Liberal comedian Janeane Garofalo told Keith Olbermann the other night that she thinks somebody is paying Herman Cain to run for president and that because he is black he helps the Republican Party deflect charges that they are racist.

Garofalo: In this presidential race, because he deflects the racism that—that  is inherent in the Republican party, the conservative movement, the Tea Party certainly, and the last 30 years the Republican Party has been moving more and more to the right, but also race-baiting more,  gay-baiting more, religion-baiting more, but Herman Cain I feel like he’s being paid by somebody to be involved and to run for President so that—so that “Oh yeah, you can be racist, it’s a black guy, it’s a black guy asking for Obama to be impeached” or “It’s a black guy who’s anti-Muslim” or “It’s a black guy who’s a Tea Party guy,” and I feel like, well wouldn’t that suit the purposes of whomever astroturfs these things, whether it be the Koch brothers or ALEC or Grover Norquist or any religious—any anything, or it could even be Karl Rove. Let’s get Herman Cain involved so it deflects the obvious racism of our Republican Party.

Olbermann: Well, I mean, would that be separate of his delusions of grandeur, or were they—were they just taking advantage of it—

Garofalo: He’s a businessman.

Once again it’s the liberals that bring up the race card but this time instead of just calling conservatives and the Tea Party racists, Garofalo  charges that Cain is some kind of shill to make the Republican Party appear to be more diverse or inclusive. The only thing Garofalo and Olbermann got right was that Cain is a businessman and a very successful one to boot.

But Garofalo wasn’t done with just bringing up the race card.

Garofalo: Yeah, whoever pays him, and he may have a touch of Stockholm Syndrome. There may be a touch of Stockholm Syndrome in there because anytime I see a person of color or a female in the Republican party or the conservative movement or the Tea Party, I wonder how they could be trying to curry favor with the oppressors, is it Stockholm Syndrome, or does somebody pay them?

Olbermann: Is there an explanation for Sarah Palin, because I thought in 2008 that—and they even—they went out and said that they pursued Hillary Clinton supporters in hopes of peeling them away from—from, Obama, both in the initial stages of it right after the election they just thought they—they’d get support and many of the—of the Republican women have associated themselves with Hillary Clinton as they run for the nomination this time. Is that the same thing, or do you think the women Republican candidates, conceivably Mrs. Palin, of course Mrs. Bachmann, are just nuts?

Garofalo: Oh I have no idea if they’re quote-unquote “nuts” or opportunists or they enjoy the attention or money—whatever it is—but uh, there is I would say the same thing for any female that’s involved in conservative politics or a conservative movement or any kind of fundamentalist movement. If you’re supportive of it and involved in it and enthusiastic about it, is it Stockholm Syndrome, is it a self-loathing issue, and believe me I know what I’m talking about with self-loathing—

So Garofalo is saying that just because Cain is, in her words, a “person of color” and that Palin and Bachmann are women, then they all must be suffering from Stockholm Syndrome because otherwise they wouldn’t associate themselves with the Tea Party or the GOP. Now that’s liberal crazy talk.

Garofalo did tell Olbermann that Palin was very charismatic but she didn’t understand why anyone would support her or Michele Bachmann.

Garofalo: That has nothing to do with gender, but—but why a person of color is involved in the Republican party or the Tea Party or conservative politics, or the faux libertarian—it’s now the latest thing to claim you’re libertarian—to throw people off—off  the scent of you being a Republican,or to claim Ayn Rand being something to you. It’s just—it’s just a—a—a—bunch of nonsense. The Tea Party is—is so obviously racist—and also the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups in this country, hate groups in this country are at an all-time high—record highs—and have been spiking since Obama announced. I don’t think that’s a coincidence. Racism is—is part of the fabric of this country, unfortunately. How could it not exist when there’s a black President?

And the President and the Democrats wonder why conservatives and liberals have such a difficult time trying to get along these days?

Garofalo is entitled to her opinion but if Olbermann wants to be considered a legitimate journalist or television anchor he should at the very least ask that his guests be held to some small standard of accuracy. But that’s probably asking too much for a former MSNBC alum.

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6 Comments for Garofalo: “Herman Cain is Being Paid By Somebody to Run for President, Helps GOP Deflect Racism Charges”

David Kinchen

Before FDR, Southern Blacks were traditionally Republican because the Democratic Party excluded them and was THE racist party, the party of lynchers and Kluxers like the sainted Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia….. Janeane doesn’t know much about history…typical!

bev

David…you took the words right out of my mouth….this is what the Dems do. Lie…lie…lie. Last week, I went fishing. I’m in Chicago and went to Wolf Lake on the SE side of town. The conservation officer came around to check for licenses. (I was there the day before also) and I said that I’m surprised that you would be checking this much…it was not like this in the past. His response to me was “We have to do all this checking because of the Tea Party. They say we don’t do enough work, so this is the reason. Needless to say, my being nearly 70 years, I did not bite my tongue to call him out for telling a lie from the pit of hell. I continued on a rant that I couldn’t pull myself away from… letting him know what has gone before and what is now and here he is drinking the cup of hemlock. And, of course he got around to ‘it is Bushs’ fault. The Republicans have run all the jobs out of town, they are hate-filed racists….especially the teaparty. I can’t tell you how tiring it was to try talking to this individual. I know this….we are paying him to do that job and he is out there telling political lies to the public who pay his salary…and I’m pissed…..again.

ItsJo

Oh, Garofolo is a comedienne? She is NOT funny-Ever. This whiner, hater and deficient pseudo intellectual(she thinks she’s sooo bright and up on everything) is another who is conned by the Big Con, Community Organizer, so she hates to admit he conned her too. If she is too dumb to see what direction he has/is taking America, what can one say? This has been, is laughable, as she goes on a
“love Obama fest with Olberman-another cheerleader?) It’s really funny, that these libs continue to Hate
as they do anyone who opposes their views-when they CAN’T raise issues honestly, they lie and call people names. She is so ill-informed. She could read “Rules For Radicals” by Alinsky, and SEE the rules, of which Obama follows to a T. (btw: So does Hillary) To resort to being called Racist, by the biggest ‘race baitors’ is really laughable-they resort to this tactic, when their arguments are so lame.
Mr. Cain entered the race for POTUS on HIS own- no one needed to push him when he came forward, but of course Garofolo etal, need to make Race the issues per usual.

a fellow patriot

How about holding a national bake sale and donate the money to a reliable psychiatrist specializing in delusional thought to help her through this crisis.

If not that perhaps she should read Michelle Obama’s Princton black militant thesis.

For months during the nominating process, Michelle Obama’s graduating thesis has been under lock and key at Princeton University. The university stated suspiciously that it would be available to the public after the general election. Nobody knew why until now.

Politico.com received a possibly redacted copy from the Obama campaign recently. The excerpts show that Obama identifies with black militancy, utterly obsessed with race in America and her own blackness. It is a fundamentally racist document, shocking when considering that this scholarship is the product of a presidential candidate’s wife at a great university.

Michelle Obama’s Early Militant Racism Revealed http://bit.ly/cLrmUv

ItsJo

You can also find Michelle’s thesis information @ RightPundits.com I found information at the
Pittsburgh Tribune. These two Marxist/Communists are Really angry, hate-America from wayyyyy
back. Both Michelle & Barack have a lot to hid in THEIR backgrounds-including many of their
Terrorist, Marxist, Communist, Socialists, Radicals Friends. No Wonder ALL their records have
been ‘put under wraps’. The sooner we find out about Obama’s hidden records, since the LapDog
Media wouldn’t, the better off we will be in Ousting These Frauds and charging them with every crime
they’ve hidden to get to the presidency. Enough is Enough.