Mike Papantonio talks with blogger and author Chauncey DeVega about how the Tea Party GOP is attempting to court African Americans by using their “my friend is black” strategy with Herman Cain.

Uncle Ruckus Herman Cain — On The War-Path Defending Republican Racism & Bigotry

Herman Cain Insults The Intelligence of Black People:

On Sunday, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said that he doesn’t believe racism holds African Americans back:

“I don’t believe racism in this country today holds anybody back in a big way,” said Cain, former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, during an interview on CNN. “Are there some elements of racism? Yes, it gets back to if we don’t grow this economy, that is a ripple effect for every economic level, and because blacks are more disproportionately unemployed, they get hit the worst when economic policies don’t work. That’s where it starts.”

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1. From We Are Respectable Negroes: Epic Face Palm Moment — Herman Cain Says ‘Racism In This Country Today’ Doesn’t Hold ‘Anybody Back In A Big Way’
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2. Herman Cain: I Sat at The “Back of The Bus” To Avoid Trouble in Segregated Georgia
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3. ‘Uncle Ruckus’ Herman Cain & Why Blacks Don’t Vote Republican
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Remembering Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth Who’s Efforts Have Made it Possible For Herman Cain To Rub His Nose at Fellow Black People

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….and UNCLE Cain is feeling like a prophet:

“I felt like Moses when God said I want you to go into Egypt and lead my people out,” he said. “God has been in this since the beginning…there are certain things that happen along this journey that they couldn’t happen unless God was in it.”

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From We Are Respectable Negroes: What Are White Supremacists Saying About Herman Cain?
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In Other Right-Wing Racist/Bigot News ……..

Fox’s Eric Bolling And Dr. Marc Siegel Baselessly Speculate Herman Cain Might Have Died Of Cancer Under “Obamacare”

Worst Persons: Bill O’Reilly, Sarah Palin and Neal Boortz — Find out why Bill O’Reilly is WORSE; Sarah Palin is WORSER; and radio host Neal Boortz is the WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD for Oct. 7, 2011.

On Fox, Colmes Calls Out Fox News’ “Double Standard” On Tea Party And Wall Street Protests

Charlatan Beck: “There Is A Race War That Is Going On In Our Country”

Beck on “Occupy Wall Street“: “The Violent Left Is Coming To Our Streets” “To Smash, To Tear Down, To Kill, To Bankrupt, To Destroy”

Part of Chris Christie’s alleged charm is his blunt, some would say rude, manner. I will channel the New Jersey Governor and state my opinion succinctly and bluntly: Chris Christie is too freakin’ fat to be President of the United States.

When I see Chris Christie plodding onto a stage to deliver a speech, I have a visceral reaction of disgust. If I were a resident of New Jersey I would be embarrassed to have this huge mass of humanity representing me.

Christie isn’t merely pudgy or overweight, he’s sideshow freak fat. He’s not simply obese, he’s morbidly obese.

I’m a policy wonk and I am aware of where all the presidential hopefuls stand on the issues, but I also consider their moral character, their temperament and their personal frailties.

How can Christie find solutions to the intractable problems (unemployment, failing economy, interminable wars) facing our nation, if he can’t overcome the inordinate desire to stuff his face?

A couple of weeks ago Christie said he wasn`t ready to be president, he`s absolutely right! He won`t be ready, until he loses at least 150 pounds.

By Robert Paul Reyes

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PLAYLIST: Chris Christie — The Rouge, FAT Governor of New Jersey

Don’t Do It, Chris!, says Matt Latimer of The Daily Beast. If New Jersey Gov. Christie actually joins the 2012 presidential race, he risks a rapid fall from grace. Just ask Rudy, Fred, and Rick. The political prognostication class gets their kicks by building a lofty tower for their candidate du jour and then remove brick after brick after brick, adds Latimer. [ READ MORE ]

Will Christie run? That remains to be seen.

Elsewhere, Christie’s abundance of body fat (tips the scale at: 334+ pounds, by some estimates) — is already being questioned with vigor.

Michael Kinsley, writing for Bloomberg News is blunt:

Look, I’m sorry, but New Jersey Governor Chris Christie cannot be president: He is just too fat. Maybe, if he runs for president and we get to know him, we will overlook this awkward issue because we are so impressed with the way he stands up to teachers’ unions. But we shouldn’t overlook it — unless he goes on a diet and shows he can stick to it.

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Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post gave unsolicited advice: “Lose The ‘Hefty’ Burden” before thinking of running.

Pouncing on Christie’s own statement: “I weigh too much because I eat too much,” he said after his hospitalization this summer, “and I eat some bad things, too.” — Robinson beat down on Christie with a healthcare RUNGU:

On average, health-care costs for obese persons are 42 percent higher than costs for individuals whose weight falls into the “normal” range. It costs Medicare $1,723 more a year for an obese beneficiary than a non-obese one. For Medicaid the differential is $1,021, and for private insurers it’s $1,140. In other words, obesity is helping propel the rise in health-care costs, which are fueling the long-term rise in the national debt.

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Even the ladies at The View weighed in on Chris Christie’s weight

The View: Hot Topics: Chris Christie’s Weight – The View

Long time New Jersey Senator, Frank Lautenberg avoided the FAT business and swung at Christie by calling him — a ‘King of Liars‘

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So, can the fat, lying, rude, leg-breaking, Mafioso, New Jersey Governor become the next president of the United States?

Lloyd Grove has some answers — click here. [ Christie's Youtube Hits ]

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Sen. Frank Lautenberg Calls NJ Governor Chris Christie, a ‘King of Liars’

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Bill Maher on Republican Delusions:

Bill Maher – Republican Flavor of the ‘Weak’

Bill Maher – The Word For Republicans These Days Is…

Bill Maher – New Rules – ME SO CORNY

Bill Maher: New Rules – Socialism

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Political satirist Bill Maher yesterday challenged Republicans to quit taking pledges (vows) — like the recent Bob Vander Plaats’ — slavery/marriage vow or Grover Norquist‘s Taxpayer Protection Pledge a.k.a. vow to “destroy Obama no matter what” — using the debt-ceiling and taxes as weapons.

Maher also introduced his own ridiculous pledge: “The American Eagle Liberty Bell Ronald Reagan You’re A Homo If You Don’t Sign It Pledge” — and urged Republican morons to sign it. LOL!

Bill Maher on The Debt Ceiling, Republicans, 2012 and Everything in Between

In other right-wing news and lies:

The Donald Solves the Debt Ceiling: Because no political crisis can be resolved without SLIME-BUCKET BIRTHER Donald Trump’s sage advice, the ‘Apprentice’ boss weighs in on the latest saga to take the nation’s capital. He really wants to get rid of Obama.

Donald Trump Tells GOP To Default Just to Screw Obama: Can we stop indulging this insane person? Yesterday on Fox and Friends (where else?), Donald Trump offered his advice to the Republican party on the debt ceiling. One would think that a man of his financial success would have sound, practical, possibly innovative advice for balancing a budget and coming up with a compromise, but apparently Trump doesn’t have that much dignity. The shamed former GOP Presidential candidate offered only one missive: Default, just to screw Obama. [ READ MORE ]

Stossel: “People Who Don’t Know What The Debt Is Shouldn’t Vote. … Why Should Dummies Vote?”

Fox’s ‘DingBat’ MacCallum: If We Didn’t Have A Social Safety Net, We’d Be In A “Much Better, Stronger Fiscal Position” To Wage War

Peters: Europe “Got The Uneducated, Illiterate Muslims. We Got The Doctors, The Physicists, The Professors”

Limbaugh Theory: People Believe In Global Warming Because Air Conditioners Make Their Homes Cool

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On his Friday night show, Bill Maher equated the Casey Anthony verdict with Republican policy — with Casey Anthony as Republican politicans and voters as the jury.

“Half of American voters say ‘I’m with the party that cuts all these programs for real people, for the 99 percent. Planned Parenthood, environmental protection, college, health care, infrastructure, but holds the line on private jets.’ Voting for them is as stupid as voting not guilty for the mom who lost her baby for a month and went looking at a wet t-shirt contest.” — Bill Maher [ READ MORE ]

Playlist: Bill Maher — Humorist and Political Satirist

Playlist: The Republican Base — The Tea Party Dummies

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