Why Conservatives Love Unqualifed Black Candidates

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Cain was more serious than Carson.

I think Carson is way more serious than Cain. All Cain had was 9-9-9. Even one guy I used to work with blurted out 9-9-9 in a Cain impersonation one day and I though it was funny at the time.

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The Right loves unqualified candidates period, not just unqualified black ones.  Many trace the genesis of this to Sarah Palin, but I think it actually goes back to Dan Quayle.  Donald Trump, Christine O'Donnell, Todd Akin, Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry are not black.

And Dr. Carson is a horrible presidential candidate.  Just the fact alone that he publicly said he wants to abolish Medicare and Medicaid shows a level of stupidity, both politically and as a matter of policy, which should automatically remove him from contention.  The GOP "establishment" knows this is a general election deal breaker, but apparently the base is too lost in a Fox News fantasia to see reality.

Quayle and Perry at least held elected office. O' Donnell-Nah she got lucky in the hard-right year in 2010. Akin-The McCaskill Campaign basically won the primary for him and I think just hearing since that time from McCaskill she knew there was a chance that Akin would slip up and make a mistake on the campaign trail which he did do.

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Going back to 2000, there has been a phenomenon of conservatives supporting unqualified blacks candidates in GOP primaries.

Keyes, Cain and now Carson. Though Carson is far more serious than the first two. This also extends to down ticket races such as EW Jackson in VA two years ago.


I know the reason for this, but do others think is the reason for this phenomenon?

Hint: it isnt racism but is race related.

I don't think EW Jackson would have ever won the LT. Governor Nomination in a Republican Primary. He won in a brokered convention.