Conservative think tank: Herman Cain뭩 rise proves the tea party is not racist

Playinghardball

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Thu Jun-02-11 10:01 AM
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Conservative think tank: Herman Cain뭩 rise proves the tea party is not racist

Source: Raw Story
By Sahil Kapur
WASHINGTON � Former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain's rise in the Republican primary polls refutes charges of racism within the tea party movement, the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute argued Thursday.

"The movement is, in the mind of many in the Democratic Party and liberal organizations, rooted in a fundamentally racist view of America and of the president," wrote AEI scholar Lazar Berman in an article posted to the institute's online journal TheAmerican.com. "Then why is Herman Cain, a conservative black businessman and radio host from Georgia, generating such excitement among the very people maligned as angry white racists?"

A staunch conservative who has wholly embraced the tea party's rhetoric and agenda, Cain was tied for second in a poll of Iowa Republican voters Wednesday. He came 5th among Republican primary voters in a national Gallup poll last week. Six weeks ago he received just 1 percent support in the same survey

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/06/02/conservative-think-tank-herman-cains-rise-proves-the-tea-party-is-not-racist/

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BULLSHIT!!

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catbyte

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Thu Jun-02-11 10:05 AM
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1. What a load

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CurtEastPoint

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Thu Jun-02-11 10:08 AM
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4. Not so sure about that but it proves how gullible they are. NT

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RandomKoolzip

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Thu Jun-02-11 10:07 AM
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2. Tokenism IS racism.

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EOTE

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Thu Jun-02-11 10:08 AM
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5. Exactly.

What they're basically saying is: "See! We can't be racists! We've got a black!".

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KeepItReal

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Thu Jun-02-11 10:31 AM
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11. See also: Clarence Thomas

That dude was and still is in no way qualified to replace the accomplished Justice Thurgood Marshall.

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meow mix

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Thu Jun-02-11 10:07 AM
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3. it proves they need new hearing aid batterys... "cain" mccain"

i can see whats happening..

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quinnox

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Thu Jun-02-11 10:09 AM
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6. the repubs love to roll out the token blacks

Michael Steel, and many more, I forget their names, but they appear on cable shows as commentators.
They only like those blacks who will be Uncle Toms for them.

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Champion Jack

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Thu Jun-02-11 10:13 AM
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7. What better way to make sure the teabaggers don't vote

Two black guys running for president

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NNN0LHI

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Thu Jun-02-11 10:14 AM
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8. To be perfectly honest with you the wealthy conservatives I know are not racists

Edited on Thu Jun-02-11 10:15 AM by NNN0LHI

Not at all. Seriously.

They only judge other people by how much money they have. They could not care less about someones skin color. Long as you have money you are OK with them. But if you are poor you are dirt under their feet. Skin color doesn't even come into play with them.

Not saying that they won't use racism to divide us. Because they will. In a heartbeat. Mainly because generally people are stupid and fall for it.

Don

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mmonk

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Thu Jun-02-11 10:19 AM
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9. Bullshit.

eom.

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K8-EEE

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Thu Jun-02-11 10:29 AM
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10. He's the TP's "best black friend" a la the Colbert skit nt

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Tempest

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Thu Jun-02-11 10:53 AM
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12. Then prove it by making him your nominee

Polling is one thing, actually getting out and voting for a minority is another.

It's no coincidence the GOP has very few minorities representing them in office.

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ladjf

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Thu Jun-02-11 01:36 PM
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13. Cain is the white racists dream. He believes and says all of the

regular racist positions while appearing to be a black person. Works great for the tea baggers, a sort of political trojan horse.

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