Bashir on Cain's Calm Style: Republicans 'Do Not Want to Hear From a Black Man Who’s Aggressive, Assertive, Angry'
Herman Cain is now leading the polls for the Republican presidential nomination, and the folks at MSNBC are clearly scared to death.
Following in Lawrence O'Donnell's footsteps who spent 23 minutes antagonistically grilling Cain Thursday, Martin Bashir said of the black Republican's "calm, measured" style Friday, "The people that he needs to win over in order to win a primary, those people do not want to hear from a black man who’s aggressive, assertive, angry" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
GOLDIE TAYLOR, THEGRIO.COM: I think, you know, around the turn of the century, people talked about, you know, some of our civil rights leaders as being sort of accommodationist, and I think that’s been the major thing for, for Herman Cain. If you look back at the incident that Rick Perry had with the offensive name of the family hunting grounds, when at first Herman Cain said, you know, it was insensitive. The next day he said he didn't have a problem with that word. I’ve got a problem with somebody who doesn't mind moving to the back of the bus. I’ve got a problem with somebody who doesn’t have a problem with that word. And so I think that's the real issue for Herman Cain.
Pretty obvious what's going on here: Cain has become a serious candidate who's now leading his nearest competitor Mitt Romney by 20 points, and the press are in total panic mode.
The only thing a liberal media member hates more than a conservative is a black conservative, and Cain is not only that, he's also a serious threat to America's first black president.
As conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said Friday about Cain's hostile interview with O'Donnell the previous evening:
RUSH LIMBAUGH: The left, for all their talk about colorblindness, wants to get rid of America's original sin of delivery and get rid of their white guilt, it ain't gonna happen if the black is a Republican. It ain't gonna happen if the black is a conservative...[Cain's] not "authentic." He didn't march, he didn't protest, he didn't get mixed up in all of that so he's not really black.
Indeed. This is going to be the liberal media's line of attack on Cain - "he's not really black":
TAYLOR: You know, Dr. King said that it isn’t who you are in times of comfort and convenience. It’s who you are in times of challenge, you know, and controversy. Well controversy was right at Herman Cain’s doorstep and he did nothing, and I think that's the issue here. If you are running for president, everything you say, do, and write is open for scrutiny. And everything you didn't say, do, and write is also open for scrutiny. And I think Herman Cain has got to get used to that.
MARTIN BASHIR, HOST: But Goldie, you know that the people that he’s appealing to, the people that he needs to win over in order to win a primary, those people do not want to hear from a black man who’s aggressive, assertive, angry. They want to hear from a man who’s assimilated, calm, measured. That’s why he's doing it.
So in Bashir's view, Cain is only calm and measured because Republicans are all racists who don't want to hear from an aggressive, assertive, angry black man.
Yet Democrats in 2008 voted for a calm, measured black man, didn't they?
Not surprisingly, this didn't come up.
I wonder why.
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Go, Hermanator!
Submitted by Phryj1 on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 6:15pm.
He's got RINO Romney on the ropes now, so the MSM will try anything to bring Cain down.
Someone needs to tell these damn liberals that they don't get to pick who OUR nominee is.
Progressives seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.
Unfortunately, they did in
Submitted by Kenny Bunkport on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 6:34pm.
Unfortunately, they did in 2008. McCain was the MSM's handpicked Republican straw man. All softballs and lots of airtime until the nomination was locked. Then the lap dog turned into a pit bull and tore McCain to ribbons.
I expect more of the same in 2012, except that I think a lot of Republicans, and even some Independents, realize that the election of 2008 was determined by media selection. I think this year, more than ever before, that the MSM Seal of Approval for any Republican is the kiss of death.
if the MSM thinks Romney is the easiest to beat...
Submitted by Jnoble on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 6:37pm.
..they're dead wrong. If they're going to play that cynical game, they're better off pumping up Ron Paul or John Huntsman. Mitt is no Reagan on some issues, but he's head and shoulders a million times better than Dear Leader in comparison.
At best, Romney would only slow down the Titanic
Submitted by lsudolemite on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 7:03pm.
from full speed ahead to cruise control. He won't reverse course away from the iceberg. That faction of the GOP is convinced government can be a force for good in the lives of Americans if only they were in charge. It's hubris on a massive scale to think you can stare into an abyss that deep and not have it stare back at you.
JNoble, I agree. The MSM is
Submitted by Kenny Bunkport on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 7:08pm.
JNoble, I agree. The MSM is throwing their weight behind Romney right now because they know that many Republicans see him as a RINO, and hope to fragment the party. However I don't see him as another McCain. He's still a Washington outsider and that's a good thing.
More importantly, it is imperative that a Republican wins in 2012. The Democrats should have had a shoo-in in 2004, but they wasted the opportunity on major leftwinger Kerry. Like it or not, the Independents must be courted. They are disgusted with Obama and socialism in general. But they are also afraid of a huge pendulum swing to the right.
Romney may have a few red flags in his credentials, but I think he is very electable. This is NOT the election for ideology alone. This needs to be a pragmatic campaign. This country CANNOT withstand another 4 years of Obama. We must elect a Republican, even if he isn't your personal favorite.
The media........
Submitted by GregE on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 8:22pm.
.....believes Romney to be at least palatable to them, if any Republican is to be the one who beats Obama. They'd have a fit if Cain was the nominee, immediately losing the palatability they crave, at which point Obama losing would be worse for them (in their eyes) than they ever planned for or imagined.
and the word for the day is 'palatable'
Submitted by mom_rox on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 8:48pm.
Hi GregE - didn't mean to trample on your post. I didn't refresh to see the more recent postings before I posted below. I'll just chalk this one up to GMTA ;)
No problem
Submitted by GregE on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 8:57pm.
Stuff happens. I like how you were thinkin'! :-)
a little on the racist side
Submitted by Injest on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 3:36am.
"The people that he needs to win over in order to win a primary, those people do not want to hear from a black man who’s aggressive, assertive, angry" (video follows with transcript and
I'M brgining to think this Martin Bashir is a little on the racist side
MSNBC the whitest network anywhere in the western world
my 1 cent (hey, there's a recession)
Submitted by mom_rox on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 8:42pm.
I don't think the MSM thinks that Romney is the easiest to beat, but that Romney is the more palatable candidate to liberals, which is why the media has not gone negative on him. Hey, even they know what a RINO looks like.
Let's assume that the nominee will be Romney or Cain or Perry AND that 2012 will be a repeat of 1980. The MSM knows Obama is a longshot, and they would prefer to have Romney (or Huntsman) as President. A President Cain or a President Perry just terrifies them.
well I'm not going to be picky
Submitted by kata on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 8:47pm.
.
Ahab the Arab bashiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir ....
Submitted by jmigyanka@msn.com on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 6:21pm.
.............needs to return to his 3rd world sand dunes with his love camels.
ok
Submitted by kata on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 6:24pm.
how many arab slurs in required before this guy gets the banstick.
The Herminator just won't
Submitted by celator on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 6:25pm.
The Herminator just won't live down to the stereotype the radical lefties have of blacks. And that makes them very, very angry.
How would Bashir know what republicans want?...
Submitted by USMC8411 on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 6:30pm.
Bashir reports stories about starving Sesame Street muppets and has the audacity to cite the Dan Rather line of "Fake but Accurate!"
Mr. Cain never said angry things as Barry has:
Obama: “They Bring a Knife…We Bring a Gun”
Obama to His Followers: “Get in Their Faces!”
Obama on ACORN Mobs: “I don’t want to quell anger. I think people are right to be angry! I’m angry!”
Obama to His Mercenary Army: “Hit Back Twice As Hard”
Obama on the private sector: “We talk to these folks… so I know whose ass to kick.“
Obama to voters: Republican victory would mean “hand to hand combat”
Obama to lib supporters: “It’s time to Fight for it.”
Obama to Latino supporters: “Punish your enemies.”
Obama to democrats: “I’m itching for a fight.”
It's time for Sesame Street to create a Border Patrol Agent Muppet, so that Bashir and his propagandist friends at MSDNC can learn about fast and furious....
Who is the angry racist now? The typical white folks?
the MSM better be careful what it wishes for
Submitted by Jnoble on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 6:32pm.
"Republicans don't want to hear from a black man who's assertive, aggressive and angry"
No they don't and neither do most Americans now.. That's exactly why Obama is going to get dethroned next year.
As for the MSM wanting Romney to be the nominee because they think he'd be easier to beat? Yes he's got some positions that solid conservatives don't like, but if nominated, one on one against Obama in the debates leading up to the election, he's going to smash Obama issue by issue and look 100 times better as a man and leader and potentinal President. I'm not totally crazy for Mitt, but if he's nominated, Obama and Moochelle can kiss the Oval Office and Air Force One goodbye. No contest.
They also don't want to hear
Submitted by ampul man on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 5:47am.
They also don't want to hear from someone who lies to them at every turn.
CNN, the Clinton News Network---Bill decides; Hill reports
everything you didn't say?
Submitted by kata on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 6:32pm.
wow do they really want to open that can of worms?
If Bashir comes out on
Submitted by Van Halen on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 6:35pm.
If Bashir comes out on tonight's newscast furious and dressed in a banana suit, I won't be surprised.
Martin is a racist, bigoted pile of filth.
Submitted by drsamherman on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 6:34pm.
As a conservative Latino, I see that it is fringie liberal lunatics like Martin who do their best to marginalize us. Of all of the two-faced, back-stabbing, lowlife characters, the average liberal like Martin thinks all Latinos are of one mind. His bubble is being burst on that one. The Democrats took us for granted as a monolithic bloc for years and years, and Martin's "just shut up and vote as you are supposed to" crap is not only insulting, but confirms just what a bigot he is.
the only good journalism Martin ever did...
Submitted by Jnoble on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 6:41pm.
..is years ago when he spent a lot of time with Micheal Jackson and revealed just how loopy the guy was behind the scenes in a long special report The part that I'll always remember about that was Martin increduously asking Jackson "do you REALLY THINK a grown man in his 40s should be sharing a bed with children that aren't his?"
a Republican full of anger?
Submitted by MidAmerica on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 6:37pm.
MARTIN BASHIR, HOST: But Goldie, you know that the people that he’s appealing to, the people that he needs to win over in order to win a primary, those people do not want to hear from a black man who’s aggressive, assertive, angry. They want to hear from a man who’s assimilated, calm, measured. That’s why he's doing it.
No Republican who is aggressive, assertive, angry, whether he/she is white or black is going to win the Republican nomination. The only really angry candidates I can recall were white segregationists of the Democrat Party.
Hey, libs...
Submitted by Ed Gregory on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 6:37pm.
...our black guy is blacker than your black guy. He's also a better leader, more accomplished in the real world and fearless. So try as you might, he's not going anywhere. Just take your medicine like Larry the Lily-White Racist O'Donnell.
"Aggressive, Assertive, Angry."
Submitted by SickofLibs on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 6:53pm.
Gee, Bashsneer, you left out one other A-word: American.
That grimace, that cloying high-brow accent, that pelt...Olbermann used to really get me going, but this little Paki POS is right up there.
Martin Bashir has no idea
Submitted by Name on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 7:31pm.
Martin Bashir has no idea what any Republican thinks about anything, because he is a total moron. I'm not going towards 'camel loving', but what in hell could his qualifications be, besides being of Arab descent, and having a liberal bad attitude?
Bashir can't write the script for Herman
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 7:34pm.
and it's driving him crazy. After Cain totally bested O'Donnell the liberals are running scared. I love it. Gotta get some Cain yard signs.
Agressive: Good Assertive:
Submitted by GregE on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 8:31pm.
Agressive: Good
Assertive: Absolutely
Angry: No, but I am, as many are. And if he was, who could blame him?????? We have a President who believes in himself and in government, and wants to (his own words) fundamentally transform the United States (some of which is already underway)
I WANT Cain Aggressive and Assertive
Submitted by nkviking75 on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 8:47pm.
I agree with GregE. Cain is aggressive and assertive, and that's what I want from all of our candidates. He'll need to be, especially if he becomes the nominee. He doesn't conform to liberal ideas of what a black man should be. Lefty politicians and media will do all they can to destroy him. Go get 'em, Herman!
“Always love your country — but never trust your government!" -- Bob Novak (1931-2009)
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
When I see Bashir or those other two imported Muslim commies...
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 8:53pm.
I automatically think of this.
And I apologize for the commercial.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Did Ray do "oh please mister
Submitted by jkwtrading on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 9:22pm.
Did Ray do "oh please mister Custer" too?
Ray and Roger Miller were both hot at the same time.
So I guess if you are black,
Submitted by FishFace222 on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 10:11pm.
So I guess if you are black, you'd better be an angry liberal?
Angry?
Submitted by Fredy on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 10:21pm.
I dont think there is anyone, that is not a total fool like bashir, that would want someone that is 'angry' in the White house regardless of their race.
I guess I missed something
Submitted by gfrrman on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 11:57pm.
.."If you are running for president, everything you say, do, and write is open for scrutiny. And everything you didn't say, do, and write is also open for scrutiny." This is a joke, right? Had YOU, the MSM, done your job, douche-bag-in-charge would NEVER have been occupying the White House!
Is Herman Cain "clean and articulate" enough.....ROTFLMAO......F'RKIN hypocrites!!
Btw, my last name is Cain also and I WILL vote and support Herman Cain!!....and I'm a whitey!! lol
G
→ Bashir - great judge of character
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 8:40am.
This is an actual tender exchange between Bashir and Michael Jackson.
MARTIN BASHIR: Your relationship with your children is spectacular. (Barf Puke)
MICHAEL JACKSON: I love them.
BASHIR: In fact, it almost makes me weep when I see you with them because your interaction with them is so loving, so natural, so caring. (You're too old for him Bashir)
JACKSON: Thank you.
BASHIR: And everybody who ever comes into contact with you knows that. (And for untold $millions they will say it)
"So enough about the kids; now will you show me 'Mr. Pinto'?"
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 8:52am.
.
And yet the Democrats don't
Submitted by jessieH on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 8:44am.
And yet the Democrats don't seem to mind a loud, racist, angry black man, as long as it fits their agenda. Exhibit A; Louis Farakhan. Exhibit B; "Rev." Wright.
WHAT "controversy?" The one you just made up?
Submitted by CobraMan on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 11:47am.
"Well controversy was right at Herman Cain’s doorstep and he did nothing, and I think that's the issue here."
WHAT "controversy" is that? I don't remember hearing about any Cain controversy. It sure can't be the Perry "family hunting grounds" because they didn't name that property the "offensive" word. Besides, Perry's not Cain, so where's the controversy?
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.
Oh, so you're a mind reader now
Submitted by CobraMan on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 11:59am.
"They want to hear from a man who’s assimilated, calm, measured. That’s why he's doing it."
Oh, so you're a mind reader now, Eh? Cain is just acting? He's just trying to placate others? That's rather interesting for you to make that claim since none of Cain's public speeches, or private speeches for that matter, EVER deviated from the calm demeanor he presently displays. What's the matter, Bashir, can't you accept a calm, measured Black Republican, so much so that you have to assign alternative motives for their demeanor, claims like they're just faking it to please their, shall we say, MASTERS?
Hay, Bashir, not all people are angry, assertive, and aggressive. Not even all Black people. It's rather telling that you feel that way, though. It tends to expose your own racism.
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.
Folks if you missed it bashir is a racist.
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 1:01pm.
So in his racist mind, a black man that speaks calmly and without anger doesn't fit the stereotype. This piece of crap needs to be fired for racism end of story. There is no other explanation for such a remark. This is what bashir's sick little mind excretes.
Just For Clarification
Submitted by stratman on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 5:51pm.
Question for Mr. Bashir: Is Cain an Obama Magic Negro or not?
Progressives need to know the right one to vote for.
(sarcasm/off)
So Cain was what, early 20's?
Submitted by amyshulk on Sun, 10/09/2011 - 7:47am.
So Cain was what, early 20's? Wife? Family? Working? In 10 or 20 years will I be disparaged because I didn't attend any TP events?
Geez louise - for the party of inclusiveness, I sure see a LOT of judginess!!!
Ronald Reagan