# Have you seen Herman Cain's political ad? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 9, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-herman-cains-political-ad/615234 "2012-03-09T04:54:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-herman-cains-political-ad/615234/1 "2012-03-09T04:54:48Z")
Just watched it on The Cobert Report. Holy crap, that’s weird! [If you haven’t already, watch it.](http://youtu.be/YYN-Awrq3og). It’s even stranger than his [Smoking Man campaign ad.](http://youtu.be/qhm-22Q0PuM) At first I thought Stephen was parodying a PAC ad, but no. Apparently Herman is sick of the stimulus and sick of goldfish too. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-herman-cains-political-ad/615234/2 "2012-03-09T04:59:35Z")
Yeah, that’s pretty creepy. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-herman-cains-political-ad/615234/3 "2012-03-09T05:45:13Z")
…the fuck? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-herman-cains-political-ad/615234/4 "2012-03-09T05:52:49Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > …the fuck? The stimulus is like throwing water on a suffocating fish. ANY QUESTIONS? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-herman-cains-political-ad/615234/5 "2012-03-09T06:19:51Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > It’s even stranger than his Smoking Man campaign ad. I figured you had to be exaggerating. But you’re right. This commercial raises the bar on WTF? ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-herman-cains-political-ad/615234/6 "2012-03-09T14:33:45Z")
Meanwhile, employers added more than 200,000 jobs for the third straight month. To be sure, the unemployment rate remains at 8.3% but overall signs of employment recovery are positive. Nice timing on the stimulus is killing jobs video, ya whackdoodle. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-herman-cains-political-ad/615234/7 "2012-03-09T15:14:21Z")
I really think that this is further evidence that the entire Cain campaign and political career has been nothing more than an extended piece of live theater. He’s the new Andy Kauffman. Or at least that’s the only way this entire clusterfuck can exist in an otherwise rational universe. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-herman-cains-political-ad/615234/10 "2012-03-09T18:59:41Z")
> [@howye](#): > > Meanwhile, employers added more than 200,000 jobs for the third straight month. To be sure, the unemployment rate remains at 8.3% but overall signs of employment recovery are positive. > > Nice timing on the stimulus is killing jobs video, ya whackdoodle. Do you have some reason to believe that Mr. Cain is particularly concerned with facts? ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-herman-cains-political-ad/615234/11 "2012-03-09T21:50:11Z")
Colbert’s parody of it was awesome > **[WATCH: Colbert's Hilarious Parody Of Herman Cain's Goldfish Ad](https://www.businessinsider.com/watch-colberts-awesome-artack-ad-2012-3)** ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-herman-cains-political-ad/615234/12 "2012-03-11T11:48:02Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Colbert’s parody of it was awesome > [WATCH: Colbert's Awesome 'Artack' Ad - Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/watch-colberts-awesome-artack-ad-2012-3) They had to pick that day not to send the email, and I had to pick that day not to notice. That’s the funniest thing I’ve seen on the show in a while. I mean the email that I get sent because I joined their website and opted in, that picks the best clip of the show every day. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-herman-cains-political-ad/615234/13 "2012-03-14T19:50:49Z")
I love the distorted Chewbacca roar at the end. FTW!