Is Herman "Herb" Cain the NEW Sarah Palin?

Courtesy of Esquire:  

She (Sarah Palin) invented an entire genus of modern celebrity politician. She became a famous politician despite being thoroughly mediocre at either being elected to public office, or at performing the duties of the offices to which she was actually elected. She has spent a year being a celebrity politician, coyly flirting with running for president in a country where her approval ratings are somewhere north of that enjoyed by cholera and the mange. She was a famous celebrity politician because she was a famous celebrity. Her political talents — indeed, her entire intellect — remain quite limited relative to her fame. Talent doesn't matter. The buzz around her has remained loud. She has created and maintained her celebrity with a single-minded focus that she never brought to the job of being governor of Alaska. 

And Herman Cain is the first successful post-Palin politician. 

He is manifestly smarter than she is, and he is infinitely more disciplined as a candidate. Say what you will about the merits of his 9-9-9 Plan, and all there is to say about it is that it is suicidally harebrained, Cain stuck to it like a bulldog on Tuesday night. (If Rick Perry had that kind of stubborn streak, he'd be up by 20 points by now.) Except in her ungainly diving at every nickel that rolls across her path, Sarah Palin never has demonstrated that kind of monomaniacal tenacity that Cain manages without breaking a sweat. At the same time, he is running a "campaign" not entirely dissimilar to the various grifting scams that Palin has visited upon the nation. Except, of course, that Cain actually has declared a candidacy and is out there actually appearing to run for president. He is out there selling himself as a political celebrity no less than Palin does. She created the mold. Herman Cain is what it produced. 

I LOVED this article! Especially the way that Mr. Pierce exhibits absolutely NO hesitation in describing Sarah Palin as a celebrity playing at politics, rather than a serious person interested in public service.

That is the perfect way to describe this walking embarrassment to Alaska, to women, and to the American political system.

The fact that Herman Cain can be compared so effectively to Snowdrift Snooki should have any Republican thinking of supporting him running away as quickly as humanly possible. I also believe that, unlike Mitt Romney and even Rick Perry, Cain is in this race merely for the opportunity to gain recognition and make money, with no real intention of seeking election to the White House. Not that he has a chance anyhow.

P.S. When you click the link to read the article at Esquire you might notice that the picture of Herman Cain that is featured is actually of him with a Sarah Palin impersonator and not the real Sarah Palin. Which to me sort of demonstrates that she has now become such a parody of herself that nobody can tell where the reality ends, and the fantasy begins.