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Stephen Colbert: Herman Cain Is ‘Running For President Of Flavor Country’

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On Tuesday night’s Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert lauded Herman Cain‘s quirky new ad starring his chief-of-staff blowing cigarette smoke into the camera. Colbert lit up his own cigs and chided critics that said the former Godfather Pizza CEO was shooting himself in the foot with the video. “He’s not shooting himself in the foot. he’s shooting himself in the lungs! This is sending the strong message that Herman Cain doesn’t just want to be president of the United States. He wants to be the president of flavor country!”

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Colbert noted that Fox News host and “Alfred Hitchcock love interest” Megyn Kelly proved she gets it when she talked to the guy in the ad. “Were you trying to appeal to folks who are out there living real lives– working the farm, working in Detroit, that kind of thing– as opposed to the East and West coast elite, people in media circles who shun smoking and sort of real American things?” Kelly asked. Colbert answered in the affirmative. “There’s nothing more ‘real American’ than smoking cigarettes, the carcinogen of real Americans like John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, and the Marlboro Man.”

Colbert then unveiled his own political ads for Herman Cain with supporters choking down Jack Daniels and huffing spray paint.

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  • Typical Douche

    Genius  !!!

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  • Typical Douche

    Genius  !!!

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  • Jon B

    so so so funny, got me tearing up

  • Anonymous

    That was great.

  • Harry Flashman

    Ah, the faux outrage is music to my ears.

    Amazing, isn’t it, that one puff of a cigarette ensured that this campaign video reached millions more than it would have reached had the Leftist Rules of Political Correctness been followed.

    I’m sure Herman Cain is thanking all the self-righteous types out there whose indignation just made his low budget video a success by screeching, “Look at what HE did!!!” and showing it anywhere they can.

    Heh.

    For some reason the term “useful idiots” keeps coming to mind. 

  • TruDat

    According to Liberal Logic, Colbert’s a racist for criticizing a black man.

  • Irish189

    how could any reasonable person not be amused by those adds?

  • Irish189

    the word your  looking for is mocking 

  • Redleaf

    In politics, not all publicity is good publicity.
    Do you really think people will watch the ad and then take Cain seriously?

    By your logic, why doesn’t Block’s next campaign ad show him dressing in drag and defecating on the sidewalk? That would get lots of attention, too. But it sure wouldn’t help Herman Cain get elected.

    Bottom line, thank God you’re not a campaign manager.

  • Anonymous

    Look at Herman as the Serpent, in the Garden of Eden… 

    They, the evil, liberal powers that be, tell you “children of America” that cigarettes are bad for you. But fear not, they say the same thing about my pizza. They are wrong.

    Ye shall not surely die, my little friends, say hallelujah!

    Eat my pizza, I say, and smoke ‘em if you got ‘em, for Judeo God’s sake. Think about it, kids, if Judeo God did not want you to smoke, would HE have even created tobacco?

  • http://twitter.com/BusyDay2day Father Time

    How could any reasonable person take Cain as a serious candidate?  If he OKs that type of ad, I don’t want him near the red telephone in a crisis. 

  • Anonymous

    You sound like you are trying to comprehend the incomprehensible. We are not given the understanding of the motives of God, so how can you possibly determine the reason for the existence of tobacco or anything else for that matter?

  • Anonymous

    LMAO!

    I still believe the whole Herman Cain run for President is a big hoax.

    GOP black friend who in fact believes the blacks in America are brain-washed, who believes the illegal immigrants should be electrocuted, is misogynist,  anti-labor, pro-life/choice, pro-rich/anti-unemployed, insists that “being gay is a choice”, proposed a catch phrase “9-9-9″ that turned out to be a tax-implosion, proposes to introduce VAT…

    This CANNOT be a person! This is a joke!

  • Tony

    Someone should lighten up a little…..forget the political bias for a second and laugh at the politicians.

  • Tony

    Someone should lighten up a little…..forget the political bias for a second and laugh at the politicians.

  • Tony

    “Oh yeah……”

    LOL

  • Anonymous

    You sound like a Dittohead.  I accept your Dittoheaded challenge.

  • Anonymous

    You sound like a Dittohead.  I accept your Dittoheaded challenge.

  • Anonymous

    You sound like a Dittohead.  I accept your Dittoheaded challenge.

  • Anonymous

    The ad could just as well have not included the cigarette. Didn’t they realize that would detract from the message?

  • Anonymous

    You lose. Thank you for playing.

  • Anonymous

    That’s your case to prove, now isn’t it?  The truth is, you’re an idiot, because, you’re a “Dittohead”.  That’s my case to prove.  I’ve got the “cake” side of this argument.

  • Anonymous

    Ace..

  • Anonymous

    The truth is you don’t know a damned thing, and you are still a bonehead.

    I don’t care for Rush and never listen to his show.

    What you have is a big fat zero, insulting buffoon.

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