was concerned.

[samtheman]

Don't misread what I'm saying here. I am not at all advocating that we MUST nominate Herman Cain because he is black, far from it. I'm saying that BECAUSE Herman Cain is black (and especially because he IS conservative), we have to be mindful of the sorts of attacks that will be launched at the Republican Party IF he is not the nominee, nor on the ticket. Nothing more and nothing less.

I understand the distinction and to a certain extent I agree with it. All things being equal, I would choose the black conservative over the white conservative in a primary contest.

But the key thing is "all things being equal".

No 2 human beings are ever "equal".

So there are a lot of factors that go into the choice and only one of them (and not in the top 5, in my opinion) is "the race of the conservative candidate".