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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Just as it is politically adventageous for the Republicans to have "tokens" who can scream "look, I'm successful...there is no such thing as racism (or sexism)...." The scene on the Hannity Show last night was a perfect illustration of that.
This happens on both ends of the spectrum because humans suck at middle ground. To hell with the Dems and Repubs and to hell with political party loyalty.
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* I don't watch Hannity because he annoys the hell out of me so my following comment is based on what I've noticed of Cain *
If Cain wants to attract black votes he needs to quit playing the "token" and claiming that racism doesn't exist in politics and start spending more time explaining to fellow african americans why he is conservative, why conservatism and it's ideals have benefitted him and how it can benefit other african americans. I personally believe that you can't legislate away the poverty and social ills affecting some communities. Giving someone an additional $10 a month in food stamps isn't going to bring them out of poverty. I think that is what Cain believes as well, he's just going about the wrong way in expressing it to people.
The fact that people and the media look at him as a token and an abnormality because of his conservatism is getting annoying as well. Are minorities not supposed to be socially or fiscally conservative?