[samtheman]

So what that MEANS is, in effect, that now that ONE of our candidates is black, then we MUST choose him because if we don’t then the “rats will use that like a sledgehammer”.

So once we have ANY black candidate then we have NO OTHER CANDIDATES, by your reasoning.

That is so far beyond simple Affirmative Action that I think you’re on the verge of a brand new principle: Affirmative PreDestination.

No thanks.

I think I’ll stick with picking candidates the old fashioned way: evaluating each one as an individual.

But have at it. You might actually get famous for being the first one to come up with this if it catches on.

It is a novel idea. Just don’t sign me up.

[mkjessup]

Don't misread what I'm saying here. I am not at all advocating that we MUST nominate Herman Cain because he is black, far from it. I'm saying that BECAUSE Herman Cain is black (and especially because he IS conservative), we have to be mindful of the sorts of attacks that will be launched at the Republican Party IF he is not the nominee, nor on the ticket. Nothing more and nothing less.

For example, if Colin Powell had ended up as the nominee in '96 or even 2000 as VP to GWB, there would not have been any sort of furor because his liberal RINO credentials were already pretty much in order, so far as the lamestream media was concerned.