Herman Cain: The Buffoon Strikes Again
POSTED BY: Niki2
UPDATED: Thursday, November 17, 2011 14:45
VIEWED: 7008
PAGE 9 of 10
Mike,
It's astonishing to me what's happened here, culturally. We're used to politicians bullshitting their way through interviews, forever evading question after question. It makes us mad, but it doesn't make us think, "This guy is a sad, incompetent fool." Being a good bullshitter can even be construed as part of a politician's stock in trade.
But this? This isn't even bullshitting. This is simply failure. It's anxiety and confusion and humiliation. Watching him shift in his seat, move his water bottle around as he tries to come up with SOMETHING to say is painful.
How did we get here? People have already spent a ton of money on getting this man elected, and will surely be spending several tons more before he's done. What were THEY thinking? Has the right's blanket disrespect for government *per se* blinded them to the need for their candidate to have the slightest clue what the hell is going on in the world? Or have they become so comfortable with the corruption of our system that they don't even worry about their candidate's putative electability--only his willingness to do their will?
HKCavalier
Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:`
Originally posted by HKCavalier:
Mike,
It's astonishing to me what's happened here, culturally. We're used to politicians bullshitting their way through interviews, forever evading question after question. It makes us mad, but it doesn't make us think, "This guy is a sad, incompetent fool." Being a good bullshitter can even be construed as part of a politician's stock in trade.
But this? This isn't even bullshitting. This is simply failure. It's anxiety and confusion and humiliation. Watching him shift in his seat, move his water bottle around as he tries to come up with SOMETHING to say is painful.
How did we get here? People have already spent a ton of money on getting this man elected, and will surely be spending several tons more before he's done. What were THEY thinking? Has the right's blanket disrespect for government *per se* blinded them to the need for their candidate to have the slightest clue what the hell is going on in the world? Or have they become so comfortable with the corruption of our system that they don't even worry about their candidate's putative electability--only his willingness to do their will?
HKCavalier
Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
Put it this way: If I ever walked out of a job interview after a performance like that, I'd drive away *KNOWING* there was no way in hell I was getting the job, and I'd be downright scared and embarrassed if I *did* get the offer after such a horrific performance.
He went into this knowing he was going to be asked questions. He has claimed repeatedly that if he didn't know something, he was just going to come out with it and say, "I don't know" and move on.
I actually felt kind of bad for the guy, because that was just plain uncomfortable.
"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Washington D.C.
AP Wire
November 15, 2011
"A special investigation is under way by the RNC legal dept. regarding tainted water bottles being supplied to Republican candidates during their debates and interviews. Initial lab tests are showing that a brain retardent chemical has been stealthily introduced into the candidates' water supplies. Preliminary records show most of the the suspect water came from a distributorship owned by Al Gore's second cousin Arlo Terwilliger. Republicans who have been stricken, including Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Bachmann, and others are rapidly losing brain cells that affect memory and intelligence, and there doesn't seem to be any cure to stop or control the disease. The RNC Chair, Mr. Reeces Pieces, said that he is personally going to look into this situation as soon as he graduates 6th grade, and advises those remaining unafflicted candidates to drink Yoo Hoo until the crisis passes."
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Originally posted by HKCavalier:
But this? This isn't even bullshitting. This is simply failure. It's anxiety and confusion and humiliation. Watching him shift in his seat, move his water bottle around as he tries to come up with SOMETHING to say is painful.
Honestly, from the very get-go, it's never been so much that they're evil, or insane, so much as they are INCOMPETENT...
And above all things, I loathe incompetence.
-Frem
I do not serve the Blind God.
NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Oh gawd, JS, that is HYSTERICAL!! You walk away EASILY with the prize for the best laugh in...well, about two days. Thank you SO much; I gotta print it and take it in to Jim (one of the dogs pulled him off balance while he ran with them, both knees, both hands and his face are a bloody mess, so he's stuck in bed). Thank you; this will make him smile! 
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Originally posted by Fremdfirma:Quote:
Originally posted by HKCavalier:
But this? This isn't even bullshitting. This is simply failure. It's anxiety and confusion and humiliation. Watching him shift in his seat, move his water bottle around as he tries to come up with SOMETHING to say is painful.
Honestly, from the very get-go, it's never been so much that they're evil, or insane, so much as they are INCOMPETENT...
And above all things, I loathe incompetence.
-Frem
I do not serve the Blind God.
Epic. That Fail pic is total Win!
A friend sent me this pic for Halloween.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
We really are humped. None of the Repubs are any good at this and so none of them have a chance. Obama will win again, even though most people agree he isn't good at being the president and most people would prefer someone else.
Niki, I hope Jim heals up soon, falling is tough stuff. Sounds like you're taking good care of him until he's up and about again.
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Originally posted by RionaEire:
We really are humped. None of the Repubs are any good at this and so none of them have a chance. Obama will win again, even though most people agree he isn't good at being the president and most people would prefer someone else.
Not sure if I'd prefer someone else, but I'd sure prefer the Obama that ran for President back in '07-'08. Wonder what ever happened to that guy...
But you've got a great point - we NEED better Republican candidates. The "establishment" Republicans won't have anything to do with Ron Paul or Jon Huntsman, because they say crazy-loopy things like "We have to work with the Democrats to find solutions."
They say that compromise is an agreement that leaves no one happy, and if that's the case, then Romney will be the nominee.
Quote:
Niki, I hope Jim heals up soon, falling is tough stuff. Sounds like you're taking good care of him until he's up and about again.
Seconded. Gets harder and harder to heal from this kind of thing as you get older. It sucks. :(
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Oh, Jim's up and around--he went to work. Two skinned knees, two skinned hands and a huge cut on the bridge of his nose...little things like that will never stop him! He's one of "those"... yeah, it'll take a while to heal, he's got so many scrapes and cuts--he said it doesn't really hurt, he's just stiff all over. No surprise there! I'm pretty used to this; he tends to come home with road rash on a fairly regular basis, whether he trips himself running in the hills or falls off his bicycle...I've long since given up trying to dissuade him, but I KNEW running with them up on the Divide on leash pretty much guaranteed disaster. Told him so, too, when he decided to do it, but, well, you know..."MEN!"
Tashi ended up damaging BOTH of us in less than 24 hours. Choey and I took the dogs out to the reclamation ponds...they're great for sulkying, gravel path winding in and out of them, good workout for the dogs. I carry water, and the water bag was empty. So I'm standing at the open door filling it, bent over, making sure to block the dogs, and damned if he didn't JUMP OVER ME! This is a dog who doesn't push himself, only jumps for dinner, and at that just once or twice in excitement, and let's poor Kochak, at ten pounds lighter, do the majority of the pulling on the sulky.
The ponds are next to a cow pasture. Yup, there he went, like a bat out of hell, after the cows. I had to scramble over a fence after him, which was stupid because there's no way I can catch him and he won't come back until he's tired, hot, thirsty and/or bored, but I did it anyway. Scraped myself going over and (when he was either tired, hot, thirsty and/or bored) bringing him back, so I've got my own "war wounds". AND hurt my back...
Not only that, but one of them stole an ENTIRE CAKE last night (!!). It was one of those sale "day-old" cakes, and I thought I'd put it where they couldn't get to it. Silly me. Found the plastic container on the dog bed in the Outback; Kochak has dabbled at her last two meals and Tashi has diahhrea, so they both had their share. I never got a bite.
I keep trying to remember why I wanted huskies...
I agree wholeheartedly, Riona: Quote:
Yup. On the other hand, they're not nearly as SCARY as Bush or McCain, who actually had a chance and who were and would have been a disaster if they got elected. What we've got now I'm thoroughly enjoying, it's the best comedy I've seen in ages, and the late-night guys, and Stewart and Colbert, should send in donations, they've given them so much material! I saw a clip of a SNL skit supposedly lampooning Cain's Libya idiocy...but it wasn't nearly as funny as when Cain himself did it. Some things you just can't improve on!
None of the Repubs are any good at this and so none of them have a chance
I say let'em come, give 'em every possible chance to talk; I don't have to listen, but they'll really help us defeat them next year!
It's a damned good thing nobody's paying attention to Huntsman. The more I hear from him, the more I respect him...as nominee I think he might actually scare me. But he'll never get nominated, thank gawd; to start, he's part of that Mormon "cult", and then he actually (gasp!) believes in science! Those are both death knells, thank goodness.
Maybe, MAYBE, as his last term, Obama will find that guy he said he was, or believed he was, or WAS, and get some shit done before he leaves office! I think what it is, is that the ACTUAL candidates are biding their time to 2016. I mean, anyone with half a brain doesn't want to be up on stage with those fruit baskets!
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
I sure hope there wasn't any chocolate in that day old cake. I wonder if Huntsman is checking things out, testing the waters this time around, and will run more seriously/intensely in 2016.
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME