Herman Cain: Thank God My Arab Doctor Wasn’t Muslim!

[MarkCharles]

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/11/herman-cain-thank-god-my-arab-doctor-wasnt-muslim.php?ref=fpnewsfeed_beta


"Visiting a Jesus-themed amusement park in Orlando, Cain gave a moving speech...

“I said to his physician assistant, I said, ‘That sounds foreign—not that I had anything against foreign doctors—but it sounded too foreign,” Cain tells the audience. “She said, ‘He’s from Lebanon.’ Oh, Lebanon! My mind immediately started thinking, wait a minute, maybe his religious persuasion is different than mine! She could see the look on my face and she said, ‘Don’t worry, Mr. Cain, he’s a Christian from Lebanon.’”

“Hallelujah!” Cain says. “Thank God!”

The crowd laughs uneasily.

This isn’t a new story: Cain told it repeatedly this Spring, playing it up for Christian audiences especially. But since that time Cain made a brief — apparently abortive — attempt to apologize to Muslim leaders for his bigoted statements and refocus his campaign on the economy. Looks like that stretch is over."

[ck4829]

1. Thank God for what? Cain was afraid of catching something? That's what we call Islamophobia

[Rambis]

2. Yeah, if he was a Muslim he might have cut your throat

Don't Muslim doctors take the same Hippocratic oath as every other doctor?:wtf: :crazy:

[handmade34]

3. the man is deranged

and I don't say that lightly

"...crowd laughs uneasily..." any crowd of decent people would boo him out of the amusement park...

[MarkCharles]

6. You said it quite well ! +10000!

The whole group of Republicans is filled with bigots and deranged bat shit crazy people, but Herman Cain is the most deranged.

Even Sarah Palin wouldn't say something THAT stupid.

[MineralMan]

4. My internist is a Muslim, born in Pakistan.

He's very good, communicates well, and seems to know what he's doing. I can't see where his national origin and religion have anything to do with his qualifications as a physician. Stupid Cain. Moronic Cain.

[baldguy]

5. "Some of my best friends are..."

[amyrose2712]

7. What a bigoted POS. Sadly, it is not uncommon. I worked in

a doctor's office and people used to ask such questions quite often. I usually would answer American. Since they were all American citizens. That shit used to piss me off to no end.

[JohnnyRingo]

8. There aren't any Muslim doctors because the X-ray machine sets off their bomb belts.

What an ignorant asshole.

First, I doubt Cain (or anyone else) screens his physicians for religion anymore than one would ask their doctor if he's a vegan, so he's a liar. I can just imagine some nut handing a doctor a questionaire to fill out before he begins treatment, and it's laughable.

I think Cain is ripe for an intervention. He needs mental counseling.

On edit: According to the comment above, people do imdeed ask such inane questions so I stand corrected. I just had no idea people are so bigoted when their health is at stake. My only concern when I meet a new doc is his kill ratio. A diploma from Liberty University is a deal breaker though.

[spin]

9. My gastrointestinologist is a Muslim. Would Herman Cain allow a Muslim to give him a colonoscopy?

I have, twice in two years. These procedure may have enabled me to avoid colon cancer. My next one is scheduled three years from my last one. Fortunately all the polyps he removed were benign.

[ck4829]

10. Giving Cain a colonoscopy should be easy. He just needs to open his mouth and say "Ah"

[AleksS]

11. Alternately, given where his head is stuck, Cain could just...

Alternately, given where his head is stuck, Cain could just...

open his eyes and take a look around in there himself.

[NMMNG]

12. What did he think a Muslim doctor would do to him?

:shrug:

[onager]

13. Hallelujah? Thank God???

Dumbass. I'm surprised he didn't hear the word "Lebanese" and start ranting about gay women.

BTW, Herman, some Lebanese Xians seem to have a pretty liberal interpretation of that whole "thou shalt not kill" thing...