Herman Cain: Jon Stewart Attacked Me ‘Because I’m Black’ (VIDEO)

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Herman Cain: Jon Stewart Attacked Me ‘Because I’m Black’
By Judd Legum on Jun 23, 2011 at 7:58 am

ThinkProgress filed this report from Iowa Falls, Iowa.

Earlier this month, ThinkProgress reported that GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain told an audience in Pella, Iowa that he would not sign a bill longer than three pages. (Cain later said he was “exaggerating.”)

Jon Stewart picked up on the story, imitating Cain and joking that if Cain was president he would require everything to be shorter: “Treaties will have to fit on the back of a cereal box … The State of the Union Address will be delivered in the form of a fortune cookie.” You can watch the segment here. (Chris Wallace later replayed the segment during Stewart’s appearance on Fox News Sunday.)

Speaking Wednesday at the Iowa Falls Fire Department, Herman Cain lashed out at Jon Stewart, claiming that Stewart was only targeting him “because I’m black”:

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[wilt the stilt]

1. Playing the Race card

Whining extraordinare. Mr. cain I thought you were a tough guy. Pretty wimpy if you ask me.

[CBGLuthier]

2. I am quite sure Stewart would be very glad to have him on the show

He seems to be needing some raw meat to get the taste of Faux from his mouth. I look forward to their eventual encounter.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Shut up, you whiny idiot.

This Cain is going nowhere fast.

[ejpoeta]

4. yes, taking what he said and using it to show what a fucking idiot he is must be jsut because he is

black... not because he is a fucking idiot.

[tanyev]

5. Oh, this could get interesting.

:evilgrin:

[Enrique]

7. yeah, Jon often responds to this kind of thing

and it's usually hilarious. :thumbsup:

[Enrique]

6. so that explains why Jon made fun of him

or it could also be because he makes fun of everyone. :shrug:

[glen123098]

8. Because Jon Stewart never makes fun of white politicians.

In the 12 years Jon Stewart has hosted the show, he has not once made fun of a white politician. Therefore he is correct.

[Drunken Irishman]

9. Now imagine if Obama had said that about one of his critics...

His campaign would be dead.