# Herman Cain

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herman-cain/589093>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [July 15, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herman-cain/589093 "2011-07-15T02:39:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herman-cain/589093/61 "2011-08-15T04:03:24Z")

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> [@dropzone](#):
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> Oh. Engineers. Our owners rarely allow us to talk to outsiders. Please note the uncharacteristic lack of an emoticon.

Engineers are all about process and application, improving systems and etc. In America we don’t want that in our political leaders, we want people who can talk about improving things really eloquently instead.

Incidentally the President of China is an engineer by trade.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herman-cain/589093/62 "2011-08-16T12:24:33Z")

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Mr. Cain participated in Thursday’s deabte, and during his closing statement said:  
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> [@Herman Cain](#):
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> 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.’

]([The Mystery of Herman Cain and the Donna Summer Lyrics](http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/08/did_herman_cain_know_he_was_qu.html))

You know who he was quoting?

Donna Summer! It’s part of the lyrics to the theme song to the movie _Pokemon: The Movie 2000_. It was not, as Cain has claimed, from the closing song of the 2000 Olympics.

And he seems to love quoting that source, as the linked article details.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herman-cain/589093/63 "2011-08-18T17:59:49Z")

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Engineers are surprisingly right wing. Walk around an engineering dept. and Rush will be on many personal radios.

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**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herman-cain/589093/64 "2011-08-18T18:13:53Z")

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This is true. I’m an engineer, and a huge Rush fan. I’m really, really pleased with their last album. I was afraid they’d lost it after Presto (didn’t even bother buying Vapor Trails), but Snakes and Arrows is serious business.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herman-cain/589093/65 "2011-09-10T21:56:05Z")

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You know I speak of Rush Limburger.

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