Thomas Sowell writes about "the real scandal"

Thomas Sowell joins the chorus of conservatives who are speaking out against the attempt to silence Herman Cain. He asserts that

The real scandal in the accusations against Herman Cain​ is the corruption of the law, the media and politics.

He finishes his post with this:

"The same mainstream media whose responses to proven charges against Bill Clinton​ was, "Let's move on," is not about to move on from unproven charges against Herman Cain.

What role does race play in all this?

It is probably not racism, as such, that motivates these attacks on Herman Cain. The motivation is far more likely to be politics, but politics makes a prominent black conservative like Clarence Thomas​ or Herman Cain far more dangerous to the Democrats than an equally prominent white conservative.

The 90 percent black vote for Democrats is like money in the bank on election day. A prominent black conservative who offers an alternative view of the world is a serious danger politically, because if that alternative view has the net effect of reducing the black vote for Democrats just to 75 percent, the Democrats are in big trouble at election time.

In this political context, merely defeating a black conservative at the polls or at confirmation hearings is not enough. He must be destroyed as an influence in the future -- and character assassination is the most obvious way to do it."

Read the whole thing here: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=47435