Herman Cain knows what conservatives want to hear (Phelan Ebenehack/Reuters)
Herman Cain
earlier today on right-wing radio host Neal Boortz's show:
Boortz, at the tail end of the interview, asks Cain how he’d do in a debate against Obama:
“It would almost be no contest.”
Ticking off ways he could compete with Obama, Boortz says that Cain would be able to talk about the black experience in America.
Cain’s response: “[Obama's] never been a part of the black experience in America.”
So according to Herman Cain, our nation's first African-American president isn't part of the black experience. As absurd a statement as that is, it's not a shock that it came from Cain. This is, after all, same guy who also said that two-thirds of blacks have been brainwashed into voting for Democrats and that most of them can't even think for themselves.
But as ridiculous as Cain's statement was, it's also worth pointing out that it was Boortz who raised the issue. Like Herman Cain, Neal Boortz clearly understands what conservatives want to hear from Herman Cain. And based on the polls, Cain is doing a good job of giving it to them.