Lawrence O'Donnell's Hostile Interview With Herman Cain

Amazing video, how Cain kept his cool with this liberal idiot is beyond me..

Lawrence O'Donnell tries to pit Herman Cain as anti-black and a draft dodger in a bizarre interview that didn't seem have to a point other than to attack Mr. Cain. However, the GOP presidential candidate remained poised throughout.

Mr. Cain worked for the Navy in the field of ballistics during the war. Lawrence O'Donnell? He received a deferment since he was attending college.

O'Donnell tried to paint Cain as some sort of traitor to blacks because he didn't participate in protests and sit-ins during the Civil Rights era.

"I did not insult the intelligence of all black Americans," Herman Cain said about his 'brainwashing' comment. "I insulted the attitude of those that will not consider an alternate idea." He also said black voters "did not consider my statement insulting because a lot of them are thinking for themselves."

"Now, if they want to talk about insulting, they need to look at the president when he talks to the Congressional Black Caucus and insulted black people, in my opinion, by telling them to take off their slippers and put on their marching boots when he has had nothing but failed policies," Cain said in response to Lawrence accusing him of insulting black Americans.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/ ... _cain.html

To be fair and balanced.... here's the other side:

Lawrence O'Donnell Defends Herman Cain Interview (VIDEO)

Lawrence O'Donnell ignited a controversy on Friday after his contentious interview with GOP presidential contender Herman Cain. Several portions of the lengthy conversation aroused anger, but the one that drew the most fire was the section in which O'Donnell questioned Cain about his participation in the Civil Rights movement. O'Donnell asked Cain if he regretted "sitting on the sidelines" while other black Americans were protesting in the movement -- a notion that Cain heatedly rejected.

O'Donnell said that he had gotten a lot of positive and negative feedback. He insisted that he "wasn't trying to instruct anyone on how to handle themselves" during the Civil Rights movement, but was only trying to highlight the fact that "history" had come to Cain's "doorstep," and wanted to know why Cain had made the choices he did.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 01548.html

I remember the marches and protests for equal rights and they were conducted by adults. Children remained in school. These were very dangerous events and the parents kept their kids out of harms way. Adults risked their lives in these marches.
O'Donnell was totally out of line with these attacks on Cain. O'Donnell might as well have jabbed his index finger at Cain and yelled "Uncle Tom!".
And O'Donnell was the one who was avoiding the draft.

I didn't see the interview so I can't comment other than to ask why you would consider asking why a candidate didn't participate in the Civil Rights Movement when it was on his doorstep as an "attack."

You should listen or watch the interview. It was not quite as polite as one would normally assume.

Wayne, watch the interview, then get back to us....O'Donnell's interview was an attack on Cain, pretty much through out the whole time he spoke, he had an agenda for the left wing media...

Watching it now.

My first reaction is, "Where are Herman Cain's shoulders?"

I thought Lawrence was too aggressive and the way some of the questions were framed up were presuming an answer in the question (not fair). Having said that, I think the questions were valid ones (just not the way they were asked). Most of the questions were coming directly from what Cain wrote in his book. My comment to my husband while watching was "Cain better be prepared for the hard questions if he continues to stay up in the polls". I thought that he deserved everything he got for the "blacks have been brainwashed" comments, implying they are a flock that can be so easily controlled - very insulting and I am sure did not win over any black votes with that.

On another note, my jaw dropped when I saw he was at a book store on a book tour during the interview. I think the book tour in the middle of his campaign speaks volumes about his true intentions = Get media/public attention, sell a book and make some money. Kind of the Christine O'Donnell/Sarah Palin method of "campaigning".

Conservative Voice wrote: Watching it now.

My first reaction is, "Where are Herman Cain's shoulders?"

HUH? He made O'Donnel look like the partisan hack he is...definitely no journalist.

Yeah, asking why he was talking about not participating in the Civil Rights Movement because he was in high school when he was actually in college is really partisan.