"Herman Cain's bid to win the Republican presidential nomination is in danger of disappearing in a puff of smoke: specifically the long drag on a cigarette taken by Cain's campaign manager 40 seconds into a 56-second-long web ad. Cain has been running on the basis of his '9-9-9' plan for income tax reform; but it now seems obvious that $9.99 was his campaign's expenditure on perhaps the cheapest ad ever seen in American politics. And that's saying something. In the ad, Cain's top advisor Mark Block leans against a wall as if for support and wheezes through a string of platitudes. Then he stares straight at the camera in close-up and finishes with a long suck on his cigarette, exhaling while the lyrics "I am America" swell in the background. Then the ad cuts away; in time to miss Block flicking his butt into the gutter, presumably; to an eerie slow grin from the candidate himself."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Businesspeople from the United StatesUnited States presidential candidates, 2000Radio personalitiesRepublican Party (United States) politiciansUnited States presidential candidates, 2012
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Richard Adams, "Herman Cain's smoking gums: the worst ad in the history of politics" (25 October 2011), The Guardian, United Kingdom.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Herman_Cain
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Herman Cain
Herman Cain (December 13, 1945 – July 30, 2020) was an American businessman, politician, radio host of The Herman Cain Show in Atlanta, Georgia, former chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza, and former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He was a candidate for the [[Republican
44 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Herman Cain →
Related Quotes
"One of the motivations was killing black babies, because they didn't want to deal with the problems of illiteracy and…"
"Sean Hannity: For what possible reason would he possibly want to destroy America's economy and place in the world. Wh…"
"The American dream is under attack because our government has been hijacked by the liberals in Washington, D.C. ... T…"
"Some people say that we ought to audit the Fed. Here's what I do know. The Federal Reserve already has so many intern…"
"The objective of the liberals is to destroy this country. The objective of the liberals is to make America mediocre l…"
"They have only three tactics: S.I.N. They shift the subject, they ignore the facts, and they name-call. Am I right? T…"
"One percent of the practicing religious believers in this country are Muslim. And so I push back and reject them tryi…"
"Hey, Neil, a reporter asked me would I appoint a Muslim to my administration. I did say no, and here's why. The repor…"
"There are tons of capable people in this country, and while I have been in this exploratory phase, yes, I have been c…"
"We have a war on our moral fiber. We will not allow the godless few to destroy our moral foundation."