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It was clear as day that Herman had not drunk the poisonous soft drink of liberal pronouncements.
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Cain’s rapid rise as a fast food executive.
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Those who had earlier defended him suddenly found it impossible to do so. Anyone who had taken him seriously now saw that his campaign was no more than rotting fast food.
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Food ... Drink ... Food ... Food ...
Must have been lunch time when Stanley wrote this.
Better finish that obit quick before the burgers get cold.
It goes without saying that Stanley Crouch is plus-sized in his girth, if not in his intellect.
Could he have been the inspiration for the character on The Office?
Aware of it or not, the young man is grooming himself to become yet another version of Herman Cain somewhere down the road. We should all be ready for him, if and when he gets there.
Stanley wants to lie in wait for a Black man coming down the road, ready ... and armed?
At the very least he's insensitive to America's unhappy racial history. Or perhaps he's deliberately making reference to it.
I'd hope that when that young guy in SC is older we'll all have grown up at least a little -- Stanley very much included.