Let's talk racism

For years now we have been hearing talk of racism.

• Anyone who decided not to vote for Senator Barrack Obama was a racist.
• Once President Obama was elected, anyone who disagreed with him was a racist.
• After the health care bill, “ObamaCare,” was shoved down our throats, those who dared to say “repeal” were declared racist.

But where are the cries of racism when a black Conservative is attacked?

On Friday, February 11, 2011, Herman Cain gave a speech before the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C. It was a moving and powerful speech but unless you happen to subscribe to non-traditional news feeds, you probably missed it as it was not even mentioned by the Main Stream Media (MSM).

A few way liberal bloggers did pick up on it though and their attacks were vicious. Every nasty, negative thing you can imagine was thrown at Mr. Cain and did so using extremely racist labels to describe this true Conservative. If you want to read the stuff, it is not that hard to find but I refuse to give them a link on this site.

So who is Herman Cain? He is a black man from Georgia, raised by hard working parents who believed that the American Dream is achieved through education. He has a mathematics degree from Morehouse College and a Masters in Computer Science from Purdue University.

Cain worked his way up the corporate ladder at Coca-Cola before moving to Pillsbury and becoming their youngest Vice President ever. He would later resign that ‘cushy’ position and switch to Pillsbury’s restaurant division, first with Burger King (where he did it all from cleaning toilets to flipping burgers to managing stores) and later with Godfather’s Pizza where he was the CEO.

It was at Godfather’s where Cain rose to prominence, taking the company from the brink of bankruptcy to a successful chain with hundreds of locations.

Because of his work at Godfather’s, Cain was elected chairman of the National Restaurant Association and later became its full-time President and CEO.

Cain hosts a radio talk show in Atlanta, is married to his college sweetheart, and has two grown children. He is currently considering a run at the White House in 2012.

It is so wrong to attack a person based on the color of their skin regardless of the politics. However, the left must feel extremely threatened by the likes of Herman Cain and Col. Allen West based on the undeserved negative attention they are getting.

And I thought the attacks on Conservative women were vicious!

~ Patty