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Wait…Did Herman Cain End The Debate With A Line From A Pokemon Movie?

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Last night, while giving his final comments in the GOP debate, Herman Cain told the crowd, “A poet once said, ‘life can be a challenge, life can seem impossible, but it’s never easy when there’s so much on the line.’” It’s a nice quote, right? Well, a Google search doesn’t reveal any poems with that line. However, Daily Intel was able to determine the source of the quote: the theme song to the film Pokemon: the Movie 2000.

Forget “Mickey Mouse games.” It looks like at least one candidate is serious about catching them all.

Yes, Cain seems to have been quoting “The Power of One” by Donna Summer which was played over that movie’s credits and was the first track on its soundtrack.

Pardon my French, but what the Brock? Is this a new thing? Is Michele Bachmann going to start claiming that she has both the touch and the power?

It gets even weirder.

Daily Intel did some further searching and discovered that Cain has used the quote at least three other times in the campaign so far. They surmise that Cain may have watched the movie with his grandchildren, liked the song, and decided to use it but forgot where it was originally from. That can’t be it though, can it? I mean, how could not a single person on his staff check out where a quote that they were going to make one of the touchstones of the campaign was from? They couldn’t have just chosen a random tune off their iPod without doing a little background. Someone had to know! They just had to!

The only explanation that I can think of that doesn’t make my head explode is that the lyrics were appropriated and put into an actual poem or the other way around. It has to be a coincidence. But, like I said, Google can’t find anything.

All I know is that this is officially my favorite story of the 2012 election. And I can’t wait till Cain ends his next debate with quotes from that movie. I imagine it will go something like this:

“My fellow Americans, as a great man once said, ‘Pika pika pika. Pika pika pika pika. Pika pika? Pika. Pikachu pika pika, pika pika pika! Pika pika pika!’ And God bless us all!”

Below is the video of all the closing statements from Fox News. The poem comes at 1:10. After that is a wonderful fan video on YouTube of Summer’s song with some lovely visuals. See if you get as inspired as Cain.

Watch all the clips of Cain using the quote here.

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  • Texan

    Can we count on a dozen+ hit pieces following the democrat debate as well?

  • Anonymous

    I love this guy! Oh wait…. I’m a conservative , There is no possibility I can even think about voting for a black man because the socialist left tell me I’m a racist. I don’t think Cain has any way of winning but this guy is great in my book. I hope Perry will come out swinging. My vote will be between Perry and Mitt.

  • Anonymous

    If anyone in the Democrat debate (uh…between who?) seems quotes a Pokemon movie without acknowledging it, I promise you we’ll have it as our top story too. 

  • Texan

    After completing his master’s degree from Purdue, Cain left the Department of the Navy and began working for The Coca-Cola Company as a business analyst. In 1977, he joined Pillsbury where he rose to the position of Vice President by the early 1980s. He left his executive post to work for Burger King – a Pillsbury subsidiary at the time – managing 400 stores in the Philadelphia
    area. Under Cain’s leadership, his region went from the
    least
    profitable for Burger King to the most profitable in three years. This
    prompted Pillsbury to appoint him President and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, another of their then-subsidiaries. Within 14 months, Cain had returned Godfather’s to profitability.

  • Anonymous

     ”Democratic debate”? *blank stare*

  • Anonymous

    Could it be that he heard the song on the radio and liked it? Nah, that’s waaaaay to simple.

  • Exgoper

    Cain. Unable.

  • Texan

    You’re gonna run with obama? LOL! His record is what, again? Oh yea, he “killed” obl…*blank stare*

  • Texan

    racist

  • BLUEBUNNY

    A POET DID NOT SAY IT THO! IT WAS LYRICS FROM A POPULAR KIDS CARTOON SONG! HAHA!

  • BLUEBUNNY

    “My fellow Americans, as a great man once said, ‘Pika pika pika. Pika
    pika pika pika. Pika pika? Pika. Pikachu pika pika, pika pika pika! Pika
    pika pika!’ And God bless us all!”                                                           HAHAHAHHAHHAHAHA!

  • Moosenuts99

    The “fact checking”‘of last night’s debate is REALLY BRINGING THE LOLS

    THESE CANDIDATES ARE OUT OF THEIR LEAGUE DONNIE

    LIKE A SNL SKIT INVOLVING THE REAL PEOPLE

    HILARIOUS!!!!!!!

  • Irish189

    whatever your political opinions are, if you don’t think thats funny you need a sense of humor 

  • Anonymous

    Come on, Bershad.  Do your homework.  If you dug a little deeper, you’d see that this “Donna Summer” song is actually the work of one Israel Houghton.  And is his claim to fame “Pokeman”?  Hardly.  Here’s his Wiki bio:

    “Israel Houghton (pronounced, hoh’-tin) (born May 19, 1971) is an American Christian singer and worship leader, mostly known for his cross-cultural style of Christian music that fuses elements from gospel, jazz and rock. Houghton is usually credited as Israel & New Breed and currently signed to Integrity Music. Houghton is a worship leader at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas.”

  • Anonymous

    But we still remember VP Biden’s plagiarism of a  Neil Kinnock speech in a Dem debate without acknowledging  it, and the furor  over his plagiarism caused Uncle Joe to drop out.

    Resist we much, Jon!

  • Norman Invasion

    Tsk tsk.  Jon Bershad seems to think that Donna Summer is a pokemon movie.  You wouldn’t want to crush little Jonny’s ego, would you?

  • Anonymous

    Did you see the new Rick Perry “article” on Mediaite? I have no clue what the article has to do with media as it appears that Mediaite now wants to appear that they’re the Washington Post or the Washington Times. Obviously I wrote a comment about how I thought the site was out of bounds in writing the piece.

    Thought you’d be entertained by the article.

  • BLUEBUNNY

    STILL, IT WASN’T A POKEMON REFERENCE! HE IS SUCH A GROOVY GRANDPA!

  • Anonymous

    Cain had the best fun response of the night when he said ‘America needs to learn to take a joke’.  

    Is it on mediaite today?  No.  Pawlenty’s line that whoever finds Obama’s economic plan, he’ll make them dinner, or mow their lawn.  Except if it’s Romney, I’ll only mow the first acre.

    Great lines, how are these not on mediate today?  

  • Anonymous

    That’s a different song.

  • Anonymous

    FAIL!!  this guy Israel who nobodys ever heard of rerecorded the song ten years later in 2009… Its a Donna Summers original song that was made for the soundtrack of the movie in the year 2000… I’m mad you made me look that up… PIKA PIKA CHUU!!

  • Anonymous

    it’s clear, by now, that most of the writers pretty much pull their stories from post, NY Times and Huff post?  It’s why it seems so strange to the rest of us.  if you’re not liberal, you’re at drudge, etc.   I’m enjoying the clips from last night’s debate from another site, some very good lines.  Not that you’ll see them here.   If nothing else, looks like the repubs have figured out how to make entertaining debate points, which I appreciate… 

  • Anonymous

    it’s clear, by now, that most of the writers pretty much pull their stories from post, NY Times and Huff post?  It’s why it seems so strange to the rest of us.  if you’re not liberal, you’re at drudge, etc.   I’m enjoying the clips from last night’s debate from another site, some very good lines.  Not that you’ll see them here.   If nothing else, looks like the repubs have figured out how to make entertaining debate points, which I appreciate… 

  • Anonymous

    it’s clear, by now, that most of the writers pretty much pull their stories from post, NY Times and Huff post?  It’s why it seems so strange to the rest of us.  if you’re not liberal, you’re at drudge, etc.   I’m enjoying the clips from last night’s debate from another site, some very good lines.  Not that you’ll see them here.   If nothing else, looks like the repubs have figured out how to make entertaining debate points, which I appreciate… 

  • Anonymous

    actually i just listened to it… its not even the same song just same title ..fawk..

  • Moosenuts99

    Where was the reference to race, Chicken Little?

  • Anonymous

    Sorry loser; that line is taken from an Israel Houghton song.

    BTW, Biden is still a plagiarizer!

  • Riccismiles

    Uhh maybe he was quoting the Donna Summer’s song!? It was a hit for a certain crowd and was played in more than a few places where POKEMON viewers weren’t present. Now I’m not a fan of the song, nor am I a fan of R.Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly” but I’m not going to get ignorantly carried away and say that people who like the song are Bugs Bunny-Mike Jordan movie fans!

    Note the lack of journalistic integrity folks. It’s not like you need a day to research this!

  • Anonymous

    He criticized a black person; ergo, racism- I mean at least that’s what you libs have maintained since 2008  and don’t act like you haven’t.

  • http://nefariousnewt.blogspot.com NefariousNewt

    I’m sorry: you do not get to attach Michele Bachmann in any way, shape, or form to Optimus Prime. No way.

  • Anonymous

    Jon needs to prove his liberal bias and racism daily.

  • Jon Bershad

    Seriously, do any of you really think that if, say, Barack Obama, quoted Dorah the Explorer by accident, we wouldn’t cover it?

    This is hilarious. I’m sure there’s a reasonable explanation as I said in the post but I can’t understand how anyone with blood pumping through their veins can’t see the humor in this.

    Pokemon! POKEMON?!

  • Anonymous

    Isn’t it Dora and not Dorah? I don’t see what was so funny about this as I didn’t watch the debate and think that anyone that did, did so out of boredom or because they wanted to find a fun way to drink. Anyone that thinks Ames has so much clout really needs to step out of that DC/East Coast bubble. Thankfully, I watched the more important Project Runway and I think I gained more from watching that than the debates.

    And no, you wouldn’t cover the Obama quote. There is little Obama coverage on this site.

  • Anonymous

    Attach?

  • Anonymous

    Did ya report on this by Obama:

    “I’m here with the Girardo family here in St. Louis.” –speaking via satellite to the Democratic National Convention, while in Kansas City, Missouri.

     Did ya report on Obama’s 57 states gaffe?

    Or this one:

    ““A comrade of yours, Jaed Moni was the first person who I was able to award the Medal of Honor to who actually came back and wasn’t receiving it posthumously.”  Wrong hero.  Sgt. 1st Class Jared Monti was killed in action.

    Or on this :
     “I don’t know what the term is in Austrian” for “wheeling and dealing.”  Oops, Mr. President.  There is no Austrian language.
    No?

    I didn’t think so, Jon.

  • emceesquared
  • Anonymous

    It’s simple, Uncle Ruckus must have been watching himself on adult swim and Pokeman came on right afterwards. Pika,pika,Pikachu.

  • Anonymous

    It’s simple, Uncle Ruckus must have been watching himself on adult swim and Pokeman came on right afterwards. Pika,pika,Pikachu.

  • Anonymous

    Well it seems Mediate thinks black people can only learn rhymes that they steal from others. Doesn’t matter if the lyrics don’t match the song, just get the black man. What’s next, the Tom reference? It’s hard not to see a bit of racism in this. Shame on Jon.

  • Anonymous

    No one is talking about Biden, you weirdo.

  • Anonymous

    I can’t really tell what your point is, except Mediaite can’t read your mind.

  • Anonymous

    Cain was later heard saying to one of his young constituents that he was waiting for his fire-type pokemon, Charizard, to evolve. Cain was later informed by one of his staff that Charizard cannot evolve and Charizard is Charmander’s final adult form.

  • Anonymous

    And it looks like I owe Bershad an apology.  It is a different song.  Here’s the real story on it: 

    http://www.fozfan.com/?p=2025  It was co-written by former Take 6 member Mervyn Warren and Mark Chait.

  • Anonymous

    So if someone sang the Star Spangled Banner in Pokemon, then somehow the song would be identified by the movie?  Trying to follow your logic here. 

  • Zury

    I don’t care where he got the quote from, at least he know how many states are in the USA, I like the man!

  • Lou_Sarah

    Resident conservative? Resident of what — a looney bin?

  • Anonymous

    Yeah really, they’ll all be sorry when Herman gets his Snorlax out on them

  • http://www.thefriendcenter.com/ SoThere

    Mediaite and Jon Bershad are clearly Racist according to to the Liberal Progressive thought process.  Who cares where the line comes from if it fits the situation.  

    I’m disappointed  in Mediaite and Bershad is now officially a racist reporter.

    “TMP”

  • Anonymous

    WTF are you talking about? First of all, where is the rhyme? There is nothing in the lyrics that rhyme. The line Cain used matches word for word with the lyrics from the Pokeman song.  When a white politician of either party uses a Pokemon ,or any other cartoon reference, in a debate and Jon doesn’t call him on it then you can cry racism, until then STFU.

  • http://www.thefriendcenter.com/ SoThere

    Jon, Cain is not a plagiarizer because he didn’t claim the words as his own.  Sorry to burst your leftist bubble pal. * P O P *

    “TMP”

  • Anonymous

    I don’t know if you’ve noticed but Democrats tend to have a lot of black followers.. and they also got a black president elected.

    Do you understand the concept of logic? Reading your comments is like reading something by a child with developmental disablities.. and I’m not even kidding. Hermain Cain quotes pokemon… and anyone that laughs about it is racist? I feel like an 8 year old could outwit you in a debate with these comments, why do you even bother posting?

  • Anonymous

    Who cares?

  • Anonymous

    Can you run down where he got “Wee wee’d up”?

  • Anonymous

    To be fair, Mediaite didn’t exist then.

  • http://www.thefriendcenter.com/ SoThere

    Dear Resident, I like many of your posts here but your Avatar has got to go.  I get sick to my stomach every time I see “Nancy Botox” the Marxist representative to “Libbyworld”.

    Please, I beg of you.  :)

    “TMP”

  • Anonymous

    I just flagged SoThere’s post because he’s a racist.

  • http://www.thefriendcenter.com/ SoThere

    Good for you Snowspot. Enjoy the rest of your day.

    “TMP”

  • Nature Freak

    Too bad Cain did not use a line from “Chinpokomon”.
    http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s03e10-chinpoko-mon

  • Anonymous

    That does it. Voting for Cain now.

  • Nature Freak

    THE MEANING OF LIFE Is a picture of Christopher Walken building Optimus Prime.
    http://www.moronail.net/img/291_the_meaning_of_life_is_a_picture_of_christopher_motivational_posters

  • Anonymous

    even Bershad (why feed the troll, Jon, why?!) had to point out to your simple Texas mind that there is no democratic debate.  Because there is one candidate (at present).  Hence, no “debate”.

    There will be a Presidential Debate in 2012 between Obama and the Republican candidate.  There will also be an election in 2012, summer Olympics, Barcelona winning La Liga and Champions Leage (again), a leap year, the return of Mad Men and hoopla over December 21st.

    Well, unlike GWB, Obama actually *was* the Commander-in-Chief when OBL was killed.  Will he run on it?  Doubt it.  But when all is said and done, it was Obama’s administration (and our brave, brave servicemen) that killed the frakker. 

    All the right can run on, at this time, is Batsh*t Crazy:
    Crazy Eyes, Crazy Gotcha!, Crazy Google Problem, Crazy Godfather, been Crazy for a while, I haz no Charisma Crazy, and not considered Crazy enough. 

    If you’re *really* lucky, you can add Crazy Quitter on a BusTour and Crazy Cedes from Union with Gun (yee haw!)

    re his record: 
    Affordable Health Care Act, ending of DADT, successful killing of OBL, and managing to keep his lows (poll-wise) in the mid-ish 40s.  to name a few…

  • Nature Freak

    Cain has never been quite the same since the incident with his brother.

    PIKA-CHU-UUUUUUU!”

  • Texan

    Right now he’s sittin at 40% approval. The mandate in obamacare was just shot down. dadt? Really? LOL!

  • Texan

    it’s implied, skippy.

  • Anonymous

    dear i haz two degreez!,

    while JB mispelled “Dora”, it was obvious to all exactly what he meant.  why correct it?  is being perpetually unemployed making you a spelling/editor fiend?  do you now feel better about yourself? 

    of course you gained more from watching PR than the debates.  Sacred Sarah wasn’t debating, so there is no Republican candidate in your world. 

    go post somewhere else.  i’m sure hotair, pajamas media, C4P (altho, you probably goldstar poster there) would welcome your POV. 

    i, on the other hand, will finish my break, then go back to billing.  trademarks to sort out, two applications to get out for review, and a due diligence update for a client.

  • Anonymous

    Jon, you better watch out; you will be called a racist now by LOD, Matthews, Rachel, and all your buddies on MSNBC; criticizing a black man isnot allowed without being referred to as a racist.

    Labeled forever now.

  • Anonymous

    at yet, by a slim margin, he’s still on top (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/elections/)

    can that change?  absolutely. but his lows actually haven’t been as chaotic as one might expect over these past years.

    But, Texan, I’m all for this bumper sticker:

    “Perry. How much damage to the US can one Texan Governor do?”

  • Anonymous

    instead of texan, change it to black, and see how stupid you sound

  • Texan

    Nice back pedal, tool.

  • Texan

    and I’m John Wayne.

  • Anonymous

    Comparing Cain to Brock? Racist!

  • Anonymous

    Boom goes the dynamite!! Winner by TKO….avoidswork!!!!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_CT7HBXPKH2IL7PHB4C7FBEW5AA Randy Steed

    Is this a joke? He can’t quote a lyric from a song used in a movie? Or, if a song is in a movie then the song can only be attributed to that movie? This song only ever appeared in Pokemon? It was never played anywhere else where he might have heard it? Tom Petty’s “American Girl” was used in the Silence of the Lambs movie, does that mean that song can only ever be associated with that movie? This is asinine.

  • Anonymous

    Ok.  I hate to be a bad man, but maybe he heard the original and is a big fan of Zoolander?

  • Greg

    Please oh please let the next debate feature a Cosplay round!  The candidates ability to fashion an outfit and speak in character is essential for proper evaluation.  

    http://laughingsquid.com/my-other-me-a-documentary-about-cosplayers/

  • Anonymous

    Pop goes the dud firecracker…..Fail……Loser by virtue of a knockout….Texan.

  • Anonymous

    STFU. You still haven’t recovered from the Israel Houghton FAIL.

  • Anonymous

    He’s not calling Cain a plagiarizer.  He just said that he’s quoting a song that plays in a Pokemon movie. 

  • Anonymous

    That will probably be the reason Mr.Cain will not win the nomination…..he actually has a record to run on(business)….he also corrects himself when ‘he did not know, but knows now’(something most Politicians will never do!

  • Texan

    sock alert

  • Moosenuts99

    American Girl was/is a VERY popular song.

    The Pokemon Movie theme song IS NOT

    DUDE QUOTED POKEMON, ok? End of story

    If Obama’s speech was quoting the Transformers theme song but attributing it to a “poem”;’you CONS would be apoplectic.

    YOU GOT THE TOUCH!!!
    YOU GOT THE POWWWWER! YEAH!!

  • Moosenuts99

    BUT BUT 57 STAAAAAAAAAATTTEEESSSSS

    BUT BUT BUT!!! n n

  • http://www.thefriendcenter.com/ SoThere

    I’m sorry but Jon was inferring that he is a plagiarizer because he didn’t say that the phrase came from POKEMON.

    Read his comment again.

    “TMP”

  • ceeza

    Baggers, Hobbits, and Pokeman oh my!!!

  • The_Reasonable_Lib

    Cain was later heard scolding Santorum for interrupting him during the debate by saying “So you wanna be a master of Pokemon? Do you have the skills to be NUMBAH ONE?”

  • Anonymous

    I’m registered to practice with the PTO, NotJohnWayne.

    And, it was a specific dig at Ms.WC – she was talking about her awesomeness over having two degreez! and planning on being a lawyer.  I simply pointed at she is not unique in having a Grad School degree, nor is she unique re Grad School + Law School (or just a professional school, in general). 

    I work in IP – all of us (here) registered with PTO in the Chem/Bio fields have been to at least one grad school (or degree program).  Also starting to see that more with our EE, Software and, in some cases, MedDevice peeps. 

    I could teel you that when all the whining over EEEVIL Disney “trademarking” Seal6 appeared, some of us could tell you whiners that (1) it was an application, not an actual trademark; (2) still has to go through a process; (3) then it gets allowed; (4) then you have to show SOU (statement of use).  Also mentioned opposition(s) can occur once mark published.

  • Anonymous

    I’ve never worked for a company that allowed me internet privileges such as the ones you utilize. Nor when I did work at a company that allowed me more leverage with the sites I visited would I go to a comments section of a blog. That’s just odd behavior.

    I consider these attributes a plus.

    Now please, due some due diligence and if you don’t like me, don’t talk to me. You’re like a political reporter that can’t stand Palin yet follows her like a puppy regardless. Obsession.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_CT7HBXPKH2IL7PHB4C7FBEW5AA Randy Steed

    So what? It’s a song by Donna Summer that happened to be in a Pokemon movie. There are plenty of things to criticize Cain about other than his having quoted a song by a VERY popular performer.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_CT7HBXPKH2IL7PHB4C7FBEW5AA Randy Steed

    So what? It’s a song by Donna Summer that happened to be in a Pokemon movie. There are plenty of things to criticize Cain about other than his having quoted a song by a VERY popular performer.

  • Texan

    you’re a techy and nothing more.

  • Moosenuts99

    Just because Donna Summer is VERY popular doesn’t distract from the FACT that this was the THEME SONG to the Pokemon movie.

    Not a song just played in the movie. THE THEME SONG

    If Obama quoted the VERY popular Stan Bush song you’d be all up in his grill

  • Moosenuts99

    Actually it was Dirk who sang the song; and Brock was just Reed’s character name.

  • H. Doody

    The song was specifically written as the “inspirational” title song for that Pokemon movie (vs. Tom Petty’s “American Girl” or other songs USED in a movie.  Of course, many commissioned title songs get play outside of their movies, particularly when the movie was popular.  The credulity-stretching part is when Cain attributes it to a “poet.”

  • Anonymous

    Yesterday, President Obama gave a speech about putting the country first.  In picking up tidbits of the GOP debate, it does not appear that anyone of the candidates was talking about finding away to put country in front of party.

  • Nature Freak

    Is Rush Limbaugh  “The man behind the curtain”?

  • Anonymous

     We know Obama misspelled Syracuse twice while filling 2010 NCAA bracket. The sad part wasn’t that he misspelled it, it was the fact that it was ready written and spelled correctly in the starting bracket. There is no excuse on this one.

    BTW, who cares where a quote comes from as long as it was applicable, his didn’t claim it as his own and it didn’t come from some evil mass murderer.

    Famous Chinese proverb: Bring your work to China, we have lots of slaves.  (want to look that one up).  I think I made that one up but I won’t complain yet, someone may have already publish it. Does it count as published if you find a quote you like in a fortune cookie. Just asking.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRmZ9zH-mYM&feature=related

  • Moose

    Please stop trying to make Texan angry by bashing everybody in Texas. I really doubt that’s going to accomplish anything, other than piss off people who otherwise agree with you.

    Hell, there’s a good chance this guy isn’t even a texan, and just feels like trolling some bros in some blog comments.

  • Anonymous

    No. Freaking. Way.

  • Anonymous

    Well spot, then you must not be 8 years old yet. You think that being a member of the democratic party shields you from blatent racism? Old south Dem klan exempt? I am the reader and I judge what I percieve as “racist”, not you. Do you wish to forfeit your right to make these judgments? Then don’t ask me to forfeit mine. He wrote this in the national press about a black man!
    They got a black man elected? How enlightened. You live in a dream world. Grow up.

  • Anonymous

    The rhyme, lyrics if you prefer, do not match Cains words. Maybe you’re just a racist MF defending another racist MF. Why do you hate black Republicans? All blacks or just black republicans?

  • POKEMON IS INTELLECTUAL!!!!!!!

    No, you are inferring that…
    are you denying that Herman Cain quoted lyrics from a Pokemon song without explicitly stating the source?

  • Anonymous

    Implied entirely by you.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_F7NAHPNRJGJGXKPQX3EOLDNLDA Dave

    I choose Pikachu Electric Shock Cain with sense. 

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    well, if Obama can rip off Bob the Builder, I guess Hain can quote Donna Summer.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNXytgKiAHQ&feature=share

  • Amfairc

    I think it’s interesting that no one seems to realize that lyricists, people who right music lyrics, are in fact poets.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2NC7A6KL627A7TV2KT2DRA2DP4 spursfan1973

    Nice ‘intel’ Daily Intel Mediaite dummies… don’t know how to use Google or Bing? Power of One is not ‘by Donna Summer’, it was written by two very accomplished lyricist/poet/songwriter/composers named Mervyn Warren and Mark Chait. It was recorded by D. Summer for the soundtrack of the movie. BTW, lyrics are poetry. Just ask Bernie Taupin. Or read this: http://triviumquadrivium.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/are-song-lyrics-poetry/

  • Nature Freak

    Good link.
    Are Song Lyrics Poetry?

    Of course! I would hope others realize this fact. Weird that some do not.

  • Nature Freak

    It should be obvious.

    Look at Bob Dylan, Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen. I wonder if this is a failing of English departments in schools?

  • John Howard

    Big Deal.  I remember Obama quoting Ralph Kramden by saying ‘Hummina hummina hummina’ when his teleprompter malfunctioned.

  • Tryg

    I like Ike

  • Spaz

    So what if the quote came from Pokemon. I’m sorry most Americans can’t get past the fact that it’s from a kids show (which is actually originally intended for ages 14+ in Japan). But, since it’s Anime, here in America it’s automatically for little kids. The quote has a deeper meaning other than its from a kids show/movie. Open your minds and look deep instead of just the surface.

  • Dark Sock

    Finally…a Republican candidate with substance.
    .
    Oh yeah….I’m down with Pikachu.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_CQWUTBF2KSSVOXCR4PSN66L2PM James

    Wow talking about think outside the box .

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