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LUTHER KING, JR.
YOU SHARED SOME OF YOUR OWN TAKE
ON ALL OF THIS. YOU THINK THAT
THESE CLAIMS ARE UNTRUE.
>> THERE IS A STORY CALLED THE
CRUCIBLE AND EVERYBODY SAW
GOODIE DANCE WITH THE DEVIL.
BUT GOODIE DIDN'T DANCE WITH THE
DEVIL, IT DIDN'T MATTER WHO SAID
GOODIE DANCED WITH THE DEVIL.
THIS IS A RACIAL PLOY, IT HAS
RACIAL IMPLICATIONS.
MR. CAIN DARES TO BRING A PLAN
TO AMERICA THAT WILL CHANGE OUR
LIVES, LIFE, AND THE PURSUIT OF
HAPPINESS FOR ALL PEOPLE.
BECAUSE HIS CRITICS CANNOT FIND
FAULT WITH THAT THEY WANT TO
ATTACK HIS CHARACTER AND I DON'T
THINK THAT IS RIGHT.
MARTHA: YOU JUST HEARD CHARLES
KRAUTHAMMER SAY IT'S WRONG TO
POINT THE FINGER AT WHO MAY BE
BEHIND THIS IF ANYBODY IS BEHIND
THIS BESIDES THESE WOMAN.
YOU CLAIM, THOUGH, WHERE DO YOU
THINK IT'S COMING FROM?
>> AS I SAY THE ESTABLISHMENT.
MARTHA: WHO DO YOU MEAN WHEN YOU
SAY THAT.
>> DEFINITELY PEOPLE WHO ARE
REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, SOME
PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT READY FOR
TRUTH.
THEY FEAR TRUE.
THEY WANT EVERYTHING TO STAY THE
SAME WAY.
YOU DON'T LET AN UNCONVENTIONAL
PERSON WITH AN UNCONVENTIONAL
CAMPAIGN SAY, HEY I'M NOT A
POLITICIAN, I'M A BUSINESSMAN,
IF YOU CHANGE THINGS AND DO
THINGS DIFFERENTLY, MANY PEOPLE
MAY THINK THEY WILL BE OUT OF
JOBS.
MARTHA: YOU SAID THERE WERE
RACIAL IMPLICATIONS HERE.
>> WE HAVE AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN
PRESIDENT THE MAN WITH BROWN
STKEUPB.
THE TOP CONTENDER IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, A MAN WITH
BROWN SKIN, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
MAN WHO IS THE EPITOME OF THE
DREAM.
MR. CAIN GRADUATED FROM MOORE
HOUSE COLLEGE.
HE'S A BUSINESSMAN, A PREACHER.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAS A
BREACHER.
THEY HAVE SO MUCH IN COMMON, THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
TRULY, SO TO HAVE THE VOICE OF
THE TRUE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
EXPERIENCE FACING THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT IS A
PICTURE THAT AMERICA HAS NEVER
SEEN.
I BELIEVE AMERICA IS A LITTLE
NERVOUS ABOUT IT BUT THE PEOPLE
ARE NOT SO NERVOUS AND THE POLLS
ARE SHOWING THAT.
MARTHA: YOU THINK THAT THE
DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT, LOOKS
AT HIM AS A THREAT TO THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT IS SO
THREATENING ABOUT MR. CAIN'S
POSITION, HE SAYS NO MORE WELL
WEAR.
MAYBE WORK FAIR, THAT IS A WAY
OF SAYING IT BUT HIS LANGUAGE IS
MUCH MORE CLEAR.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE'LL HELP THE
PEOPLE BY ALLOWING THE PEOPLE TO
HELP THEMSELVES.
WE DON'T HAVE TO CRIPPLE THE
PEOPLE BUT WE ARE GOING TO
EMPOWER THE PEOPLE.
WE ARE GOING TO GIVE THE PEOPLE
OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO IF YOU GIVE THE PEOPLE
OPPORTUNITIES, YOU GIVE THE
PEOPLE POWER, I BELIEVE THE
ESTABLISHMENT IS AFRAID OF
THAT.
THEY LIKE THE CONTROL.
MARTHA: I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING.
AS WE DISCUSSED THAT ON THE WAY
INTO THIS.
WHO KNOWS WHERE THIS CAME FROM,
IF INDEED IT CAME FROM ANYWHERE
OTHER THAN THESE WOMEN DECIDING
THEY WANTED TO SPEAK OUT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THESE
WOMEN?
I HEARD MR. CAIN LAST NIGHT, HE
SOUNDED VERY BELIEVABLE IN HIS
STATEMENT THAT HE HE
DOESN'T EVEN REMEMBER THIS
WOMAN.
THEN YOU HEAR THE WOMEN COME
OUT.
THEY MAY HAVE OTHER THINGS IN
THEIR BACKED THAT CAUSE PEOPLE
TO RAISE AN EYEBROW, HOWEVER,
THAT IN AND OF ITSELF DOES NOT
CHANGE WHETHER OR NOT -- IF IT
HAPPENED IT HAPPENED, IF IT
DIDN'T IT DIDN'T.
>> WHEN WE WATCH PEOPLE
HISTORICALLY AND THEY HAVE TO
REMEMBER SOMETHING AND ASK THEM
TO KEEP AN ACCOUNT, THEY SAY
IT'S LIKE PEELING AN ONION.
A PERSON WHO IS TELLING THE
TRUTH WILL SAY, I DON'T
REMEMBER, I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
THAT.
NOT REHEARSAYED AND YOU KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO
REHEARSAY, YOU CAN REMEMBER A
SCRIPT BUT REAL MEMORY, IT TAKES
TIME, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE
WHEN ONE OF THE WOMEN, HER
LAWYER WAS EXAMINED AND SEVERAL
TIMES HE SAYS I DON'T RERBGS I
DON'T RECALL IT THAT WAY.
NOBODY WENT NUTS AND SAID HE WAS
LYING WHEN HE SAID HE DIDN'T.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE MR. CAIN
SAY, I DON'T REMEMBER THIS I
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT, OH HE
MUST BE HIDING SOMETHING.