Bashir: Cain Skipped MLK Ceremony Because He Doesn't Want To Be 'Associated With African-Americans'
Martin Bashir's campaign to prove Herman Cain really isn't a black man continued Monday when he accused the Republican presidential candidate of skipping the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Monument in Washington, D.C., Saturday because he "really doesn't want to be overtly associated with African-Americans" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
MARTIN BASHIR, HOST: Mr. Cain was supposed to attend the dedication of the Martin Luther King Memorial on Sunday. I like many people watched it, was moved by it, but he failed to attend. Now there’s been some surprise at his absence. But being honest, isn’t this consistent for a man who really doesn't want to be overtly associated with African-Americans…
MICHAEL STEELE: Oh no, that’s…
BASHIR: and certainly not a man as dangerous as the greatest civil rights leader in the history of the country? He doesn't want to be associated with those...
MICHAEL STEELE: No, come on, no, I reject that and on his behalf resent that.
BASHIR: You do?
STEELE: Yeah, because I know first off, you know…
BASHIR: But this is a man, Michael, who says racism virtually doesn’t exist.
For the record, here are some of Bashir's recent comments concerning Cain:
- MSNBC's Bashir Again Gives Platform to Columnist Slamming Herman Cain As Self-hating Black Man
- Martin Bashir Attacks Herman Cain During Eulogy For Civil Rights Leader Fred Shuttlesworth
- Bashir on Cain's Calm Style: Republicans 'Do Not Want to Hear From a Black Man Who’s Aggressive, Assertive, Angry'
That makes at least four racially-charged attacks by Bashir on Cain in the past seven shows. Is this really the kind of commentary the folks at MSNBC want from their evening anchors?
Apparently so.
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Attention Iranian space scientists:
Submitted by SickofLibs on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 6:28pm.
We know you need a replacement primate for your next space mission.
Yes, granted, Bashir is only one step above a lemur, but you are welcome to him. Apparently, he is countryless at the present time, so go for it.
SoL,
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 7:11pm.
ROFL - I'm just picturing the look on this goon's face when the countdown hits 0.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Martin Bashir -- Sand Monkey
Submitted by MCLANTIERE on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 6:26pm.
Sand Monkey
Poor Mr. Bashir.
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 6:38pm.
It seems he's been victimized by the media. They seem to have edited the soundbite of what he really said, which was, "...consistent for a man who really doesn't want to be overtly associated with African-Americans [who are content to perpetuate the victim mentality against their own people].
Bashir made me remember Sanford and Son
Submitted by metaphorsbwithu on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 6:51pm.
That made me think of the Sanford and Son episode where Lamont wants to explore his African roots and starts wearing "African" clothing, telling his dad he wants people to know he's a black man.
Fred's reply, "Son, they can see you're a black man" was priceless.
Here's a clip from that show. The part I mentioned is around the 3:30 mark:
http://bit.ly/nLIkcb
Lamont was genuinely sincere but liberals like Bashir are so condescending and clueless.
Bashir falls into the typical Leftist reacist trap . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 10:17pm.
. . . of defining other people's ethnicity by their politics. Maher and Moore are similar.
Herman Cain is associated with African-Americans by birth, and British-born racists like Martin Bashir can't change that.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 7:02pm.
Nothing is more threatening to guilty liberals than a black person who wanders off the liberal plantation and finally figures out that he can do just fine on his own, without his condescending white liberal overseers and their family destroying policies.
Therefore.......Herman Cain must be destroyed, at all costs!!
The Race Industry must be preserved, at all costs!!
I don't even have to look at the guest list to know Herman Cain
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 7:18pm.
...did more by example and his accomplishments to further the true dream of MLK than everybody who was at that dedication combined.
As for comrade mullah Bashir, I think it's time he mounted his camel and rode back whence he came.
Actually, I'll just settle for the former.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
These attacks on Cain are
Submitted by JdfinCT on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 7:16pm.
These attacks on Cain are just making me sick. I feel so very sad for these people to be so wretched and disgusting on the inside.
Uh, skipped the event?
Submitted by djwolf12 on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 7:29pm.
Was Herman Cain even invited to participate in this event that turned into a Bash Wall Street speech??
DISGUSTING!
Submitted by ProudAmerican58 on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 7:30pm.
DISGUSTING!
People now not only judged by their color,
Submitted by kata on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 7:40pm.
but by their party affiliation as well.
Yes, Mr. King would certainly stand by that. Muppet.
Such a good laugh
Submitted by Dave81 on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 7:58pm.
I think MSNBC keeps Martin Bashir around because even they get a good laugh out of him.
I'd skip any event where Bashir was in attendance.
Submitted by KyWriter on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 8:26pm.
The urge to bitch-slap him would be simply overwhelming.
You see Bashir and you
Submitted by Van Halen on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 8:23pm.
You see Bashir and you think... crappy ratings. Crappy attitude. Wrong about everything. Bitter. Never smiles. Typical Liberal.
Given the guestlist and the
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 8:36pm.
Given the guestlist and the mindset of the attendees, I don't blame Cain for not showing up...............if they WOULD have let him give a speech, they probably would have turned the mike off within the first couple of minutes!!! Do you think that Boy Barry would have WANTED Cain to upstage him..........oh yeah, by the way, Barry's little spiel was gut-wrenching, as in - it made me want to vomit!!!
And given the criteria that Bashir is trying to work with, maybe we could say that Bashir doesn't live in moooooooooooooooooslem countries anymore because he doesn't want to be associated with his own ancestors - he is too good for them!!!
Whoops, I forgot!!! The USA is one of the biggest mooooooooooooooooooooooslem countries in the world, and Islam has a large place in the history of the USA. How do I know this??? Barry Soetoro Barack Hussein Obama said so, and he told the world.........so it MUST be true!!!
Hay liberals...
Submitted by CobraMan on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 10:31pm.
Hay liberals, why do you keep trying to deny Cain's own genetics?
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.
I was at the Glenn Beck rally
Submitted by MominMD on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 11:39pm.
I was at the Glenn Beck rally on Aug. 28, 2010. When it ended, some of us went over to the site of the MLK monument to join the "Rev." Sharpton and his rally. Us whites were summarily dismissed. The blacks who went over tried to find some common ground and were treated worse than I was. It was VERY sad.
How
Submitted by grammajane on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 11:41pm.
can he continually be such a hateful "talker" His life must be one miserable mess. Go back to where ever you came from...............please. No one in their right mind listens or believes the hate and un-educated froth coming out of his mouth What a pathetic, whatever he is
mock you for the fool you are!
Submitted by Injest on Tue, 10/18/2011 - 4:38am.
Bashir: said because he "really doesn't want to be overtly associated with African-Americans"
Bashir Clearly thinks he can read minds
So tell me Bashir what do my neighbors 3 houses down are thinking about having for dinner tonight?.
I know you reading this cuz you said you read newsbusters.
Please answer on the air so every one can mock you for the fool you are!
Non-American British subject
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Tue, 10/18/2011 - 6:35am.
Non-American British subject Basha Bashir was a smug little turd when he was paid to appear on British TV with his breathless purple prose...
Given that there is hardly a shortage of smug turds on the American left, isn't Basha doing the job plenty of Americans could do?
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
Strange statue
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 10/18/2011 - 7:28am.
Maybe Cain didn't want to help dedicate a statue that looks like Mao-Tse-King instead of MLK
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
I'm black and didnt see it.
Submitted by BTW Biological ... on Tue, 10/18/2011 - 12:08pm.
I was at work Sunday. Plus I heard about the monument, but I don't think I had an invested interest in it. Look MLK is being showcased like the shiny new doll people constantly bring out to brag about. Now it is used and tattered. Plus people on the left are constantly using MLK in a "I'm better than you, so..." scenario. As if that is a slogan and MLK is there mascot. It doesn't go with my idea of MLK, so if I wasn't at work I still wouldn't watch it.
How, exactly, can one even
Submitted by Immortal Fish on Tue, 10/18/2011 - 12:47pm.
How, exactly, can one even LOOK at Herman Cain and not deem him to be overtly associated with African-Americans?
Are they blind? Or are they reflexively associating him with Jamaican-Americans?
At some point
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 10/18/2011 - 7:00pm.
So the only way to belong is to join the wallow of victimdom?