Herman Cain Takes On Morgan Freeman For Calling Tea Party Racist
As NewsBusters reported Friday, Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman during an interview on CNN said members of the Tea Party are racists willing to do whatever they can to "get this black man" out of the White House.
After his win in Saturday's Florida straw poll, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain responded to Freeman during an interview with Fox News's Neil Cavuto (video follows with transcript and commentary):
NEIL CAVUTO: Morgan Freeman, the actor, has been very critical of Tea Parties, and said that what they’re doing is racist based, and going after and unseating Obama has at its underpinnings racism. I’m paraphrasing here, but what do you make of that argument?
HERMAN CAIN: Well, first of all, I doubt if Morgan Freeman, with all due respect, who is a great actor, has he ever been to a Tea Party? Most of the people that are criticizing the Tea Parties, Neil, about having a racist element, they have never been to a Tea Party.
CAVUTO: But wait a minute, wait a minute. He has played, wait, wait, wait. He has played a President of the United States.
CAIN: Oh. Great, yeah, in a movie. This is real life out here on the campaign trail, man. This is not a movie.
CAVUTO: So, are you offended by that?
CAIN: No, I’m not offended by it. I just, I just think that it is sad that they’re so short-sighted in really understanding what the whole Tea Party citizen movement is all about. I’m not offended by it, because it doesn’t slow down my momentum. It doesn’t slow down the reaction that I get from people. They know that I bring my message from the heart and the head, and they’re responding to it. So, name calling is something that’s going to continue in this because they don’t know how to stop this movement. And this movement is making a big difference in politics, because a lot of the traditional Democrats are moving to the center or moving over to vote for conservatives. They’re taking another look at a Herman Cain.
Cain was spot on.
The past 30 months have been amazing to watch folks on the left tell all kinds of tales about what the Tea Party is. Yet when you ask them if they've ever been to a Tea Party event, they all say "No."
As Cain observed, Freeman is likely one of the millions of liberals that hate the Tea Party but have never once been to an event sponsored by the organization they so passionately despise.
How ironic that these are the same people who claim to be on the more enlightened, open-minded side of the political aisle.
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Be offended
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 1:29am.
Once again, a good conservative gives an intelligent, common sense, yet mild-mannered answer to liberal attacks. However, all people should be "offended" by any unfounded and cheap charges of racism. It is an offensive charge that is being deliberately used for political reasons, or, even at "best", ignorantly and haphazardly. People who swing the charge around are trying to be offensive and we should be offended by that.
if he truly did not feel offended...
Submitted by kata on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 1:49am.
I remember he said that America was too uptight so I don't think it was just something he said out of politeness.
Don't know the reason and it
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 9:10am.
Don't know the reason and it doesn't really matter. I am stating that political attacks using a serious charge that is unfounded should cause offense and that offense should be expressed - if not for one's self, then on behalf of one's supporters.
Well I respect the fact that Cain is not offended and I'm
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 9:27pm.
sure he has been called much worse by white liberals, more than any Tea Partier has ever said about a black liberal. As someone who shares the same background as Freeman and Cain I'm deeply offended, as well as sick of the "racist" label on everything conservative. It only serves to silence the opposition which is the most offensive part for which Cain cleverly alluded in his response.
I will never pay to see a Morgan Freeman movie.
Submitted by drsamherman on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 1:39am.
I never understood why some believe him to be talented. He has always played the same self-righteous, irritating and borderline personality disorder patient in every movie. He belongs on my "no pay, no watch" list after his latest, nearly hallucinatory raving.
And now
Submitted by HockeyKid on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 6:34am.
They've got him hosting a series on (Discovery, I think) about how life, the universe, and everything came to be and currently exists. He once again gets to play the "god" role--I guess he's 'cause he's just so darn smart.
One day maybe he'll realize that playing a role in a movie doesn't make him that person. Either that, or he'll show up on a street corner somewhere, waving an automatic weapon with a grenade launcher attached, saying he's looking for Mr. Wayne while telling you everything you never wanted to know about penguins.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Shunned!
Submitted by JeddMcHead on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 4:01pm.
I agree -- he's a one-trick pony of an actor. I've yet to see him do anything remotely challenging. And you nailed it -- he seems to have two speeds; self-righteous and irritating.
drsamherman....Congratulations! Your comment made it in
Submitted by Rush Fan on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 4:46pm.
The Hollywood Reporter.
Good for Cain!!! Freeman
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 1:42am.
Good for Cain!!! Freeman (how's that for a name, huh?? You wanna complain about being an ex-slave, Morgan???) is a dope. He said he'd vote for Boy Barry 100, or 1000, more times.............although I'm sure there's a lot of live people, dead people, felons, illegals, and cartoon characters who helped him vote all of those times!!! Plus, he's a friggin' Hollywood elitist!!! What the hell does he know about the 'real world', as Cain puts it???
The sick think about it is this - it takes somebody like Cain, or Allen West, or some other 'black' guy, to call Freeman, or Obama, or any of these other racists, out!!! If some 'white' person did it...........KABOOM!!!! 'RACISM"!!!!! Even if it's TRUE!!! And you can bet your last useless dollar that the MSM will find a way to tear Cain to shreds............and, for some unknown reason, it WON'T be called 'racism'!!!
Well, Barry told the 'black folks' to stop compainin' and cryin' , and start fightin'!!! Maybe Freeman will get into lockstep and do exactly what his hero wants him to do.
Bunch of idiots!!!
Seems the 0 has been busy agitatin' race wars
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 2:22am.
Start fightn' huh? We have. That's why you will be a one term president. "The end of an error" and such.
Freeman can afford to vote for the 0 1000 times. Those votes are breaking some of us, but of course I'm white, male, and heterosexual, so I don't matter.
Thank you
Submitted by grammajane on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 1:48am.
Mr Cain and congrats on your straw victory.
Congrats Mr Cain
Submitted by kata on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 1:51am.
many happy returns sir!
Liberals will do anything to keep Cain...
Submitted by USMC8411 on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 2:08am.
a black conservative, successful republican, out of the White House! But that is definitely not racism... right?
"How ironic that these are the same people who claim to be on the more open-minded side of the aisle." The most tolerant and diverse among us! The most intellectual, nuanced thinkers of our time!
Unless you are not enslaved by the liberal ideology. Then you are simply a threat....
Who would Freeman vote or, and why would he vote for that candidate? NB, Please try to contact him for that answer...
I'm glad
Submitted by pug lover on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 2:28am.
Herman Cain won the straw poll. He has my vote.
Couldn't agree more, Cain!
Submitted by Martin2717 on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 2:32am.
Couldn't agree more, Cain! Congrats on winning the straw poll. Not only winning, but demolishing the rest of the field. The LSM can't ignore you now.
Cain '12!
You can bet Freeman, for all
Submitted by Van Halen on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 2:45am.
You can bet Freeman, for all his griping about whites and race, has never bothered to go back to live in the 'hood and has done little to nothing for his brothers. Meanwhile, he lives like a king hanging around with crackers and flying in his private jet between mansions. Screw him.
Know Your 2012 GOP Candidates
Submitted by Retired Geek on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 2:58am.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
Thomas Jefferson
". . . whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that, whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them right."
Thomas Jefferson
Michele Bachmann
http://thpatriots.blogspot.com/2011/09/michele-bachmann-know-your-2012.html
Herman Cain
http://thpatriots.blogspot.com/2011/09/herman-cain-know-your-2012-candid...
Rick Perry
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Mitt Romney
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American Recovery 2012 Herman Cain
Submitted by cwcavtec5150 on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 9:27am.
. . . whenever the people are well-informed (thanks to talk radio, GB, Fox News and the other folks that believe the truth matters), they can be trusted with their own government; that, whenever things get so far wrong (the liberal commie invasion and the taking over of our country by obama) as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them right (the election of Herman Cain in 2012)."
Thomas Jefferson
Read more: http://www.newsbusters.org/comment/reply/50587/1568190#ixzz1YyDr5hes
What is this, 1953?
Submitted by MacWell on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 3:14am.
I remember it well, my family, and my uncle and aunt and 2 cousins, went on vacation to Virginia Beach for 2 weeks. We stopped in N.C. to visit my mother's family and stay for a rest. While there, I saw, (with my own eyes) the signs; "Colored Balcony", "Whites only", etc. Now growing up in Newark NJ, being interactive with black folks was normal, so seeing these "warnings" was foreign to me. I remember the day well, a few of us were sitting on the front porch just hanging out. About an hour before dark an old pickup truck rolled to a halt right in front of my grandfathers house. Out stepped an elderly black man, who appeared very nervous, and picked up the hood to see what was wrong. Well, we watched as this poor old guy tried and tried to get his truck started with no luck. Now, my uncle happened to be a master auto mechanic, and went to see if he could help. It turned out to be an easy fix for my uncle, and the old guy seemed to be very relieved. I later found out that the old man knew that he shouldn't be in that part of town after dark. The next day, we were sitting, again, and the old man pulled up and stopped. This old man was so grateful for the help that he went back to his (share crop) farm and loaded up the back of his truck with fresh veggies and fruit. I found out later that the man was so afraid of being caught after dark that he feared for his very life. That was the first eye opening experience with racism. When I look back, it's hard to believe that America was so racist back then, just 50 years ago. We've come a very long way.
Racism
Submitted by antiObamunist on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 8:58am.
Thanks for the revelation that the US has a southern racist past. I would be willing to bet that most citizens born after 1965 have no direct memory of this past, only fuzzy black & white (no pun) video of Bull Conner et al attempting to enforce Democrat legislation. The libs can no longer attempt to re-write history. Speaking of history, let us not forget that this country and EVERY other has a racist past. Any honest historian will attest that discrimination occured against;
Japanese in Hawaii
Chinese in Sanfrancisco
Irish in New York
Dutch in New england
Mexican in southwest
Whites in Europe (their reason for emmigrating)
To say that racism can be eliminated, is to advocate that war can be swept into the dustbin of history
Racism
Submitted by antiObamunist on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 9:09am.
Thanks for the revelation that the US has a southern racist past. I would be willing to bet that most citizens born after 1965 have no direct memory of this past, only fuzzy black & white (no pun) video of Bull Conner et al attempting to enforce Democrat legislation. The libs can no longer attempt to re-write history. Speaking of history, let us not forget that this country and EVERY other has a racist past. Any honest historian will attest that discrimination occured against;
Japanese in Hawaii
Chinese in Sanfrancisco
Irish in New York
Dutch in New england
Mexican in southwest
Whites in Europe (their reason for emmigrating)
To say that racism can be eliminated, is to advocate that war can be swept into the dustbin of history
How far have we come?
Submitted by CobraMan on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 11:22am.
I remember, back in 1992, watching, on national tv, black men surround a truck, drag a white man out onto the street, and attempt to murder this man because of the color of his skin. Which makes me wonder, just how far have we come?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
"Can't we all just get
Submitted by HelenS on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 6:58am.
"Can't we all just get along!?"
Me - "The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years - the cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil."
Try being a white man or
Submitted by MrSnuggles on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 12:21pm.
Try being a white man or woman in the black part of town after dark. You are likely to get robber, raped, or murdered. The same racism still exists, the roles are just reversed.
Hell, try being a 'black' man
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 2:46pm.
Hell, try being a 'black' man or woman in the poor, unlawful, decandent 'black' part of town after dark............you might get the same results!!! But that's not 'racist'..............
And remember, white on black IS a 'hate' crime...............black on white ISN'T!!!
This sort of nonsense grows tiresome
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 2:26pm.
The South of the mid 1900's was racist, the North was enlightened regarding race relations.....blah blah blah....This sort of nonsense is so tiresome. Yes, the South's segregation was official and sanctioned by local government. The North's segregation, on the other hand, was more subtle and hidden, yet none-the-less, just as prevalent. I grew up in a Chicago suburb in the 50's, 60's,and 70's. My grade school was totally segregated until about 1970, when the suburb I grew up in finally redrew the grade school district lines to integrate the schools.
Yet the racial utopia that was Newark N.J. still managed to have some problems during the time period you speak of:
In Newark, “urban renewal” or “Negro removal” as it was referred to by local residents, would play an important role in fomenting rebellion. Plans were already in place to build superhighways which would bisect the black community. Then in the early months of 1967 the city proposed the “clearance” of 150 acres of “slum” land to build a medical school/hospital complex. Of course, this would involve the demolition of numerous homes in the predominantly black Central Ward. Given the shortage of housing in other areas, the effects of such displacement were potentially devastating. Activist Tom Hayden succinctly summarized the resident’s fears: “The city’s vast programs for urban renewal, highways, downtown development, and most recently, a 150 acre Medical School in the heart of the ghetto seemed almost deliberately designed to squeeze out this rapidly growing Negro community that represents a majority of the population” (Hayden 1968:6) Upon hearing of the proposal, members of the local community quickly mobilized and began to hold protest rallies. Some of the same people who attended these rallies were present at the 4th precinct house, when the riot started that summer. The city’s plan to build the medical school, while demolishing black occupied homes, helped set the stage for future confrontation.
I'm not saying the South didn't have it's racist component, back then, or today, because it does, of course. But don't fool yourself, the North or East or West was just as bad, it just wasn't codified into law.
And don't get me started about where it's "safe" to go at night based on the color of ones skin.
Yes, we've come a long way in fifty years, and that progress has occurred despite repeated misrepresentations regarding the actual history of racism and racial progress in America.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Integration
Submitted by antiObamunist on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 1:55pm.
Having attended fully integrated schools and been raised in a family that despised racism of any sort. I always found it curious that sub groups tended to self segregate. I wasn't until neighborhood integration that I observed real behavior change. However, while discussing school issues with my daughter recently, i discovered that classrooms are integrated, but the cafeteria seems to be self segregated. I suppose it is human to hang with your own.
The summer of 1988...
Submitted by Prester John on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 2:52pm.
...I was at home in Minnesota on leave from the Army. One hot humid evening the entire family, mom, dad, both brothers, three sisters in law, and 6 grandchildren were on the porch, chaos reigning.
A very well dressed black man walked by the house and the man recognized my father (my dad's typewriter business was in the front part of the house) and he said "hello".
The man walked half a block and then turned around and came back.
In front of the entire family he said my father, "You may not remember me, but back when I was in college (which must have been in the mid 50s) you rented me a typewriter and sometimes I didn't have the money to pay you. But you said to not to worry about it and to bring the money buy when I had it. Not many people would've done that back then".
My dad, being the modest man that he was mumbled something and the man went on his way.
And this was in Minneapolis, MN.
Hate:
Submitted by LaVallette on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 4:01am.
The late great Catholic Archbishop Fulton Sheen once said: "There are millions who hate the Catholic Church for what they think it is but only a handful for what it really is".
I wonder of the same thing can be said about the Tea Party movement?.
It's OBAMO's 'Euro-Whiteness' I despise
Submitted by ChrisNH on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 7:05am.
I'm fine with OBAMO's 'blackness.' Herman Cain gets it. It's OBAMO's 'European Whiteness' I despise. Morgan Freeman DOESN'T get that.
There is no recommend feature, but you got mine.....
Submitted by nonncom on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 12:37pm.
Great post....
If...
Submitted by adamsmith on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 7:36am.
racism was never mentioned again, it would cease to exist. Funny how the people who constantly bring it up are either black or in the media. They know how their bread gets buttered. Personally I think it's long past due that race is removed from all government forms. Race shouldn't make a difference if all the races are equal. The government and media aren't just keeping racism alive, they've got it on life support to influence policy and elections. Our population is far too mixed to break it down to anything meaningful. Even our President is half black/half cracker.
Cracker is as offensive as the "N" word
Submitted by cwcavtec5150 on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 9:35am.
Common now. If you are going to use a derogatory descriptor for one skin color, be equal and use them for all skin colors. Oh wait that's right you can't. You would be hateful and insensitive.
Nothing wrong with "Cracker"......they were cowboys
Submitted by nonncom on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 12:42pm.
in Florida, driving the herds into town using a long, leather whip that made a loud cracking sound that could be heard for a mile or so if the wind was right....they were referred to as crackers for the sound of the whips.....some were black, mexican, etc....
Umm OK
Submitted by Denny Crane on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 12:56am.
But you said Obama was half cracker. And I'm pretty sure his ancestors didn't come from Floridian cowboys. Kansas socialist maybe, but not Floridian rednecks.
We Are The 53%
Cain is a good man
Submitted by HelenS on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 7:54am.
I watched him interviewed by the pathetic Chris Wallace last week. Cain is patient, dignified, and strong. He didn't call Chris an idiot even when he had every right to.
Cain has the dignity and intelligence to be a principled and great president.
God bless you, Mr. Cain.
Me - "The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years - the cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil."
Herman Cain for President,
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 8:08am.
Herman Cain for President, yeah.
The great irony here
Submitted by bkeyser on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 8:44am.
just how utterly ignorant those on the left really are.
The ultimate goal of progressives seems to be to "level the playing field"; "fairness". But in doing so, they'll barely elevate the poor, while eliminating the rich and downgrading the middle class. If you're well off and liberal, unless you're fully entrenched in the "ruling class", you stand to only lose out the longer you live in a progressive, centrally-planned society. This was the Soviet Union.
Someone like Morgan Freeman, who has made a nice fortune for an obvious talent, would be nothing had he been born and raised in the USSR. His opportunities would have been limited to whatever struggling manufacturing plant was in the general vicinity, and his pay would have been whatever the local government determined it should be. Unless he was an Olympic-caliber athlete -under the system preferred by Freeman and his ilk- we would never have heard of this guy. His bucket-list would be "visit Chernobyl" and "hurry up and die".
Yet for some reason, these useful idiots who stand to gain nothing and lose everything, kept shilling for their masters. They keep spouting the progressive meme as if they have a clue what it's really about. They keep accusing us of wanting to hold others back when it is their very own policies that have been holding people back for a century. It's like they're looking at a city bus and saying, "my, what a lovely sofa." It's mind-boggling.
you are exactly right
Submitted by ohio granny on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 9:28am.
You have articulated exactly what I have been thinking for a long time but could never put it so clearly.
I think what the media hate
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 8:45am.
I think what the media hate about Cain is not that he's an articulate (can I say that?) or conservative black man, but that he's a reasonable one!
They just don't know how to deal with a black man who makes his arguments without ever bringing race into it.
A black man for whom race is not the main thing on his mind??? Inconceivable!!
What do you expect from an
Submitted by fatboy on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 9:12am.
What do you expect from an "actor." Their whole life is make believe and they don't know what's real or abstract. They just read a script. Dumb.
Cain
Submitted by blancojoe on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 9:17am.
I have supported Herman Cain for months now, and I even directed emails to my friends about him. Almost all said they liked him, but that he was too far back to ever do any good. Thank you Florida voters for sending this good and able man to the front of the class. I would vote for Herman Cain in a heartbeat... and I am white, 65, Conservative and from Texas. I will continue to urge others to support him all the way. "BEAT OBAMA WITH A CAIN !"
Right on blancojoe
Submitted by NVRAT on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 10:42am.
I have watched Mr. Cain for months also and I believe he is right on. May be Florida has brought him to the spotlight for others to see and listen to his message. The one thing I fear is that the "GOP Elitists" are afraid of him and think that his views are radical compared to the beliefs of the party. I think that Romney and Perry are their chosen ones and those of us who think outside of the box are just ignorant to the current political workings of DC. Romney and Perry are both Moderates and will cave in to the Democratic liberal desires (because they lean to the left) should they succeed in winning the POTUS chair come 2012. That is why we in the TEA Party would like to rid Washington of some of the current Republican fixtures and replace them with conservatives who are fiscally responsible and put an end to the socialists in DC. I would hope that some Democrats feel the same way and help purge their party of these parasites. I think that your banner "BEAT OBAMA WITH A CAIN' is brilliant and should be sent to Mr. Cain`s headquarters for use in his campaign but, of course that is left to the judgement of Mr. Cain. Yes, I am 71 yrs of age, white, and an Ex-Democrat of 40 some odd years and while in my travelings have seen the "Black Only" signs in the DEMOCRATICALLY CONTROLLED SOUTH long before the Democrats figured out that they should pander to the minorities and keep them in bondage using social welfare programs there by securing a vote for future years. I was disgusted with those signs then and feel the same way now. May be, just maybe people will see that all men are created equal.
Another Cain Slogan
Submitted by Blonde on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 4:33pm.
This a.m., Herman Cain was interviewed on F&FS. They played him the "parody" from last night's SNL....about delivering the pizza (it was kind of lame).
When asked about it Cain laughed, and said, "hey I can use that for a slogan"...."I'LL DELIVER!". Brilliant, funny, good natured, and SMART.
Let me tell you all something else about the Florida Straw Poll (besides what my Governor Rick Scott has already put out there). Marco Rubio overwhelmingly won the straw poll, about thirteen months before the general last go round, when all of the "establishment republicans" (including John Cornyn, chair of the RNSC) were backing the McRino Crist, who was, at the time was about 25 - 30 points ahead in the typical media polls. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, media....your ginned up polls don't fool us.
I am thrilled Cain will get the big buzz from this straw vote. So far, my vote is his.
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Cain, yes!
Submitted by tribchet on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 9:28am.
Herman Cain was very impressive in the debate and finally gets a chance at first tier.
The liberals are twisting off. MSNBC is in full re-elect Obama mode. For anyone who cares to watch (right now, that's me and that other guy who runs the TV camera) they are in full tax-the-rich re-education mode. MSNBC is creating all kinds of straw men and burning them at the stake. After a while they get around to blaming the Tea Party.
I'm not part ot the Tea Party but here's how I see it. There was never a Tea Party until the Dems and Barack Obama began spending this country into massive debt (remember, the Dems took over in 2006). The Tea Party is not beholden to any special interest group and are truly grass roots. Quite frankly, I don't see the true Tea Party members being beholden to Republicans and think they would gladly vote for any fiscally conservative Democrat.
I've not heard a single representative of the Tea Party state they were 100% against Federal taxes although I'm sure there are some. The key word in Taxed Enough Already seems to be "already". Spend American hard earned tax money wisely and no one is going to complain a whole lot (I just read an newspaper article that stated $600 million of the stimulus went to dead people--probably true!). The Stimulus sure appeared to be Democrats paying off a lot of long-term debts.
Morgan Freeman and MSNBC seem to forget that unfair and misappropriated taxes were the spark that ignited this GREAT AND WONDERFUL COUNTRY.
I like Herman Cain more and
Submitted by ssquared on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 9:41am.
I like Herman Cain more and more every day.
His answers during the most recent debate were excellent.
And his comment during and earlier debate that he would appoint "victims" of regulatory agencies to oversee them was GENIUS!
Lisa Jackson at EPA needs to have asthmatics telling her what she can do until President Cain abolishs EPA. Same goes for Education and the Department of the Interior.
Eric Holder needs to be incarcerated.
For a second I thought...
Submitted by Cleary on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 10:45am.
... you'd written incinerated. :)
Maybe Gitmo has a few openings for him.
Yeah, I'd like to send Barry
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 3:21pm.
Yeah, I'd like to send Barry and Hold-um to Gitmo, and put them in with the mooooooooooooooooooooslems. They'll find out soon enough what it's like to be one of the 72 virgins!!!
Morgan Freeman has zero standing.
Submitted by mizflame98 on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 10:08am.
I don't know why anyone would give a man who hooks up with his step-granddaughter any credence.
“It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds”Samuel Adams
Cain Versus Freeman
Submitted by Cleary on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 10:42am.
I wonder what Freeman would say if Tea Party members and other conservatives of all stripes and colors put up Cain and Gringrich (with Cain at the top of the ticket) to run against The Messiah.
I think Freeman is a good actor. I used to like him as a person because I thought he was aloof to racial politics. But sadly, he decided to be a hyphenated American instead of just a regular mutt American, and thus self-selected himself into second class citizen status.
Part of conservatism is that you stand up as an American. Nothing before that word. You don't get to be a Jewish-American. You don't get to be an Irish-American. You can be an American Jew. You can be an American of Irish decent. Not the other way around. Language matters. Where is your allegiance. Where are your aspirations? With some stupid hyphen or with the Stars and Stripes, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution and the Bill of Rights?
To any liberal reading this: are you really going to put your hyphen up against all of that?
Florida has redeemed my faith
Submitted by Tomorama on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 11:07am.
Bill Kristol whom I usually agree with has shown his "true insider colors" where he feels the need to brush cain off as an anti Romney or Perry vote.
Being in the beltway for so long he doesn't GET the desire OF WE THE PEOPLE to not WANT inside the beltway a-holes anymore.
Christ, he has plans and ideas, tells us about them, we like them and yet we get this bullsh** from people like Kristol.
Kristol even states that he has some good out of the box ideas.
The left already dismisses him as being a pizza shop owner of some kind, BUT he RAN Pillsboury, BK and has BEEN IN CHARGE of other facets in business all across the spectrum.
I am proud as all hell that I have supported the Hermanator since I first heard him, HE COULD win, why not.
A no talent, no history, no experience loser like Obama won becuase he was black and could read, why can't Cain win because he HAS RUN THINGS and tells you the truth and DOESN'T RUN ON HIS SKIN HUE AT ALL.
No surprises here
Submitted by doug1950 on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 11:45am.
Morgan Freeman is just another uninformed actor playing like he knows what he is talking about. He was very unclear of who Mitch McConnell is which speaks volumes about his grasp of the players in government. He has joined the ranks of many other actors, black and white, who show their ignorance daily on current events. He can share the shelf with the likes of Gadofalo, Baldwin, Glover and hundreds of others who scream racists when someone does not agree with them. That requires no honesty or thinking on their part. Herman Cain winning the straw poll in FL by double digit landslide kinda shoots Freeman's theory square in the ass though doesn't it? I have many black friends from my military days whom I respect and love like brothers and sisters and almost to the person, they were against Obama. A couple thought he meant what he said when he was running for office and voted for him, but now know it was campaign rhetoric and lies. It isn't black people I have a problem with, it is white liberals who constantly want to remind blacks that unless they depend on the them they, the blacks will never accomplish anything on their own and that they need help to make it. Herman Cain as well as many others are a constant reminder this isn't true and that makes the white liberals hate them all the more. Who are the racists here? White conservatives who say, "Yes, you can do it on your own and be a tremendous success." or the progressives and liberals who are still to this day saying, "You need us to be successful because you just aren't smart enough or clever enough to do it without our help."
Tea Party Racism?
Submitted by GozieBoy on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 12:03pm.
Let's check the facts. In a state that the libs love to mis-characterize as being one of the most racist in the country, Florida (led by those Tea Party rascals that loony libs like Freeeman like to mis-characterize as being racist) just selcted Herman Cain (who last I checked was blacker than Obama) 2-1 over the next Republican candidates for president.
Put that in your crack pipe and smoke it, libs...
One thing you all don't seem to realize...
Submitted by theprofessor on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 12:14pm.
...is that it's a proven fact that any and all comments made on the internet by somebody claiming to be a Tea bagger....oops, 'partier', are true and perfect examples of how racist the Tea Party is.
/s
Tea Party Racists
Submitted by GentleBen on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 12:25pm.
I'm a Tea Party member and a WASP. If I'm such a racist why did I support Charles Lollar? He certainly looks black, as do his wife and children. Whether he was or not wasn't one of the questions I asked him. Unlike most DemocRATS I was more concerned about his beliefs and ideas than the color of his skin! OBTW, I also support Herman Cain for President. I've enjoyed his columns over the years so I know what he believes in - he'd be great.
If by a miracle...
Submitted by Dexter5 on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 12:54pm.
When confronted by a liberal of the Morgan Freeman ilk, who starts to blather on about racism this and racism that, ask them this. If by a miracle, overnight, every man, woman and child on this planet turned a bright shade of green, would they still vote to re-elect Obama and why.
Name-calling libs
Submitted by OldOllie on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 12:57pm.
"Racist" is the new "poopyhead." It has the same level of rhetorical eloquence one might hear on a kindergarten playground. Anyone who uses this term to slander a political opponent has just filed for intellectual bankruptcy and has thereby forfeited any claim to be taken seriously.
Hater
Submitted by tim4day on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 1:39pm.
It is obvious Herman Cain hates black people
Welcome to NewsBusters, troll
Submitted by Dave. on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 10:54pm.
A 3 year 45 week account with one post spells troll around here.
So just which regurgitated troll are you?
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Sorry your so stupid
Submitted by tim4day on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 12:43pm.
Sarcasm
noun
1.
harsh or bitter derision or irony.
2.
a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark:
I guess you don't get it. As for my number of post. Sorry I don't get on here enough but working sixty plus hours a week as a Soldier leaves little time to indulge in my political passions. I will leave that to people like you.( Sarcasm ).....
I love "your" subject header!
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 1:57pm.
"Sorry your so stupid"
That is priceless! But I bet you will say it was intended irony. And thank goodness you got a break after working sixty hour weeks after 3.5 years to make a couple posts.
A belated welcome to NB!
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Lemme tell ya sumpin',
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 12:33am.
Lemme tell ya sumpin', meat............if Cain gains enough traction to be a serious contender, you're gonna get a hard lesson on who hates 'black' people (especially if they're Conservative and Republican)!!! It'll be coming from your side..............
I wonder what 'Freeman' really thinks about Cain?
Submitted by acumen on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 1:52pm.
Sure actors have to stay on script if they want to stay employed in a political climate where the president chooses winners and losers. But I wonder if Freeman feels Cain has what Dems truly want in their president - ;ike clean and articulate?
Yes Morgan, we know the man
Submitted by Kat Outta the Bag on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 2:34pm.
Yes Morgan, we know the man is black but we really -- honestly -- don't care about that. We care that he happens to be inept as a leader and we don't like his Marxist agenda. How can we live in a color-blind society when people keep reminding us of the color of someone's skin?
Herman Cain is my Hero
Submitted by locomotivebreath1901 on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 2:40pm.
Morgan Freeman, not so much.
Alternative headline: "Obama has made racism in the U.S. more apparent."
Freeman is an illogical nitwit.
One cannot, on one hand, say Obama has made the situation worse, then blame the TEA Party.
Freeman cannot sit there and discuss race, point out the President's race, couch things in racialist terms, completely ignore policy disagreements, and then declare some 'other' to be racist.
... Go and pork another one of your step-granddaughters, Morgan, and stop being a mendacious race pimp!
I'm so sick of these hollyweird idiots with their easy access to a camera and microphone.
I suppose we're going to have
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 2:49pm.
I suppose we're going to have to suffer another pile of demented racist stink from that large-headed, small bodied, pea brained Janeane Garofalo.
I'm sure she'll be saying the fact that Herman Cain won proves Reps are racists. Or something.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
Mr. Cain is correct
Submitted by Conservator on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 3:26pm.
Morgan Freeman is a great actor. He also is great as host and narrating Through the Wormhole. Nevertheless, he's just another progressive actor and is no more knowledgeable about American politics than any of us. It's sad that these stars in the entertainment industry seem to think that being an entertainer somehow makes their opinions resonate and influence the American voter - it doesn't.
More important, I find it fascinating they seem to be unaware when attacking conservatives or Tea Party members, using terms like racists or extremists, they're also attacking many of their fans. While I give Morgan Freeman a pass because his political commentary seems to have begun with Obama, there are hundreds of liberal entertainers that I no-longer support with my money - I don't pay to see them act or sing and in fact, will not watch on cable either. I wish more Americans on the right would also stop supporting many entertainers with cash.
Morgan Freeman
Submitted by Jim in Houston on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 8:47am.
I would love to have someone give me a logical reason that I should listen to the political opinions of someone who makes their living playing "Let's Pretend". The majority of these pseudo intellectuals barely got through high school. I am sick of my money supporting people who want to trash my beliefs and this great nation.
Liberalism is a severe mental disorder.
Racist?
Submitted by pennie on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 3:27pm.
I don't care what color the president is, he can be pink, green, yellow, or blue with orange polk dots: I am going to oppose with every fiber of my being a president who says he wants to remake America, and then sets about to do so with an agenda that leans, very much leans, toward socialist ideals, and who wants to play the politics of envy against the very people who create jobs and wealth in America. America doesn't need to be remade: the American people need to return to the ideals that made us a great Nation. Obama's revolution hasn't succeeded except by force anywhere it's been tried. Throw the "bum" out, not the "black" man.
In fact...
Submitted by HelenS on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 7:19am.
I'd go so far as to say that even if he looked exactly like me, even if he was a member of my immediate family, I'd oppose him because of his socialist position.
Whether he's a different color from me or exactly the same, the man is an abysmal failure and even a blind person could figure that out.
"...God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak." Psalm 59:10-12
I've been hanging onto that verse since January 6, 2009, (as marked in the margin) and seeing his words catch up to him has been a reassuring process.
Me - "The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years - the cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil."
Romney so far seems the most
Submitted by deerjerkydave on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 7:38pm.
Romney so far seems the most presidential, but all of his proposals call for small adjustments and tweaks here and there. This next election may be our best opportunity to elect someone who is willing to pick up where Reagan left off and continue to undo the 100 years of socialism that has slowly consumed this nation. Cain's 9-9-9 plan and calls for private retirement accounts for social security seem like the kind of serious reforms this nation needs. My concerns with Cain are whether he could inspire Americans to his cause for 8 years, whether he is good at negotiating deals, and whether he can keep the media from tripping him up. He struggled with the latter early in his campaign, but lately seems to be doing better. We'll just have to watch and see.
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"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal Government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State Governments are numerous and indefinite. -James MadisonMorgan Freeman is perhaps the
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 8:31pm.
Morgan Freeman is perhaps the most famous token ever to walk in Hollywood. No matter what this guy does, it is considered "brilliant" by the racially-guilty crowd that runs the movie-business. Hard to believe somebody like this is so bitter.
He expects?
Submitted by GregE on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 10:06pm.
Yea I bet he does. What liberal doesn't?
Obama, to the Congressional Black Caucus: "I expect all of you to march with me."
I remember when Bush got up to address the Congressional White Caucus and firmly yelled that exact same sentence.
Herman Cain for President in 2012!
Submitted by freedomguardian on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 10:35pm.
Time to send him another donation. Herman Cain is awesome. I've seen him many times in person. He's as genuine as the come. Hang in there Mr. Cain! We are behind you 100%!
Cain is an American first
Submitted by Defuze1 on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 10:44pm.
The real problem the MSM has with Cain is that he doesn't cloak himself in his race. Early in the campaign he asked an interviewer to simply call him an American rather than an African-American. The fact that he has not held political office is a plus for me. I am sick of the entrenched politicians-for-life that act as if normal American are buffoons. It is sad that a great actor like Freeman can be so blind. But, isn't that what makes America great--people are free to be fools and speak their minds regardless of the stupidy of their utterances or the emptiness of their thoughts. Every time liberals opens their mouths, an undecided voter becomes a Republican.
Let's wait
Submitted by phryingphish on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 10:54pm.
Let's wait for the left to trot out the "Uncle Tom" connection, then we will know the real racists!
Class
Submitted by ruskynews on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 12:40am.
Herman Cain is a classy and intelligent man.
How did Freeman become wealthy?
Submitted by ruskynews on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 12:46am.
I do find it offensive. Morgan Freeman out there lambasting people who paid good money to watch his movies in theaters and rent them on DVDs. He is enjoying fame and wealth in a country he accuses to be largely racist. Put race aside Freeman. People who paid to see your work didn't even consider your race...only your talent. What is with these people!
True
Submitted by HockeyKid on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 6:56am.
If America were as racist as Freeman seems to think it is, he'd only be able to find work in minstrel shows.
Maybe he's still pissed that he wasn't in "Roots".
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Don't forget...
Submitted by Tom1969ca on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 2:05am.
President Obama is half-Kenyan, and half-white. Does it make any difference to Freeman that I despise Obama's white half just as much...?
Hollyweird gets it wrong again
Submitted by JeddMcHead on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 7:19am.
Morgan Freeman is a perfect representative of everything that's wrong with Hollyweird, in general, and liberalism, specificially. Mr. Freeman is out of touch, out of his league and out of his mind. He is a fool and a tool.
Those of us you listened to Herman Cain on WGST in Georgia refer to him admiringly as "Uncle Herman" because he's like the common sense, plain speaking, wise uncle every family needs. As a black conservative Herman has unique privilage of being able to call out black racists (like Freeman) in a way they cannot defend by crying "racism".
Come on, black America -- it's time to GROW UP and quit allowing the Democrat Party to lead you around by your collective noses. Let Herman lead you not to further bondage but to TRUE freedom. Liberalism is a trap and it's one you've allowed yourselves to get caught in.
Hollyweird gets it wrong again
Submitted by JeddMcHead on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 7:19am.
Morgan Freeman is a perfect representative of everything that's wrong with Hollyweird, in general, and liberalism, specificially. Mr. Freeman is out of touch, out of his league and out of his mind. He is a fool and a tool.
Those of us you listened to Herman Cain on WGST in Georgia refer to him admiringly as "Uncle Herman" because he's like the common sense, plain speaking, wise uncle every family needs. As a black conservative Herman has unique privilage of being able to call out black racists (like Freeman) in a way they cannot defend by crying "racism".
Come on, black America -- it's time to GROW UP and quit allowing the Democrat Party to lead you around by your collective noses. Let Herman lead you not to further bondage but to TRUE freedom. Liberalism is a trap and it's one you've allowed yourselves to get caught in.
opinion
Submitted by Agnostic on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 8:13am.
What would the liberal media do say if a Conservative columnist came out with an article titled, "Is America Ready for a 100% Black President", after the results in Florida?
Would it be considered racist? I wouldn't really want to read such drivel but I think the response might be interesting from the self appointed enlightened ones.
Freeman remark?
Submitted by Amerikan Patriot on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 8:24am.
Freeman must be another rabid, black racist like his buddy Oboner? Idiotas who blame any negative viewpoints on racism rather than truth! Oboner has damaged this country with his Marxist policies and Leftist politics! Yeah, Cain must be a member of the KKK? NOT! Unless they are now accepting blacks for membership? It's not your race Oboner, it's you and your teleprompter which must go! Thank God 2012 is just around the corner! Back to Kenya with Chewie!
25% of Blacks are racist
Submitted by Agnostic on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 8:30am.
Obama's support among blacks falls (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obamas-ratings-among-blacks-falls...)
Obviously they are racist! BTW, if race isn't an issue for Democrats, Liberals, President Obama or the media, why was this article even researched let alone published?
Morgan Freeman
Submitted by Jim in Houston on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 8:34am.
Can Morgan Freeman explain to me why wanting our government to only spend what it takes in and not to go trillions in debt is being racist? The biggest racists in the country today are blacks who will continue to support the failed policies of this worst of all presidents simply because he is HALF black. If that isn't racist I would sure like someone to give me a logical and coherent answer to why it is not.
Morgan Freeman is NO RACIST
Submitted by Dennis in WV on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 8:40am.
Morgan Freeman owns a Mississippi jazz club with a white partner. He even encouraged his partner to try to be elected governor with Freeman's help. Freeman is a DEMOCRAT thru and thru.
What Freeman said is simply right out of the Democratic play book. It's like the boy who cried "wolf" all the time. Who cares anymore because these racist charges have no effect unless YOU allow it to get you off focus.
The Tea Party is saving America. And Herman Cain is correct as usual.
Regardless of Freeman's
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 11:46am.
Regardless of Freeman's background, it is undeniable that he spoke from a position of complete ignorance.
One minor correction: Freeman is a co-owner of a BLUES club in Mississippi called the "Ground Zero Blues Club" in Clarksdale (the city where I was born incidentally).
http://www.groundzerobluesclub.com/
Would Hillary be any worse than O or just more of the same?
Submitted by eric6161 on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 9:42am.
Is Hillary in the wings to take the place of Obama? Do we need another president who hasn't a clue what it's like being a private citizen?
We need someone strong to take the reins and someone who doesn't mind being a one-term president because he'll be the most hated president for the next 30 years until history will show him/us to be right. There are several that might be good choices and Herman is one of them.
no Hillary
Submitted by Agnostic on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 9:46am.
Hillary would not run well against President Obama and I doubt she would try though she may set herself up to run against a potential 2012 Republican in 2016. The media and social backlash against anyone unseating Obama will make Bush's media relationship look affable and almost impossible to win a second term (in theory). If any Democrat is crazy enough to run against Obama it would have to be Al Gore, perhaps Hillary would be willing to be his VP but I doubt it.
Freeman Calls Tea Party Racist
Submitted by adlibn on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 9:57am.
Sadly, the Obama Presidency has been all about race bating, and fools like Morgan Freeman are all too happy to go along with the program.
Herman Cain
Submitted by Robersire on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 10:44am.
I'm white and raised in the south in the 30's and 40's. I have been and continue to be 100% for Mr. Cain!
I am 100% against the Marxist Obama!
Driving Miss Daisy
Submitted by JPC53 on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 11:36am.
Ni**a PLEASE!
Really?
Submitted by Denny Crane on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 7:45pm.
49 weeks? First post and this is what we get?
The trolls are strong on this thread.
We Are The 53%
Herman Cain, American
Submitted by Jullou on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 11:42am.
I'm so sorry to see some of the black on black racism expressed here. Someone said Herman has never done anything for the black community. Herman has provided jobs for the black community. Isn't that doing something for the black community?
Obama, only promises jobs but continues to collapse all of our systems to further his socialistic/Marxist agenda. This is getting very old.
If Herman Cain doesn't win
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 11:43am.
If Herman Cain doesn't win the Republican nomination then whoever IS the Republican nominee needs to take Mr. Cain on in a cabinet post or at least as a high-ranking staff member after Obama loses in 2012.
Herman Cain Can Bring our Economy Back
Submitted by Jullou on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 11:54am.
Obama is "raiding our future to bribe our present."
- Mark Steyn
You would think the youth would want to vote for a job creater like Herman Cain, instead of Obama who has lost tons of jobs and continues to lose them. What will the future be if Obama if re-elected. It is critical that he lose to someone who loves America, and that would be Herman Cain.
Four more years of Obama will collapse the American dollar and everyone's savings will go down the drain. This is Obama's plan (to collapse the dollar) so that leftists can bring in another currency and along with that, socialism. So when Obama talks about the rich, he is really trying to eliminate all the wealthy in America, so that he and his ruling class leftists can be the only rich in America.
So every Dem or Lib that wanted any past WHITE President out of
Submitted by kminga on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 1:50pm.
office is therefore a RACIST! BLACK OR WHITE, if you follow his train of thought. EVERYONE of EVERY COLOR other than white is RACIST when they want a white President out of office.
Insight into the dark, no racist intentions..., recesses of Morgan Freeman's mind.