Misdirection Play, Race Card Dept. 0

Mike Littwin comments on Herman Cain, the allegations of sexual harassment against him, and the Republican race card:

Everything really is different. The people most likely to yell racism these days are, incredibly, those who most loudly complained, back in the day, when anyone else yelled racism.

Usually, the accusation is to call a minority figure a racist for noting that he/she is, well, a minority figure. And so you have Glenn Beck calling Barack Obama a racist. And you have Tom Tancredo calling Sonia Sotomayor a racist. This is the anyone-whoever-mentions-race-must-be-a-racist school of racism.

It’s so old now that it’s almost become old school. It’s usually accompanied by quoting Martin Luther King about the quality of your character vs. color of your skin, as if that’s the only thing he ever said.

The misdirection players are the same bunch that couldn’t stop talking about Monica Lewinsky and little blue dresses.

Give me a break.

Aside:

I have no idea whether Herman Cain harassed or did not harass female employees.

Having worked in companies of more than one employee, I wouldn’t be surprised if he did–I have known supervisors who considered all female employees under their authority to be a harem at their command. I also have known supervisors–by far the majority–who treated their staffs with courtesy and respect.

I consider the charges no more relevant to Cain’s unfitness to govern as the Monica Lewinsky thing was relevant to Clinton’s fitness to govern. It may be real muck, but it’s extraneous muck.

This muck is an example of relevant muck

Cain is the lead clown in the clown car right now.

He’s still a clown in a clown car.

For those who follow such things, Bob Cesca is keeping track of the Cain campaign’s shifting claims.