This brought back a flood of 10-year-old memories. I met Herman when he started stumping to be the next President of the United States back in 2019.
A Liberal talking head said that the Tea Party’s support for Herman Cain only further proved our racism, because Cain fits our stereotype of a Black Man.
So the stereotyping of Black men as intelligent, industrious problem-solvers who can become leaders in virtually any field they pursue … is racist?
Almost immediately, I liked him. A very congenial guy – he almost always had a smile on his face and a big handshake that announced, without words, “Hey, glad to see you!”. And in my case, being in the First in the Nation Primary State of NH, I saw him a lot as he spent a lot of time here campaigning.
Sidenote: being an empty nester at the time, TMEW let me indulge in going all over. With the Grandson now, I try hard to stay home more often than not.
I got the opportunity to yak with him often as well and it was clear that what Liberal Logic 101 was true – and more. A man of his convictions, he was rooted in American norms, traditions, and Conservative / Constitutional philosophy. To the point that I acquired a LOT of these T-shirts to hand out to others:
Yes, I endorsed who he was and what he stood for – I offered and became the campaign’s Belknap County Chair. Still have a number of those T-Shirts around.
The Liberals hated the idea that a Black man with his accomplishments wanted to do without them; they ran a scorched earth campaign against him by attacking his wife and his fidelity to her (including WMUR, NH’s only TV station of note). So, as it was, the next day he withdrew from the race.
Sadly, he passed away on July 20, 2020, from the Chinese WuFlu.
