Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-17-11 11:48 AM
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Is it possible Herman Cain is punking the GOP?
Edited on Mon Oct-17-11 12:03 PM by Avalux
When I hear the outrageous things he says, his words could very well be construed as satire (a la Stephen Colbert). His 9-9-9 tax plan comes froms a Sims game; he declares that racial inequality does not exist in this country and he does not want to be called African American. Then he made some truly ridiculous immigration commments this weekend (20 foot fence; electrified; you try to climb you die) - to applause and cheers. When asked about it, Cain claims what he said was a joke.
So I've been wondering....is his entire campaign a joke?
It sure would be something if true but I know it isn't. He's got his head up Koch ass and even though he claims he's joking, he's isn't. He would most definitely get great enjoyment watching people get electrocuted and I bet he could even turn it into a sporting event for good Christian Republicans. Then sell them pizza while they watch.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2133220The poor widdle DUmiies are having a hard time wrapping their tiny heads around this. Cain is black and not a democrat, does not compute. Cain is black, and is rising in the polls teabaggers hate blacks so that can't be either. So it has to be a joke or something.
FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-17-11 11:52 AM
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1. Years ago, there was a Doonesbury comic where they found that there was 1 Africian American
Edited on Mon Oct-17-11 11:53 AM by FSogol
who had registered as a Republican. They were interviewing him and asking if it was a mistake. He claimed it was a fraternity prank and that he had forgotten to change it.
Maybe Cain is that guy.
Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-17-11 11:53 AM
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3. I think he originally got into this thing because they needed to prove they're not bigots
and he thought name recognition would increase his book sales.
He's not a stupid guy. He was a civilian mathematician for the Navy. He's built a solid business (yeah, his pizza sucks, but he knows where sucky pizza will sell). He's been a radio blowhard which means he's got to be able to string sentences together.
In other words, he's much better than the image he's projecting and he's smart enough to know his nein, nein, nein is a total crock of shit.
He's a puzzle to me. I don't know why he's tossing red meat to stupid people, he's clearly much more intelligent than that. He's obviously playing some sort of role. I'm just not sure what it is yet.
Yeah because there is no way that he could have come up with the idea of running all by himself, it's not like he's a rocket scientist, oh wait.
Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-17-11 12:08 PM
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10. His 9.9.9 tax plan reminds me of his $9.99 pizza special
there is a possibility, considering his outlandish comments etc.
To me he is a complete joke but I love the fact that he is digging his own
grave, I can see Obama running rings around his sorry arse.
I heard he has a mathematician brain, that is wonderful as mathematicians are
not known to have common sense, they are known to be one dimensional.
Another thing is how he is exposing the true colors of the republican party, how
the GOP is quick to embrace a racist message no matter who the individual is.
Yep 0bama will cream him, with hope n change, and it's all Bush's fault in the debates.
bowens43 (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-17-11 01:14 PM
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15. no, pizza man believes the shit he spews...... nt
He is a rocket scientist, so I'm fairly sure he understands things much better than some stoner posting at DU.
