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anneboleyn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 02:30 AM
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"How do you beat Obama? Beat him with a Cain!" -- Herman Cain at a rally today
This is all over the twitterverse right now. I am very new to twitter (sad, I know) but I was searching political news and came across a tweet that is going viral (if that is correct).

At a rally today in Michigan, a supporter asked Herman Cain how to beat President Obama. He replied "Beat him with a Cain!" (blechhhh).

Here is a link to a blog entry on the subject (with a brief excerpt from the blog after the link):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/herman-cain-in-michigan-on-obama-beat-him-with-a-cain/2011/11/10/gIQAUsHy8M_blog.html?tid=sm_btn_twitter

Herman Cain in Michigan on Obama: ‘Beat him with a Cain!’
By Philip Rucker
YPSILANTI, Mich. – A defiant Herman Cain mingled with voters here Thursday morning, trying jovially to move past the sexual harassment allegations that have consumed his presidential campaign by training his rhetorical fire on President Obama.

“How do you beat Obama? Beat him with a Cain!” Cain quipped to a table of supporters at the Big Sky Diner here. When reporters pressed him on what exactly he was suggesting with his remark, Cain said: “Cain. Herman Cain. C-A-I-N. Do I have to connect all the dots for you?”

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melissaf Donating Member (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 02:35 AM
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1. Wow, Herman, you sure are
a laff-a-minute riot there.
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FarLeftFist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 10:06 PM
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18. This guy thinks everything is one big joke. Like the entire worlds problems can be solved with a
Stupid quip and a grin. Like he can sexually assault women and not have to deal with it. What a power trip this guy is on already. Little does he know, when the flashing lights and the glitz go away he's going to have to deal with some real life shit that he is not prepared for.
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greyl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 02:36 AM
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2. It's stupid and really lame, but not particularly offensive, imo. nt
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Major Nikon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 02:49 AM
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3. Interestingly there is some historical precedent for clubbing a political rival with a cain
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 02:57 AM
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4. Keep klassy there, Herman.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 09:48 AM
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12. Why do Republicons so adore TORTURE & BEATINGS?
It is so sick. Surely Jesus Christ -- who was tortured and beaten -- would blow chunks if he heard the Republicons who embrace this evil shit 'claiming' to be followers...
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Mojeoux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 03:15 AM
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5. I bet this is an old Cain family joke.
"Do I have to connect the dots for you?" What a dick.
Now, his last name is the same as a large stick that one associates with a beating.
So is it just that he has, like a "Noriega Syndrome," of being surrounded by suck-ups all these years, that he doesn't get that, away from the family, it's not very funny? And does he really not comprehend that using his name like that is kind of threateningly creepy?


It's one thing to be stupid, but he shouldn't treat the press like a prick while he's at it.

Tsk Tsk

:popcorn:
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 04:01 AM
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6. "I am your only hope"
:rofl:
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 04:12 AM
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7. As Bugs Bunny would say: "What a maroon"
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nc4bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 07:15 AM
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8. Cain needs to STFU. Polls give him 18%. 18% of the GOP base LOL
65% of the 18% say his out of control sexual urges, sexual assault and harassment don't matter to them.

Herman Cain has nothing but M$M pimps him out like he's the great hope when they neglect to give all the numbers.

Adding - I just heard GOP polling numbers on CBS news this a.m.


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Erose999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 07:28 AM
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9. That sounded like a threat to me. Is the secret service aware of this? I think they should

investigate Mr. Cain... he may be hiding contraband in one of his bodily cavities.
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Erose999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 07:29 AM
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10. Also, Un-Abel constantly fails at trying to be funny. That joke was fucking lame.
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spedtr90 Donating Member (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 09:46 AM
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11. How do you break a Koch brother's Cain?
Edited on Fri Nov-11-11 09:51 AM by spedtr90
with a Ba(ROCK)


If anyone asks me Cain's question, I'm answering with a question of my own.



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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 09:59 AM
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13. Yea, CAIN has a gift for imaging Black males being whipped by White men
His "yellow roses" commercial features just that, a Black male being whalloped by a White male. His whole ticket is his making White males feel that in him they have a Black who will be subservient.
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 10:02 AM
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14. Herman is a creepy, unfunny, sad man.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 08:46 PM
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15. but joke about a "burning bush", and you get sent to jail ...
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Raschel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 09:55 PM
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16. Yes but you need a strong, sturdy cain, not an old rickety one that will break.
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FarLeftFist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 10:00 PM
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17. Here's some links to follow on Twitter:
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Bethany Rockafella Donating Member (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 10:08 PM
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19. Shouldn't he win the nomination first?
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Bladian Donating Member (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 10:09 PM
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20. I get what he was trying to do, but...
Totally not okay. At all.
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