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(Think Progress) Followup Herman Cain swears his 9-9-9 plan has a super secret program to help the poor that he hasn't told anyone about yet. Something about cake and allowing them to eat it   (thinkprogress.org) divider line 213
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2011-10-20 09:45:37 AM
Wow. He really is just making it up as he goes along.
 
2011-10-20 09:50:22 AM
He's got a plan to fix everything which he will jealously guard until he is elected? Where have I heard this before?
 
2011-10-20 09:56:17 AM
Newsflash: Herman Cain doesn't know what the fark he is doing, because government is not a boardroom.
 
2011-10-20 09:56:24 AM
Barbigazi: He's got a plan to fix everything which he will jealously guard until he is elected? Where have I heard this before?

Dammit, came in here to make the McCain/bin Laden comment.
 
2011-10-20 09:57:06 AM
You know, someone needs to ask him if he also has a secret plan to fight inflation.
 
2011-10-20 10:00:20 AM
What will he do if the exemption rules for poor people exceed three pages?
 
2011-10-20 10:00:24 AM
"You see, you just don't understand. The full plan has always been 9-9-9-4-7-2-3-8-4-1-0-9-8-3-27-4-2-3-5-3-2-1-4.3-4."
 
2011-10-20 10:01:49 AM
Barbigazi: He's got a plan to fix everything which he will jealously guard until he is elected? Where have I heard this before?

Some sort of morbid satire, or eldritch tale of horror?
 
2011-10-20 10:07:30 AM
kingoomieiii: Barbigazi: He's got a plan to fix everything which he will jealously guard until he is elected? Where have I heard this before?

Some sort of morbid satire, or eldritch tale of horror?


Eldritch tale of horror. Once a long time ago in a dark and terrible age. A foolish old man almost unleashed Sarah Palin as Vice President of America.
 
2011-10-20 10:14:09 AM
I hear a lot of complaints about candidates who don't have political experience or don't have business experience, but Herman Cain is the first candidate I've seen that gives the impression that, not only does he have no political experience (which is not necessarily a bad thing), but that he has clearly given no thought to the actual effects of his proposed policies. It's like his entire platform is just "wouldn't it be nice if" brainfarts.

He's the political equivalent of a kid who forgot about an oral report until the day it was due and isn't smart enough to competently wing it.
 
2011-10-20 10:14:46 AM
GAT_00: Barbigazi: He's got a plan to fix everything which he will jealously guard until he is elected? Where have I heard this before?

Dammit, came in here to make the McCain/bin Laden comment.


Would it be racist if I started calling him MC Cain?
 
2011-10-20 10:20:13 AM
kingoomieiii: "You see, you just don't understand. The full plan has always been 9-9-9-4-7-2-3-8-4-1-0-9-8-3-27-4-2-3-5-3-2-1-4.3-4."

This entire debacle has shown exactly why the tax code is so complicated. Yes, it's overly complicated and could be simplified, but a system that only fits on 3 pages or can be summarized in a sentence is too simple for what is needed. Cain hasn't even been elected and he's already finding additions and changes needed for his simple plan.
 
2011-10-20 10:22:02 AM
Bloody William: kingoomieiii: "You see, you just don't understand. The full plan has always been 9-9-9-4-7-2-3-8-4-1-0-9-8-3-27-4-2-3-5-3-2-1-4.3-4."

This entire debacle has shown exactly why the tax code is so complicated. Yes, it's overly complicated and could be simplified, but a system that only fits on 3 pages or can be summarized in a sentence is too simple for what is needed. Cain hasn't even been elected and he's already finding additions and changes needed for his simple plan.


Sadly, something like that doesn't fit on a bumper sticker.
 
2011-10-20 10:22:13 AM
How utterly shameless. It's disgusting. I hope Cain is proud of himself as being a prime example of what is wrong with our electoral process today.
 
2011-10-20 10:24:42 AM
Barbigazi: GAT_00: Barbigazi: He's got a plan to fix everything which he will jealously guard until he is elected? Where have I heard this before?

Dammit, came in here to make the McCain/bin Laden comment.

Would it be racist if I started calling him MC Cain?


Dropping some phat tax code beats?

/do people still use phat?
//I hope not
 
2011-10-20 10:30:11 AM
Bloody William: I hear a lot of complaints about candidates who don't have political experience or don't have business experience, but Herman Cain is the first candidate I've seen that gives the impression that, not only does he have no political experience (which is not necessarily a bad thing), but that he has clearly given no thought to the actual effects of his proposed policies. It's like his entire platform is just "wouldn't it be nice if" brainfarts.

He's the political equivalent of a kid who forgot about an oral report until the day it was due and isn't smart enough to competently wing it.


i think it's more indicative of the fact that he does have political experience, it's just that that experience is limited to being a political radio talk show host. he's not used to people actually taking any one of his suggestions seriously for longer than one or two ad-breaks.
 
2011-10-20 10:55:48 AM
you'd think that his plan would be seen as an insult to their intelligence. I mean seriously how stupid does he think the right wing pleebs are? this is worse than Fox News' "Fair and Balanced" tagline.
 
2011-10-20 11:26:42 AM
Hobodeluxe: you'd think that his plan would be seen as an insult to their intelligence. I mean seriously how stupid does he think the right wing pleebs are? this is worse than Fox News' "Fair and Balanced" tagline.

Surprisingly even Fox News seems a little incredulous abut this 9-9-9 plan, like even getting one of Cain's financial advisers to admit "Well..it's not the plan I would have picked..."
 
2011-10-20 11:35:20 AM
Of course it helps the poor. A super-sized pizza for $9.99? That's a deal the whole family can enjoy!
 
2011-10-20 11:35:41 AM
xenophon10k: Newsflash: Herman Cain doesn't know what the fark he is doing, because government is not a boardroom.

Herman Cain has no parliamentary or legislative experience.
 
2011-10-20 11:36:29 AM
Is it pizza vouchers? It's pizza vouchers, isn't it.
 
2011-10-20 11:36:40 AM
Translation: "Apparently, this plan was so stupid that I've succeeded in uniting Republicans and Democrats against it."
 
2011-10-20 11:36:53 AM
I think Herman Cain should..... die?

Seriously, he's been vetted by the media and the pundits, it's clear he is worthless human garbage, can we move on to the next GOP train wreck?
 
2011-10-20 11:38:12 AM
The cake is a lie.

Just sayin.
 
2011-10-20 11:38:22 AM
improvius: Is it pizza vouchers? It's pizza vouchers, isn't it.

No, it's Soylent Pizza.
 
2011-10-20 11:39:07 AM
Jackie Martling: "What's 3.14 vaginas? Hair pi"

Herman Cain: "What's 999 vaginas? The cast of The View... which, btw, I'll be on next week promoting my book...."
 
2011-10-20 11:40:15 AM
Maybe it's this plan?

static5.businessinsider.com
 
2011-10-20 11:40:47 AM
HotWingConspiracy: improvius: Is it pizza vouchers? It's pizza vouchers, isn't it.

No, it's Soylent Pizza.


2.media.collegehumor.cvcdn.com
 
2011-10-20 11:40:52 AM
He's got this guy named Not Sure.
 
2011-10-20 11:40:56 AM
a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net
 
2011-10-20 11:41:03 AM
I'll take "Let them starve in the streets" for $1000, Alex.
 
2011-10-20 11:41:37 AM
If you look close enough, you can find McCain's secret plan to get Osama and Nixon's secret plan to end the Vietnam war.
 
2011-10-20 11:42:25 AM
You know the anybody but Romney crowd is getting desperate when they fall back on Herman farking Cain. Guys, here`s a newsflash; economy or not, none of the candidates besides Romney are electable (well, except Huntsman, but that`s not happening) and every Republican debate just makes that clearer.
 
2011-10-20 11:42:36 AM
coeyagi: HotWingConspiracy: improvius: Is it pizza vouchers? It's pizza vouchers, isn't it.

No, it's Soylent Pizza.

[2.media.collegehumor.cvcdn.com image 600x450]


Oh my god, phase one has commenced.
 
2011-10-20 11:42:48 AM
xenophon10k: Newsflash: Herman Cain doesn't know what the fark he is doing, because government is not a boardroom.

Bigger Newsflash: He has no intention of becoming President, he want's a show on Fox.
 
2011-10-20 11:43:07 AM
impaler: xenophon10k: Newsflash: Herman Cain doesn't know what the fark he is doing, because government is not a boardroom.

Herman Cain has no parliamentary or legislative experience.


He also has no executive experience, as that term is used in governance terms.

Being a CEO is nothing at all like being the head of the executive branch of a government. Just because both terms have the word "executive" in them does not mean its the same job.
 
2011-10-20 11:43:17 AM
The guy is trash, his ideas are unrealistic and his pizza sucks a fat dick. Next candidate please.

Surely there are some somewhat intelligent Republicans who want to jump into the mix? Former-Speaker Gingrich is probably the smartest one on stage, but I wouldn't trust that asshole with two quarters.
 
2011-10-20 11:43:18 AM
I enjoyed his rant about "I managed a Burger King restaurant, biatches. It was tough. One day, someone turned off the grill and it was going to take hours to get it back up again, but I fearlessly led my crew through that disaster and we all made it out alive."

Yep, presidential material there.

/worked with guys with super-sized egos like this
//usually all their shining accomplishments are, on closer inspection, disasters
 
2011-10-20 11:44:36 AM
Even the libs know, this man is too black to be president.
 
2011-10-20 11:44:59 AM
Herman Cain: Number 1: We've got this guy Not Sure. Number 2: He's got a higher IQ than ANY MAN ALIVE. and Number 3: He's going to fix EVERYTHING.
 
2011-10-20 11:45:01 AM
GAT_00: Dammit, came in here to make the McCain/bin Laden comment.

McCain 2008: "You don't just SAY you're going into Pakistan, you can't say that, it's ridiculous."
Obama 2011: "We went into Pakistan and wasted the motherfarker."
McCain 2011: "Derp."
 
2011-10-20 11:45:05 AM
I know what it is: make it 0-9-9, where the 0 is the percentage of income tax everyone will have to pay. This will help job creators, who will then give jobs to the poor.
 
2011-10-20 11:45:07 AM
And once again, I must call for the institution of Federal Cockpunchers.

For those who have never heard me on this before, the idea is that any candidate for a Federal office must have a non-partisan Federal Cockpuncher with them at all times. Every time the candidate says something clearly false, pandering, or idiotic to the point where even the average two-digit IQ voter can see it's horseshiat, the Federal Cockpuncher steps forward and...

* WHAM *

If the candidate is female, she would be accompanied by a Federal biatchslapper.

The benefits of this program are obvious: politicians would be forced to be honest and truthful at all times, and citizens would have the thorough enjoyment of watching these jackasses finally get what's coming to them. Politicians who are incapable of saying anything other than a rehersed disproven talking point or pandering to whatever special interest crowd they're in front of at the time would drop out of the race fast, or better yet never get involved.

Who's with me?
 
2011-10-20 11:45:40 AM
I'm going to give ol' Herman the benefit of doubt and concede he could really wow me with what he plans to do with all the people smacked up side the head with a regressive tax, and it had better be something besides a prebate -- like a free college education or a 30 work week.
 
2011-10-20 11:45:42 AM
GAT_00: Barbigazi: He's got a plan to fix everything which he will jealously guard until he is elected? Where have I heard this before?

Dammit, came in here to make the McCain/bin Laden comment.


Actually that made me think of the guy who was elected partially because he claimed to have a secret plan to end the Vietnam War (some dolt named Nixon).
 
2011-10-20 11:46:53 AM
Jake Havechek: Herman Cain: Number 1: We've got this guy Not Sure. Number 2: He's got a higher IQ than ANY MAN ALIVE. and Number 3: He's going to fix EVERYTHING.

I'm pretty sure when they destroyed the EPA 450 years ago and allowed mercury and lead into our water ways and Brawndo, that's when the plants stopped growing.
 
2011-10-20 11:47:12 AM
Is it subsidized pizza?

I bet it's subsidized pizza.
 
2011-10-20 11:47:43 AM
illisium: You know the anybody but Romney crowd is getting desperate when they fall back on Herman farking Cain. Guys, here`s a newsflash; economy or not, none of the candidates besides Romney are electable (well, except Huntsman, but that`s not happening) and every Republican debate just makes that clearer.

Not Electable = Not Liberal enough

More proof there is zero difference between the GOP and DNC leadership...and there are enough non-three digit IQ people around to convince there are 2 different parties

Lots of pantload dumping over Cain by the media....he just may be the best candidate
 
2011-10-20 11:47:59 AM
A Dark Evil Omen: He's got this guy named Not Sure.

**golf clap**
 
2011-10-20 11:48:15 AM
tnpir: And once again, I must call for the institution of Federal Cockpunchers.

For those who have never heard me on this before, the idea is that any candidate for a Federal office must have a non-partisan Federal Cockpuncher with them at all times. Every time the candidate says something clearly false, pandering, or idiotic to the point where even the average two-digit IQ voter can see it's horseshiat, the Federal Cockpuncher steps forward and...

* WHAM *

If the candidate is female, she would be accompanied by a Federal biatchslapper.

The benefits of this program are obvious: politicians would be forced to be honest and truthful at all times, and citizens would have the thorough enjoyment of watching these jackasses finally get what's coming to them. Politicians who are incapable of saying anything other than a rehersed disproven talking point or pandering to whatever special interest crowd they're in front of at the time would drop out of the race fast, or better yet never get involved.

Who's with me?


With you, but can we call them cock knockers instead? I mean, what will market better?
 
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