I thought you were making a lame joke. Then I watched the video.

You can't.

You just want to do it very, very slowly while taking the rest of the country with you.

Counterpoint

Cain is like a Greatest Hits compilation of the baser, lowest common denominator GOP talking points; "I hate Muslims!", "9-9-9 Tax plan!", "I'm a successful businessman", "I'm black so Democrats are racist!". He's not an embarrassment, he says what Republicans actually believe.

However, I find him the most insincere, least believable of all the candidates. And his record won't stand up to any scrutiny. He's a cypher, but that will only go so far. He is a slightly more mainstream version of Ron Paul, and has the same chance of winning a thing.

But he is not an embarrassment to these people. Hell, he's a point of pride.

He has a Master's Degree in Computer Science, worked Ballistics for the Navy, and spent decades as a business manager. He knows that the proposals he's suggesting are utterly idiotic, but he also knows that's what sells in the far right.

No one with any experience in government or business whatsoever could treat his major proposal of "no Congressional bills longer than three pages" as anything other than a farce which wouldn't accomplish what it intends. But the base is run by emotion and anger now, not logic and compromise. And Herman Cain, fast food executive, knows how to give short-sighted entitled consumers what they ask for, not what they need.

I've met plenty of IT folks (some with Masters) that are as dumb as this dipshit. Being good at math or business doesn't mean you're not an idiot in other fields. See also: the scientists with advanced degrees that are creationists.

This is exactly the sort of answer Homer Simpon would offer only he would shout PIZZA at the end.

Oh, take my stars already.

Also, by the end of this video, I found myself for the first time in my life, with the gaping mouth of profound speechlessness.

It's not bad that he doesn't know who the king of Uzbekistan is.

What's bad is that he is PROUD of not knowing who the king of Uzbekistan is and what's worse is that he doesn't feel he should bother to do the very little research it would take to find out.

What's even worse than that is he feels Uzbekistan must be inconsequential because he knows nothing about it.

It's like saying "I don't know anything about Iran, therefore Iran must not be important."

Don't go there. Can we please have a black conservative candidate that the liberals can respectfully not call an Uncle Tom.

It's okay, I reserve that one squarely for Obama.

I know, you're so clever.

Can we have a black conservative candidate who doesn't act like an Uncle Tom?

That wasn't fair. They're all awful in their own special ways.