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Krystal Ball Slams Herman Cain: Referring To Bachmann As ‘Tutti Frutti’ Disrespectful To Women

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A silly aside from Herman Cain in a GQ interview landed him in hot water with Democratic strategist Krystal Ball on MSNBC’s Martin Bashir Monday. Ball was offended by Cain’s joke that Michele Bachmann represented the “tutti-frutti” ice cream flavor. “It’s very disrespectful! He picks on the one woman running and calls her tutti-frutti. I mean, say what you will about her policies and what she stands for, that’s just plain disrespectful!”

RELATED: Herman Cain Refers To Himself As ‘Black Walnut Ice Cream’ On Fox and Friends

Bashir had brought up Cain’s comments in the GQ interview after mentioning the former Godfather Pizza CEO’s remark that vegetable pizza was a “sissy pizza.”

The Washington Post‘s Jonathan Capehart was outraged over Cain’s choice of flavor of Mitt Romney. “Just plain vanilla! Can you imagine if the tables were reversed and Mitt Romney said ‘just plain chocolate?’”

“Oooooh!” exclaimed Bashir.

“It would be unbelievable, the firestorm. But do you know what? Mitt Romney would never ever make that mistake.” concluded Capehart.

From GQ:

Devin Gordon: Let me ask you about your rivals. Recently, in response to a question about you being the new “flavor of the month,” you said you weren’t a flavor of the month, you were Häagen-Dazs black walnut, which “tastes good all the time.” If Mitt Romney was an ice cream flavor, what flavor would he be?

Herman Cain: Oh, just plain vanilla. [laughs] Are you guys really going to print this? I have learned that with my new status in the polls, any- and every thing that I say will show up somewhere. Do you guys really want to do this ice cream analogy?

Devin Gordon: We do. Rick Perry?

Herman Cain: Rick Perry: rocky road.

Devin Gordon: Michele Bachmann?

Herman Cain: Michele Bachmann… I’m not going to say it. I’m not going to say it.

Devin Gordon: Oh, come on!

Herman Cain: Tutti-frutti. I know I’m going to get in trouble!

Chris Heath: Ron Paul?

[...]

Herman Cain: I just don’t have a good description for Ron Paul, because he’s just not an ice cream flavor.

Let this be a testament that our political discourse has regressed so far that cable commentators are now aggrieved by politicians calling each other ice cream flavors. “Silly season,” indeed.

Watch Ball excoriate Cain over his ice cream comments below via MSNBC:

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  • Anonymous

    Subliminally Cain picked tutti-fruiti for Bachman because she’s nutty as a fruitcake.
    Something we can all believe in.

    Capeheart is crazy.  Calling someone vanilla has nothing to do with race in the same way Maher calling the GOP field apes is not racist.
    Everyone has gone officially insane.

  • Anonymous

    Those are the stupidest comments I’ve heard in awhile concerning Republican campaign remarks.How completely ridiculous can you get?

    I think it must be “disrespectful” for a republican to mention food in any context.

    And if it’s about color how come it wasn’t disrespectful to call Boehner orange?That came from Obama.

    Of course this had to happen on Bashir’s show,there’s tutti frutti if you’re looking for it.

  • http://twitter.com/TheMorningSpew The Morning Spew

    It’s not disrespectful because she is a woman.This is stupid.  You all need to find something worthwhile to do.  Why don’t you consider adopting a Occupy Wall Street protester through Save the Protesters?
    http://themorningspew.com/2011/10/25/wont-you-please-consider-sponsoring-a-protester-today/#comment-872

  • Anonymous

    Headline should have read … “Krystal Ball tries her hand at Concern Troll status”.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Brian-Skinner/100000598231323 Brian Skinner

    Krystal Ball we remember that picture of you. We also remember that you sang “Abortion in a manger” at a christmas party.   Before you clean the mote out of somebodies eye take the beam out of yours.

  • Anonymous

    MSNBC hired a woman who ran a disaster of a campaign. And the only reason any of us know her same is because she sucked a dildo attached to her ex-husbands nose. I’m not saying any of this makes her a bad person or even a bad commenter. Just another example that it’s not quality or merit that gets you anywhere anymore. It’s superfluous crap like sucking a jelly-dong attached to someones nose.

  • Moosenuts99

    Just wait for the CAIN-LIBYA-BRAINFART story that’s gonna pop up on here any second

    HILARIOUS

  • Anonymous

    So to be clear, we’re discussing the politics of ice cream flavors as metaphors, and how they reveal a candidate’s misogyny or racism? 

  • Kid Dynamite

    To be fair, Herman was referring to Marcus Bachmann when he said “Tutti-Frutti.” 

  • http://impossibledreamsmedia.com Chris Jones

    I can’t stand her politics, but Krystal Ball is hot enough to say whatever she wants. I wish Fox would have hired her.

  • Anonymous

    Herman Cain is the gift that keeps on giving.  

  • proud2teabagu

    MSNBC. The place for politics. Lean over.

  • sweetdog

    Actually, I believe he was referring to gays because of the Bachmann’s “clinic.” Tutti-frutti is a slur against gays.

  • Anonymous

    “Krystal Ball”? Is that a joke? Couldn’t be a real name.

  • sweetdog

    Yes, you are correct. Who hasn’t he insulted yet?

  • Anonymous

    Yes. And only a liberal could think it is offensive to women.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PKEQSTA4WOBYU5Z7QNSBUR2LXI MASSMURDERMEDIA

    herman cain didn’t suggest the ice cream analogies, he was asked…  he didn’t joke about anita hill out of whole cloth, he was asked…  how about reserving your outrage for these hard boiled news journalists asking the tough questions?…  what i want to know about cain is:  boxers or briefs?…  i have a constitutional right to know…  and then i’ll be outraged if he says briefs… 

  • Anonymous

    More like “bend over”.

  • TheShatwood

    This has NOTHING against the woman, or her beliefs: I just think that it’s amazing she has such a great porn name as a real name.

  • http://gawker.com/5482474/the-mysterious-case-of-toure-praising-raped-slaves-for-seducing-massa Touré’s insane mf cousin Phd

    When your name is “Krystal Ball”, you don’t get to comment on names.

  • Jason

    On the bright side though, the Democrats actually found a decent looking woman to attach their idiotic ideas to.

  • Jason

    She goes on red-eye sometimes. Yes, she’s hot, and nuttier than squirrel shit. The kind of woman who inspired someone to invent duct tape and rope.

  • Jason

    She’s a Democrat from West Virginia.

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    Lol!! It popped up!! Good call!!

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    It’s apparent based on his recent sexual harassment charges and comments concerning women, Herb looks at women as pieces of meat!!

  • fyonalon

    Holy moly that is one sick comment.

  • Kid Dynamite

    To be fair, Jason uses the tape and rope for auto-erotic asphyxiation. Any woman he tried to assault would pound his ass into the pavement.

  • Krystal’s Ball’s

    The token black homosexual and the sex starved little teenage liberal girl illuminate once again how ALL birth defected liberals’ think.

  • Anonymous

    Yes, MSNBC who employes an anchor who refers to women as c#nts, cares that Cain used the words ”
    ‘Tutti Frutti’.

    LMAO

  • Anonymous

    Did he says Libya had 58 states?

  • Anonymous

    Funny MSNBC referred to Bachmann as “Bat Crazy.”

    Where was the outrage, MSNBC?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEaGFg_B6x8

  • Anonymous

    We can’t understand you  with all that d!!ck in your mouth.

  • Anonymous

    That would have been preferable to what he did….guffaw.

  • Anonymous

    Jason is a sick little puppy. What do you expect?

  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous

    Boehner’s orange is self-inflicted and so apparent anyone (except Mr Boehner, apparently) would notice.  It’s like when a women applies way too much make-up.  Most people would be too polite to mention it (to him/her) but, it’s only human to notice.  Of course, it’s never nice to make fun of someone because of their appearance, but if it’s their own doing you can’t help but note it.

  • Anonymous

    He said there was an “Intercontinental” railroad?

  • Anonymous

    There was no outrage because………wait for it..

    ..wait..

    …it’s coming..

    …wait..

    SHE IS BAT CRAZY!

  • proud2teabagu

    Really! Is that her porn name?

  • Anonymous

    My mom would have definitely said that behavior was “unladylike”.  Fun at parties, yeah, but she’ll never be invited to the pastor’s for tea or dinner that way. She may not give a rats arse anyway.

    If Mr Cain ever does make it to the WH, conversation at state dinners is going to take one on the chin.

  • Anonymous

    Yes, and the only way to do it justice is to drink a tumbler full of whiskey while doing it.

  • Anonymous

    Wow, that got trashy fast.  It’s hard to disapprove, all things considered.

  • Verry Libberrall

    …here it is..

    Are you an ugly woman, a homosexual pedophile, a transsexual or all three???

    MMMBWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Dirtydog

    And SlickWillyCinton????????????????????????????????????????????

  • Rather Be Gay

    In the backward, insane, politically correct world that liberals’ and MSNPC live in “HOHMOSEXUAL” is a fu cking gay slur !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Rather Be Gay

    Lean Forward, then backward, then forward…

  • pocketpool

    What did he give you, degenerate.

  • Krystal’s Ball’s

    She is “leaning forward” for some lucky liberal girly man.

  • Krystal’s Ball’s

    Naaaahhh…

    Being a liberal is “sick”.

  • Kid Buttsmoke

    Stick the “dynamite” in your butt and have your boyfriend light it!

  • Anonymous

    LOL at this tea bagger troll.

  • http://www.facebook.com/chasrmartin Charlie Martin

    You want disrespectful, how about the Ball family naming their daughter “Krystal”?

  • AliveStillKickin

     Krystal Balls

  • AliveStillKickin

    Heteros, Christians and other normal good folks.
    He jokingly insults the pervs because he isn’t a PC liberal bullshitter
    That’s why a LOT of people like him….including me.

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