This was Herman Cain's response to a question posed by the Journal Sentinel editorial board about whether or not he supports President Obama's Libya policy.
This guy has NO idea about ANYTHING! The fact that he is polling at the front of the pack seems proof positive that the Republicans actually want the dumbest man on earth leading this great nation.
How is that not the work of traitors?
Well, before they supported the dumbest man, they werewll over the dumbest woman. GOP. God's sorry.
ReplyDelete"Are we talking about Libya or labia?"
ReplyDeleteTalk about a race to the bottom. Pizzas have deeper thoughts than this guy.
ReplyDeleteOMG SERIOUSLY???
ReplyDeleteI actually thought this was a clip of him being prepped. What a dumb ass! Bush and Palin removed the bar for knowledge and intelligence, now they flaunt their ignorance like a badge of honor.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who supports the current rendition of the GOP/TP is someone who does not support our country, who does not want to see our country prosper, and does not care about their fellow citizens.
ReplyDeleteThe themes of ignorance, arrogance, cruelty, and blood-lust seem to be the primary tag words to describe them. The GOP has been taken over by the far-right regressives and dominionists.
To have Michelle Bachmann say the US should model itself after [Communist] China is not only outrageous but also reflective of the general thrust of these fools.
I was once a registered Republican, to my current shame. Since and during Reagan' reign of selfishness, the GOP has devolved into a party out for its own aggrandizement and wealth. It left the average American in the dust under its collective feet long ago. Hopefully, moderate, thinking people who have tried to remain in the party will realize this and leave it behind.
The GOP has become a clownish embarrassment to our country. May it someday RIP for a long time and only be resurrected by moderate fiscally conservatives - not by these abusive, smugly stupid morons who delight in the suffering of most Americans.
And this type of harsh spotlight is exactly why Palin will never run for public office ever again. She knows she can't handle it.
ReplyDeleteBut hey - if she's dumb to jump in at this late in the game (not that it's even possible....), then by all means, bring on the comedy!
There goes that liberal lamestream media again, asking those "gotcha" questions!
ReplyDeleteHoly shit! That stupidity is burning . . . .
ReplyDeleteI think all these clowns are exactly that, RODEO CLOWNS. The function of a Rodeo Clown is to distract the bull so the cowboy can escape.
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to believe that Cain, Perry and Bachmann are purposely putting on an idiot show to keep the media and voters distracted so that Romney doesn't face scrutiny before the general election.
On second thought, scratch that idea. The Republicants are simply not smart enough to think of that.
@anon 3:23
ReplyDeleteMy best friend is a nurse and a Republican recently she told her co-workers she'll be voting for Obama.
She said she's ashamed to call herself a Republican.
HUH? WTF?
ReplyDeleteThe logical follow up that wasn't asked:
do you think bushie et all assessed the chaos that was to come before they needlessly invaded I-Rack? Did they have a plan?
Asshole.
Tri-G asshole.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDelete"Are we talking about Libya or labia?"
3:17 PM
OMG!!!!!!
Winning!!
EGADS!! Why didn't he just say "Assessments....ah'll try ta fin' ya some and git back to ya'"
ReplyDeleteIs he trying to make SP sound like a Rhodes Scholar!?!?!?
I swear, if any of these fools running for the GOP nomination actually somehow gets elected president, I'm going to go into hiding somewhere...maybe in a foreign country. Or at least will not read/view the news during their term of office. Cain is DUMB! Perry is DUMB! Bachmann is DUMBEST! Not a fit one among them with the possible exception of Huntsman.
ReplyDeleteWOW...that was some STUPID! He looked and sounded like he was at a job interview and he was trying to bullshit the panel on why he was the man for the job!
ReplyDeleteI think the Koch brothers must have told him to not to worry about "learnin" he was just running to make it seem like the Republican party isn't racist....Um....color has nothing to do with how dumb this man is....I feel sorry for his wife...to have to listen to "Herm" and his bullshit for 43 years...that is one tough or crazy lady!
Why are the Republicans nationwide promoting ANY of their candidates in the primary race? Especially Cain, Bachman and Perry! They can be compared to Sarah Palin and that is not a compliment for them.
ReplyDeleteI firmly believe that President Obama will be re elected and should he have to debate any of the three (although I strongly doubt it), he'll run circles around them.
Yea, President Obama!! The man with an outstanding record in spite of the Republicans in the U.S. Congress.
The dumbest ones make the best puppets. the problem is which one is the most controllable.
ReplyDeleteThe stress is getting to him.
ReplyDeleteWhether he actually knows shit from shinola or not, he didn't have a career like he did without being able to fake it (lie convincingly) better.
My conclusion is that here he can't remember what he has said previously on the issue, can't remember what the prepared talking points were, and just can't fake his way out of it today.
Stress build up. It might be as simple as having news media and socialist haters follow and record what he says at all times. That is why running for a few other offices before zeroing in on the Presidency might be a good idea.
He might have some other worries like campaign finance and sexual harassment accusations. What George Will said yesterday:
"A rule is when there are four women, there may be 24," Will told ABC's Christiane Amanpour Sunday. "There's a pattern here. He's says there's no pattern because all four are not telling the truth. Well, we shall see."
Just like Palin.
ReplyDeleteHey folks, Scott Walker Recall starts tonight at midnight here in Wisconsin. We sure can use all of the good thoughts and emotional support that we can get in order to get this clown out of office.
The really strange thing about it is that the Libya uprising happened THIS YEAR! He's been running for the Presidency THIS YEAR. If your going to run, you'd think you'd pay a bit of attention to what's going on.
ReplyDeleteOK so he has the same problem as Palin had of not paying a lot of attention to the news previously and so not having this deep wealth of knowledge, but but but but but but. If you are running to be President and you know the media are going to ask you about foreign policy then you study hard and you pay attention to the news avidly. ...That's what I'd do. Why hasn't he? I don't get it.
Oh America. [sigh] :-)
If you didn't have so many nuclear weapons this would be funny.
Talkin' Crazy With WalNUT.
ReplyDeleteLord please get this man a show on Fox already so intelligent people won't have to hear from this clown again!
"In what respect, Charlie?"
ReplyDeleteUNBELIVEABLE !
ReplyDeleteI have thought Palin's lie about giving birth to Trig was not believed by so manay braecaue it is so over the top but now I think she has been outdone.
Maddow was right, this will one day be revealed as nothing more than "performanace art" sprung on the US just to show us how stupid we really can bae.
Been reading a lot about Hitler, Albert Speer, the Rise /Fall of the third Reich and wondering how the German people could have been soooo naieve for soooooo long or if they are just now too ashamed to admit they agreed with Hitler all along.
My point is that the population of the US is showing the SAME amount of stupidity and/or lack of character and/or inherent evil BY EVEN ALLOWING 2 PEOPLE ( PALIN, CAIN) ----OH YEAH AND BACHAMAN AND PERRY--- TO EVEN GET TO THE POINT OF RUNNING FOR VP AND PRESIDENT.
HOW DID THE BAR GET THIS LOW?
Makes the Germans of the early 1930's look more and more "innocent" that Cain is GOP front runner and Palin, GOD FORBID ! got as far as she did.
Americans need to SNAP OUT OF IT !
Unbelievable. No. Words. Can. Come. Out.
ReplyDeleteThis is all just an experiment on Americans, right? Or a bad dream, and we'll wake up in our cozy bed? M--O--M--M--Y!!!!
I can see what he's getting at in the end, but he's completely bullshitting, he hasn't been well-briefed on what has been a very serious issue throughout his campaign.
ReplyDeleteI look at things like this like a job interview. If I had a candidate give me that sort of answer I might consider them for a junior position if I was hard up for candidates. That said, President of The United States is not a junior position, and the job is filled quite well currently.
And then they open their mouths and the most inane shit spews forth. Or maybe this is a sneaky attack on Rick Perry. You know manly cowboy and all that.
ReplyDelete" The more toppings a man has on his pizza, I believe the more manly he is,” Cain explained. “Because the more manly man is not afraid of abundance.”
“Is that purely a meat question?” GQ‘s Alan Richman asked.
“A manly man don’t want it piled high with vegetables!” Cain exclaimed. “He would call that a sissy pizza.”
www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/14/herman-cain-a-manly-man-dont-want-a-veggie-pizza/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+(The+Raw+Story)
The media has stone cold dropped Palin. She is GONE from the news. Herman Cain is still NEWS, because the media is desperate for some pretense of competition for President Obama.
ReplyDeleteHerman Cain was, is, and will remain a complete fabrication of the media. And Herman Cain is just (barely) intelligent enough to realize that. I presume Cain has hired a ghost writer for his next book. He'll make a fortune out this game.
Actually, the level of stupidity we're seeing has me terrified, and not for the reason you all might think!
ReplyDeleteIf the Repub candidates come off as TOO moronic, Progressive voters could stay at home thinking Obama's win is a lock.
THAT would be terrifying. We can't let them lull us into a false sense of security!
He is not Presidential material. He is a bullshit artist, and not a great one. That is how he got to where he is today. Problem is, you can only fool some of the people some of the time.
ReplyDeleteYears ago, I thought Quayle, Bush, and Bachmann were the most ignorant accidents to happen to us. Then Palin. Then Perry. Now Cain.
I suspected something like this would happen eventually. 30 years ago, intelligent people decided to have 1 or 2 (or 0) children because of the fears of overpopulation. Of course, the ignorant scoffed and churned out as many babies as they could.
Evolution. We've screwed our future.
Imagine the thought bubble: " OK, Libya, hmmm...yeah, a 12 oz dough ball, 6 oz sauce, some cheese, veggies, meat...damn that blond babe was hot, this is all because I didn't buy that overpriced wine at dinner, and that Bachman, what a tutti-fruitti...Little Richard, yeah, you know he sang gospel too, no don't bring that up...damn that blond was hot, Palin's hot too, wonder if she can see Libya from her porch. Libya??? oh uh shit."
ReplyDelete"Any of them, all of them".
ReplyDeleteHe didn't know what President Obama did; the only thing he knows is that he would've done it better.
ReplyDeleteOMG not only is Cain a pompous arrogant woman-hating slimeball he's an IDIOT too!
ReplyDeleteEver notice how the GOP baggers give answers that let you know one of the first things they would probably do is turn around and get us in yet ANOTHER war?? None of them seem to understand anything about foreign policy. Obama has them beat hands down there with the excellent job he's done bringing respect back to our nation in the world's eyes. These idiots would flush America right down the toilet before you could blink.
I can't watch it! I get through the first couple of minutes where he asks for clarification on the question... the cringe factor is too strong. How he can stand to look like a complete jack ass I'll never understand. Look at his body language. Its torture to watch, yet it's enraging to think this man thinks he is in anyway suitable to run this country. Complete jack ass!
ReplyDeleteSo does Herman Cain suffer from dementia? It seems rather obvious from watching Rachael Maddow that his campaign is not really "serious." Is the "person" funding this sideshow just looking for another puppet?
ReplyDeleteHey, Ron was a pretty good b-grade actor and Nancy ran a tight ship. None of the current list of republican candidates have those credentials...
Duh!
WHERE does the money come from that supports this idiot?
ReplyDeleteHis aides said he had only 4 hours of sleep before the interview. How many times has our President had to conduct business after a few hours of sleep? Cain is not qualified. Now Gingrich is getting to the head of the pack. A three times married, had to resign for ethics violations, largest fine ever imposed politician is getting to the head of the gop pack. I thought McCain/Palin were the scrapings from the bottom of the barrel, seems there are many more.
ReplyDeleteI saw this on Rachel, and you know what was worse? She had a lot of video of new frontrunner Newt the Coot who was merely showing up at places to pound his own chest as to how much more experienced he is than anyone on the planet, and to sell his books and history videos. He doesn't have speeches scheduled; he and Cindy Lou clone Calista are having book signings. If someone had told Sarah that all she had to do was sign more books and videos and stand stone-faced at a debate and ask the moderators questions and then say how very qualified SHE is, why, she'd have jumped right into the fray. Rachel calls this Shampaign...I call is the GOP Scampaign.
ReplyDeleteDumber than Sarah. Dumber than Bristol. No match for Trig's good intentions.
ReplyDeleteHow he ever decided between mushrooms and anchovies is one of life's mysteries.
Huge applause to Anon. @3:17, and the extended (or stretched-ewww) version @5:25.
Just now reading Erik Larson's new book In The Garden of Beasts; Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin. It's the very well documented story of an American ambassador and his family beginning in 1933. Many people are noticing the situation in Germany, but almost nobody can believe it will spin out of control and into the fires of hell.
And before the trolls attack for comparing the GOP to Hitler, this is a story about perception and media distortion.
Worthwhile and VERY contemporary.
Signed, Wilder Krautschild
(Wild Tortoise translated by a failing high-school Germanist)
I was waiting for Ol' Uncle Herm to face the camera and yell, "Live from NY..."!.
ReplyDeletePoor Mrs. Cain. Herman probably never consulted her before throwing himself into this circus and now she too has to deal with her husbands' utter stupidity. I mean, she pretty much already knew about his absent-mindedness, but to show it to the whole world!? Ugh. She seems like the type of housewife that knows nothing about what her husband does in the outside world.
ReplyDelete"...got all this stuff twirlin' 'round in my head."
ReplyDeleteYeah, "herb," those are big chunks of ignorance. You should be used to that by now.
What. a. M. O. R. O. N.
I swear, it's a disgusting spectacle to see the GOP of 2011 embrace such monumentally stupid candidates. Cain was apparently supposed to be the GOP's latest response to President Obama, as both of them are black men. They have already tried the same thing with Alan Keys being defeated by Barack Obama for US senator from Illinois, 70% to 27% in 2004. Then, they picked Michael Steele for RNC, only to throw him under the bus when he had outlived his usefulness for them. The only thing that should matter about Cain, aside from his lack of integrity, is that he is as dumb as a box of rocks. Now, Gingrich is in the ascendancy and he has serious problems of his own.
ReplyDeleteSay WHAT?
ReplyDeleteTO:
ReplyDeleteWilder Krautschild
(Wild Tortoise translated by a failing high-school Germanist)
I read In The Garden of the Beast recently and am now reading Albert Speer's "The Third Reich" and "Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth" and the commonality between the GOP (and Palin's narcissism-- in particular her behavior, statements etc compared to Hitler) are too many and similar to ignore.
Just order an excellent biography of Hitler by John Toland, written in 1976 from Amazon which has had excellent reviews since it was written-- an objectiave bio with many interviews of all involved and well written to boot. You may be interested.
I deplore comparing any politician to Hitler-- he really was unique--but, especially with Palin, it is just astounding the similarities in world view, lack of education, ability to charm and manipulate, statements etc between the two that causes me to HAVE to compare these two individuals.
The only thing that seems to be different is that Hitler truly loved his dogs--youtube videos show his obvious and real affection for Blondi. Apparently,and I did not know this till a few days ago, Germans, then and still love their pets, especially dogs and horses, allow them in public places and transport and have very well behaved dogs to boot. You can go to prison ( at least in early 1930's) for animal abuse. I have a Doberman so can attest to their many many finea breeds, including, YES ! POODLES and their human intelligent training techniques both from books I read 55 years ago and training tapes I bought 4 years ago.
Too bad their ability for empathy and compassion toward "innocents" did not extend more to our own species.
Note: He's batting his eyes the same way he did when he said he didn't molest anyone.
ReplyDeleteCain doesn't know exactly what Obama did, or why or how he decided to do it, but he knows HE would have done better--because he's a deliberative thinker. Cripes, the man can't even wing it with a simple question. How could the interviewer keep from laughing in his face?
ReplyDeleteCan some reporter ask him a really hard hitting question for once? Like "What have you read?
ReplyDeleteClearly, he's paranoid as well as stupid. Like Sarah, except he dresses better/
Can't wait for all the accusers do a media blitz
5:22
ReplyDeleteYou're not too far off the road with your theory. It's happened before.
Wonder if the gop are smart enough to have done this on purpose? Hummm
Dear Dobie Tracker- much thanks for the bio recommendation!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your thoughts on love of animals versus humans- that's a whole other can of worms!
Wondering if liberals accept unconditional love (from pets) unconditionally, but conservatives can only accept pure obedience (and call it love)?
Another someone just like Palin is Hitler's filmographer: 1993's
"Wonderful/Horrible Life: Leni Reifenstahl" (from Netflix) shows another mountain lass/beauty queen. Infinitely more intelligent, and thus more dangerous.
W.T.
A word to Anon @5:55 pm: "jackass" is one word, not two. Otherwise, thank you, Gryph, and a great, big "WTF!?" shared with everybody here. This is America? This is a candidate for the presidential nomination of one of the two major parties? This is what we've come to?
ReplyDeleteOMG, he's channeling Palin. Must be a gottcha question.
ReplyDeleteCome to the D.C. metro area, and 8 out of ten random people will more knowledgeable than this guy.
As far as I'm concerned the GOP is a party of traitors. The attitude of Republicans in Congress is proof enough for me. Wanting the country to fail so that their political party can win the White House is a particularly vile act of treason.
ReplyDeleteI love how they are comparing it to a Rick Perry moment. . .it isn't.
ReplyDeleteFact is [and Herb proudly extolls this virtue] he doesn't know and doesn't care about issues. He cares about Herm Cain, and extending the shelf-life of the flavor of the month.
His books don't sell themselves after all.
Shame on voters and donors for supporting Sarah Palin in a pimp hat. Didn't she teach you a lesson already?
DobieTracker @ 7:23 p.m.
ReplyDeleteDifference between Hitler and Sarah is that apparently, Hitler had enough love in him to spare to others, like dogs.
Sarah, as a gimmick, got two dogs called ACES and AGIA as a physical show of support of her two signature pieces of legislation that got the McCain camp's attention. Note, the dogs are MIA (or shuttled off to family members the way her kids are) and so are her legacies, she hasn't submitted one word defending her programs as a progressor of Alaska issues without a title. . .
LOL. Sarah, in some way you are transparent, self-interest over follow-through any day.
"In what respect, Charlie?"
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteActually, the level of stupidity we're seeing has me terrified, and not for the reason you all might think!
If the Repub candidates come off as TOO moronic, Progressive voters could stay at home thinking Obama's win is a lock.
THAT would be terrifying. We can't let them lull us into a false sense of security!
5:22 PM
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You might be on to something, Anonymous! The Rev. Al Sharpton said essentially the same thing on his MSNBC show last week. Pointed out how laughably doltish the candidates were and how we could just sit back, relax, watch the debates for entertainment... wait, that's what they want us to do; sit back, relax, and not vote! He stood up straight and said not going to happen, he is going to vote and we must also!
I feel we should sue them for running. This isn't a game or a book tour or Survivor or Balloon Boy. Surely we Americans are owed something for the complete prostituting of the campaign for the most powerful person in the world. UGH!
ReplyDeleteAll I could think of was Sarah Palin. What a terrible legacy she has.These are the kind of things that make people think of her.
ReplyDeleteHerman Cain is an idiot. Plain and simple. The man is not smart at all. He will never be president.
ReplyDelete5:25- That's awesome.
ReplyDelete"damn that blonde was hot"
"what? oh yeah, libya. Shit."
He didn't know what President Obama did; the only thing he knows is that he would've done it better.
ReplyDelete5:45 PM
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Cain would have had BETTER intelligence than President Obama...somehow
Cain would have had BETTER assessments than President Obama...somehow
Cain would have had a BETTER outcome than President Obama...somehow
Cain would be a BETTER President than President Obama...somehow
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There's a saying that you can't define something by saying what it is not. I.e. you can't describe an orange by saying it's NOT an apple. Well, it's not, but it's also NOT an airplane, or a couch...you see what I mean?
The GOP frontrunners are defining themselves by saying they are NOT President Obama.
But they are NOT saying WHAT they ARE...
I believe it's because as Romney and Cain have shown they are empty suits, pandering for the nearest vote or Book Dollar; Bachmann & Paul are Crazy; Perry is a fucking moron- evil, too.
So, how Could they define themselves other than create a False image of their opponent (President Obama), and then claim they are the opposite?
Our Olympic teams have members that serve as Back-up, in case one of the "main" team members is unable to perform.
ReplyDeleteThese people are held to EXACTLY the same standards as the main team members; they must exercise, diet and sacrifice EXACTLY as the main team members in order to step in at a moment's notice, for the good of the team.
They KNOW there is a very real possibility that after aLL their hard work and sacrifice, they may not EVER get to be in the Olympics.
But they are READY!!!
If this were an analogy for the current GOP, the "main" team would consist of overweight & feeble sextegenarians with substitutes that didn't show up b/c they were busy puking in a back alley somewhere.
Destined for greatness!
TO: "Sarah, as a gimmick, got two dogs called ACES and AGIA..."
ReplyDeleteI heard about that but figured---hoped!---they had been re-homed. Being around Palin and all that family is no place for any animal. She has NO compassion. I have no doubt they would have ended up as punching bags for her.