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Herman Cain — A Black Republican Who Hates Both Black People & the Constitution

March 31st 2011

So Herman Cain, former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza and Black Republican, recently went to Iowa and laid
down some interesting tracks. I’m sure we’ll be hearing these songs again so here they are.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aDXCwd65R5o

1) ThinkProgress went to Iowa and asked Cain a key question:

KEYES: You came under a bit of controversy this week for some of the comments made about Muslims in general. Would you be comfortable appointing a Muslim, either in your cabinet or as a federal judge?

CAIN: No, I will not. And here’s why. There is this creeping attempt, there is this attempt to gradually ease Sharia law and the Muslim faith into our government. It does not belong in our government. This is what happened in Europe. And little by little, to try and be politically correct, they made this little change, they made this little change. And now they’ve got a social problem that they don’t know what to do with hardly.

The question that was asked that “raised some questions” and, as my grandfather said, “I does not care, I feel the way I feel.” I was asked, “what is the role of Islam in America?” I thought it was an odd question. I said the role of Islam in America is for those that believe in Islam to practice it and leave us alone. Just like Christianity. We have a First Amendment. And I get upset when the Muslims in this country, some of them, try to force their Sharia law onto the rest of us. [http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/26/herman-cain-muslims/ ]

Ok so there are a couple of problems with Cain’s statement.

1) Won’t appoint a Muslim to office because of their religion? Such a move is expressly forbidden under the Constitution in a couple of places, especially here. I guess Herman Cain hates America or maybe just the Constitution. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Religious_Test_Clause ]

2) Who exactly is trying to force Sharia law on anybody? Muslims make up 1-2% of our nation’s citizens. They’re just not in a position to do anything like that anytime soon especially since even among those American Muslims, only a fraction would think that’s a good idea anyway! To suggest otherwise is to feed bigoted hysteria based in fear and ignorance. Blech. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_States#Demographics ]

And many European countries seem keen to push back on certain aspects of Islam, especially bans on face veils. No actual creep there.

3) 25% of American Muslims are African-Americans and many more are of African descent. In saying that he’d never appoint a Muslim, it’s a slap in the face to upstanding citizens like Rep. Keith Ellison, who happens to be Muslim. And it’s just straight up hatred directed at one’s own community of African-Americans. Is Shaq a danger to our nation? Or Jermaine Jackson? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? I can see being scared of Dave Chappelle. But Snoop Dogg? I’m pretty sure he’s trying to get the herb legalized and that’s not likely to happen under sharia law, y’all! Here’s a partial list of famous American Muslims. You’ll see plenty of people who look like you and me on that there list. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Muslims ]

I have a cousin named Khalid. He’s not Muslim nor were his parents. He’s a taxpaying educator with a wife and 2 kids living in Baltimore. But I suspect that wouldn’t be good enough for Cain. Who knows: Khalid may harbor a secret wish to enslave all Americans in a new Islamic theocracy and is starting with indoctrinating our children!

That’s how crazy this type of logic and bigotry sounds when it’s played out. It disgusts me and we should call it out. Herman Cain now joins the ranks of Clarence Thomas in the hall of fame of black people who really really hate other black people…Congratulations, self-hater!

Seriously though — Herman Cain is brilliant. He got his bachelor’s in Mathematics from Morehouse and later got a master’s in Computer Science from Purdue. This is beneath a man of that educational level and I want him to please just stop. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain ]


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