There’s Entertainment. There’s Information. And Then There’s This
Those of you old enough to drink remember when Ross Perot ran for President and after he got beat it became very apparent that he was two tacos short of a combination platter.
History repeats itself. Herman Cain. Loco is blooming out his ears.
Failed Republican presidential candidate and former pizza CEO Herman Cain is planning to launch his own Internet TV channel called “CainTV” that, oddly, features patriotic dinosaurs and a cartoon version of President Ronald Reagan, among other bizarre attractions.
Sashay on over to Raw Story to watch the video because I can’t get it to post here.
By the way, Cain quotes Ben Franklin saying, “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.” Ben Franklin never said that, and the word “lunch” didn’t come into use until at least the 1820’s.
However, Herman Cain uses this quote to defend giving guns to lambs. No, seriously. Watch the video to the end.
Thanks to Brian for the heads up.
Nothing I like better than a cute little sashay. I may just sashay all day.
1I’d say he should stick to pizza, but Godfather’s pizza sucks.
2I think like Elivis, the Cain Train has left the building. Let’s give a lamb a gun! I eagerly await the next cartoon which will feature armed lambs guarding America’s borders. They will of course say “Thank Ewe” like (Brenda Lee does on the Closer), after they fire their weapons.
3Hmmmm.
4Gobsmacked might be the right word to describe my reaction
Gobsmacked is right–The whole thing seems like a “Bugs Bunny” caricature- Herman Cain as Elmer Fudd…but…
I had a roomer who often challenged with, “Whaddya think I am, Stupid?” Implants thrust out, capped teeth snarling. She was as dumb as a post.
Sigh.
5PS She sashayed too.
6Every time I hear the name Herman Cain I think of the word crazy.
Kind of sad, isn’t it, to become a synonym for crazy.
I wonder if his mama looked at him in his crib, and said to herself, “yes, I am going to raise some kind of loon.”
7Once the lambs get guns, they get to decide for themselves who the wolves are.
Mr. Cain looks a lot like a wolf to me. When do I get my gun?
8JJ! Are you suggeting that The Herminator lied when he attibuted a quote to Ben Franklin, a quote ol’ Ben never said? Do you expect an old geezer like me to believe that a Republican would tell a lie? Especially a Republican politician?
Did you read the editorial re Romney in today’s NYT? Also the Krugman column? Romney flip -flops so much we might try to land him a spot on the Olympics gymnast team. Ya think?
9Minor correction. Re Perot, “after he got beat it became very apparent that he was two tacos short of a combination platter.” It was actually pretty apparent while he was running.
10Aren’t there ANY sane people in the GOP anymore????
11Lunch as a synonym for luncheon was first used in 1829 per the OED, however as the term for the sound of heavy body landing from a fall it goes back to 1600.
12from my forward listening post in north east Texas…
ohh soo much. I love it!
I’m too uncoordinated to sashay, I can galumph if necessary however.
@LynnN: I guess I’m slow on the uptake: I smiled and dialed for Perot during the first campaign. I’m sorry.
Lambs are too physically small for major weaponry. Perhaps one of the smaller caliber personal defense weapons adapted for lambsfeet. I feel an engineering challenge coming on. Where did i put that HK MP7??????
13Ya know, I love Stephen King as much as the next gal but a political philosopher he ain’t – that’s who the “republic is two wolves and one sheep but the sheep has the guns” quote comes from, in The Stand. If you take more than a passing glance at that you see it’s nonsense. Which works for Cain and the Teabag…er, Partiers.
The “Democracy is two wolves” thing apparently ain’t ol’ Ben’s either. He gets as many false attributions as Mark Twain.
14from my forward listening post in north east Texas…
@SomedayGirl, thanks for researching the proper attribution. I had been googlin between meetings.
I found this however
15http://www.r8ny.com/blog/barry_popik/lunches_with_wolves_the_fake_ben_franklin_quote_on_democracy.html
I don’t know Sgt Mike, perhaps we could mount the weapons on their backs, you know on turets? Wait, how about lambs with flame throwers? That’s the ticket! Then they could both cook and deliver pizza and votes!
The Herminator never lets the facts stand in the way of a good pitch!
16Is Barney one of the dinosaurs?
17from my forward listening post in north east Texas…
@Deb, oh how you do get it. Flamethrowers ARE the most effective close range self-defense weapon ever invented. A bit bulky, perhaps, but nothing beats ’em in an alley fight!
18Barney! I sure hope he is. Sigh. I think I’ll go to bed.
19You know, I did watch the trailer or most of it. I think that running for office is addictive. Cain can’t give it up. I know a man who is probably running for office right now. He runs in just about every election cycle. It don’t matter much which party he’s running in. He’s such a nice nut case but he loves to run for office. If he ever got elected for anything it would be amazing.
20Oprah is having troubles with OWN, so Cain and Beck think they are “Smarter Than Oprah”? rofl
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