They Think You're Stupid, by Herman Cain: on Civil Rights


Herman Cain: I oppose government-imposed hiring quotas

Though my positions on the political issues have wavered little throughout my life, I honestly did not realize I was a conservative until I began my campaign for US Senate. I am pro-life on the issue of abortion. I fully support the Second Amendment right to bear arms. I am opposed to a government-imposed quota system on hiring practices. I believe we must replace the out-of-date federal tax code, and I believe Congress must severely cut back on its wasteful spending. But I did not know the term conservative defined my belief system. Prior to initial consultations with my campaign consultants when I ran for US Senate in Georgia, no one had ever packaged my political views into a single term.
Source: They Think You're Stupid, by Herman Cain, p. 21-26 Jun 14, 2005

Herman Cain: If you believe in Bible, same-sex marriage is moot point

The issue of same-sex marriage was a hot issue in 2004. Eleven states featured ballot initiatives that asked voters if they support a ban on legalizing same-sex unions. The initiatives passed overwhelmingly in all 11 states.

My pastor had a reply ready to those in his congregation who asked him his position on the same-sex marriage issue:"What part of the Bible do you want to throw out?" If you believe in the Bible, then the issue is a moot point. We cannot separate this "civil rights issue," as the Democrats call it, from the moral issue. There is a tendency among liberals to lower a moral standard to accommodate a civil behavior. The difference between the civil rights struggle and the so-called gay struggle is that the civil rights struggle constantly moved this nation upward to live up to the ideal that "All men are created equal, endowed by their Creator." The gay rights struggle involves altering the established moral principle of marriage as the union between one man and one woman.

Source: They Think You're Stupid, by Herman Cain, p. 89-90 Jun 14, 2005

John F. Kennedy: 1961: created Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity

In March 1961, Pres. Kennedy established the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity (PCEEO), to end discrimination in federal employment. Every federal government contract included the provision to "not discriminate against any employee because of race, creed, color, or national origin. The contractor will take affirmative action, to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.
Source: They Think You're Stupid, by Herman Cain, p. 23-24 Jun 14, 2005

Lyndon Johnson: 1965: Freedom is not enough; we seek equality of results

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination. Unfortunately, Johnson was not content with legislation that, to him, merely made discriminatory practices illegal and sought to treat all citizens equally regardless of race or ethnicity. In his 1965 commencement address at Howard University, in the section of his remarks titled "Freedom Is Not Enough," Johnson stated:

"It is not enough just to open the gates of opportunity. All our citizens must have the ability to walk through those gates. This is the next and the more profound stage of the battle for civil rights. We seek not just freedom but opportunity. We seek not just legal equity but human ability, not just equality as a right and a theory but equality as a fact and equality as a result. To this end equal opportunity is essential, but not enough."

With the affirmative action and quota laws that were subsequently passed, Blacks were no longer viewed as individuals.

Source: They Think You're Stupid, by Herman Cain, p. 36 Jun 14, 2005

Richard Nixon: 1971: Required affirmative action for federal contractors

In Dec. 1971, Nixon's Labor Department required all federal contractors to develop "an acceptable affirmative action program," including "an analysis of areas within which the contractor is deficient in the utilization of minority groups and women, and further, goals and timetables to correct the deficiencies." In the decades that followed, government programs mandated a variety of requirements specifying preference be given to minorities in employment and in awarding of certain contracts.
Source: They Think You're Stupid, by Herman Cain, p. 24 Jun 14, 2005

  • The above quotations are from They Think You're Stupid: Why Democrats Lost Your Vote and What Republicans Must Do to Keep It, by Herman Cain.
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