Cain on Race: ‘This Many White People Can’t Pretend That They Like Me’
- Posted on October 31, 2011 at 3:06pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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During an event at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. Monday, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain struck down the notion presented by reporters questioning if Cain believed his recent campaign success could be fueled by conservatives trying to prove that they are not racist.
“This many white people can’t pretend that they like me,” said Cain.
When asked if Cain thought frustration towards President Obama from many Americans had anything to do with the color of his skin, Cain said, “I don’t think people being uncomfortable with this president has anything to do with race. It is bad policy.”
Cain said that there has been more racial tension than in recent years past because of the president’s rhetoric and policy, which Cain believes has ignited class warfare and divided the country.
Cain has not shied away from addressing issues of race in the past. Cain’s Meet the Press interview earlier this month gained considerable media attention after Cain commented that he preferred the term “Black American” rather than African-American. The Washington Times notes that Cain has contrasted his black experience with that of President Obama, saying that after growing up in the racially segregated South, he’s still connected with the trials and travails of the black community. Cain said in early October that the president “has never been a part of the black experience in America.”
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Comments (52)
wyofiddler
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:55pmWhat every happened to people talking about the “Human Race”?
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:10amCain needs to stop playing the race card. It isn’t working for him.
He is the only one who keeps bringing it up besides people like Sharpton, and who really cares what THEY say.
Report Post »BFrezza
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 5:41pmV-Man… Have you lost your mind?!!!! That is all the lame-stream media and the democratic party talks about. They are the ones that are pulling the race card. If they stopped, then Mr. Herman Cain would not have to talk about it. He is only responding to charges brought about by a passe party that pretends to represent a self proclaimed bourgeois horde of malcontents. 99% my backside!!!! They are nothing more than hypocrites, thugs and lazy POS’s that want something without actually working for it, and the democratic party is pandering to them… promising “vote for us and you wont have to work, we’ll support you with actual working peoples income.
Report Post »Armyof One
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:26pmWait wait wait wait……..
….Cain is black?
Report Post »Buck Shane
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 12:18amI am white. I pretend to like him. I’m going to pretend to vote for him. or, not pretend.
Report Post »yougottabekidding
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 9:54amI got a paper in the mail! I opened it up and it said “Pretend to like Cain he is an uncle tom just like that racist Bashir said!” Then the letter and envelope went up in a flash !!!!
Report Post »I know I have to follow what they said cause I’m one of the 43% and I am stupid!
Carlinpa
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:04pmRE:”questioning if Cain believed his recent campaign success could be fueled by conservatives trying to prove that they are not racist.” NO, BUT it WAS the reason why liberals elected Obama.
Report Post »Free2speakRN
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:04pmCain/Newt. ‘Red-Blooded Americans’.
Report Post »Directoratasmallbusiness
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 8:59pmI am white and I am not pretending that I like you. I do like you. I would much rather have you as have BO. In the list of GOP so far, you have my vote.
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 8:52pmAll I know is that black guy is smarter than the black guy we got! This ******* would vote for him in a flat second!
Report Post »carbonated
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:19pmI s’pose we could have bumper stickers: Crackers for Cain! :)
Report Post »SerikFox
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 10:02pm@carbonated hahahaha; I would buy that sticker anyday
Report Post »sisserydoo
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:35amMe too! I want that sticker! I love Cain…he is a regular, hard working American, just what this country needs :o)
Report Post »right
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 8:12pmHerman, you had me since your 2010 SRLC speach. Are you black? I didn’t notice. I was very busy listening to what you were saying.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-S3VjofLSM
flatbroke
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 7:59pmI vote for a canidate because i like there stance on taxes, domestic and foriegn policy, economic, and experience, and unlike some libs i refuse to vote for a canidate based on something they had no say in whatsoever, things like sex, race, congenital handicap, or any other reason WE ALL have no say in. Cain could be purple with pink and yellow polka dots if there were such a people, and i would not care, if i like his stance in politics i will vote for him, and this is something that libs just dont get.
Report Post »dal743
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 7:49pmI’m a 57 year old white guy living in the middle of the country. I like Mr. Cain because of his views and what he says about what he will do FOR the country, not what he would do to hamper growth and jobs. Let’s get positive again about what can be accomplished in America and not apologize about our country!! His color is absolutely irrelevant!
Report Post »cobra two
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 7:46pmI wish these sonofabitches would have gone after Barry the way they are going after Cain, But
Report Post »wait, I keep forgetting about the old double standard rule when it comes to blacks and politics.
DallyWama
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 7:36pmI like Cain’s ideology. For me, it is an added bonus that he happens to be black. I still think his popularity will wane in the primaries, but if he gets the nod so be it.
Report Post »Nobel Reggie
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 7:13pmI like Herman Cain because he is conservative, well grounded, smart, honorable, trustworthy, faith filled, reverant, and comfortable in his own skin. He has achieved his success through hard work, and is a likeable, strong, individual and is a fine leader. He is at his best when he doesn’t think too hard about an answer, and just speaks from the heart. Conservatives get that. Progressives have tried to eradicate those virtues. (Took a while, but see how all that manipulation has backfired on progressives}? Cain 2012!
Report Post »Carl McPherson
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 6:58pmI wrote a blog entry to my friends about Cain and his chances of winning the election against Obummer. I got tired of listening to everyone just parroting the GOP establishment… but Cain is un-electable. Bah!
Go Herman !
http://tinyurl.com/cain-vs-obummer
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 6:47pmCount me white and liking Mr. Herman Cain.
Report Post »(I don’t pretend)
LOOKINGFROMTHERIGHT
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 7:01pmI could be counted as the second white, I Have followed Herman Cain for several years, and I like him, probably my racists tendencies.
Report Post »Nanaswords
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 6:41pmI sure hope that all the left-progressives[ note: there is no color involved with this classification ] keep this up ! Herman Cain will not need any PAID stories\media news ! I for one am beginning to like Herman Cain more and more….A GREAT Presidental Ticket would be : Winners….. Gingrich\Cain ! We conservative Republicans out here in good ol’ USA would be singing all the way to the Polls\Voting Booth ! We would not have to worry about who they will choose for the Cabinet and so on and so on..No more czars and no more socialized programs….No more greedy division…no more closed\locked door meetings…no more racist accusations…NO MORE REID|PAL OSI…NO MORE DALY|TRUMKA>>>>Happy days AGAIN….I will celebrate that by treating myself to a new car !!! AND Even a Vacation !!! I bet I am not the only one that is thinking the same way!
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 6:30pmHerman Cain is first and formost is an American and proud of it. We like him because of his ideas and because he is not a professional politician. I do not agree with everything he prroposes but I agree with enough. My son-in-law is a died in the wool democrat and he prefers Cain over Obumbler in fact he would vote for almost anybody but Obumbler. Mr Cain is an intelligent, articulate individual who deserves our admiration not because he is black but because he pulled himself up by his bootstraps and succeeded in the business world.
OMG
Report Post »Bakko Bomma
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 6:27pmWho pretended they liked ya you old fraud.
Report Post »OperationNorthwoods
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 6:20pm@ Founding Father 2. Cain called those wanting to audit the FED, “stupid” in his book. But now he complains about being heckled by those he insulted. Sorry Herman. If you can‘t show respect to Ron Paul supporters then don’t expect to be shown respect yourself.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 6:50pmRespect is won or lost by the individual. It’s earned.
Report Post »Paulistinians lost any they might of had long ago.
Sorry!
sgt atilla
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 6:20pm@ Gemmeri
Report Post »No one is “squeaky clean” besides Jesus. We are all flawed individuals,with human faults. However, if we learn from our mistakes and strive to be better citizens we can lead in a responsible way. Herman Cain is only a man, but he has the ability and desire to move our Country 180 degrees from the direction the liberals and Obama currently have us pointed in.
RightPolitically
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 6:15pmWe like your policy positions Herman. We like your forthrightness. And, yes, we DO LIKE YOU!
Report Post »obamabirthcertificate.net
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 6:09pmCain, Carpe Diem!
Obama’s birth certificate alleges “where” he was born and his parent’s citizenship “when” he was born. These equally important “facts” are now beyond Obama’s ability to refute, alter or hide! Unless fake, his Kenyan father inescapably precludes his Constitutional eligibility as a natural born citizen by not being born within US jurisdiction to TWO US citizen parents.
Candidates for President, each having “legal standing” are therefore obligated to sue Obama and the DNC for fraud and failure to qualify as a natural born citizen, or be dismissed as untrustworthy!
Constitution, Art. 2, Sec. 1, “No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible … .”
Exempting a “citizen” from being a “natural born citizen” proves they aren’t equal, or no exemption was needed. Being not less than nor equal, a NBC must be more than the minimum requisite for citizenship then, which was US birth to a US citizen parent. Only US birth to US citizen parents (plural) is greater, thus defining a natural born citizen.
The Supreme Court agreed in Minor v. Happersett, 1874. “The Court held that Minor was a member of the “class” of persons who were natural born citizens. They defined this class as those born in the US to “parents” (plural) who were citizens.” Leo Donofrio, JD.
http://www.ObamaBirthCertificate.net
Report Post »obamabirthcertificate.net
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:25am@CH
In U.S. v Wong Kim Ark, 1898, the court simply ruled that Wong Kim Ark was a citizen. “Since Wong Kim Ark didn’t fit into the class of natural-born citizens as defined by Minor, the Court looked to the 14th Amendment to grant him US citizenship.” Leo Donofrio, JD.
Amendment 14, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, … .“ Being ”subject to the jurisdiction” matters.
“Citizenship wasn’t acquired by birth on US soil prior to the 1965 Immigration Act, considered by many to be a misinterpretation of the 14th amendment and contrary to the original intent of providing emancipated slaves who, without a US citizen parent even if born on US soil, had no other means of acquiring citizenship. The 14th amendment affects only citizenship, not a natural born citizen: one born on US soil to US citizen parents (plural)”. [1]
Representative John Bingham, framer of the 14th Amendment, speaking before The US House of Representatives, clearly agreed.
“I find no fault with the introductory clause [S 61 Bill], which is simply declaratory of what is written in the Constitution, that every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen.” (Cong. Globe, 39th, 1st Sess., 1291, March 9, 1866)
1. http://www.ObamaBirthCertificate.net
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:31pmSince Wong Kin Ark’s claim of citizenship was based on his place of birth, not on a claim of prior naturalization declaring him a citizen was the same as declaring him a natural born citizen. You obviously have not actually read the decision on this case, or you would know better than to claim that it has nothing to do with the definition of natural born citizenship.
Since 1866 is before 1898, it doesn’t matter what the hell anybody said back then.
Report Post »Founding Father2
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 6:08pmTo all Ron Paul supporters. You went after him during his speeches and were rude to him… well he got his revenge.
When ask who he would dress up as to scare people, Cain said… RON PAUL… to scare people: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2011/oct/cain_paul_halloween.html
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 6:52pmI don’t care who you are…..THATS FUNNY RIGHT THERE!!
Report Post »Bakko Bomma
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:29pmBye Bye Mr Cain
Report Post »gemmeri
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 6:01pmDr. Mr. Cain,
Report Post »I don’t know you, so I can‘t say whether or not I like you but I don’t like what I read about you in the news. And I want you to know that I understand not everything one sees in print is true… Still I am troubled by all the negative press surrounding your person. If you were honorable and squeaky clean, sir, it seems to me none of it would stick. By the way, Mr. Cain, I’m white and I judge people by the color of their character, not their skin heritage. Just a thought or two, sir.
DisarmoniaMundi
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 6:11pmuh, I believe he was responding to leftists who imply that the tea party & republican party show “pretend” support for him so they can say they aren’t racist.
So that latter notion of yours doesn’t fit.
Report Post »USAqh
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 5:55pmwhen he is elected Cain will become the FIRST black president of the USA … obomber is what is commonly known as ‘mulatto’ … not black …
Report Post »Oilbama
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 5:37pmDamn DimLibs figured us out,
we hate a black president but pretend to like Cain so we get a black president..
Well fliggety flu, I must be a racist too.
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