Posted on 10/25/2011 3:01:30 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
The spot was posted on October 19th, according to its YouTube page, but because it was unlisted on Cain's main YouTube page it seems to have gone undiscovered until now. There has been some speculation online that the spot is a hoax, but the Cain campaign late Monday night confirmed to CBS News that it is legitimate.
A campaign official said that the video was "just Block being Block." But it's unclear what the campaign planned to do with the video, whether it was intended to be an ad, or why it wasn't publicly available on Cain's page with his other videos.
Intentionally or not, the ad brings to mind Cain's history opposing smoking bans as a lobbyist with the National Restaurant Association, which the New York Times recently reported out.
(Excerpt) Read more at newstatesman.com ...
Perry is trying to look like the Marlboro Man without outright saying "Marlboro Man" because then he'd have to pay somebody for copyright infringement. He is too much. His "I have had a lifelong love affair with guns" schtick will result in an ad featuring him in a bed with a shotgun on the pillow beside him sharing a cigarette after who-knows-what, and then this Cain ad will be moot.
That POS in our White House smokes . . . and that’s in a taxpayer owned building . . . What’s with the hypocrisy?
There is not a damned thing wrong with this spot. I liked it. Its real, honest, simple, practical, and down to earth. Brilliant for a bit of fooling around.
Priceless! :O)
Who would imagine that in the early 21st century America, it would be considered scandelous to smoke a cigarette, but perfectly ok for homosexuals to be “married”?
You've gone from being conservative to being annoying.
Stop it, go make the bed, do the washing and scrub the floor.
Or is it a metaphor for the Cain campaign blowing smoke?
LOL. Classic.
Great ad, I relly like how Cain spit on his foot.
LOL. That wasn’t Cain but a black cowboy who was a card carrying liberal. Cain doesnt appear until the last few seconds of the ad.
*Really
I loved the Yellow flowers clip.
The clip shines a bright light 0bama, and Hollywood actors, pointing out just how phony and shallow they are.
No, that was Obama who spit on his foot.
Peculiar. It’s even, dare I say it, subversive in this cultural climate.
The comments at the site are unbelievable.
If you’re killing yourself with cancer sticks...vote for CAIN!
That has to be the weirdest ad ever!
Hmmmm, how did posting a funny Cain ad, all of a sudden become a let’s bash and demagogue Perry because we like it, kindof post.
So many of you stuck on yourselves while carrying the democratic propaganda against Perry just can’t help yourselves, can you.
Every one of you know that you’re going to vote for the last candidate standing against Obama no matter who it is. And the people are going to decide who that is, not any of us personally or individually.
I’m going to throw my first vote to Perry, because I know the truth. Perry is the only man standing on that stage that has actually done the job of addressing and correcting the issues before this country in his state.
1. Balanced a huge budget and correctly applied the money for the best benefit of Texans.
2. Put $millions of dollars for boots on the ground at our southern border to stop the influx and protect.
3. Put in force risk pool insurance plans to make health care available to Texans excluded because of pre-existing conditions before anybody else in the US even thought of it. And he did it without a mandate, leaving Texans the ability to choose.
4. Fought off attempts by democrats to implement a state income tax. Done everything he can to keep our taxes low, as well as keep the cost of living in Texas at a manageable level.
5. Brought record numbers of jobs and businesses into the State during a recession, and kept Texans protected from joblessness, and brought wealth here.
6. Is fighting the EPA regulations off the state, and will crash and burn them to the ground and get their boot off this country’s back.
7. Has implemented a strong energy policy in our state and knows how REALLY important energy independence is to this country. As well as the jobs it will instantly create for Americans.
8. Will stand on the stage and call your arse heartless and not bother will stupid political correctness just to pander to your little sensitivities over a program that Texans supported that produces a better outcome for youth stuck here at no fault of their own and not going anywhere. It makes them first apply for citizenship, allows for stringent scholastic achievement restrictions to get the cream of the crop, and only asks them to PAY for their own education. The idea that it’s going to cost tax payers $100,000 per child his political KRAP talk. The fact is that their tuition is $170,000 more revenue that we wouldn’t otherwise have gotten.
8. A man who has stood up for his state against all odds and makes no bones about defending it against all enemies, even those within. And will do the same for this country.
I’m going to vote for the man that’s actually done the job already. I love Herman Cain. I think he’d make a great VP and get some experience under his belt. Or a cabinet member maybe in charge of foreign trade who can do the math and solve our trade deficit problems.
Enjoy the Texas primary ... that's the only shot you're gonna have at voting for Rick.
“Every one of you know that you’re going to vote for the last candidate standing against Obama no matter who it is.”
Don’t bet on it. There is no way I will vote for Romney, or any ticket with him on it.
I’m sure I’m already on that list! LoL (I had a LOT of fun at Twitter the day that account opened).
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