Herman Cain Plays the Race Card

Herman Cain told a Fox News panel last night that he believes the sexual harassment charges brought against him may be racially motivated. Cain, however, readily admits that there is no evidence to support this contention. What a fool! If there is no evidence of race being an issue Herman, then maybe you should keep your mouth shut, no? What a disappointment. Not even a black conservative who is surging in the polls and looks like he has a real shot at the GOP nomination can help himself from playing the race card. It is even more pathetic, because Cain says he thinks there is a racist element to the accusations brought against him, but then says there is "no evidence" of it. Below is a transcript of the relevant statements made by Herman Cain taken from

"Mr. Cain, when Clarence Thomas was near to achieving position of high authority, he was hit with a sexual harassment charge. You contending for presidency, the office of highest authority, leading in the polls for the Republican nomination, all of the sudden get hit with a sexual harassment charge. Do you think that race, being a strong black conservative, has anything to do with the fact you've been so charged? And if so, do you have any evidence to support that?"

"I believe the answer is yes, but we do not have any evidence to support it. But because I am an unconventional candidate running an unconventional campaign and achieving some unexpected unconventional results in terms of my -- the poll. We believe that yes, there are some people who are Democrats, liberals who do not want to see me win the nomination. And there could be some people on the right who don't want to see me -- because I'm not the 'establishment candidate.' No evidence." "Relative to the left, I believe that race is a bigger driving factor. I don't think it's a driving factor on the right. This is just based upon our speculation," Mr. Cain also added.