Lawrence O’Donnell Interviews Herman Cain | Video | TheBlaze.com

Lawrence O’Donnell Interviews Herman Cain | Video | TheBlaze.com: There’s a lot we could cover regarding the back-and-forth interview Thursday night between Lawrence O’Donnell and Herman Cain. A lot. But we’ll focus on one thing: O‘Donnell’s smug accusations that Cain sat on the “sidelines” during the Civil Rights Movement and Cain’s response. Oh boy — here we go.

Let‘s start with Mediaite’s explanation of the exchange:

O’Donnell and Cain talked about so much more, as well, from a passage in Cain’s book where he describes “staying out of trouble” rather than directly participate in the civil rights movement, to Cain’s military service. O’Donnell, in fact, openly admonished Cain for his lack of participation in the movement — which, obviously, did not sit well with Cain one bit. “Did you expect every black student and every black college in America to be out there in the middle of every fight? The answer is no.”







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