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Herman Cain releases bizarre advert [chief of staff smoking a cigarette as "I am America" plays]
New Statesman ^ | October 25, 2011 | Samira Shackle

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 ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: brilliant; cain; freedom; frontrunner; genius; gopfruntrunner; gopprimary; hermancain; liberty; nationalbooktour; politicalads; presidentcain; racetothewhitehouse; strategy; tactics
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

What *I* think is funny/brilliant about the ad is that, by sharp contrast, Obama himself has to SNEAK his cigarettes.
This is so in your face.

And, because of the political incorrectness of smoking, more young people are doing it. May not be smart but young people are always rebellious.


61 posted on 10/25/2011 6:50:52 AM PDT by EDINVA ( Jimmy McMillan '12: because RENT'S, TOO DAMN HIGH)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Its a little lame, but I pretty much feel the same way he does.

Go Herman!


62 posted on 10/25/2011 6:51:13 AM PDT by Little Ray (FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Thanks for the edgy viewpoint from the commie Brit New Statesman...a day w/o a posting from these die-hard collectivist would not be complete.


63 posted on 10/25/2011 7:09:52 AM PDT by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: miss marmelstein; Liz
Couldn’t be any worse than those nauseating photos you guys run of the big he-man Perry looking off into the middle distance as if trying to conjure up...a thought.

HA-ha!

64 posted on 10/25/2011 7:22:02 AM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: RowdyFFC
I thoroughly intend to. And if he loses then I’ll know that as well as democrats the many republicans are stuck on stupid and there’s not a lot going to change in this country.

So,just so we're all clear on this ... Cain supporters are stupid.

Is this what you're saying?

65 posted on 10/25/2011 7:41:50 AM PDT by tx_eggman (Liberalism is only possible in that moment when a man chooses Barabas over Christ.)
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To: tx_eggman
So,just so we're all clear on this ... Cain supporters are stupid.

Is this what you're saying?

Or does it run deeper ... you think anyone who supports someone other than Perry is stupid ..

66 posted on 10/25/2011 7:44:34 AM PDT by tx_eggman (Liberalism is only possible in that moment when a man chooses Barabas over Christ.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

This is one of the worst ads I have ever seen in my life - from beginning to end. His campaign manager doesn’t speak well, the smoking bit is just weird, and Cain looks sort of creepy in that shot at the end. Hope for the Cain campaign they didn’t actually put this awful thing on the air.


67 posted on 10/25/2011 7:48:19 AM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: MitchSouthFla.

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.


Ignore Beagle, a persistent Cain-opponent.


68 posted on 10/25/2011 8:14:14 AM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Author of BullionBible.com - Makes You a Precious Metal Expert, Guaranteed.)
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To: MitchSouthFla.

The black cowboy was Alfonzo Rachel :-)


69 posted on 10/25/2011 8:18:00 AM PDT by justsaynomore (Cain 2012 - http://teamcain.hermancain.com)
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To: EDINVA

What *I* think is funny/brilliant about the ad is that, by sharp contrast, Obama himself has to SNEAK his cigarettes.


Yes. I think that’s it!


70 posted on 10/25/2011 8:18:35 AM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Author of BullionBible.com - Makes You a Precious Metal Expert, Guaranteed.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Hey there AiT!

After that bang-on analysis, I’d rather see you providing political commentary on one of the alphabet soup networks instead of the ignorant chowderheads that presently afflict our sensibilities, NICE summary!


71 posted on 10/25/2011 8:23:16 AM PDT by mkjessup (Is Herman Cain the best conservative candidate? If you say "no", then tell me who IS!!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Just leaked!

Herman Cain's first ad that they rejected, also involved smoking, but bad language warning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj-RxX_FjoM
72 posted on 10/25/2011 8:30:17 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: Scythian

I wonder if this was Herb’s first ad?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oE5dkTanms


73 posted on 10/25/2011 9:15:04 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: MitchSouthFla.

From that ad:

“Why does it always have to be about color? What are you guys, Liberal?”

LOL


74 posted on 10/25/2011 9:35:24 AM PDT by BagCamAddict (Order 15 Herman Cain Yard Signs for $130: https://store.hermancain.com/orderform.asp?pid=20)
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To: LibertyRocks
Actually, this might be the start of a BRILLIANT ad campaign... WHY? Because I am an American, too...

Or kinda like this...

Herman Cain Gear.

75 posted on 10/25/2011 9:41:14 AM PDT by BagCamAddict (Order 15 Herman Cain Yard Signs for $130: https://store.hermancain.com/orderform.asp?pid=20)
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To: tx_eggman

Does the shoe fit? Has Cain actually done the job that Perry has? I certainly admire what Cain has done and have a lot of respect and support for him. But has he actually done the job? Balancing all the balls in the political arena? NO, he hasn’t.

Has Cain ever had to take the battle to his democratic cities to create jobs? Do you realize how hard it is to convince all the major democratically led cities in Texas allow jobs and manufacturing into their cities? Making jobs when in the private sector is easy, as long as you can finagle your budget to find the money. But convincing a hoard of democrats and cutting deals with them to bring record numbers of jobs into your state is NOT easy.

What I said was, ‘I’ am going to vote for the man who’s already done the job. And has a proven record of doing so. I gave no criticism of Cain whatsoever.


76 posted on 10/25/2011 10:28:58 AM PDT by RowdyFFC
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To: RowdyFFC
I gave no criticism of Cain whatsoever.

No, you didn't. What you did say, that I took issue with, was:

if he loses then I’ll know that as well as democrats the many republicans are stuck on stupid

which, by implication, paints any non-Perry supporter as stupid. While some of them may be, that's a pretty broad brush stroke. I've got nothing against Perry, if he's the nominee I'll gladly vote for him - as I would for Cain.

77 posted on 10/25/2011 10:43:04 AM PDT by tx_eggman (Liberalism is only possible in that moment when a man chooses Barabas over Christ.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I read through the thread before watching the ad — it seemed to me I was in for two minutes of watching someone smoke like a chimney, with billows like Al Gore had in his “An Inconveinent Truth” movie.

Good grief, the man takes a puff on a cig at the end and the entire world goes into a hullabaloo!

Which, funny enough, proves the point.

I love Cain’s smile at the end. He’s sort of letting a grin slip out, saying “I know what all you Liberals are thinking. You’re not going to be able to help yourself from completely obsessing over that puff of smoke and how, in your mind, it means I’m unfit to be President of the United States. What a hoax your entire mindset is! And, oh, btw, P.S. That dangerous bumbler in the White House smokes like a chimney day and night! Put that in your pipe and . . . oh, never mind.”


78 posted on 10/25/2011 11:40:08 AM PDT by fightinJAG (NO REPRESENTATION WITHOUT TAXATION! Everyone should pay taxes, everyone should pay the same rate.)
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To: Grizzled Bear

Was that the point of the ad?

I quit smoking after thirty years but, I don’t think the government should tell you what to do with your own body.


79 posted on 10/25/2011 12:16:16 PM PDT by wolfcreek (Perry to Obama: Adios, MOFO!)
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To: fightinJAG
I read through the thread before watching the ad — it seemed to me I was in for two minutes of watching someone smoke like a chimney, with billows like Al Gore had in his “An Inconveinent Truth” movie.

Good grief, the man takes a puff on a cig at the end and the entire world goes into a hullabaloo!

That's what I was expecting as well. It was just a tiny little puff of smoke, not some long drag, either. Good grief, indeed. *pfffft*

80 posted on 10/25/2011 1:17:11 PM PDT by Shelayne
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