Herman Cain, the GOP’s black friend: How he's come undone (Crouch gets his Farrakhan on)

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ^ | Monday, December 5 2011 | Stanley Crouch

[presidio9]

The doomed candidate, who never took the race seriously. Herman Cain to Morgan Freeman: Tea Party not racist Cain hits back at Garofalo for saying he's being paid to run for Prez, give GOP racist cover Herman Cain set to endorse GOP frontrunner Newt Gingrich for President: report With Herman Cain out of the race, Newt Gingrich and Mit Romney must battle for his votes Scandal-damaged Herman Cain suspends his bid for White House but vows his voice will be heard Herman Cain, accused of having affair with Ginger White,to make decision on 2012 campaign in Georgia

It’s all over for Herman Cain, the shallow fast food boss. There will be no Republican nomination for President, even if he surprised many on the left while serving as a balm for Tea Party conservatives. Cain was their bracing hot chocolate, evidence that they were not rednecks at all. Looking for a better black brand was more like it.

Twice as dark as President Obama, Cain proved that white Americans could support one of that tribe who was not at all light - skinned. Old black Herman did not look in the least like Halle Berry, NAACP chief Benjamin Jealous, Louis Farrakhan and others whose very existence suggests race mixing. His own skin seemed directly connected to the long, hard history of resistance and advancement that had nothing to do with Obama’s pastoral Hawaii. Like a rapper, he was the real thing.

Cain was not only dark-skinned and conservative, he was a businessman. He was from the South and claimed to have needed no civil rights movement during his steady rise in the business world. To hear him tell it, he made it on his own because of the quality of his work, the way all of the rest of his race should. As if being divinely spoken to from the clouds above us all, Cain asserted that black people had been brainwashed by the liberal media into voting for Democrats. Any who listened had been hearing this talk for months.

This black Republican was not afraid to say that America needed a businessman in the White House. It needed less regulation, no abortion, no same-sex marriages and no paranoia about an unprotected environment. It was clear as day that Herman had not drunk the poisonous soft drink of liberal pronouncements.

Ann Coulter told Sean Hannity on Fox News that Cain and other openly conservative black people were “better” than the blacks on the other side. This was true, she said, because their views had been tested in the hostile fires of rejection. These people had the intestinal fortitude to stand tall among the brainwashed zombies dominating their ethnic group.

Like so much shouted, screamed, bellowed and sneered forth from and by Fox News, the tale about Cain building his own muscle car to win the race against racism is a factoid. In Newsweek, with real reporting, Wayne Barrett documents just how essential affirmative action and threats of boycott were to Cain’s rapid rise as a fast food executive.

But now it seems that Cain may have had a 13-year affair with an Atlanta businesswoman from the light-skinned wing of the tribe. No one should care, but too many do. While earlier charges of sexual misconduct did not quite stick, this revelation has. Those who had earlier defended him suddenly found it impossible to do so. Anyone who had taken him seriously now saw that his campaign was no more than rotting fast food.

And so the plucky Cain is on the way down, though his legacy is sure to linger like the ongoing blues of human nature. As evidence, witness the case of a black college student in South Carolina who recently received complaints because he chose to fly the Confederate flag from his dormitory window. He says he does not see it as a symbol of racism but, rather, simply as Southern pride.

Aware of it or not, the young man is grooming himself to become yet another version of Herman Cain somewhere down the road. We should all be ready for him, if and when he gets there.

[presidio9]

As many people on FR see the name "Stanley Crouch," and comment without reading, I draw your attention to how his impartial mind works:

"In Newsweek, with real reporting...

[chris37]

Except that he didn’t have an affair with her, and he didn’t harrass anyone, and he didn’t lie about any of it, or anything else, because he isn’t a liar.

Oh well, who cares. The candidate they feared is gone, and the only ones left are those who can’t catch fire, can’t keep their foot out of their mouths, or usual suspect republicrats.

Who can I donate to to make myself feel better!? Please tell me please!

Ah nevermind, I think I’ll go buy a bunch of Beggin’ Strips for my dog.

[sanjuanbob]

Slime article.

[DeaconRed]

"Who can I donate to to make myself feel better!? Please tell me please!"

You can send your money to me. I promise to only buy American.
1. American hookers.
2. Jack Daniels Whiskey.
3. If you give enough a new Jeep.
Make your check to: Voter#537 Orlando, FL

[svcw]

This is supposed to be journalism. What a slimy article.

[MNnice]

Stanley Crouch used to play a conservative on TV.

[Bringbackthedraft]

The Democrat’s Black base is safe now. They can breath easier for now, unless of course, there is suddenly a black male or woman being named as a VP on the Republican ticket. ;^)

[chainsaw]

I’ll take Newt over Mitt, but am not excited about Newt either. When the going got tough, when he held office, he folded.
I expect him to do the same again.

[presidio9]

Stanley Crouch used to play a conservative on TV.

Actually, Crouch was a black liberal who was sort of against Affirmative Action before he was not especially for it.

[Clock King]

I’ve about reached the point where I don’t give s*** about my Black culture or people anymore. We are never going to move forward with fools like Crouch and others leading us in a mindless collective.

[presidio9]

To be fair, the made up sex scandals get a lot more attention, but at least some conservatives (myself included) saw his Libya non-answer and said to themselves “this guy can never, ever be CIC.”

[Olog-hai]

C’mon, it’s the New Jork Daily Snooze. Instant barf alert.

[chris37]

Hehe :)

[chris37]

Like I have said previously-

Maybe the dude was tired from having to answer made up sex scandals.

But who cares, you’ve got Newt the Genius now. He knows everythign there is to know about Lybia and everything else.

Everything is jake, right?

Right?

[x]

It’s all over for Herman Cain, the shallow fast food boss.

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It was clear as day that Herman had not drunk the poisonous soft drink of liberal pronouncements.

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Cain’s rapid rise as a fast food executive.

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Those who had earlier defended him suddenly found it impossible to do so. Anyone who had taken him seriously now saw that his campaign was no more than rotting fast food.

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Food ... Drink ... Food ... Food ...

Must have been lunch time when Stanley wrote this.

Better finish that obit quick before the burgers get cold.

It goes without saying that Stanley Crouch is plus-sized in his girth, if not in his intellect.

Could he have been the inspiration for the character on The Office?

Aware of it or not, the young man is grooming himself to become yet another version of Herman Cain somewhere down the road. We should all be ready for him, if and when he gets there.

Stanley wants to lie in wait for a Black man coming down the road, ready ... and armed?

At the very least he's insensitive to America's unhappy racial history. Or perhaps he's deliberately making reference to it.

I'd hope that when that young guy in SC is older we'll all have grown up at least a little -- Stanley very much included.

[miss marmelstein]

He did! And he was a magnificent writer.

The last I saw of Mr. Crouch was in Shun Lee West Restaurant about 3 years ago. He was sitting with the Trustees of the Lincoln Center Jazz Festival. They ignored him while he snored loudly while sound asleep at the table.

He’s known as a difficult man.

[driftless2]

Doing a little research Crouch is on record as saying he's against affirmative action in theory but supports it until something better comes along. Huh? That's incoherent. Probably the biggest albatross hung around the necks of black Americans (and other "minorities" as well) is affirmative action. Nobody will ever give respect to an affirmative action hire. That doesn't mean that all affirmative action hires are failures. It just tacitly says the person applying for the position didn't earn the chance or their particulars were inferior to others

. Herman Cain might or might not have gotten help from AA somewhere along the line, but if he didn't produce results for the places he was employed, he wouldn't have kept those positions.

[Kenny Bunk]

Don't everyone here at Freep opver-react to this. We are not ... if I don't miss my guess.... exactly a hotbed of Crouch-readers.

FYI, This is Archetypical-Crouch-Sociology-Write. That is, he is saying SOME somewhat plausible stuff in the most hurtful, sneering, devastating way possible. He is excellent at kicking a man who is down with blinding glimpses of the obvious. And make no mistake about it, HE is the number one black thinker around here, not this Herman guy. As proof, who is the black man who gets invited to window-dress parties at Elaine's? Crouch, baby. Not Cain! And that's despite Crouch's uncanny resemblance to "Little Black Sambo" in the now-banned kids' book.

But, no way Cain was going the distance, unless as someone else's VP running mate. And that's for a whole bunch of reasons. Hope he makes it onto the cabinet. Good man with some excellent down-sizing and other fiscal ideas.

As far as Affirmative Action goes, Cain got a big boost from it, and should be honest about it. He did some great things as a government employee and in business, too. He also delivers a hard-hitting patriotic platitude better than most, even if not well informed. It just that IMHO, there ain't much beyond the platitude.

Again, IMHO, Herman would not have swung much or any of the Black vote away from the Mombasa MF, nor many Jews. This Bimbo Thing is a total fake, of course, but the Left blew up his outhouse and a tiny bit stuck. I hope we have Larry Sinclair et al ready to go!

[presidio9]

When the going got tough, when he held office, he folded.

That is not my recollection. Please explain.

[presidio9]

I don’t believe that there is any such thing as a “jake” conservative candidate. I have believed for some time now that Gingrich, for all his flaws, is a superior candidate to Cain, but you are correct: The question is moot.