I just have one question. Why is Herman Cain's chief of staff Mark Block smoking at the 40-second mark in this ad?
ht Nikki Egan
I just have one question. Why is Herman Cain's chief of staff Mark Block smoking at the 40-second mark in this ad?
ht Nikki Egan
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Was that a joint?
ROFL!! What was with the slow mo smile and the hand rolled joint cig? I cannot wait until SNL spoofs this one!
herman cain was a LOBBYIST for tabacco giants R.J. Reynolds and Phillip Morris.
WTF, was that?????????????
It was pathetic, MJL. Not only, the guy sure can't toke a cig! That was the most pathetic smoke blow I've ever seen.
Cain's smile at the end made me feel like I needed a shower!
@ShelbyD re "Taking a Shower" - That grin was like reading Rich Lowry from 'The National Review', and his infamous column where he wrote:
*shudder*
ps: Lowry seems to like Perry, too....but No 'Starbursts', at least!
GA Girl, MJL, and Shelby my friends forgot who but msnbc guy called him the "smoking man" ala X-Files rlol. he probably had short smoke trail from spending to much time around Koch's factory pollution.
as some us know (and you know who you are) the chronic can cause that slo-mo effect break out the 8mm'ers LMAO stay strong and out of the fridge. God Bless
I am sick and tired of everything being "Politically Correct", its still a free country and smoking is not illegal, so shut your yaps about a man smoking, thats his buisness and not yours. soon it will be politically incorrect to wipe your ass with toilet paper, it must be designer paper. Quit trying to control my life. get off your high horses and start watching your own ass and not mine.
Kymmi my friend all you need to worry about is that 3am phone call, it could be creepy smoking man looking for an X-File lol or a hat to match Hermie's jacket fashion police the smile on his face looks more like a Maui Wowie rlol be strong God Bless
It is still legal to smoke isn't it? I know if it was up to the facist liberals that would not be the case.
Yes medical pot is legal
yeh it is you a$$hole ,but if that not a blant,then we know whose backing this idiot Big Tobacco.How out of touch smoking in an ad.
You brain dead effing idiot. Who is for banning pot? CONSERVATIVES. Who is for banning library books? CONSERVATIVES. Who is for banning the sale of contraceptives? CONSERVATIVES. This list could go on for hours. You're all a bunch of effing ahole hypocrites.
ROFL!! LOOK^ The at the pretty sparks that fly out of a Bagger's head as it explodes it!
Fascist, Kurt? Really? Do you even know what that word means?
Bunch of illiterates. It's o.k to stand on the corner and smock crack but god forbid you smoke a cigarette. Go bang on the drums somewhere you freakin smelly liberal losers. @sunny F off! nasty Skank!
ICKEY!!!!!!!!!! ----And evil!
yuck
The creepy grin at he end is disturbing. Yes it is legal to smoke but not very smart-maybe that is his audience? Yup, the cig thing just proves how ignorant and not serious this campaign is.
herman cain was a LOBBYIST for R.J. REYNOLDS AND PHILLIP MORRIS.
People smoke. Move on.
ROFL! We will soon as we can stop laughing! Just give us a minute. You and Herman the Black Walnut can try taking America back later.
Could one imagine what FOX would do if this was President Obama's Chief of Staff?
herman cain was a LOBBYIST FOR R.J. REYNOLDS AND PHILLIP MORRIS.
we don't care if people smoke, it is a dirty habit, and not respectful of others.
GA Girl is a strait up racisit from Georgia and all you libs give her a free pass. Is it because it's o.k to be racist to a real black man who is not half white, Harvard educated, and speaks eloquently (white)?
I think the answer to the 'why' question is that its a signal to conservatives who think government regulation has intruded too far into people's lives. He may as well have taken a big sloppy bite out of a greasy double cheeseburger or driven off into the sunset without a seat belt. He's a rebel...and he's in your face. I think that's the idea anyway. I thought it was just gross and embarrassing. Did you see his teeth?
So Cain believes abortion should be illegal but don't let inconvenient inconsistencies sway you from the message, which is 'we will do what we want'.
wow how the worm has turned, one Black guy gives a damn about his detractor's as well as supporters and what do they do crap on everything Obama related, must luv those ER's. then there is the "i like everything the right stands for screw the people on the progressive side just as good as i'll screw the righty's on my side". and low and behold Black is no longer whack, a right wing epiphany, naaaah he's still what he is at day's end. i think he was suppose to be a counter to our Black Man but not only is it backfiring they may have to embrace the Black on the right oxymoron. old Hermy out there singing "how you like me now" right "gulp". poetic justice? hell yes it is because they know he can't make the final cut Nov. 2012
Gotta be weed he's puffing on if he thinks Cain is fit to lead the country.
I would agree with that assessment.
Maybe his bong was sitting on the ground next to him, had to be stoned :) :)
hey guy's he must have never stopped from the 60's he kept that in till he was only blowing vapor. lol or he was perpetrating and it was one of those E cigarettes, not unlike the right to cheat. he claims to be a real Black Man wonder if he ever smoked a joint rolled in toilet paper? lol can you get E cancer? rlol keep it real God Bless
Non-smoking legislature did not originate from 'fascist liberals'. The giant insurance companies funded that one because people dying of lung cancer isn't profitable, from the insurance angle. As far as the ad goes, it is a really strange gesture to make. Is he courting the smoker vote? Or is he pandering to the kind of ignorance voiced by kurt?
I think he has my vote. I had a man at an outdoor cafe tell a friend of mine, very rudely to move farther away when he lit his cigarette, even though he moved about 15 feet away already out of courtesy. The fat man then had a giant fudge sundae delivered to his table so I asked him he he could move farther away from me before he ate that disgusting fat pill. In other words everyone should mind their own freakin business. But you facist libs want to control every aspect of people's lives because you were brought up to rely on others to think and survive. Get your own brain JC!
Screw you gutness pig.
kurt - two points:
First, I would recommend giving the question of "who has your vote" a bit more thought. I don't see the connection between your emotional reaction to the cigarette issue and ability to govern.
Second, your sundae analogy is fundamentally flawed, and I expect you know that. The conclusion that proximity to cigarette smoke causes disease is based on science, and more than a few state legislatures have passed laws against smoking in some public places. Whether you like it or not, most of the people in those states support smoking bans once they're in place and they realize how nice it is not to have to smell and breathe toxic chemicals.
There's no such thing as second-hand sundae consumption, which is why you're free to eat as many sundaes as you like, wherever you like. If we suddenly discover that toxic chemicals in ice cream drift through the air and cause 100,000 cancer deaths per year, then you'll probably be out of luck. I think until then the ice cream sundae eaters are safe.
Andrew547, LOL, well said!
kurt,
OK, here we go with the "fascist" name calling again.
cigarette smoke infiltrates EVERYWHERE. if i want to smell cigarette smoke, i'll start smoking. i understand that smokers look at it as if they are "being controlled", as if their rights are being taken from them.
but when YOU smoke, i am being put in the uncomfortable position of smoking, too. people have said to me, "wear a mask", "go someplace else", when really it is the smoker who should go someplace else. smoke in your home, your car, if you choose, but leave the rest of us out of it.
if smokers could figure out how to smoke without lighting up, and without exhaling then they could smoke anywhere they want. i don't like the smell of cigarette smoke, i am allergic to it, i get migraines from it. we have every right to expect that people who smoke will keep their dirty habit away from the rest of us.
kurt,
OK, here we go with the "fascist" name calling again.
cigarette smoke infiltrates EVERYWHERE. if i want to smell cigarette smoke, i'll start smoking. i understand that smokers look at it as if they are "being controlled", as if their rights are being taken from them.
but when YOU smoke, i am being put in the uncomfortable position of smoking, too. people have said to me, "wear a mask", "go someplace else", when really it is the smoker who should go someplace else. smoke in your home, your car, if you choose, but leave the rest of us out of it.
if smokers could figure out how to smoke without lighting up, and without exhaling then they could smoke anywhere they want. i don't like the smell of cigarette smoke, i am allergic to it, i get migraines from it. we have every right to expect that people who smoke will keep their dirty habit away from the rest of us.
O.k all you anti smoking nazis. I read all your posts and accept your opinions. That's what we do in a FREE society. Except for Sunny- He or she is illiterate and just a nasty, vile person. Also, I don't like when women or men for that matter where perfumes but that is a part of life I deal with. One more thing idiots; car exhausts cause 20 times more pollutants in the air we breath than a smoke. Do you nazis drive?
@Andrew-being a rude, fat, pig is disgusting and sets a very bad example for others. BTW there is a very real and very bad problem in this country called "OBESITY" and if you are fat and nasty don't say a word to me about anything, especially smoking! The best thing this administration has ever done came from Michelle trying to stop you people from being fat.
sunnyeve, you are suspended for a day for violating rule# 1 of the Code of Honor.
JCP sorry there are no facist liberals, oxymoron http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/red-state-fascism.html
they were forced by the not fascist liberals to put disclaimer on packs unwillingly
still a tobacco protector?
Thank You Sally-It's o.k to attack me with intelligence and an opinion such as Suzette and Andrew, but Sunny has nothing to offer but hate. She cannot even spell.
Lobbyist for tobacco.
Smoking joints....Yeah that's a role model for the christian right. So our body is no longer a temple of GOD when you are running against Obama HUH! The Bagger/Repubs have to lie, cheat, steal and even fornicate just to kick him out of office. You bunch of OLE HEATHENS!!! ROFL
GA Girl my friend you know the right has a different ideology hate everything except smoking weed and drinkin' shine and cig's of all kinds and Good "OLD" boy fun oh and all things Nazi and white linen.stay strong God Bless
Watch his body language after he says "I really believe...". Body language always tells the truth, and he keeps shaking his head in the negative gesture "NO"; He doesn't even believe what he's saying. rotflmao at him and the black walNUT! :D
A telemarketer on steroids
Watch his body language after he says "I really believe...". Body language always tells the truth, and he keeps shaking his head in the negative gesture "NO"; He doesn't even believe what he's saying.
That blew me away, too. I bet when the numbers come in on this ad, they'll dump whatever lame agency thought it up.
I think this is Cain's idea of a Halloween ad. Very scary.
This guy didn't INHALE.......check the amount of smoke from the exhale.
Courting an older demographic: The X-Files fan.
BINGO!
CSM (Cigarette Smoking Man) from The X-Files - Works for 'The Syndicate', to cover up the Alien Invasion - Cue the X-Files theme! (I used to think John Kasich was 'CSM' - Oh well)
First and Foremost, Herman Cain is a SALESMAN! And a Good Salesman doesn't have to actually know or understand 'The Facts' about a product to sound confident as he gives his 'Sales Pitch', extolling the virtues of <whatever> - He just needs to use the right 'Buzz-Words', and deliver his pitch with (faux) Confidence and Sincerity!
Remember, "The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made" - Jean Giraudoux, French diplomat, dramatist, & novelist (1882 - 1944)
Regarding his sales tax and 'Comparing Apples and Oranges' - WHY didn't anyone just say "No, Mr. Cain, I'm comparing Dollars and Dollars!" - It might have shut him down.
Also, why doesn't Cain (or anyone) ever mention that from 1992–1994, he was the Deputy Chairman of the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK of Kansas City, and from 1995–1996, he was the CHAIRMAN of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City? It should help him with his economics bona fides, shouldn't it? Maybe because Republicans, Democrats, the Tea Party folks, and the Occupy Wall Street protesters ALL despise 'The Fed'?
And Finally, remember that his 'Success' at Godfathers Pizza came largely from cutting the number of restaurants from 911 to 420, resulting in a LOT of employees being laid? Shades of Romney at Bain Capital!
'Job Creators'? HA!
Ok, that's it! Willard the Wall Street flip flopper with be the nominee so we will have to choose between Obama and a former Wall Street fat cat in an economy that was tanked by the banks. I know who I'm voting for!
GA Girl i was voting for that poor fish Palin beat the crap out of on the boat, very undisciplined killer "got baby seals". really think that whole facade is a reboot, disingenuous looks like she was being instructed on everything. except "how to open your mouth and not let them find out you are all alone in the dark recesses of your head" God Bless
You said it!