I was wondering could a black man be a republican and not be an Uncle Tom? It just seems that every black man in the republican party gets called an Uncle Tom, which is unfair. Our schools nor our political parties should be segregated.
I never thought the Hermanator was an Uncle Tom, maybe a Tomcat.
I don't think every black republican is an Uncle Tom. Michael Steel, for example, while dumb, isn't. If you remember Edward Brooke, who probably would be called a RINO today, was a respected Senator, even though he screwed Baba Walters. Alan Keyes and Allan West, both black, are better known for being shitfaced crazy more than anything else. Colin Powell and Condi Rice both are respected by lots of folks and have never been called Uncle Tom's. Then there's Clarence. Can we just forget him and Ginny?
So....none of them fit this category as well as Uncle Herman. And, remember, I'm just repeating the great number of black journalists and activists in calling him out for what he is...like the New Black Party.
So...If I'm racist for calling Uncle Herman an Uncle Tom, I guess Roland Martin is too?
How about another black's
take on him? lilMike will especially like this one because it disproves his theory about Obama.
If there is anyone who has single-handedly debunked the myth that most black voters chose Barack Obama in 2008 because of his ethnicity, it is the sole black candidate in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Although the same mindless people who created and perpetuated the big lie are not insightful enough to recognize or honest enough to acknowledge the public service he has provided, join me in saying, "Thank you, Herman Cain."
Probably no one, other than Clarence Thomas, could have done it better.
He is, like us - like President Obama - a black American. According to the bigots' theory, that alone would nail down black voter support to do his bidding at the polls. That, they say, is why we turned out in astonishing numbers three years ago to help elect Obama; it was just because he's black.
The history-busting election of a black man to the highest office in the land made us proud, yes, but he had to do more than just look like us.
The "content of his character," his similar position on issues that mean the most to us, his apparent empathies with our experiences and sensibilities, his intelligence, his knowledge of government and policy, his sophistication and his cool - all of these conspired to make it worth our while to hike off to the voting spot, wait in line and do our duty. Change, in our minds, was coming in more ways than merely the color palette in the presidential portrait gallery.
It is riskless to say that Cain does not enjoy that same popularity in the black community.
And here's why: He continually insults unemployed and poverty-stricken black Americans as whiners and blame-finders; he has perpetuated the stereotype of black Americans as “brainwashed” by the Democratic party; he shrugs off race as a factor in the disparities and wrong-doings of American life, law and policy; he jokes about his ignorance over foreign policy, an ignorance he is lax in curing; he channels his inner redneck whenever immigration issues arise, and the linchpin of his candidacy is a tax plan with a catchy name and booby traps in the fine print.
A bootleg elitist, that’s what he is.
Just as Obama's blackness was not enough on its own to win us over, neither is Cain's enough to make us overlook his multiple betrayals and failures.
How 'bout D.L. Hugeley?
