About a month ago, failed Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain released this video, calling for an "Army of Davids" to join him a "revolution." As part of this endeavor, Cain says he and his allies will "descend upon the Goliath called Capitol Hill," and demand support for his ridiculous "9-9-9" tax plan.
Remember, this video is sincere, and not a parody intended to make Cain appear foolish.
Today, of course, is April 16, the kick off for "Cain's Revolution on the Hill Rally and Patriot Summit." How many soldiers in Cain's "Army of Davids" showed up? Slate's Dave Weigel published this photo from Capitol Hill about a half-hour ago.
Dave Weigel
According to Cain's political action committee, Dick Morris, Steve Moore, John Fund, and Dinesh D'Souza, among others, were confirmed speakers for today's event. This lineup apparently inspired tens of people to participate.
In the video, Cain proudly declares, "We, the people, are coming." If he meant, "We, a hundred or so people, which includes some reporters who showed up because they were curious, are coming," then Cain was absolutely right.
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all I can say is,El Sicko
Must watch Stephen Colbert .
What so amusing about all this blather about 'revolution' from the right, and its massive failure to gin up participants in it is that in effect the revolution has ALREADY TAKEN PLACE, and it is massive and it is called THE 99%. It doesn't have to be bloody; people have learned that violent revolution, such as the right wingers keep tacitly advocating, only works to the benefit of those in power who those only want power.
The people want something else. And the sense of actual unity along a common dimension that the 99% are showing us is unique, inspiring, and not easy to destroy.
His wrong move was to limit it to Davids only... if he'd let some Georges, Sams, or Jims show up, he might have had a bigger crowd.
Dear gawd. He must be better at philandering..
"This lineup apparently inspired tens of people to participate."
ROFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Didn't they already invent the Tea Bagger Party once and hasn't it already gone PFFFFT????
Times like this, I really miss ol' "Herb".
Are you making fun of Caribou Barbie?!
Some never realize that they are no longer relevent. sigh, heavy sigh!
It's kind of hard for his followers to show up when they're stuck at home with their heads stuck up their a$$es.
I really think Rachel is right when she calls Herman Cain a performance artist. I haven't enjoyed performance art this much since Rachael Rosenthal.
I don't think this sentence was necessary:
'Remember, this video is sincere, and not a parody intended to make Cain appear foolish.'
How about 9.9.9 convert to 6.6.6
The next thing we're going to hear about is how Gideon and his 300 overcame the might of the Midianite army. Unfortunately, Cain doesn't have even 300.
During the interview Weigel compared the flame out of the Tea Party to the flame out of Occupy Wall Street noting that OWS flamed out faster but completely forgetting all about the police suppression of OWS. I can only image the outrage on FNC had Tea Party protests been met with pepper spray and police batons...