• February 22, 2012

Reading is for socialists. Books are for capitalists.Oh, this is cute: delusional pizza man Herman Cain made his presidential campaign purchase over a hundred grand in copies of his own weird book sold by his own for-profit company! That is why God invented long-shot political campaigns after all, to help ambitious grifters shill prematurely titled books like This Is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House filled with curious exhortations to illiteracy such as “I like to say I’m a leader, not a reader.” Only SHEEPLE read. Anyway, Herman Cain will keep running for president until all his books about the pointlessness of reading are sold, to his campaign. Good “business plan.”

From TalkingPointsMemo:

Given any money to Herman Cain lately? There’s a decent chance some of it went directly into the coffers of a for-profit company Cain runs.

A review of Cain’s last two FEC reports shows the campaign transferring just over $100,000 in cash to Herman Cain T.H.E. New Voice, a company that promotes Cain’s books and political philosophy.

In the Federal Election Commission (FEC) report his campaign filed in July, Cain’s team reported sending $50,831.35 to T.H.E. New Voice. The expenditures listed included “booklets” and “books” (presumably copies of the handful of short pamphlet-like books available for sale at THE New Voice website along with Cain’s new full-length book, This Is Herman Cain!, published by a division of Simon and Schuster), along with items such as “overnight”, “lodging”, “ground transportation” and “air fare.”

How to make money in tough times: run for President. [TPM]

{ 278 comments }

V572-⁂½‡‡‡‡‡ October 18, 2011 at 10:24 am

Didn't Newt have to abandon the Speaker's chair in disgrace for exactly this offense?

Actually it was long-forgotten speaker Jim Wright. but Newt would've done it if he'd thought of it. His Wikipedia page has been carefully groomed by him or his minions to make him seem noble.

OneDollarJuana October 18, 2011 at 10:27 am

Ahhh, Jim Wright. I'd almost forgotten about him. When I heard him trying to explain away that crooked deal I was struck by what a smarmy asshole he obviously was. It was my first grand disillusion moment as a Democrat.

Now I'm used to being disappointed.

Rosie_Scenario October 18, 2011 at 10:31 am

True, but there was a man who didn't need eyebrow wigs. Heck, he could be an eyebrow donor.

Chichikovovich October 18, 2011 at 11:11 am

Don't forget the two most important features of this story: a) It was Newt who hounded Wright from office by hammering this story and bringing House ethics charges when he was a backbencher. That was the coup that got him the spotlight that led to becoming Minority Whip when Cheney became Sec. of Defence. b) While speaker, Gingrich regularly did *exactly* the same damn thing that he used to end Wright's political career. (Gingrich was eventually sanctioned by the House ethics committee, but for something different.) The shamelessness of Mr. Newton Leroy Gingrich (née McPherson) really can leave one speechless with disbelief.

SorosBot October 18, 2011 at 11:16 am

Just as he was banging an intern while impeaching Clinton for the exact same thing.

Chichikovovich October 18, 2011 at 11:26 am

Ah, yes. Of course. And then of course there's the twice-divorced pathological adulterer's constant rabbiting on about the importance of what the Santorum-smeared right calls "Traditional Marriage". With Newt, the hits just keep comin'.

V572-⁂½‡‡‡‡‡ October 18, 2011 at 11:33 am

Read Newt’s wiki. It’s high-larry-us.

Sophist[Kochblocker] October 18, 2011 at 12:24 pm

His Wikipedia page has been carefully groomed by him or his minions to make him seem noble.

If Newt's staff can pull that off, they should next turn their talents to curing cancer, ending world hunger, and giving everyone a flying unicorn because clearly they are MAGICAL ELVES of some sort.

comrad_darkness October 18, 2011 at 10:24 am

The man learns quickly. I hope he sent Sarah Palin her 3% consulting fee.

Dr_Zoidberg October 18, 2011 at 10:25 am

Seriously. He is fast approaching Caribou Barbie's level of grifting.

DahBoner October 18, 2011 at 10:36 am

3%?

Ha!

Most grifters don't work for under 20%…

seppdecker October 18, 2011 at 10:40 am

Grifters don't work, period. That's why Palin loves it so.

RadioOcupados October 18, 2011 at 10:49 am

You meant, of course, a 9% fee.

Guppy06 October 18, 2011 at 10:51 am

I think Sarah wants to fuck another black man.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 1:02 pm

That would be her own fucking business, and hardly deserving of comment.

Guppy06 October 18, 2011 at 1:07 pm

What if she hyperventilates over it again?

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 2:36 pm

Slap the shit out of her in private. Sell tickets. I'm buying.

yrbmegr October 18, 2011 at 11:30 am

What's wrong with swindling tea baggers and Koch's?

Terry October 18, 2011 at 10:24 am

Has he hired a new advisor, perhaps from Wasilla, AK?

DahBoner October 18, 2011 at 10:35 am

She advised him to give away Unlimited Twisty Bread

Come here a minute October 18, 2011 at 10:24 am

I hope Cain saved a few trees and sold himself $100,000 worth of e-books.

comrad_darkness October 18, 2011 at 10:26 am

Ha ha. I like the way you think.

HipHop0Potamus October 18, 2011 at 10:30 am

But if he uses trees for printed books, then the paper companies will have to plant more trees, for more books. Herman Cain has solved environmentalism!

Biel_ze_Bubba October 18, 2011 at 12:17 pm

Paper from Koch Industries – he probably got a deal on it, in exchange for "future consideration."

(XKCD: "A treasured and carefully guarded point in the space of four-character strings.")

Guppy06 October 18, 2011 at 10:52 am

Nah, he doesn't get a cut of Kindle sales.

memzilla October 18, 2011 at 10:25 am

With his degree in Advanced Griftology, Cain personifies Palinomics.

His next move will be to patent the OWS Pizza: the Occu Pie.

Steverino247 October 18, 2011 at 11:56 am

No, since it has eight slices, the name is Octo-pie

RavenRant October 18, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Pragmatist2 October 18, 2011 at 10:26 am

Better he should buy them than anyone else.

DahBoner October 18, 2011 at 11:35 am

Who is this Herman Cain Explanation Point and when did he replace Herman Cain Question Mark???

Lascauxcaveman October 18, 2011 at 11:51 am

Heh, "Explanation Point." That sounds almost as hip-hop as T.H.E. New Voice.

Methinks this fellow thinks he's a black man.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 3:01 pm

Yeah, well, him, and the white folks surrounding him, are the only ones that think so. The rest of us think he's a pandering, grifting, Kochsucking Uncle Tom.

Dr_Zoidberg October 18, 2011 at 10:26 am

Now, let's be nice here. Perhaps those are all gifts to his campaign workers, in lieu of actual pay.

You gotta admire that title. In fact, it inspired me – 'This is Dr. Zoidberg! My journey to the refrigerator box in the alley behind the abandoned warehouse.

LesBontemps October 18, 2011 at 10:33 am

Seeing as winter's coming, I've moved my refrigerator box inside the abandoned warehouse. Hooray for upward mobility!

Dr_Zoidberg October 18, 2011 at 11:29 am

Elitist!

LesBontemps October 18, 2011 at 11:33 am

I got mine; fuck you!

DahBoner October 18, 2011 at 11:36 am

Squatting is cool, kids!

Boehneriffic October 18, 2011 at 11:02 am

This is Boehneriffic! My journey to the shops for cheap gin and hobo beans.

DahBoner October 18, 2011 at 11:36 am

OMG!

Another Boner….

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 3:00 pm

I hope you're kidding, Dr_Zoidberg. It's gonna be a harsh, mean winter. And even though I'm usually a mean, snarky, obnoxious fuck, I sincerely hope you have a warm, safe haven.

powersuit October 18, 2011 at 10:26 am

That's a lot of thank-you gifts to the Koch brothers!

OneDollarJuana October 18, 2011 at 10:28 am

I'm trying to work out a deal where I sell beer to myself and somehow get to pay wholesale prices and avoid paying taxes on it.

memzilla October 18, 2011 at 10:30 am

1. Incorporate.
2. Write corporate bylaws mandating on-the-job beer consumption.
3. ???
4. Profit!

BarryOPotter October 18, 2011 at 11:04 am

For the first time ever, I think I've found the solution to #3 in the case of the Cain "presidential" campaign:
1. Become CEO of shitty fast food chain
2.Suck some Koch to get backing for "presidential" campaign
3. Write crappy book, then launder cash by forcing "presidential" campaign to buy a redonculous number of copies.
4. Profit!!!

LowProfileinGA October 18, 2011 at 11:28 am

Appoint me Secretary & Treasurer.

"All in favor…."

Biel_ze_Bubba October 18, 2011 at 12:19 pm

"But, I … I …"
"Thank you!"

SorosBot October 18, 2011 at 10:28 am

Considering how every single Republican vanity candidate has done this sort of thing, how is it that none of them except for the Delaware non-witch have actually been charged for their criminal campaign finance fraud?

Mahousu October 18, 2011 at 10:47 am

Christine charged her campaign for consuming pizzas, while Herman charged his for producing them. That's your difference right there.

However, Cain is not without sympathy, and will send a few copies of his book to O'Donnell's legal defense fund. COD.

FlownOver October 18, 2011 at 11:04 am

Supply-side grifting! Huzzah!!!1!1!

Biel_ze_Bubba October 18, 2011 at 12:22 pm

It's the GOP's new free-market corporatist morality.
If elected, Cain will run the White House as a for-profit LLP.

baconzgood October 18, 2011 at 10:31 am

This Is Herman Cain! This is your brain on Herman Cain….Any questions?
http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-hispanic-republi...

HELisforHEL October 18, 2011 at 12:58 pm

HAHAHAHAHA
Thank you, I needed that.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 2:58 pm

Does that stupid cow have the first fucking clue that when they come to round up the slant-eyes and the Brownz and all those other smelly annoying little people, she's gonna be on the first bus south to Tijuana or a FEMA camp, whichever comes first?

weejee October 18, 2011 at 10:31 am

I'm a leader, not a reader

Pretty easy to read that sheeple. Hermie is looking to blow by Moosealini and become the US Grifter-in-Chief.

OneDollarJuana October 18, 2011 at 11:11 am

Not a reader, huh? So his bilingual signage on his Mexi-Fry Fence (TM) might not do himself so well.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 2:56 pm

He's not planning bi-lingual signage. English-ONLY!

Moonbat October 18, 2011 at 11:54 am

I'm simultaneously amused and filled with despair that an actual Presidential campaign has (unknowingly? Perhaps!) stolen a line from "The Simpsons Movie" spoken by President Schwarzenegger, in what was intended to be a satire of manly-man leadership. Jesus. Self-parody much, Herman?

BerkeleyBear October 18, 2011 at 12:29 pm

Well, he already ripped off the Sims, Pokemon and the Coneheads. Why not the Simpsons?

HELisforHEL October 18, 2011 at 1:04 pm

Idiocracy: closer than you think.

Biel_ze_Bubba October 18, 2011 at 12:23 pm

"Blow by Mooselini …"

Had to backtrack and re-read that one.

EatsBabyDingos October 18, 2011 at 10:31 am

Maybe the outhouse needed toilet paper.

Mumbletypeg October 18, 2011 at 12:35 pm

Read it and weep Wipe it and read.

YasserArraFeck October 18, 2011 at 10:31 am

Well, the books probably have more nutritional value than his shitty pizzas….fortified with Vitamin BS

DaRooster October 18, 2011 at 11:43 am

'cuz of electrocuted Messicans?

ifthethunderdontgetya October 18, 2011 at 10:32 am

G.O.P.: Grifting Opportunity Party
~

Biel_ze_Bubba October 18, 2011 at 12:24 pm

Greedy Old Pricks.

Indiepalin October 18, 2011 at 10:33 am

Wait for the audiobook, narrated by Moms Mabley

rambone October 18, 2011 at 10:34 am

Pathetic!

Knowledgeable Repubes would leverage that $100K to obtain a couple million in government backed loans (from their own bank) and then top it off with a Federal bailout when they default.

Biel_ze_Bubba October 18, 2011 at 12:28 pm

Sell Cain Book futures, get Goldman Sachs to package them as AAA-rated securities and sell them to municipal retirement funds, and then bet against them. Piece of cake. (But not the kind they let the peasants eat.)

DahBoner October 18, 2011 at 10:34 am

Yes, but what does this have to do with fingerbanging???

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 2:54 pm

That's our Boner! Always with an eye out for the important stuff. OK, maybe a finger.

JoshuaNorton October 18, 2011 at 10:36 am

Grifter2: Electric Boogaloo

baconzgood October 18, 2011 at 10:37 am

Maybe that's why he needed all those copies. He ran out of cardboard to do headspins.

metamarcisf October 18, 2011 at 10:37 am

Let me be the first to congratulate Herman Cain on his performance in this evenings debate. His response, when put on the spot about his immigration policies, really struck a nerve with the American people. In other words, he really "hit it out of the park"

Biel_ze_Bubba October 18, 2011 at 12:29 pm

Clear over the electrified razor-wire-topped outfield fence.

forgracie October 18, 2011 at 10:37 am

Never trust a man who refers to himself in the third person.

BaldarTFlagass October 18, 2011 at 10:45 am

Baldar T Flagass agrees!!!

Schmannnity October 18, 2011 at 10:55 am

Bob Dole disagrees–Bob Dole

baconzgood October 18, 2011 at 11:00 am

Elmo thinks that's mean.

SorosBot October 18, 2011 at 11:17 am

Elmo should go fuck himself for ruining Sesame Street. Is that mean?

baconzgood October 18, 2011 at 11:18 am

GROVER RULZ!!!!!!!!

bagofmice October 18, 2011 at 11:34 am

Upstairs AND downstairs

BerkeleyBear October 18, 2011 at 12:31 pm

Elmo should go see a speech and language therapist, according to my friends in the business, and stop modeling bad behavior in a cute and fuzzy way.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 2:52 pm

So, that would be, like, the whole fucking Republican Party, amirite?

John Birf Society October 18, 2011 at 10:37 am

On the positive side, it is a pop-up-book and it is only $9.99.

OneDollarJuana October 18, 2011 at 11:12 am

Oh, so it's porn?

Biel_ze_Bubba October 18, 2011 at 12:30 pm

It's the book that pops up. Sheesh.

BaldarTFlagass October 18, 2011 at 11:21 am

He's really pulling out all the stops on this 999 thing.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 2:51 pm

Please god let this be the last available stop.

johnnymeatworth October 18, 2011 at 10:38 am

What more do you vultures want?! http://electcain.com/default.aspx has already made his gospel album available for free….

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 2:52 pm

We're vultures, dood. We want to feast on his carcass. Jeez.

HamsterSandwich October 18, 2011 at 4:26 pm

I bought the tee-shirt:
http://i.imgur.com/UB546.jpg

Biel_ze_Bubba October 21, 2011 at 1:37 am

Bumper Sticker: "No He Cain't"

SexySmurf October 18, 2011 at 10:38 am

Does This Is Herman Cain! really require an exclamation point? It's more like This Is Herman Cain. Meh.

seppdecker October 18, 2011 at 10:45 am

I think it's kinda like the exclamation point after It's Pat.

Biel_ze_Bubba October 18, 2011 at 12:31 pm

Should be more like

"This is Herman Cain?"

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 2:50 pm

Somebody spent all night sharpening his horns for maximum impact, didn't he?

Biel_ze_Bubba October 18, 2011 at 3:15 pm

Just a little touch-up with the oilstone. Not strictly necessary, but it shows that I care.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 4:23 pm

I'd run away with you, but I know where our journey will end. {Sigh}

Eve8Apples October 18, 2011 at 10:38 am

Bet the books taste better than his crappy pizza.

johnnymeatworth October 18, 2011 at 10:43 am

The covers are actually made out of old Godfather's Pizza crusts….

baconzgood October 18, 2011 at 10:39 am

Now listen. Let's give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe after his ghost writer wrote it he wanted to read it….and re-read it…again…and again…10,000 times.

Biel_ze_Bubba October 18, 2011 at 12:32 pm

Ummm … he just told you, he's not a reader.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 2:49 pm

Bacon, I do believe Biely got you that time.

Besides, I don't believe even THAT narcissist could stand to read that pile of shit more than once.

BaldarTFlagass October 18, 2011 at 10:40 am

"My Journey to the White House"

"Well, I considered taking a cab, but that's expensive and I would have had to tip the driver. So, I took the Orange Line and got off at the Farragut West Metro station. Then I jumped the turnstile so I wouldn't have to pay. Fuck public transportation!!!"

Chillwaver October 18, 2011 at 11:03 am

"It's called the 'White House' for a reason, Herb."

– Barry O'Bama

mereoblivion October 18, 2011 at 11:57 am

And all that to deliver a stinkin' pizza!

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 2:48 pm

Which the Obamas refused to eat anyway, even if it WAS free.

Schmannnity October 18, 2011 at 10:40 am

Mediocrity abhors a vacuum.

SorosBot October 18, 2011 at 10:41 am

Now that his campaign has thousands of extra copies of his book, Caine will probably follow the lead of the various right-wing organizations that buy up other wingnut's books to artificially get them on the bestseller lists; soon we'll have the special offer, "Free shitty book with two or more large pizzas!"

mavenmaven October 18, 2011 at 11:33 am

Free shitty book with two or more large shitty pizzas- corrected

SorosBot October 18, 2011 at 11:42 am

Having never even heard of Godfather's Pizza before Cain started running for president, I cannot comment on the quality or lack thereof of their pizza.

OC_Surf_Serf October 18, 2011 at 10:41 am

This Is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House

Ooh,ooh,ooh…. don't tell me the ending!!!

DahBoner October 18, 2011 at 11:33 am

SPOILER ALERT: Somehow, it will involve Dancing With The Stars

kissawookiee October 18, 2011 at 10:41 am

T.H.E. Grift Father.

LesBontemps October 18, 2011 at 10:42 am

He should have gone with his original title: I Don't Have The Facts To Back This Up.

tessiee October 18, 2011 at 9:45 pm

No, no!
He shoulda gone with:
"Citizen Cain"!!

metamarcisf October 18, 2011 at 10:43 am

Can't wait for the sequel, "This is Herman Cain on Drugs: Any Questions?"

seppdecker October 18, 2011 at 10:44 am

He's just following the Regnery Publishing business model –
1) Collect money from the Kochs and Murdochs of the world to
2) Print shit that you sell back to them, which they use as
3) Swag for their tea baggers and
4) Claim inflated sales on the NYT Best Seller list.

Guppy06 October 18, 2011 at 10:58 am

Why is it always the NYT's bestseller list? Why not FrontPageMag's?

HistoriCat October 18, 2011 at 12:24 pm

Why isn't Wingnut Daily running a Best Seller list?

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 2:46 pm

You forgot: collect lots of SWEET MOOLAH while avoiding paying taxes.

DemonicRage October 18, 2011 at 10:44 am

This man is so ready to be the Next President. Thank you, Republicans, for selecting him. It will be just like when Clinton sold nights in the Lincoln Bedroom to high rollers in his casino of donate money to me.

Biel_ze_Bubba October 18, 2011 at 12:35 pm

Did they ever find out who you got to spend the night with? I mean, for that kind of money…

tessiee October 18, 2011 at 9:47 pm

Socks.

north_of_moscow October 18, 2011 at 10:44 am

Other interesting tidbits from the book: He's a lover, not a fighter; he's a grower, not a shower; he has no actual interest in being president.

Chichikovovich October 18, 2011 at 11:36 am

He's a hoofer, not a roofer; he's a craftsman not a draftsman; he's a gyroscope not a misanthrope; he's a smiler not a rottweiler, he's a sexagenarian not a Rastafarian, he's a social psychologist not a Galois Cohomologist, he's a shameless grifter not a Cognac snifter,…

You really can learn a lot about the guy from that book.

BaldarTFlagass October 18, 2011 at 11:39 am

He's a pitcher, not a belly itcher?

Chichikovovich October 18, 2011 at 11:42 am

He's a catcher, not a belly scratcher.

tessiee October 18, 2011 at 9:48 pm

He's a pitcher, not a glass of water?

Biel_ze_Bubba October 18, 2011 at 12:37 pm

I still don't see how he avoided being a mower, not a grower.

MOG2410 October 18, 2011 at 4:55 pm

I think I'm in love.

ShaveTheWhales October 19, 2011 at 1:40 am

Jesus H Perry, a Galois reference. Wonkette never ceases to amaze.

Dok-cupy Everything October 19, 2011 at 2:05 am

He's a picker, he's a grinner, he's a lover, he's a sinner.

And yet no one has ever called him Maurice, because he knows absolutely NOTHING about the Pompatus of Love.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 2:45 pm

Main take-away lesson: He is NOT interested in being President. Too much work. He wants to sell books, give speeches, and mostly, make LOTS of Munniez!

Where did all these scoundrels and scalawags come from?

Arken October 18, 2011 at 10:49 am

THIS… IS… HERMAN CAIN doesn't have the ring to it that THIS… IS… SPARTA does.

BaldarTFlagass October 18, 2011 at 10:51 am

"This is Herman Cain!"
This puts me in mind of cheesy 1960s record albums.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 2:43 pm

BaldarTFlagass, Y U Linky Not Work?

Biel_ze_Bubba October 18, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 4:25 pm

Jeez. Now I wish I'd just shut the fuck up about it. You know I actually suffered through that man's concerts when I was growing up. I never want to think of his plummy, treacly tones, ever again.

MOG2410 October 18, 2011 at 4:56 pm

More fun to throw undies at the Hermanator, old, used ones.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 4:26 pm

Thanks, Biely. You're a real pal. In a "I hope I'm not ending up with you forever" kinda way.

Schmannnity October 18, 2011 at 10:52 am

"I am a leader, not a reader."

How about I'm a sphincter, not a thinker?

I'm a teaparty hack, forget that I'm Black?

EatsBabyDingos October 18, 2011 at 11:43 am

Since his butt surgery for colon cancer, it should be "I have no sphincter, so I act like a sphincter."

Biel_ze_Bubba October 18, 2011 at 12:38 pm

Be the sphincter, Herman. Be the sphincter.

Boojum_Reborn October 18, 2011 at 12:40 pm

I'm a stinker, not a thinker.

JoshuaNorton October 18, 2011 at 10:52 am

oh my God! It's a cookbook!

/cheesy Twilight Zone reference.

DahBoner October 18, 2011 at 11:32 am

"To Serve Mammy"?

Chichikovovich October 18, 2011 at 11:41 am

To serve mammon.

RadioOcupados October 18, 2011 at 10:53 am

Let them eat books.

DahBoner October 18, 2011 at 11:33 am

Do they need to be burned first?

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 2:42 pm

Or godfather pizza. Same thing, right? Made from wood pulp, unappetizing, non-nutritious — oh, wait, I forgot, godfather's pizza is loaded with ground pig anus grease and corn syrup.

SayItWithWookies October 18, 2011 at 10:53 am

Herman Cain — serving people greasy crap they don't need since 1945.

Goonemeritus October 18, 2011 at 10:53 am

One would think a business guy would have the common sense to hirer a lawyer to advise him about shit like this. I’m pretty sure this violates our election finance laws which is harder to do these days than it is in other comparable democracies like Somalia.

SayItWithWookies October 18, 2011 at 11:51 am

That's a slippery slope — once Herman Cain starts hiring people who know shit, eventually he'll have to hire someone who's going to tell him that his 9-9-9 tax plan is completely unworkable, that building a border fence based on the Berlin Wall would violate several international treaties as well as our basic concepts of humanity, that we can't afford to invade Canada and take their oil, and that he sings like an elk in heat.

Biel_ze_Bubba October 18, 2011 at 12:41 pm

Once you go fact, you don't go back.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 2:38 pm

Never having actually seen an elk in heat up close and personal, I must ask: how do elk in heat sing? And how did you discover this, er, musical? cervine courtship? Inquiring minds, and all that.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 2:40 pm

I know, I know. I always ask, and then always, predictably, gag at the answer. Please don't tell me it involves the UrbanDictionary yet again. I really don't need to hear that "elk in heat" refers to some new and hideously unpleasant form of public sex act. ("Donkey punch"? Is it like donkey punch?)

tessiee October 18, 2011 at 9:55 pm

"he sings like an elk in heat"

Too bad he's not hung like an elk in heat.

BerkeleyBear October 18, 2011 at 12:36 pm

Apparently it is a pretty fine line, especially since this is a book which has an actual "value" way below what its retail price.

You also forget that most business guys only like the lawyers to tell them what will absolutely get them in trouble, not what might, and only ask when they aren't already sure of the answer. Which in Herm's case is probably never- he just isn't sure after the fact whether he meant to do it/say it or not.

MozakiBlocks October 18, 2011 at 10:54 am

Why is this man or any of the other seven dwarfs on the GOP side considered to be a "serious" contender for the White House?

And I use the word "serious" in the loosest possible definition…

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 2:38 pm

"Loose" is right. He gives me the runs.

4TheTurnstiles October 18, 2011 at 10:55 am
elviouslyqueer October 18, 2011 at 10:57 am

Wait a second. What's this I see?

THEY THINK YOU'RE STUPID: Why Democrats lost your vote and what Republicans must do to keep it. Foreword by Zell Miller.

Well, that explains where Hermie got his white robes.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 1:37 pm

Thanks, El. I'm amazed that this guy *never* registered on my radar in all this time. He's like a carbuncle on the ass. By the time you find it, you're all fuckin' huMIliated and in pain and wondering where the FUCK that thing was hiding before it suddenly erupted in all its bloody glory.

GorzoTheMighty October 18, 2011 at 10:57 am

The Godfather of Grift

fuflans October 18, 2011 at 10:57 am

this is why we need deregulation.

it's not freedom if you can't sell your own damn books to your own damn campaign.

LesBontemps October 18, 2011 at 10:58 am

I think he wanted it to be like This Is Spinal Tap, but louder.

BaldarTFlagass October 18, 2011 at 11:00 am

"It goes to just over 100,000."

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 1:35 pm

You must have an eidetic memory.

tessiee October 18, 2011 at 9:58 pm

There's a very fine line between stupid and clever.

JoshuaNorton October 18, 2011 at 10:59 am

Nein, nein, nein.

bagofmice October 18, 2011 at 11:49 am

Hard to argue with that.

mereoblivion October 18, 2011 at 11:52 am

Ja, ja, ja.

DahBoner October 18, 2011 at 1:44 pm

"Nein, nein, nein."

Is this the part where Brad Pitt bursts into the room and puts a bullet in Hitler's head?

RadioOcupados October 18, 2011 at 11:00 am

Better title: With My Pepperoni and Cheese, I Finally Got My Piece of The Pie."

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 3:02 pm

I don't suppose you'd consider changing your 'nym to "RadioIndignados"? 'Coz I gotta tell you, out here, anyway, "Ocupados" is what we say when we're taking a peaceful shit and someone knocks on the door.

Wilcoxyz October 18, 2011 at 11:01 am

I eagerly await the day all federal buildings will have a President's Pizza franchise and all the money (not profits, just all the money) goes in President Cain's pocket.

Place your Executive Order now!

LesBontemps October 18, 2011 at 11:35 am

That's franchise genius, right there.

Biel_ze_Bubba October 18, 2011 at 12:43 pm

Finally, a president who delivers.

fuflans October 18, 2011 at 11:04 am

still tho, he's way cooler than santorum.

HistoriCat October 18, 2011 at 12:30 pm

Hell, I'm cooler than santorum … and I'm the uncoolest person I know.

Chichikovovich October 18, 2011 at 12:40 pm

I'm cooler than Santorum and I'm less cool than you.

tessiee October 18, 2011 at 10:00 pm

Anal warts are cooler than Santorum.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 3:03 pm

But you have such a magnificently furry belly!

DashboardBuddha October 18, 2011 at 1:01 pm

No offense…but I've had bowel movements that were cooler than Cain.

DaRooster October 18, 2011 at 3:27 pm

… and just as smart?

DashboardBuddha October 18, 2011 at 3:49 pm

natch…but I wouldn't want to have a conversation with either.

chicken_thief October 18, 2011 at 11:06 am

Michele and her team will figure out how to do the same thing with her book. Any. day. now.

BaldarTFlagass October 18, 2011 at 11:15 am

"Here's a free ticket to a Randy Travis concert. And a copy of my book!"

BaldarTFlagass October 18, 2011 at 11:12 am

He should be wearing a bow tie in that cover photo.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 3:04 pm

Yeah, well, I got a different kinda tie in mind for him. Hand-knotted.

Redrighthand October 18, 2011 at 11:14 am

This idiots skull could accurately be described as "thin crust"…

johnnyzhivago October 18, 2011 at 11:17 am

Hey, George Washington only ran for president to promote his stupid book about chopping down the cherry tree….

Chillwaver October 18, 2011 at 11:18 am

"My Journey to the White House"

Journey is going to the WH? They fucking suck!

BaldarTFlagass October 18, 2011 at 11:20 am

Herman just won't stop believin'

HistoriCat October 18, 2011 at 12:31 pm

The movie never ends, it just goes on and on and on and on …

tessiee October 18, 2011 at 10:02 pm

I always think of this line as it was sung by Joe Swanson:
"The movie never ends, it goes on and on and on and on… ALL RIGHT!!!"

HelmutNewton October 18, 2011 at 11:23 am

"My Journey To The White House"?!? I guess he figures he's sucked so much Koch that he doesn't even have to bother with primaries and elections anymore…

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 3:05 pm

Yeah, I thought that was pretty fucking cheeky of him, given that the WH is "ocupados."

OccupyFnChicken October 18, 2011 at 11:26 am

So when his journey to the White House stops, does his book instantly become a remainder?

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 3:07 pm

It's *already* a remainder. Although the cover price says $25 and change, you can get a copy for $14. I'm betting that, just like Palin, O'Donnell, Bachmann, and others who tried to cash in on their temporary fame, Cain's book will be available at a steep discount within the next two weeks. Look for copies in the Remainder bin for $1.00 by December.

yrbmegr October 18, 2011 at 11:27 am

Cool tag line from Simpsons. Cartoon sound bites. Computer game tax policy. The man has it all!

proudgrampa October 18, 2011 at 11:27 am

"This is proudgrampa! My Journey to the Liquor Cabinet."

mavenmaven October 18, 2011 at 11:32 am

I don't know why the repubs don't simply pass legislation legalizing prostitution, since it seems to be their major operational principle.

FlownOver October 18, 2011 at 11:34 am

How much more black could it be?

tessiee October 18, 2011 at 10:05 pm

And the answer is "none". None more black. — Nigel Tufnel

Dok-cupy Everything October 18, 2011 at 11:36 am

Herman, Herman, Herman… Rachel Maddow called your game back in August!

There`s a reason why more than a gadfly, less than a contender conservative candidacies are an important part of the way Republicans run for president. When Alan Keyes ran for president in the year 2001, one of the concrete outcomes of that was him getting a TV show on the cables, which not only paid him, of course, but also helped him maintain his influence…

…the conservative movement that overlaps with, but is not the same thing as the Republican Party, the conservative is in constant need of conservative celebrities. They`ve created this market and they needed a product to sell to that market.

Becoming a conservative media celebrity is really a remunerative things, speaking tours, and the publications and the books clubs, and the direct mail, and the giant TV network and smaller TV networks, and the religious TV networks — the conservative movement needs celebrities, people who whether or not they have won political offices are famous for being conservative.

SorosBot October 18, 2011 at 11:40 am

It's the good old wingnut welfare revenue stream, nice work if you can get it.

Steverino247 October 18, 2011 at 12:04 pm

Famous for being infamous, in other words.

Zombie_Reagan October 18, 2011 at 11:40 am

I'm shocked that there have been no calls to see Cain's birf certificate.

Shocked, I tell you.

elviouslyqueer October 18, 2011 at 12:21 pm

That's because Hermie's a real Black American, not like that "African American" Obama.

crybabyboehner October 18, 2011 at 11:43 am

Why should a natural born leader read a book written by SOMEBODY ELSE? Who cares what SOMEBODY ELSE thinks? THAT'S NOT LEADERSHIP!
GO CAIN / BACHMAN 2012 !

Chichikovovich October 18, 2011 at 12:41 pm

He's a fighter, not a writer.

Dok-cupy Everything October 18, 2011 at 11:43 am

In tonight's debate, Cain will reveal how he has made millions by buying eggs in Malta at seven cents each, then selling them in Sicily at 5 cents each.

And everyone has 9% of Americans have a share.

BaldarTFlagass October 18, 2011 at 11:45 am

"My Journey to Owning the Entire Egyptian Cotton Crop."

ShaveTheWhales October 19, 2011 at 1:54 am

Chocolate-covered cotton RULEZ@!!!!

Nothingisamiss October 18, 2011 at 6:50 pm

Okay, now I just read this last night.

And I'm not even a college student.

One_who_wanders October 18, 2011 at 11:44 am

And he has admitted the electric fence is not a joke:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20121695-5...

Color me not surprised.

DaRooster October 18, 2011 at 11:45 am

“I like to say I’m a leader, not a reader.”

I like to say,"I have a bazillion dollars." but…

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 3:11 pm

I don't have any facts to back that up.

mavenmaven October 18, 2011 at 11:48 am

@One who wanders: That link provides the quote that summarizes the whole Cain campaign: "When you become a top tier candidate, a lot of nuts come out of the closet. That's basically what it is."

Bonzos_Bed_Time October 18, 2011 at 11:51 am

You know who else wrote a book about their struggle?

littlebigdaddy October 18, 2011 at 11:54 am

Mike Huckabee?

Dok-cupy Everything October 18, 2011 at 11:54 am

Ru Paul? Mein Camp

mereoblivion October 18, 2011 at 11:59 am

Ecclesiastes?

Nothingisamiss October 18, 2011 at 6:51 pm

Ok. Very, very, very good.

BaldarTFlagass October 18, 2011 at 12:04 pm

St. Augustine?

littlebigdaddy October 18, 2011 at 1:07 pm

Give me chastity but not yet.

Nothingisamiss October 18, 2011 at 6:52 pm

An honest prayer. More than any bullshit republican family values candidate will give, even in their small black hearts.

Blueb4sunrise October 18, 2011 at 12:05 pm

Kirstie Alley?

BlueMonkeh October 18, 2011 at 12:05 pm

Betty Ford?

Steverino247 October 18, 2011 at 12:06 pm

SATAN?

finallyhappy October 18, 2011 at 12:17 pm

Jonah? Job?

One_who_wanders October 18, 2011 at 12:19 pm

Sarah Palin?

Karl Marx?

elviouslyqueer October 18, 2011 at 12:40 pm

Levi Johnson?

Chichikovovich October 18, 2011 at 12:44 pm

Are you alluding to 999 Kampf?

Nostrildamus October 18, 2011 at 12:45 pm

OJ?

Wait, my mistake. That was about Nicole's struggle.

DashboardBuddha October 18, 2011 at 12:57 pm

L. Ron Hubbard? (I don't know if he did or not, but he did get his crappy books on the best sellers list by a similar trick).

Dok-cupy Everything October 18, 2011 at 2:15 pm

Bill W?

Nothingisamiss October 18, 2011 at 6:54 pm

+

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 3:14 pm

AW!!! How SWEET! Everybody waited for me to say "Hitler!"

It WAS Hitler, right?

horsedreamer_1 October 19, 2011 at 12:16 am

The Little Engine that Could?

Millennial Malaise October 18, 2011 at 11:55 am

Republicans don't let their hatred of government stop them from crowding the halls of Congress with their pasty fat asses. Same thing with books!

user-of-owls October 18, 2011 at 11:59 am

The Invisible Bookmark of the Market at work.

DaRooster October 18, 2011 at 12:00 pm

"How to make money in tough times: run for President."

He's doing waaay too much spending. Hell, Sarah didn't run… and she has a bus, a TV gig, a wardrobe… too fucking much.

user-of-owls October 18, 2011 at 12:06 pm

"This Is Herman Cain!" is what he shouts when he opens his trench coat in front of an unsuspecting woman.

Chichikovovich October 18, 2011 at 12:45 pm

Though it's hard to tell: he may be shouting "This is Herman's Cane!"

LiveToServeYa October 18, 2011 at 12:16 pm

Thank you, Herman Cain, for making us laugh at recursive grifting, once more.

Papa_Uniform October 18, 2011 at 12:23 pm

It's like Herman says, "If you aren't rich, blame yourself!". He's just showing us the way. The Rethuglican, BigBigness, fuckeveryoneover way. Say thank you.

archikvetch October 18, 2011 at 12:26 pm

Mein Kain would have been a snappier title – Hey, you know who else made everyone buy his books?

Chichikovovich October 18, 2011 at 12:45 pm

The Great Helmsman?

Dok-cupy Everything October 18, 2011 at 2:16 pm

Muamar Kha-kha-kha-kha-kha-kha-daffy?

tessiee October 18, 2011 at 10:09 pm

Chairman Mao?

iburl October 18, 2011 at 12:36 pm

Robert Tilton Approves.

owhatever October 18, 2011 at 12:51 pm

Instant best seller when you buy 100K bucks worth of your own book. Now all the other talking rat covens will buy a bunch for their members and Hermie can compete with the Newtster as being the smartest man on the planet.

OneYieldRegular October 18, 2011 at 12:53 pm

When asked whether as President he would support abolishing the Department of Education, Mr. Cain replied, "The Department of what?"

El Pinche October 18, 2011 at 1:03 pm

Cain/McCain – Co-Cain 2012!

El Pinche October 18, 2011 at 1:27 pm

A true patriot who farted his way to the top.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 1:33 pm

This should be touted as the loophole to the "9-9-9" tax plan of Herb Cain's.

Jezus, what an asshole. Unethical grifter with his eyes on the $$.

AlaskaGrrl October 18, 2011 at 1:35 pm

Cain/Palin 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024…

Beats working for a living.

MattGMD October 18, 2011 at 1:37 pm

Herman Cain: a con-artist who writes a book and serves as a court jester for the Koch brothers is still a con-artist.

How many tired sound-bites does Cain use to fill a book?

Antispandex October 18, 2011 at 2:01 pm

Newt should totally sue. This has so been done before! Oh, and I really don't see the harm in selling books to people who can't read.

ibwilliamsi October 18, 2011 at 2:03 pm

If you don't have a good job and you're not rich, blame yourself! Or sell some of your crap books to your Presidential campaign. One or the other!

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 3:10 pm

Holy quacking duckshit! PLEEZ let it be, oh pleez oh pleez oh pleez oh pleez oh pleeeeeeez~!

Ducksworthy October 18, 2011 at 3:24 pm

Thanks a lot Burger King for foisting this odd token black republican on the world. He is the new Sarah Palin and you are the new John McCain. What? Was uncle Rastus unavailable?

DahBoner October 18, 2011 at 3:28 pm

"Does Herman Cain really have a chance?"

Hell to the Nein, Nein, Nein Power!

awwalk56 October 18, 2011 at 4:09 pm

Two thing about this Kochsucker; sooner or later those scholarly evangelical patriots of the south will turn the channel from wrasslin or hilliblilly handfistin' and just happen to stumble upon kochsucker cain on their TV machines during an interview and see he's 'BLACK' and it will be all over but the shoutin' . I'm thinking this whole palin 'herb cain' thing is a set up. Classic misdirection, put the name herb cain out there and confuse the cousin handfistin' crowd just enough to think herm cain is a different guy, a white guy. The other thing; every time herm/herb/kochsucker puts his foot in his mouth and gets caught saying something stupid or outrageous he comes back with "I was joking". In a week he will have taken so much scrutiny and shit over his highjacked Simcity "bode new plan, 999, 999, 999, it bode" he will claim he was only joking.

ndisang67 October 18, 2011 at 4:37 pm

lessons from Newt or is it Calista?

deanbooth October 18, 2011 at 6:20 pm

Reminds me of Andrew Jackson's campaign slogan: "Adams can write, but Jackson can fight!"

Muslins/Messicans/Other should be prepared for another Trail of Tears?

Ken Cuccinelli October 18, 2011 at 8:37 pm

I think Amazon stuck the tags thing way down at the bottom from where it used to be, probably with good reason. But the faithful are still there, doing their thing: "profiles in pepperoni"

tessiee October 18, 2011 at 9:20 pm

I haven't actually read Mr. Cain's book, but I suspect that it doesn't actually deserve that exclamation point.

ttommyunger October 19, 2011 at 1:47 pm

The worst part of this scam is the turning of perfectly good oxygen-producing trees into such fetid tomes written by such ignorant turds.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 5:07 pm

Excellent idea. Let me see if I can get some of mine out of the composter.

Wut? You think he'll mind if there's earthworms in them?

MOG2410 October 18, 2011 at 5:12 pm

Nah, he'd put them on one of those crappy pizzas.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 5:41 pm

Nobody loves me
Everybody hates me
I'm goin' out in the garden

… ah, never mind.

tessiee October 18, 2011 at 9:42 pm

That's what makes it an adventure.

Michele_Blachmann October 18, 2011 at 10:09 pm

Not where Biely ends up. Lots of screaming, and forking of overly tender persons. But no adventure.

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