# The Ghost of Herman Cain
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [July 30, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851 "2020-07-30T17:41:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/1 "2020-07-30T17:41:33Z")
Digital insertion of the ghost of Herman Cain, standing behind Trump at all his video tapings, should be a norm for the rest of the year.
// A personal recommendation from me to the Universe.
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/2 "2020-07-30T17:44:45Z")
[Apparently he passed away a few hours ago.](https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/30/politics/herman-cain-dies-coronavirus/index.html)
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### Author:  [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/3 "2020-07-30T17:45:51Z")
And the President has tweeted several times since then - with no mention.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/4 "2020-07-30T17:57:16Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#):
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> And the President has tweeted several times since then - with no mention. -
He was unable.
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/5 "2020-07-30T18:35:47Z")
(Obvious joke about what level of Hell he is in.)
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/6 "2020-07-30T18:39:25Z")
I think it’s fair to say Trump (or at least his staffers who organized the Tulsa Rally) probably killed Cain.
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### Author:  [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/7 "2020-07-30T18:58:58Z")
Not to mention the other 150,000 they killed
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/8 "2020-07-30T19:00:34Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#):
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> And the President has tweeted several times since then - with no mention.
Even better - the president has today tweeted about the owner of a pizza chain, but not Herman Cain! He apparently only likes pizza chain owners who don’t die of Covid.
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### Author:  [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/9 "2020-07-30T19:44:06Z")
> [@Munch](#):
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> He apparently only likes pizza chain owners who don’t die of Covid.
IMHO this is the crux of it.
In Trump’s tiny shriveled pea brain:
- Cain dying of COVID makes Trump look bad.
- Cain dying of COVID is weak, and Trump doesn’t like weak people.
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### Author:  [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/10 "2020-07-30T22:47:21Z")
I heard a Trump clip where he mentioned the departed, and blamed China. Seriously.
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### Author:  [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/11 "2020-07-31T01:44:37Z")
Yes, I heard him say that in his “Covid Briefing” show. 🙄
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### Author:  [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/12 "2020-07-31T06:11:02Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> (Obvious joke about what level of Hell he is in.)
(Insert joke about Godfather’s Pizza being the only type available in Hell)
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2020, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/13 "2020-07-31T10:44:08Z")
As always, I feel sympathy for the family and friends of anyone who dies, and Cain is no exception. But his death does appear to be self-inflicted given his vocal opposition to wearing a mask and his insistence on attending at least one large political event. His health wasn’t great to begin with, he then tempted Fate in a big way, and Fate took him down.
I don’t think blaming Trump for Cain’s death will have any more effect than blaming him for the other 150,000 American deaths will. Those who understand the connection aren’t voting for Trump, and those who are voting for Trump don’t care about any connection.
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### Author:  [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/14 "2020-07-31T12:13:33Z")
Yeah, I found it hard to entertain schadenfreude yesterday upon hearing of his death. I didn’t agree with anything he believed in but he led a remarkable life in a lot of ways, and he had friends and family who are grieving.
The timing is interesting. Cain’s death comes on the heels of reports that wearing masks actually appear to benefit the wearer after all, cutting the risk of serious infections by up to 65% according to one of the articles I read yesterday. So wearing a mask isn’t just about protecting others but also…you, or whoever’s wearing one.
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/15 "2020-07-31T18:07:17Z")
That’s not new info–I saw that 65% figure over a month ago. From people who were trying to say that made it pointless.
As for Cain: it’s hard for me to know what I feel. Obviously I’m sad for his family, and obviously I’m angry at the maskholes for another death.
But somehow it shows more viscerally how Trump doesn’t care for even those who support him, in my mind.
It’s all a huge jumble.
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### Author:  [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/16 "2020-07-31T18:51:14Z")
> [@BigT](#):
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> But somehow it shows more viscerally how Trump doesn’t care for even those who support him, in my mind.
This is nothing new. Trump cares only about Trump. He does not care about his supporters. He does not care about his allies. He does not care about his family. He sure as hell does not care about the United States of America.
His _only_ concern in any interaction, public, private, or business, is “How does this benefit _me_, Donald J. Trump.”
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### Author:  [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/17 "2020-08-01T03:31:13Z")
Actually, HC may already have been incubating the virus at that rally, which, if that was the case, makes me wonder how many people HE infected, both there and going to and from.
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### Author:  [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/18 "2020-08-01T03:35:34Z")
Herman Cain always seemed like a really nice and charismatic guy to me, Rest In Peace.
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### Author:  [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/19 "2020-08-02T20:54:45Z")
Most of you have probably seen this already on Facebook:
Herman Cain: There is no Coronavirus!
Coronavirus: There is no Herman Cain.
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2020, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ghost-of-herman-cain/916851/20 "2020-08-03T09:12:57Z")
> [@pool](#):
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> Herman Cain always seemed like a really nice and charismatic guy to me, Rest In Peace.
Cain did seem nice, I will grant you that. And I assume one doesn’t become CEO of a major corporation without at least some charisma.
But he would have been a terrible president. I mean, that 9-9-9 economic plan thing - sheesh.