Herman Cain endorses "the people"

[Enrique]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/post/herman-cain-endorses/2012/01/19/gIQAjxQwBQ_blog.html

Charleston, SC — Rick Santorum is speaking in what feels like an empty room.

Then Herman Cain arrives — he’s introduced as “Mr. 9-9-9” — and the crowd goes wild.

Make no mistake. Staying power in the race and star wattage are two different things. The two may be inversely related, in fact. The only way Rick Santorum’s arrival would light up a room would be if Mitt Romney were the only person in that room when he got there.

But Herman Cain, he of the suspended campaign, showed up at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference on Thursday, after a lackluster speech by Rick Santorum, to deliver an endorsement — and the crowd was instantly on its feet, yelling “Amen!” and “Woohoo!” and breaking into his speech with applause.

The endorsement, he warned, would make the media upset, because it was “unconventional.”

He endorsed — “The People.” Then he urged them to visit his Web site — www.cainconnections.com, which sounds like the worst dating site of all time.

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[NNN0LHI]

1. No one wanted his endorsement

[julian09]

2. He wants to be in news, to cash in as Sarah Palin did.

If the media ignores him as they should have Palin, after election, he will have to disappear.

[The Genealogist]

3. The endorsement, he warned, would make the media upset, because it was “unconventional.”

He endorsed — “The People.”

I have no idea why he would think the media would be upset by this cop-outish non-answer. I read that comment and laughed. Oh, how clever! How avant garde! The crowds in Uzbekibekibekistanstan go wild! Historians will be looking back on this speech in 200 years, comparing it to the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.

I'm sure everyone in the media has been on pins and needles since he dropped out the race, about who he would endorse. I can only imagine the sleepless nights, the tense meetings, the drinking to release the stress at all the major news outlets. And then Herb Cain lets them down with this bombshell! OH, the AGONY! Oh, that Herb Cain is so clever. He SO burned us! We must all cry bitter tears into our pillows, as we try to put back together the pieces of our lives!

In reality, I am sure no few media people were wondering "Who's Herb Cain?" and no few of the remainder were thinking, "Jeez that's lame."