WAH!!! WAH!!!! Herman Cain: Jon Stewart Attacked Me ‘Because I’m Black’

[CatWoman]

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”:

http://thinkprogress.org/media/2011/06/23/251851/exclusive-herman-cain-jon-stewart-attacked-me-because-im-black/

[DevonRex]

1. This could get really funny.

Wonder how Stewart will respond.

[Angry Dragon]

7. He shoud say: 'No I attacked you because you are an idiot'

[Kurovski]

11. That is EXACTLY the phrase that popped into my head.

So they'll probably dig a little deeper for material. :rofl:

K&R

[arcane1]

2. Hahaha! Yeah, that's it...

Since Jon never makes fun of white people :eyes:

[Dappleganger]

3. So he pulled the race card when it was convenient for him...

what a hypocrite, Cain is known for lambasting people for "pulling the race card."

[jorno67]

4. ohhhh, I thought Jon targeted him because Cain's an IDIOT!

[arbusto_baboso]

5. Hey, Cain, ya sure it's because you're black and not because you're incredibly stupid?

Goddammit, I am tired of whiny-ass rethugs who respond to being called-out for their idiocy by crying discrimination. First Palin, and now Cain?

[dana_b]

6. as Jon would say:

oh no he di'int!!

[Johonny]

8. do likely Republican primary voters watch the Daily Show

I guess anything that gets you in the news helps when there are 100 people running for the nomination, but... seriously why go there because it isn't going to hurt Stewart and isn't likely to attract voters to you.

[arbusto_baboso]

10. And getting into a dispute with Stewart will only make Cain look more stupid.

Although that is likely a positive in the Republican primaries...

[Odin2005]

9. I see the Pukes are OK with the race card when their side uses it!

:crazy:

[Kurovski]

12. Hey! when did your kitties get so sassy...

with all the winking and tongue extensions? Have I just never noticed before today, because that's entirely possible. :D

[CatWoman]

14. LOL

They've always been like that

:hi:

[CrossChris]

13. FOX tried to make Stewart seem racist by highlighting this clip. I think this is a top-down meme.

I think the right is sick of Stewart's effectiveness in countering their propaganda.

[Zebedeo]

15. Stewart did

use a "Stepin Fetchit" voice to mock Herman Cain. I think that was racist of Jon. He might not have intended it as a vicious racist attack, but it was racist and it was offensive.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

16. Good luck getting that to stick to Jon Stewart

More capable morons have tried to take him down (Chris Wallace, Douchbag of Liberty et al), and they've failed. This useless, whiny fuck will be seen for what he is.

[Bluebear]

17. Well Herman targeted me 'cause I'm gay. nt

[CatWoman]

18. and he targeted me

cause I'm not a moran :)

:hi:

[spooky3]

19. I may be stupid, but even I am not stupid enough to take on someone like Stewart

who is very smart and well-informed, 1000+ times wittier and more influential than the average person, and has a whole staff of people doing research and writing to help him.

And I'm not clairvoyant either, but I see another Republican campaign crumbling...