# Ann Coulter on Herman Cain: "Our Blacks Are So Much Better Than Their Blacks" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 1, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536 "2011-11-01T19:46:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/1 "2011-11-01T19:46:57Z")
> **[WATCH: Ann Coulter's Questionable Comment About African Americans](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ann-coulter-herman-cain-our-blacks_n_1069172)** > > WATCH: Ann Coulter's Questionable Comment About African Americans > [@](#): > > Hannity wondered why liberals were, in his words, so “threatened” by Cain. Coulter was blunt in her response. > > “Our blacks are so much better than their blacks,” she said, speaking of Democrats. “To become a black Republican, you don’t just roll into it. You’re not going with the flow…and that’s why we have very impressive blacks in the Republican party.” I’m not even pitting her for her ridiculous views on politics (not that she doesn’t deserve it). I’m pitting her for the stupid “Our blacks are so much better than their blacks” line. Does she even have a clue how that sounds? “Our blacks” “Their blacks” She truly doesn’t see it. If black people started talking about “our whites” and “their whites”, it would sound ridiculous to everybody. So why is it any different the other way around? It’s actually worse the other way around, due to history. But does Ann see any of this? No, of course not. Because she’s a culturally tone deaf idiot who is so assured of her special white place in society that she isn’t even aware of her own mindset and how her statements make that mindset blatantly obvious to thinking people. As a Democrat, I’m just glad she’s “their Ann” and not “our Ann”. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/2 "2011-11-01T19:53:34Z")
Perhaps she had just finished comparing notes with Sarah Palin. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/3 "2011-11-01T20:14:24Z")
It’s actually hard to be as clueless as Herman Cain, so “their blacks” are sure better at something. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/4 "2011-11-01T20:20:25Z")
Liberals take heart. Sarah Palin & Ann Coulter vs Hillary Clinton & Rachael Maddow Our bitches are smarter than their bitches. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/5 "2011-11-01T20:26:25Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > She truly doesn’t see it. > > But does Ann see any of this? No, of course not. Because she’s a culturally tone deaf idiot who is so assured of her special white place in society that she isn’t even aware of her own mindset and how her statements make that mindset blatantly obvious to thinking people. From what I got of Ann Coulter, she is quite aware of the reaction this will have among Liberals and Conservatives. Kind of her point, and her schtick. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/6 "2011-11-01T20:36:23Z")
Yeah, Coulter is counting on the controversy. She’s a troll. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/7 "2011-11-01T20:47:46Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Liberals take heart. > > Sarah Palin & Ann Coulter vs Hillary Clinton & Rachael Maddow > > Our bitches are smarter than their bitches. 😃 Not to run down Hillary or Rachael… but my labrador bitch is also smarter than their bitches. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/8 "2011-11-01T20:50:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Ann Coulter on Herman Cain Rule 34. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/9 "2011-11-01T20:56:15Z")
The only other time I heard someone talk about “impressive blacks,” they were referring to a plasma TV. ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/10 "2011-11-01T21:09:21Z")
I’m not defending her by any means, as it is still stupid, but I think the point that she’s driving at is that there is a stereotype that blacks are Democrats, whereas Republican blacks are seen as unusual. As such, she concludes that it’s easy for a black person who wants to get into politics to just sort of slip into the Democratic Party because that’s basically the default, whereas it is a statistical anomaly to be a Republican. Of course, the logical breakdown is assuming that going against the grain is because of exceptional merit or intelligence and not for some othe reason like, if I were to hazard a guess in Cain’s case, has nothing to do with the color of his skin and everything to do with his success in business and religious and social views. Still, it’s a dumb point because it doesn’t pass basic logic, but as someone else said, she’s very much a real life troll, so it’s no surprise that she said it in about the most obnoxious way possible. ---
**Author:** ![Rain\_Soaked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rain\_Soaked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rain_Soaked)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/11 "2011-11-01T21:10:36Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > The only other time I heard someone talk about “impressive blacks,” they were referring to a plasma TV. Or New Zealand Rugby… ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/12 "2011-11-01T21:19:01Z")
I’m surprised this isn’t a zombie thread. I didn’t think anyone had thought about Ann Coulter since 2003. What next? A Good Charlotte renaissance?!? A Dawson’s Creek reboot? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/13 "2011-11-01T21:23:31Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Yeah, Coulter is counting on the controversy. She’s a troll. And an uglier person I cannot imagine I will ever have the misfortune to meet in person. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/14 "2011-11-01T21:30:20Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Yeah, Coulter is counting on the controversy. She’s a troll. I agree. If she were just clueless, she’d be a lot less disgusting. She knows _exactly_ what she’s saying. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/15 "2011-11-01T21:39:18Z")
> [@Rain\_Soaked](#): > > Or New Zealand Rugby… I spent several weeks in NZ during an important soccer tournament, and it took me quite awhile to hear the term “All Blacks” without wincing. In fact it was several days before I understood it not to be a racial reference. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/16 "2011-11-01T21:41:18Z")
> [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](#): > > I’m surprised this isn’t a zombie thread. I didn’t think anyone had thought about Ann Coulter since 2003. What next? A Good Charlotte renaissance?!? A Dawson’s Creek reboot? You think she should get a Lifetime Pass for being an obnoxious bitch for so long? ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/17 "2011-11-01T21:56:00Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You think she should get a Lifetime Pass for being an obnoxious bitch for so long? Does starting threads on the trolls around here make them go away? The advise I mostly see from the folks around here is to ignore the trolls, as they just want the attention. Most people just roll their eyes at the “long timer” trolls trolling in GD or the pit. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/18 "2011-11-01T22:01:43Z")
I heard the start of that discussion on NPR today, but had to shut the radio off. I don’t like Ann Coulter’s voice or opinions in my head for even a minute. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/19 "2011-11-01T22:30:11Z")
The funniest part about this sad ass pit’n is that most people here assumed that she didn’t know that the terms, “Our blacks” or “Their blacks” could of be interpretted as politicaly incorrect. Of course she knew that. The constant bitch’n is just keeping her relevant. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536/20 "2011-11-01T22:47:17Z")
> [@Ibanez](#): > > The constant bitch’n is just keeping her relevant. No, it’s just keeping her being talked about. The bitch has never been relevant. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-coulter-on-herman-cain-our-blacks-are-so-much-better-than-their-blacks/601536.md?page=2)