Herman Cain Supporters Find Their Inner Clarence Thomas (Video)

HERMAN CAIN! Sick of hearing about him yet? TOO BAD! It's Fall and there's the smell of pine needles and SCANDAL in the air! Cain's all over your teevee and your blogs and your newspapers and your magazines! He's dominating your YouTubes! Causing a ruckus! I even wrote an extensive catalog of all his SCANDALS (19 and counting!) Today, everyone in Media Land is wondering if the National Restaurant Association will let one of those women folk who are accusing Cain of sexual harassment tell her side of the story. It's Scandal Thanksgiving out there, where TV advertisers for news networks express their gratitude to politicians for messing up just enough so they can turn their news apparatuses into tawdry, ratings-grabbin' gossips. 

And in the continuing quest to bring back all the parts of the 1990s you did not like, Herman Cain supporters are accusing "The Mainstream Media" of turning into a retrograde, Clarence Thomas hearings era, High Tech Lynch Mob.

Thomas, famously, felt the sexual harassment charges against him during his confirmation hearings were evidence of racism, punishing him for being an independent thinking, "uppity" black. Although, Supreme Court watcher Jeffrey Toobin argued it was the fear of being labeled as racist after Thomas said the "lynch" line that made then Sen. Joe Biden, who was leading the hearings, bail on bringing up even more women who could back up Anita Hill's claims.

As someone who has lived their entire life as a lady person I can attest that I have never met a woman who has not been sexually harassed in some way, shape or form at some point in her life. Whether at school, the workplace or simply walking down the street. And it doesn't really matter how you look. Attractive or plain, if you're a lady person at some point someone will say something untoward to you or make you feel threatened. It's so common that women largely ignore the more passive forms of it and focus their animus for when they feel threatened with stalking, character assassination, potential job loss or sexual abuse.

Yet, despite harassment being depressingly common, people still tend to blame the victim when they complain that they'd like to do their jobs without being treated as objects.

So while I'm aware that there's always a chance someone's making things up, sexual harassment is so damn common, I'm never surprised by any man of any stature being accused of it. Only disappointed. In most cases, the guy in question has been getting away with being a grabby jerk for so long, he doesn't see anything wrong with his behavior and is more upset about being called on it than anything else.

Which brings us back to Cain who, again, no clue if he's a horn-doggy cat daddy, but again, based on what I know of certain folks once they get one scintilla of power over someone, I wouldn't put it past him. Especially an older guy who missed out on his gender sensitivity training because he was "the boss" in the 90s and was the one who had to green light such training.

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FYI: I'm going to be on CNN Sunday afternoon after 4 p.m. EST talking about Herman Cain (among other things) with CNN's weekend host Fredricka Whitfield. It'll be my four time going on CNN on Sunday afternoons to talk politics. Check it out if you get the chance!

Comments

[Jem]

I for one get tired of black men pulling the race card when they're called to task for being sexist pigs.

Yeah, I said it. Sometimes black men think black women should just sit back, lay back and take it in support of the black man and family. Well I'm not buying it.

I don't even know if these women were black. I obviously just have issues since he's saying poor pity me I'm like Clarence Thomas and his nasty pubic hair in coke trifling ass. LOL

[Justice]

I just love that word---Tawdry T-A-W-D-R-Y Looooves it!
It gives the impression that things are just so beyond scandalous, the word ‘ cheap’ won’t suffice.

For a moment I thought about what will happen to Herman Cain when the “Religious Right” won’t vote for him because he thought Secretary’s Day meant “Keep secret how we tarry”.

Now, I’m not one for pointing fingers (wags finger instead), however the Republican party is riding Herman Cain like Seabiscuit, because they know most people don’t tune into politics until August of the same year as the vote. They are betting that his tawdry (had to use it) scandal will disappear before next year, so they can ease on down the road to the primaries. That strategy may work, however they forgot one little problem and his name is Al Sharpton. Brotha Al will be riding along side Seabiscuit letting him know every step of the way that Black people will not support someone who called them brainwashed, and then corrected himself (again) by saying “SOME Black people are brainwashed”. Additionally, to remain relevant Tavis Smiley and Cornell West will have to choose a side. They will not be able to stand with Herman Cain since they have already spoken out as “Self-appointed town criers of the Black community”. So in reality the odds are stacked 3 to 1 against Cain for the Black vote.

And then there is that pesky little sound bite about a fence. Yes, the one that won’t have Christmas lights on it, but will light up when you or any Mexican running toward freedom happens to touch it while boarder jumpin’. Yep, THAT fence! Herman Cain – the joke’s on you! When enough Spanish speaking ads run with that sound bite, every Mexican with a fake ID will be lining up to vote against Herman Cain! My brown sistas and brothas may “Speaka-No-English”, but they know how to vote for O-B-A-M-A. They too will need to make a choice, “Be fuerte’ or be fried!” When Diddy said, “Vote or Die” many in the Black community heard the trumpet sound! Mexicans ---Queue the mariachi band!!

We are moving into a new week and unless the three women involved in Herman’s hijinx reveal their faces, the bad press may fade a bit for Herman Cain. However, the minute one of these Beki’s steps forward, 9-9-9 will have new meaning. Herman Cain will be the talk of the airwaves from 9AM to 9PM, for the next 9 months.

Justice

[kia]

Cain is guilty!!

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[Sandy]

"We are moving into a new week and unless the three women involved in Herman’s hijinx reveal their faces, the bad press may fade a bit for Herman Cain. However, the minute one of these Beki’s steps forward, 9-9-9 will have new meaning. Herman Cain will be the talk of the airwaves from 9AM to 9PM, for the next 9 months.

Justice"

Maybe that's what Cain meant by Ubekibekibekistanstan. LOL