Herman Cain: I was relieved when I found out my cancer physician -- Dr. Abdallah -- was a Christian

[RamboLiberal]

Source: NY Daily News

Herman Cain prefers a God-fearing doctor... apparently, so long as that God is not called Allah.

The Republican presidential candidate -- who has come under the microscope for remarks about Muslims before -- shared a story with a crowd at a Christian-themed amusement park about a time several years ago when he was being treated for colon cancer.

One physician was named Dr. Abdallah, which he thought "sounded too foreign."

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“’Oh Lebanon!’” Cain said. “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.’"



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/herman-cain-i-relieved-i-found-cancer-physician-dr-abdallah-a-christian-article-1.981143

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Idiot Bigot. Deserved a 2nd rate Christian surgeon!

[sharp_stick]

1. It's too bad this wacko's little boomlet

is over, I would have loved to see him actually pull off the nomination. It would have infuriated him because he'd have to quit hawking his idiotic book.

[roguevalley]

32. he's an ungrateful little baby.

[liberal N proud]

2. He needs to take some diversity training

While corporations send their employees to diversity training, the Executives will retain this type of attitude and whats worse, support the like of Cain in a run for the White House or any other elected office.

[krispos42]

3. I hope Cain and Abdallah exclusivly trust in the Lord and the power of faith..

...to heal any cancers that Cain may get.

[russspeakeasy]

5. Yup. Pray that cancer away.

[Roland99]

7. LOVE that pic in your sig!

[krispos42]

28. Hotlink away, if you want! :-) n/t

[wordpix]

37. very funny, indeed

[Roland99]

4. "Christian themed amusement park"

Cuz nothing symbolizes Jesus and Christianity quite like a log flume.

[oberliner]

15. Oh, there is no log flume at The Holy Land Experience

There is, however, a robot John Wycliffe.

It is as Christian-themed as you can get:

http://www.holylandexperience.com/

Go to the above website if you dare!

[Roland99]

20. I pass by that every day going to/from work

they offer a free admission day once per year in order to maintain their tax-free status.

[oberliner]

30. Interesting

Have you ever ventured inside? If I lived close enough I feel like I would go just to see it for myself.

[Roland99]

35. not yet

next time they have the free day, I might check it out after work (if it falls on a weekend, might be tempted to do the full tour)



EDIT:

Dang it! I missed it:
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features-the-religion-world/2011/10/11/free-admission-to-holy-land-experience-oct-18/

[yurbud]

51. the auto de fe is to die for!

[SoapBox]

6. ...such a NON Christian.

And a jackass.

[CountAllVotes]

8. he should be glad his physician was not/is not

Dr. (?) Conrad Murray! }(

:dem:

[noiretextatique]

9. funny...when i had cancer i didn't give a shit about my doctor's religion

:crazy: silly me, i was more concerned about her expertise as an oncologist.

[cmd]

11. Same with me

I know my oncologist is from India, that he has a wife and two small children who are sometimes very noisy, but I don't know a thing about his religion and I don't care to know. He trusts me enough to give me his cell phone number. I trust him with my life. I love Dr. Nagajothi.

[dotymed]

19. My G.P. in Indiana was a very religious man.

He wore a "dot" on his forehead to symbolize a third eye that looked toward God. He is Hindu, and the best G.P. I have ever had, also a great person. When I feared losing my health insurance, he promised to treat me for free. He spent a lot of time on "vacation," his idea of a vacation was to travel to places where people could not afford health care, and give it to them for free. Dr "Jag" Patel (I know there are many Dr.'s with that name) trusted that if president Obama were elected, we would get Universal health care. We were both disappointed. He was a very religious man (not Christian) who believed in helping the least among us.

My cardiologist was also Indian, I never asked him about his religion, his qualifications and affability were beyond reproach.

Cain shows his idiocy whenever he speaks. So did "W," I hope that some people have learned their lesson.

[Enrique]

10. wasn't there an "All in the Family" episode mocking this type of bigotry?

about 40 years ago?

[alp227]

27. I've seen the entire first season and half of the second season

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_All_in_the_Family_episodes

Seems that episodes 4 and 5 (from season 1) seem to be like Cain's situation. 40-50 years ago Cain would've faced the same attitude from white Americans that Cain is now expressing towards Muslims. Sad what happens when we forget our history. It's like "wow, I didn't expect that CEO I was talking with on the phone to be black!"

[RamboLiberal]

31. Yeah and some hospitals in South were white only n/t

[Enrique]

33. I think I was thinking of this one

it makes me laugh just reading the synopsis. :-)

138 "Archie's Operation" Wednesday, October 27, 1976

Archie goes into the hospital and has a verbal run-in with a Puerto Rican nurse and gets a blood transfusion from a black doctor.

[truebrit71]

12. What a bigotted fucking asshole...

...:grr:

[W T F]

13. Maybe he's a "Secret Muslim" Be scared Herman......Be very, very scared.

:rofl:

[XemaSab]

14. Yeah, 'cause Herman Cain is TOTALLY a name from the old country

:banghead:

[grantcart]

16. My sympathies to Dr. Abdallah. Probably not the first jerk he's had to treat.

[Javaman]

17. well, not that he ever had a snowballs chance in hell of winning...

I think he's busting out the truly bigoted bullshit by going for broke after the women he harassed came forward.

notice how that's not in the news anymore.

[AlbertCat]

18. Why? So he could pray some angel watched over you?

I'd prefer mine be an atheist and not rely on the supernatural for anything.

[truthisfreedom]

21. Book sales.

Book sales.

Same for Newt.

[Bette Noir]

22. One of the kindest men I've ever known, and best doctors,

was a Muslim from Afghanistan.

Herman Caine didn't deserve him.

Edited to add-- Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention the pain specialist who saved me from a life of constant agony. He has dark skin and a foreign name. I have no idea what his religion is, or even what country he's from, but I love him so much that I still see him 4x/year, even though I moved over 1,000 miles away.

[Crowman1979]

23. Well I'm relieved to know that Herman Cain is a DUMBASS!

[JimWis]

24. He is indeed an Idiot Bigot.

[mwooldri]

25. Herman Cain: Read Luke 10:25-37. Enough said.

[benld74]

26. Where dya' get your blood from Mr. Cain, if yas need a transfusion?

[sakabatou]

29. What an asshole.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

34. You'd think the many Indian doctors alone would scare him away.

"Patel? Is that one of them Hindoo names?"

What an idiot. You'd think a black man who lived through the '50s and '60s would understand discrimination.

[HockeyMom]

36. Back in the 60s

My Grandma has surgery to removed nearly half of her cancerous intestines. The surgery made the AMA journals. Her surgeon was an ASIAN (not Christian) doctor. NOBODY in the family questioned his RELIGION, and neither did the AMA.

[Old Troop]

38. How quaint. I was very glad that my Liberian, female doctor said

"I think we can beat this."

[left on green only]

42. Marvelous! Does she know Ron Paul?

He's a librarian too. But I always say, never trust a politician with two first names.

[freshwest]

39. All the GOP candidates have either foot-in-mouth disease or verbal diarrhea. WTH?

I guess the next step in their wannable celebrities campaigns is to tell us their favorite color, food and the kind of dog they like. Not to mention showing off their progeny to prove their dicks work. Give me a break...

OTOH, this dog whistle solidifies his support by islamophobes. The doctor's religion had nothing to do with the service he gave Cain. You know, doctors still have those pesky malpractice laws and big rates of insurance going against any wacko who would have hurt the big bad pizza man.

I hate to get mad at this guy, who seems to be willing to paint himself a victim of all kinds of things, but he's pretty offensive.

BTW, I still can't get mad at anyone whose nickname is Mittens. It's the subconscious connection to kittens.

I'm not mad at any of them, but they'd probably take me and the people I care about without blinking an eye. Sad state of affairs, this.

[Vinca]

40. Maybe the doctor is a secret Muslim. Like they accuse the POTUS of being.

Booga! Booga! Booga! Be afraid, Herman. Be very afraid.

[left on green only]

41. Exactly!

Reaming that man's colon is a dirty job, but someone's got to do it. Just as long as it ain't no ferner. Ya hear, Jetra?

I love it! Dichotomous tales of the immaculate colon. You can't make stuff like that up.

[dimbear]

43. If your medical problem is that you have a demon, this might make sense.

Otherwise it's just bigotry.

[Tom Ripley]

44. Thank God he wasn't a Samaritan

[sarcasmo]

45. Every time he opens his mouth, shit comes out.

[mistertrickster]

46. The same thing happened to me! I was so relieved to find out that Dr. D'Andre Jackson was white.

Heavy sarcasm . . . the detestable jerk.

[Ter]

47. I bet he'd have no problem if his name was Bernie Goldberg

That would be just fine with him, but not a Muslim name.

[pepperbear]

48. "Before you put that in there, you gotta recite the Lord's Prayer for me."

[Heywood J]

49. "Don't worry, Mr. Cain. He's not foreign. He's a black Muslim from Detroit!" (NT)

[Odin2005]

50. Christian Arabs call God "Allah", too.

It's just the Arabic word for "God".