No one should be surprised that the media has invested all of its might to lynch Herman Cain now that he has become a front-runner in the GOP presidential primary. Nearly three weeks ago the liberal writers at “Saturday Night Live” lampooned him for not having a chance. Since that time Americans have taken notice of his pragmatic approach to solving our country’s problems. He has become a Titan in business like Oprah Winfrey, Russell Simmons, and Bob Johnson and now the media is attempting to destroy Herman Cain because Herman Cain is a politically conservative black man in America, an unprotected minority. Liberals have created conditions where expressing conservative beliefs subjects blacks to another set of standards.
The most disgusting example of the media lynching was the interview with Hermain Cain by MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell. O’Donnell’s questions were predictably misleading. That’s to be expected because they cater to a small (and I mean small) leftist fringe. He relentlessly attempted to cast Herman Cain as a race traitor through innuendo like accusing him of not participating in civil rights demonstrations, insulting his father, and misrepresenting passages from his book.
I concluded than this Ivy League elitist has ordained himself with the authority to declare who is black. Although Herman Cain gave a spirited interview, he showed the obvious restraint of a presidential candidate leaving the host visibly frustrated by his defiance. I guarantee that if this was 1840, O’Donnell would have filled Cain’s back with welts like the Democrats used to do to non-compliant blacks. Nonetheless, since I am not a presidential candidate, and have no restraint and can directly address his racist assumptions.
I challenge Mr. O’Donnell’s and his newfound authority to a “black contest.” Conservative black Americans are regularly challenged on their racial integrity, and I say this from experience. While I believe that there is no standard “black experience,” there are experiences, conditions and traditions that tie the millions of African-Americans together that are distinctly different from other groups of Americans. Unfortunately, racist liberals like O’Donnell and self-proclaimed “black leaders” like Cornell West have given themselves the authority to decide who can call themselves black.
For years conservative African-Americans have tried to convince the brethren that despite political differences, they are no different. Too often these pleas fall on deaf ears as their “black cards” are revoked for simply exercising Constitutional rights; at the same time we people like Obama, whose descendents were not forced into slavery, and Bill Clinton who continues to be touted as the first “black” president.
Now’s the time for liberals to stop all of the innuendo and baseless accusations. Since they are quick to insult the racial integrity of conservative blacks, here is their chance to prove it. Mr. O’Donnell, let’s mutually agree on a measurable standard based on the experiences of descendants of enslaved Africans in America, pitting myself against President Obama. If I lose, I am willing to profess that my conservative beliefs make me a sellout to my community. If you lose, you must profess to your audience that you are indeed the biggest racist in America.
I realize the that idea of a “black contest” may be considered immature. So is having to rebut being called an Uncle Tom during an otherwise intelligent debate on policy. I am addressing absurdity in-kind. I fully expect O’Donnell to cower inside of his ivory tower at MSNBC by ignoring me. That’s why I need you help to me challenge the racists at MSNBC. Copy and paste this editorial with “Don’t Be A Coward O’Donnell, Accept The Challenge” in the title. E-mail it directly to Lawrence O’Donnell at thelastword@msnbc.com. Get all of your friends to do the same. O’Donnell acts like a tough guy when standing on the bully pulpit, time to find out if that NBC mascot is really a peacock or chicken.







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What is the counter to "The Democrats & Republican's" switched places where the GOP was the party of Civil rights, and many Black Americans like Frederick Douglas & MLK were Republicans and the Democrats were the party of Jim Crow and the KKK, today that is reversed. What is the rebuttal to that?
I think the specter of a conservative Black man winning the presidency is just more than the Left can stomach. It will push them over the edge as it turns all PC on its head.
Let me ask a better question.
Are you African-American enough? Why stop at race when you can bring in national origin.
Obama isn't descended from slaves, he was born of a fresh off the boat privileged Kenyan and white mother. He was never around other blacks growing up, his mother was white and step father was Indonesian. I don't think he was around other blacks before going to college in Massachusetts.
i still say that idiot looks like niles crane from the frazier show. just as elitist as niles as well. what a prig.
ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS.
Animal Farm
How many different ways do you suppose O'Donnell can spin this?
I thought Bill Clinton was the first black president.
It never happened.
A white guy evaluating the blackness of black people, how MSM, liberal/ socialist and elitist can you get? And O Donnell entirely misses the irony. Dupe, through and through.
There's no way I'd subject my email account to harvest by MSNBC.
Cowards run away so I doubt he will accept the challenge, but I sent my email anyway!! Good Luck
O'Donnell was never the brightest one in the room, even when he was on the Al Franken Show.
Excellent post, Andre. Now you can expect O'Donnell to put you on his "special" list.
Lawrence is a pedantic dolt, over-educated and thinks himself a provocateur when in reality he's mindless and malleable political hack who suffers from delusions of relevence. He's in good company at MoronSNBC.
Why draw attention to this dolt? He's desperate for ratings.
"Never wrestle with a pig. You'll both get dirty, but the pig will like it."—multiple sources
It should be crystal clear by now that O'Donnell and his fellow leftists now define race not by skin color but instead by a pattern of belief. To them, Herman Cain, Thomas Sowell, and Clarence Thomas are not Black.
Done and done!
What? Democrats the party of Jim Crow and the KKK? How come the Democrats never mention this?
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O'Donnell and others in the MSM are trying the same tactics used on Sarah Palin. As Sarah became a MSM lightning rod representing conservative women, Herman Cain will serve as a MSM lightning rod representing blacks. To me they both represent a tag team with the objective of destroying the liberal narrative and the "objective" media.
http://www.irishexaminerusa.com/mt/2011/10/18/the...
"Lynch" – these days electrocution on a fence is the preferred method.
Black Enough (Adj.) – Being brainwashed to vote demokkkrat.
See: Lawrence O’Donnell, MSNBC, Main Stream Media, demokkkrat party.
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Based upon Dr. Kings profound statement of character being based upon content not color, O'Donnell has prove he fails the test on both critiria established by his elite liberal friends, One, no white person is allowed to comment on race because they didn't live the black experience, two his judgement of character being based upon how a black acts is pure racism. O'Donnell is a walking talking condundrum.
"It never happened". This I agree with. Democrats don't mention it, they simply say exactly what I stated in my post. That the parties "Switched" at some point…. What is the argument that they didn't or that it is a myth and is false. I have been a Republican/Conservative ever since I started paying attention to politics and have never met one that wants to go back to the days of "Slavery" or met any Tea Partier that wanted to "Lynch" people.
Why doesn't O'Donnell ask the CBC why there is not one conservative in the Clique. Blacks are not even permitted to be conservative. Why doesn't he expose that hypocrisy instead of his own.
What the heck is up with the negative Rep? Apparently I'm not stating my question right? One of my biggest frustrations is that Black American's who are conservative are attacked for because they do not follow the "Liberal Template". When you try to argue that there are many Black American's thought history and that the Civil Rights were championed by Republicans the Liberal comeback is that the parties are switched now. When, in my opinion, they have not switched and that Republican/Conservatives stand for Civil Rights today just as much as they did throughout history. I guess I should take the negative rep with a grain of salt.
The republicans ARE the party of civil rights. You have NO understanding of history, AT ALL!
http://www.americanthinker.com/2006/06/republican... http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/01/obama_and_...
Rebuttal: it's bullsh!t. Whereas the Dems may have cleaned up their act (in public at least), the GOP did NOT take their place as the "party of Jim Crow and the KKK." The GOP is the party of genuine equal rights; we do not continue to divide the nation's citizens along racial lines and exploit the fissures like the Dems do..
Syrin23 and Bohemond….. I AGREE!!!!!!!! I'm trying to get someone to provide me… who is not the greatest debater , a clear concise statement of how to refutte, rebut, counter the Libs accusation that Republicans were not for civil rights. That they somehow switched places when in fact WE DID NOT! I am on your side dammit!
Good links BTW Syrin23.
"what is the rebuttal to that"
I would ask; what is a civil right. Does it retain its original definition, or does it now include free education, free health care, and equality of outcome.
"party of Jim Crow" Does that now mean attempts by the Republicans to curtail voter fraud engineered by democrats?
"party of KKK" Can anyone name Republican KKK members?
Done, Mr. Harper. I hope he takes you up on your challenge. By the way, I loved the 'chicken' line.
Thank you palidin811!!!
Wonderful article. One of your best points, "Whenever liberals have no way to refute conservative arguments, they resort to the race card but recent rhetoric is beyond sanity."
Done. Please let us know when/if the debate will take place. I'll watch it even if it's on MSNBC.
Great article!
I saw that interview, and I could not believe my ears. Have the libs become so self-righteoous about race that a white liberal is lecturing a black conservative on civil rights?? Herman Cain may not have been taking part in protests and marches back in the early 60's, but he was doing something much more effective. He was following the "I Shall Overcome" mantra by getting himself educated and bettering his own life. He didn't stop to complain about who may or may not have had it better in life; he just put his nose to the grindstone and worked his butt off. And look where that has gotten him! He is a self-made man, beholden to no one else (except God).
His life story is an inspiration, not only for black Americans, but for us all. That is exactly why he is a threat to the race- baiting Leftists. Herman Cain's campaign is the equivalent to someone daring to open a business in an area controlled by the mafia. And Herman ain't about to start paying them any "protection money."
If you're black and you don't toe that liberal Democrat line, then get ready for the racist attacks — especially from black liberals.
Here's a few more examples:
"A handkerchief-head, chicken-and-biscuit-eating Uncle Tom."
– Spike Lee on Clarence Thomas
"He's married to a white woman. He wants to be white. He wants a colorless society. He has no ethnic pride. He doesn't want to be black."
– California State Senator Diane Watson's on Ward Connerly's interracial marriage
"Is you their black-haired answer-mammy who be smart? Does they like how you shine their shoes, Condoleezza? Or the way you wash and park the whitey's cars?"
– Left-wing radio host Neil Rogers
"I disagree with them. It’s a lack of self-love. It’s a problem."
–rapper Common, on mixed race marriages (imagine Hank Williams Jr. saying the same thing in the opposite context)
O'Donnel is a lame, let me take him to a couple Irish bars in Cleveland and see just how he stacks up against his supposed bretheren.
While I detest Lawrence O'Donnell…his absence on my radar screen is the appropriate way to deal with him….As has been related already….giving relevence to the "irrelevent" amongst us makes no sense….Having said that….I respect and appreciate the unique challenges that black conservatives face…Unfortunately for them, we white conservatives are blamed for everything that is wrong in the black community…..In other words….we can't help them with the Lawrence O'Donnell's of the world any more than they can help us with the Cornell West's of the world. I ignore both with equal enthusiasm.
DOne and done. I've never had such fun poking at an MSNBC schill.
Mr. Harper said:
For years conservative African-Americans have tried to convince the brethren that despite political differences, they are no different.
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As your paragraph above hints at, I believe the challenge isn't to prove to the host of a little viewed tv show that black Republicans (and to a much lesser extent, conservatives) aren't trailer or dupes, its to convince the wider community.
Liberals of any color are never going to embrace conservatives of any color or gender (nobody on the left blows kisses at Limbaugh or Beck), we need to focus on those who have the interests of the black community at heart, not the interests of the Democratic Party.
We can convince them that we share those interests and that conservatism is the solution to what ails the black community but I don't think it will be fast and I don't think it will happen by talking to liberal hosts of obscure tv shows.
Which is precisely why white liberals voted for him. If he were named Anthony Johnson and grew up in Mississippi he would never had made it as far as he did.
Many people see a negative rating at the left, and simply assume you are a shi*te stirrer. They're knee-jerk …jerks.
I appreciate the insight effinayright.
email request sent !
No guts, no glory.
…and I did email Lawrence at the above address so let's see if he'll 'man up'.
They are not Blacks, they are Americans. And they are definitely not African-Americans
Get the truth out.
"'party of Jim Crow' Does that now mean attempts by the Republicans to curtail voter fraud engineered by democrats?"
It does to the master manipulators of the DNC/MSM/SOROS machine. Or I should say, that's what they want the voting public to believe. Two different things.
"we do not continue to divide the nation's citizens along racial lines and exploit the fissures like the Dems do.. "
Excellent point.
"Mr. O’Donnell, let’s mutually agree on a measurable standard based on the experiences of descendants of enslaved Africans in America, pitting myself against President Obama."
There's just one problem: None of Obama's ancestors were ever enslaved in America. His father came to this country of his own free will from Kenya in the mid-20th century.
Nah, Niles Crane was more manly than Crazy Larry.
Excellent article, thanks.
"I guarantee that if this was 1840, O’Donnell would have filled Cain’s back with welts like the Democrats used to do to non-compliant blacks." Excellent point. The liberal ideologue media does this metaphorically, when it suits their political agenda to influcence election results. Not only are the liberal ideologue media bigoted against conservatives and Republicans, but they go into whipping/beating level when it comes to the reputations and opportunities of black political candidates who are conservatives or GOP.
As Mr Harper pointed out, the DNC/MSM feel they "own" black citizens and so they have the right to punish black politicians or other figues such as Judge Thomas mercilessly for choosing to live their lives in ways which satisfy their hopes, dreams and pursuits of happiness.
And I agree with Mr Haper's suggestion about who the real race traitors are. After all, when it comes to politics, which side is really trying to keep black citizens (of the "wrong" party) down? Politicians and media people opposing BHO politically attacked him on a lot of things, but never about his race.
Does this mean we can now ask candidates, where applicable, if they are white enough, or hispanic enough? And a show of hands, how many people consider the president black? How about after seeing him dance at his inauguration? One could say, that like so many things the Democrats do, they even got electing a black president only half right. Just a thought, I could be wrong, your mileage will vary.
If "American" describes an American citizen; why do we further break up our citizenry into a myriad of hyphenated groups based on their ethnicity? The appellation "American" used to be coveted, now we unnecessarily divide our population into small groups identified by their outward appearance. Why? In the past every ethnic group that emigrated to America was singled out and discriminated against as foreigners (new comers) until they became "Americans". (Assimilated). Those that refuse to assimilate, (become an American) remained in their cultural enclaves and are courted by the politicians as voting blocks.
O’Donnell is the kind of white elitist that considers himself an expert on "Black" because he once had a friend he knew once…. that told him all about what it was like to be "black".
Many blacks don't even have a clue how many white conservatives died on battlefields and political arenas for civil/equal rights for all and not just some… and it appears most don't want to know either.
The plug should be pulled on MSLSD, that is the most racist network, with O'Donnell, Matthews, Bashir, their all race baiters and its getting old hat. The only O"Donnell that is worth a damn, is Christine. the other two are worthless,Norah and Lawrence.
Frank Marshall Davis – Obama's father figure growing up- was a black man, oh and a Communist.
Laurence O'Donnell is just like the rest of the cast on MSNBC, in that, when you look in his eyes the hatred emanating is palpable. I often wonder which layer of hell MSNBC does it's recruiting from.
Only in a liberal mind could a white man decide if a Black man was really a Black man.
That is true, if anybody is not authentic, going by O'Donnells measure it would be Obama. He grew up as a Barry Soetero, to a white mother and a Kenyan Father who ditched his wife and family. Barry was raised by white grandparents, he didnt grow up in the hood, and was the farthest away from any slavery. Herman Cain grew up in the south where the residue of the South still remained, and saw its last days of that kind of mindset.
I try to be fair and I tried to watch this Lawrence O'Donnell once and he is a complete IDIOT.
The Democrats did not change or switch, they redefined the plantation. They became the party of free food, free housing, free ______ with no individual responsibility. IOW they continued to push the same things they pushed as plantation owners, it has been repackaged but it is still a form of slavery only the plantation is now run by the government.
People like Jesse Jackson, Cornell West, et.al. have become the overseers for the Democrats just as they did on the actual plantations during slavery. One only has to look at what happens when someone goes off the progressive plantation to see that the actions of the Democrats are no different than during the times of slavery.
That's why I have a separate email for stuff I do on the internet versus private/personal.
If you believe that you can produce heaven on earth there is no lie you won't tell and no crime you will not commit.
Okay: The Civil Rights Bill of 1963, virtually identical to that which was enacted in 1964, was a Republican-drafted and -sponsored initiative, to which Northern Democrats attached themselves. It passed the House but succumbed a Democrat filibuster in the Senate- and JFK refused to intervene despite his having called for its passage on TV the preceding June. Essentially the same bill finally passed thanks to the arm-twisting of new Prez LBJ (I hate the bastard, but he was right on that one).
Oh- and the first and second black Secretaries of State: George Bush. First black National Security Advisor: Ronald Reagan (second: George Bush). First black Cabinet secretary in a meaningful rather than token position: Ronald Reagan.
Excellent post FlameCCT. Couldn't have stated it better myself.
Whereas, to O'Donnell, Cain isn't "authentic." Never mind that he was genuinely a descendant of slaves, was born and grew up poor in Jim Crow Georgia, the son of two domestics, went to segregated schools, and worked his way up from the bottom rung of the ladder. Oh, no. "Authentic" to O'Donnell and his ilk means a Hawaiian mulatto red-diaper baby of an African Marxist and a wealthy white commie-groupie.
The rebuttal is this: it never took place. During my years in universities, this false meme was argued using the "fact" that the members of the segregationist Dixiecrat Party (made up of the most racist fringe of the racist Democrat Party) went to the Republican party when it dissolved. However, that was not true. The vast majority of Dixiecrats returned to the Democrat Party after dissolution.
The clear historical reality is that racism in America has always been the province of one party.
Too bad the definition of "conservative" has been so corrupted in recent years versus the original (see "paleocon").
Cain might well qualify as a "neocon" and maybe that's the new standard, i.e, the "New Rignt".
Breitbart, for example, is a neocon lighthouse.
Antidote: Check Pat Buchanan's mag, The American Conservative, for the paleo-brand.
The distinctives are critical. (e.g., http://www.ronpaul2012.com)
Race is irrelevant; O'Donnell is an irrelevant distraction
I always find it ironic that elitist liberal whites claim to know the magic formula to being Black or Hispanic.
The greatest consolation for all of us is that Lawrence has to live in his own skin for the rest of his obviously miserable life. If thats ivy league education , I'll take bush league every time.
Allen West
Your question is incoherent.
I've got to throw a flag at this article.
"I guarantee that if this was 1840, O'Donnell would have filled Cain's back with welts like the Democrats used to do to non-compliant blacks."
Am I the only person who remembers O'Donnell publicly apologizing to Michael Steele for the "dancing remarks" he made about the former RNC Chairman? The MSNBC host was challenged for making remarks that he would have belted the Right for making. He accepted that those criticisms were correct. He apologized; and when he did so, he did it as candidly as conservatives could have asked.
I agree with Andre Harper's main criticisms in essentially every way. But the quote I'm highlighting is way, way too harsh.
Perhaps Mr. Harper owes somebody an apology.
Mis papas son de Limerick y Mayo. Desde chiquito he vivido con los mexicanos. You must have an irish mom?
Enjoyed the article.
email is in the pipes – Good Luck Andre!
I will concede that point. A case of brain going faster than my fingers, maybe too much caffeine. Those who understood what I was asking have given me good info. I would love to see Andre debate O'Donnell.
Nope. nope. Soy Newyorican. had an Irish editor
I am hoping that Herman Cain will be the first black president.
MSNBC has chosen to appeal to angry liberals.
O"Donnells jaw is freakishly big.
Is there available a well-done history of the Republicans vs. Democrats on race? One that mentions that the black- Jew- Catholic-hating KKK was long in bed with the Democrats, that the Democrats in the South put in segregation, that it was the Democrats who wouldn''t seat Fannie Lou Hamer, that it was Democrats who planned the "War on Poverty" that put the black family in the intensive care ward, and kept it there no matter how many studies the conservatives produced showing the effects, that it is the Democrats who continue to support abortion, which historically and currently is aimed at blacks, that Democrats and Big Business favor affirmative action to get blacks working for the Man instead of challenging him, and that Democrats are so hateful to blacks they have to accuse the Republicans of wanting them all dead or enslaved, because the Democrats have left nothing else undone to accuse their rivals of?
Just curious.
No surprise to see MSNBC go down that road in order to undermine a conservative voice. We need more conservative voices to balance out this survey: https://stonybrooksurveys.us2.qualtrics.com/SE/?S...
O'Donnell was so angry and frustrated that he could not bait Cain into losing his temper that by the end of the interview he was almost spitting at Cain. There is no anger greater that that of liberals against blacks who have "betrayed" the leftist cause and departed the plantation that Dems have been operating for them for decades. Clarence Thomas encountered, and still encounters, this vicious hatred of liberals, but, like Cain, he has maintained his temper and dignity. They are superior men in every way. In fact, liberals care nothing about the welfare of blacks and only want black votes to install their socialist programs.
O'Donnell would laugh if you called him an inauthentic irishman because he goes by "Laurence" instead of "Larry".
Other ethnicities are allowed to have a variety of opinions. Why not black people?
Conservative blacks are held to a different standard in order shut them up with the fear of social marginalization.
You've got to admit it's funny when you have liberal white guys like O'Donnell playing the race card to determine who is black enough. It blows their credibility and elite stance that they're not racists.
Racism exists in the U.S. It's home is the Democrat party.
Bill Clinton is all-white and was our first "black" president. Barack Hussein Obama is half-white and is our second "Black" president. Herman Cain is all-black and is not "black" enough? Excuse me?
Ok, I've got my popcorn ready…I really, really hope O'donnell accepts. But I won't hold my breath.
….well, that ol' boy lawrence o'donnellduck is just about to talk himself out of a job. he's already been moved to that ol' hogjowls ed schultzzzzz old time slot…yes, we watch msnbc when Fox goes to commercials for their comedic rants and untruths. Their entire network consists of genuinely mean and snarky people…..
I can answer your question and tell you the NBC logo is a chicken. But I'll email the entire article to the despicable O'Donnell. I hope his inbox is overquota ten times over! So, the article is sent, and I deliberately did not copy the request to copy and paste the article and send it. Let him stew a bit at how many he gets.
Same here. Sent this minute!
the intent of your first post was a bit ambiguous. we get a lot of lefty 'thumb down trolls' who will whip thru threads doing nothing but clicking the 'thumb down' button on every post they don't agree with. you'll often see conservative posts with low, or even negative, scores, but few or no posts in the entire thread making a counter-argument, after a herd of these idiots wander thru. in defense, some here have taken to automatically thumbing up or down posts to counter this practice. once you had a few negative ratings, people started assuming the worst and piled on. it happens, sorry. (i gave you one thumbs up to help…)
It would be nice………………
Appreciate that. My initial post was a shot from the hip, I will try to improve.
if you think it's bad now, just wait, Herman Cain, and the Nation as a whole are going to see racism come from the democrats that the country hasn't seen in 60 years before this election is over with. And as horrible as it sounds, i wouldn't be surprised if a lynching or 2 happened, of course the o'clownel types will blame it on Sarah Palin or Rush or conservatives. Yep, their racism is just starting, and the longer Cain stays a viable candidate the worse it will get. The result will be positive though, blacks who still have the chains on their brains will see it and take those damn chains off once and for all.
Given that Obama's black heritage is Kenyan, and not American, his ancestors were more likely to be on the "supply" side of slavery.
You do realize that more people access Breitbart than watch MSNBC, right?
Don't worry about the knee jerk negative ratings. I got smeared myself when I stood up for Andrew Breitbart by the Soros paid trolls who voted my post down. It took me a month to get out of the basement.
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