Associated Press
In mid-May, when Herman Cain endorsed Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, he said he'd travel the nation as a surrogate for the Romney campaign. Cain added at the time he'd already spent the spring traveling on Romney's behalf, but now he'd make "a big deal out of it."
Romney may want to reconsider Cain's role on the team.
Herman Cain, the one-time frontrunner for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, offered reporters in Florida Thursday some speculation on what could have been if he had remained in the race.
According to the Gainesville Sun, Cain said he would have a "substantial lead" over President Barack Obama if he were the Republican nominee instead of Mitt Romney.
"The reason is quite simple: I have some depth to my ideas," he said.
I knew the Romney campaign had the worst surrogates ever, but this is ridiculous.
For what it's worth, it's striking to have a Romney surrogate publicly suggest Romney's ideas lack depth, but it's also hilarious for Herman Cain -- Herman Cain -- to think so highly of his non-existent agenda.
The guy who said "we need a leader, not a reader" and doesn't care who "the president of Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan " is probably shouldn't boast about the "depth" of his ideas.
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The performance art project called "Herman Cain" is some killer comedy! He'll be the depth of us yet...
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"depth of us yet". HA! I almost had coffee out my nose and then I got to "Mooch the Vote" and I spewed. Good one!
And now, for a little light relief, please welcome to the stage...
'9/9/9' vs 666 is just a matter of perspective.
Hmm, since you pretty much have to stand on your head to make sense of anything this guy ever says, you might be onto something there!
Who lost the series in 1956?
Go away you fool, you lost the battle of the loons and all you are doing now is trying to reaffirm what we already thought about you. Well, maybe nine percent of the republicans believed nine percent of you garbage nine percent of the time. Some people bet on long shots just because of the odds or in this case the oddity.
Hah, that's rich (Cain said he would have a "substantial lead" over President Barack Obama if he were the Republican nominee instead of Mitt Romney. "The reason is quite simple: I have some depth to my ideas,")!
Best surrogate ever for a GOP Presidential campaign that is even more laughable than McCain/Palin!! The hits keep on coming!
I believe they call swamps with Cain's depth peat bogs.
Is it a surprise? It's not just Cain, either. It's who they tend to be. They're so self-concerned and self-serving, they can't fully, selflessly support their standard-bearer.
Romney "campaign" is devolving into an utter joke. Perfect except that the whole world is watching and American politics looks like Dancing with The Clowns.
This will not make the dollar stronger nor our bonds more attractive for overseas investors.
Herman Cain has depth alright, he's in over his head! ROTFLMAO!!!
Dang you liberals and ladies! We could have had this guy instead of Rmoney if you folks would have simply stayed quiet. The Hermanator rocks...
Dang you liberals and ladies! We could have had this guy instead of Rmoney if you folks would have simply stayed quiet. The Hermanator rocks...
The thing I'm noticing about Romney's surrogates is that they don't seem focused at all on the candidate they're supposedly trying to help. Christie talks more about himself than about Romney; Cain is talking more here about himself that about Romney; and on down the line.
And for making a big deal about his support of Romney, this is the first I've heard a word from Cain since...the primaries.
New campaign anthem: "Send in the Clowns"
Isn't the last line of that song "they're already here"?
Do you think Sondheim would let them use it? LOL
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I needed a good laugh today.
With friends like this . . .
Herman Cain reminds of me of all the talentless morons I have met here in Hollywood over the past 30 years, who all just knew they were bound to be Stars.
He also reminds me of the joke about the guy who worked in the circus who went to see the doctor about all the sores on his arm. Doc asks "what do you do?" "Well, doc, you know how sometimes elephants might get constipated? Well, I stick my hand up there and help them along, you get my meaning?" The doctor considers that and says "My advice sir, is that if you keep doing that, you may eventually lose your arm. You should consider different employment." To which the guy says "But Doc - give up show business???!!"
But sometimes I can't help but wonder what would have happened if two African-Americans were running for president. Tea Partiers' heads would have exploded all over the country. And would the voter suppression laws still have been passed? Inquiring minds want to know...
Mention Herman Cain and I had to look at him on bad lip-reading again. "Baked potato moths", "give that woodchuck a tuna melt", "lady shimmer" and "everyone needs toucan stubs".
I am glad he has crawled out from under his rock again and is determined to help Mitt. To do what? I can only speculate but I bet it's not going to help Mitt.
Herman's got his lady shimmer back! Hooray for Herman.
Scott Brown wants to complain about Elizabeth Warren as a Native American. What kind of nonsense is that, when you should be running on your merit of what you know and how you can help the American people. Scott Brown who only works for the rich as a Yes Boy that is something America definitely doesn’t need. Scott Brown’s are a dime a dozen, it is time we get someone working for everybody for once. Elizabeth Warren is a highly educated woman that can help all of us, not a typical Republican Scott Brown who is only worried about how he can deceive the people to stay as a Senator for the rich. This Republican rhetoric is so full of crap at times with such pitiful excuses.
I'm glad someone mentioned last night's debate, because I was shocked to watch both Rachel and Ed get it wrong about why Brown brought up her background. It had nothing to do with her being "Native American" and everything to do with "she checked the box" - which he repeated three times. It was a "dog whistle" to his white male working class racist supporters, all of whom just know they'd have the job they deserve to have if it wasn't for that "unqualified" minority (black/ female, hispanic, whatever) "checking off the box" to get in via "affirmative action." Brown was pandering to racists and sexists and did it so obviously I was amazed that the two smartest political analysts out there managed to miss it.
The reason why the surrogates are so bad is that the Republican Party isn't really a single group. You've got your self-righteous religious reactionaries; you've got your greedy money-grubbers; and then you have a bunch of people who are just pissed off for the sake of being pissed off, without any real affinity to either of the other two groups. Of course they're going to see each other as failing to capitalize.
My goodness -- I'd already forgotten about "Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan."
Good times.
Angela Merkel was asked what she thought of the prospect of Herman Cain for US President. She replied (all together now) "Nein, Nein, Nein."
Oh me Oh my! The Romney-Ryan campaign can't seem to get enough of the clown paradigm on their own, they have to bring even more clown performance art projects in to speak for them? What is the problem? The Romney-Ryan campaign can't hire the Third Beagle of the Apocalypse? Yes folks the one person that hasn't been solicited to speak for the campaign yet, your favourite and mine, William Tapley and he should be for all the good the rest of these clowns are doing.
We definitely need more not less entertainment during this election cycle. Our sources of comedic entertainment are drying up and more of the lunatic fringe have yet to be mined for their entertainment value. Please send along a message to the Romney-Ryan campaign for me: Please hire William Tapley for your campaign. He'll add value to your surrogacy and give to the nation some more to think about when they go to the polls in less then 60 days.
Somebody is feeling ignored. What a crew.