Posted on 10/19/2011 1:08:10 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
On CNN’s Newsroom this afternoon, anchor Brooke Baldwin observed that at last night’s GOP debate, Rick Perry kept referring to fellow candidate Herman Cain as “brother.” “Did you notice that while you were watching?” Baldwin asked her audience, replaying Perry’s comments.
PERRY: “Herman, I love you, brother, but let me tell you something, you don’t need to have a big analysis to figure this thing out…At the end of the week, I’m going to be laying out a plan that clearly — I’ll bump plans with you, brother, and we’ll see who has the best idea about how you get this country working again.”
I counted two there. Seriously! Let me know,” Baldwin exclaimed. “And here is what a Perry spokesperson said, ‘He is a friendly fellow. He uses that kind of language. And he views all those folks on stage as colleagues, as fellow Republicans and he speaks accordingly.’”
Baldwin questioned CNN political correspondent Mark Preston over Perry’s use of the term.
“As I was watching last night, I definitely made note of that,” Baldwin said. “And I’m sure you did as well.”
“Sure, it’s certainly something the Perry campaign does not want to be talking about right now,” responded Preston. “They want to talk about what they think was a very strong performance for the Texas Governor. We have to be very careful not to characterize what he was saying. They are saying that he meant nothing by that and in fact he’s not racist and what have you. It would be interesting to see what happens if Herman Cain is asked that question and if Herman Cain decides that he doesn’t have a problem with it, then I do think the issue is dead, Brooke.”
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Elimination cage match. Done. :)
They are both evangelical Christians?
“Is it a crime to hate the MSM?”
I sure hope not...because I despise them...
Freegards
LEX
he should have prefaced it with “he ain’t heavy”.
Maybe he was sleepy for the debate...
My wife and I noticed it. I believe he was referring to Cain as a “soul brother”. That was the term in the sixties.
When the Christian men that I know get together, they call each other “brother” all the time.
Fellow Christians call each other brother, sister etc.
If it is, a lot of us FReepers will do hard time.
It’s better than calling everyone, “friends.”
Are they not both fundamentalist Christians?
In Israel, that is the normal form of address among them.
As for me I thought it odd, but I ignored it. Besides he’s been called far worse and by some on this very thread.
I noticed it also. I thought it was awfully close to calling him “boy”.
Tempest in a teapot.
I think I read last night here on FR someone ask that same question almost in the same identical way. hmmmm
It’s a Christian thing.
Perry was just acknowledging their bond as brothers in Christ.
As opposed to Romney that’s a non-Christian.
Maybe Perry is part negro, Bro.
Its a Texas thing.
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