Posted on 11/11/2011 2:38:52 PM PST by Kaslin
Some conservatives like the estimable Laura Ingraham Newt Gingrich* aren't amused by this little exchange:
According to The Caucus blog, the Republican presidential hopeful was caught on tape Thursday making a wisecrack about Anita Hill, the law professor who lodged sexual harassment accusations against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas 20 years ago. Cain was making a campaign stop in Kalamazoo, Mich., on Thursday when a person in the crowd mentioned Hill. He laughed and said: "Is she going to endorse me?"
And this is outrageous...how, exactly? As someone who hasn't shied away from criticizing Cain's policies and campaign, I can't muster much indignation over this. Cain has been under intense pressure for weeks. A supporter offers a word of encouragement by comparing his situation to the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill tete-a-tete in the 1980's (perhaps a somewhat inapt analogy, but not surprising or unusual), and Cain makes has a little fun with it. Feel free to explain to me why this is brow-furrowingly troubling; I just don't see it. What Cain may not be chuckling about is the latest McClatchy poll of GOP voters, which shows him slipping into third place nationally, behind Romney and Newt Gingrich:
The Republican presidential race is being shaken up again, with Mitt Romney retaking the lead, Newt Gingrich surging into second place, and Herman Cain dropping to third place, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll released Friday. The poll signaled that Romney retains his steady if uncommanding position and that, in the quest by most Republicans for an alternative, they've cooled on Cain and are starting to turn to Gingrich. It is the first national survey since the allegations of sexual harassment against Cain erupted into a full political firestorm this week.
— Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, 23 percent;
—Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, 19 percent;
—Cain, the former restaurant executive, 17 percent;
—Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, 10 percent;
—Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, 8 percent;
—Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, 5 percent;
—Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, 1 percent;
—Former Gov. Jon Huntsman of Utah, 1 percent;
—Undecided, 17 percent.
Put another way, "undecided" is tied for third, which underscores the volatility of the race. Yesterday Dan asked if Newt is the real deal. It seems quite a few Republican primary voters are coming to the conclusion that he is. As an aside, I wonder how all those staffers who abandoned Newt and jumped to Team Perry are feeling right about now? Here's Perry playing defense (rather effectively, I'd add) after his terrible brain-lock moment in Wednesday's debate:
Gotta admire the guy for poking fun at himself, but ouch.
UPDATE - A CBS News poll puts Cain on top.
*UPDATE II - As several readers have pointed out, Ingraham's tweet indicates that it was, in fact, Newt who criticized Cain for having a few laughs at the expense of Anita Hill. Ingraham was reporting what the former Speaker said on her radio program.
Big..Effing..Deal.
America needs to loosen up its sphincter.
Not America, the self righteous left. They're quick to pounce on any conservative, but if someone pokes fun at any leftist darling, watch out.
Did you know Elisabeth devised the intellectual underpinnings for "Occupy......."?
Did you know she's now trying to escape responsibility for the murders, rapes, cuttings and spread of untreatable TB?
Newt is McCain II.
Newt and Cain certainly are friends, it’s just that Newt isn’t a particularly good friend.
Poll up now at Mark Levin’s site:
If you had to vote today, who would you vote for?
Cain 51%
Gingrich 44%
Romney 5%
Total Votes: 2815
This one will be worth another 1 million dollars in Cain donations...and thousands more foot soldiers in Iowa! PLEASE PLEASE!!! Reactve, non -thinking, visceral, non -strategic, easily offffffended liberal PC thought-police MSM! Bring Anita Hill out of mothballs for an angry, reactionary presser. More red meat to fire up the conservative primary base for Herman as a backlash. Please, stupid liberals! Non-issue into an issue. DO IT!!! ASAP!!!!
Newt is a backstabber.
I don’t care if Newt is a great debater. I simply don’t trust him and if he wins the nomination, I’ll probably sit out the vote. I hate to do that, but, he has a lot of baggage that doesn’t bode well with me.
People need to learn to laugh again. obummer has put a huge damper on this nation. We need to lighten up and have some fun. Thank you Herman got your great sense of humor.
Bingo!
“Herman Cain is unafraid to get in their faces, which is another reason I back him 100 percent.”
He certainly has more spunk than his Repub rivals, and the Sultan he’s looking to unseat.
“Anita Hill was brought forward to ruin Thomas because he is a conservative. Her charges were her’s alone and no one else said those things about Justice Thomas. There was no suit and no settlement. The feminazis were trying to Bork another conservative and it failed.”
Many Americans were ignorant enough at the time to believe they were watching the trial of Clarence Thomas rather than hearings, and since the leftist media had already convicted him (though he was never charged) to this day Anita Hill is treated as a legitimate victim. The situation with Cain, if he is in fact innocent (at this point I believe he is) is even more evil because the accusers are white women, which carries a whole set of undertones in & of itself. Weak or unsubstantiated charges make true victims less credible.
“One of my liberal cousins is offended by a “Beat em with a Cain” bumper sticker he saw.”
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Was he offended by the “Reverend” Wright and his anti-white raving?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hw549HZr7c
Obama not funny? Don’t be ridiculous, how much funnier can one man be? Unintentionally funny that is, without meaning to he reaches heights of absurdity unimagined by Monte Python.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap2Cg_FDRy4
The situation with Cain, if he is in fact innocent (at this point I believe he is) is even more evil because the accusers are white women, which carries a whole set of undertones in & of itself.
Black DNC voters go along because they want free stuff like the slave master used to give to them only they have “progressed” now and don’t have to work for their minimal, oppressive upkeep. They are attracted to diversity racist doctrines; they get off on race hate and the race bullying liberals offer to them.
Blacks are not victims this time. Including Mr. Cain. What did he do to destroy the Left’s plantation and race hate machine? Well, now he gets to find out what it is like to have that hate directed at himself as a run away slave. Liberals hate everybody, but they really hate Black Republicans.
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