Cain's response to Libya flub? "Nine. Nine. Nine." O.M.G.

[gorillazgirlie]

I am so happy that people are posting this :D

[justatrey]

LOL, ok we get it Cain isn't really running for president. I truly believe he is just screwing with us, and seeing just how far he can go while still remaining at the top of the polls. Maybe it's all just an experiment?

[skatealex1]

Wow 999 what an idiot.

[bladeproject1]

Give it up people. The guy is dumb.

[stocktradinginvestor]

Cain was a ballistics analyst for the Department of the Navy before he became a successful businessman. I think we can rule out he's an idiot. Either the stress has gotten to him, he's either sick of answering questions, playing dumb, creatively joking about his own flub with duel meaning ("nein, nein, nein" German for no also promoting 999)... Also, this could simply be an editing job like the Coors Light commercials with the head coaches answering fake questions.

[stocktradinginvestor]

Several options

1)he is answering 999

He is either dumb, pretending to be dumb, or redirecting the question and actually is answering 999, or else he is arrogantly saying that his economic plan as a strength makes up for his weakness in foreign policy so the foreign policy doesn't matter

2) He is answering in German "nein, nein, nein" joking about his own flub at the same time answering the question as a no, no, no. (no it doesn't show my lack of understanding)

[BI30]

@stocktradinginvestor As the appended FG clip demonstrates, giving irrelevant "buzzword" answers to tough questions is not a new idea.

[billmilliganhisself]

Nein! Nein! Nein!

[bluenotejazz]

Oh my God this guy is dumber than sand

[investorspolldotcom]

Not sure if this is his act to look dumb on foreign policy or he really is that dumb on foreign policy. I find it hard to believe that somebody who held a high position in one of the Federal Reserve Banks doesn't know jack shit about foreign policy. It could be an act on his part to appear to be an outsider to the dumbasses in the Republican Version of the Tea Party and just act naive or he's just that fuckin' stupid.  I believe it's the former more than the latter.

[Lupina12]

I don't and never will understand how anyone could support Cain. He was a Chairman of the Fed (yet they say he's not an insider), he doesn't know about Libya but we do "need to identify who our friends and enemies are," he didn't know China had nukes, backed TARP, voted for Clinton, donated to Romney in 08. Talks a good game but doesn't say anything, I guess it's kind of the "what's not to like" mentality?

[4PFrog]

There's the best MSNBC car do to try and hurt Mr. Cain. Fail! It was an ambush and he didn't want to deal with your crap! Hire Watters if you want do ambush journalism... too bad you guys can't afford him!

[eskandalodeejay]

All of you making fun of his interview blunders are just haters. Cain is usually excellent in interviews as long as he's not being required to give intelligent answers. So cut him some slack.

[Demugokun]

I believe 'nigh' is the German word for 'NO', so maybe Cain was just saying 'no' to the question that he doesn't have foreign policy experience. Still, why the hell would he respond in German, unless he was looking to get in a soundbyte.

[BaldViking]

It wouldn't matter what Herman Cain said at that point. The media would have picked it apart piece by piece regardless. He gave a good answer to those phony fact omitting journalists.

Now that the media has seemingly destroyed his chances of becoming President, the media will set their sights on Gingrich, and then whoever rises to the top after that, until only Romney remains, because he is their GOP darling.

[PALINSMITH]

Blockhead O'Donnell is jealous.

[BackUpBrotha]

Nice pun.

[PaulsPaulitics]

Here's my solution to Herman Cain : NO-NO-NO!

[awisniewski6290]

After listening to these 'Top Tiers', how Ron Paul isn't backed by every American citizen boggles my mind.

[Drakencoo]

It makes me sick that people this stupid even get the opportunity to run for president.

[hXcDiedWithHitler]

It frustrates me to no fucking end that this guy is leading in a lot of polls, ahead of Ron Paul. I would rather have another 4 years of Obama before this goddamn clown.

[deadballo]

Is Cain a troll?

He's a troll, right guise?

guise?

[RidJackal]

clicking like to show my enjoyment of how silly he's making himself look.

[paultrincamusic]

omg i want to punch him. so hard. 9 times. with brass on 9 of my knuckles. so that it knocks out 9 of his teeth.

[scottblanks]

Why isn't Ron Paul leading in the poles. Smh.... Because people are easily fed bull shit.

[Krink1]

Not many of us can hope for a better 15 minutes on top of the world.

[justpureawesome]

Ron Paul never looks this stupid.

[NIGHTMAREuki]

@justpureawesome he never looks stupid period

[BRABBISS]

what a f'n tool!!!!!!

[jrooksable]

you scum sucking leftists make me laugh. did they ever ask "The One" this type of question?

[BI30]

@jrooksable Did they ask Obama foreign policy questions while we were still at war in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Uh. Yeah. They kinda did. A lot. Where were YOU?

[NoahHoe]

@BI30 lol. this guy thinks Left vs Right is a real thing in washington...

its the bankers and their corporation elite vs the rest of us.

Ron Paul 2012.

[BI30]

@NoahHoe If you don't like the Corporate Elite, you sure as heck don't want Ron Paul (who wants to privatise every government function and turn them over to for-profit corporations.)

[badymojoy]

@BI30 Puhlease. If Ron Paul was good for corporations with special interests, the corporations would be supporting him. No, they fear Ron Paul because he is principled and will not be bought.

[BI30]

@badymojoy Corporations don't support Paul because... even though he wants to hand much of government over to them, he also wants to do stupid things like put us back on the gold standard (which would destroy the banks) and get rid of things like "credit default swaps" that Wall Street makes Billions on.

Paul is both bad for government AND bad for business. For every positive position Paul has, there's three that disqualify him.

[TheGUARDIANMEDIC]

@BI30

I don't see how him wanting to protect the individuals in this country from corporations and big government is a disqualifying position...

As to the gold standard, it's not a sudden change but a gradual one... Give people the CHOICE of using gold and solver as legal tender. Choice is never a bad thing.

[BI30]

@TheGUARDIANMEDIC Reply moved to private chat. This isn't the place for it.

[badymojoy]

@BI30 I think you're a bit confused about current events there BI30. Government is already in the hands of corporations. Notice that nobody went to jail over the sub-prime mortgage crisis of 2008 when over a million people lost their homes because of faulty "Fed" loaning practices. Notice that many banks made massive contributions to both McCain and Obama in the 2008 elections. Cain having served as Fed Chairman is a more obvious shill. Ron Paul comes up because he's the other side of the coin.

[BI30]

@badymojoy No, sorry, but unless one sides of your coin is "the Banks" and the other side is "the corporations", you're the one that's "confused". Paul is the "privatize everything" candidate. Paul is the "free market above all else" candidate. EVERY position Paul holds... from opposing the wars to privatizing Social Security... stem from a belief that "the government that governs least, governs best." No gov't services leaves only mass privatization.

[Lupina12]

@BI30 You seem to be confused, the corporate elite are the ones propped up by government and our tax dollars. Ron Paul knows that government needs to stay out of the free market because crony capitalism is exactly what you end up with when it (federal gov) gets involved. Paul's agenda is to get government the hell out of the way and let corporations fail that are supposed to.

[BI30]

@Lupina12 This really isn't the place to debate Paul's (dis)qualification for president, I can assure you I'm not confused. You seem to believe a "Free Market" means a market w/o rules. That's like a baseball game where the players get to choose how many how many strikes they get. "Rules" (aka: Regulations) do not preclude a "free" market. Mandating "integrated lunch counters" in the 60's didn't hurt business, but Paul believes the government had no business forcing it upon private businesses.

[Lupina12]

@BI30 Its the perfect place to debate Paul's ideas since this video shows Cain who is a serious contender, and who is clueless. Quite frankly, it's just frightening how the American people can latch onto someone without experience, with no understanding of the economy just because they are a great motivational speaker IE: Cain. Obama falls under that category too, but he also had the backing of the rich bankers to put him in office. Back to the free market, yes, one can only dream can't they?

[BI30]

@Lupina12 This is a video about Herman Cain. Discussions about Ron Paul will be deleted.

[Lupina12]

@Lupina12 must clarify, "corporate elite" to me means the crony capitalists. Long live the free market!

[jrooksable]

@BI30 watching them lob softball questions at him. be very careful chump, I'm not stupid and I am informed. I will NOT drink the koolaide

[BRABBISS]

@jrooksable what?????



[Pharlesceck]

@jrooksable Who said anything about leftists? Many real conservatives see through Cain's rhetoric. It is the same as Gingrich and Romney's - jibberish that tries to get them elected. Gingrich is a leftist himself though lol.

[ElAsaltaCulos2]

@jrooksable You don't have to be a leftist to see that this guy is a joke. Herman Cain if a clown

[ccricers]

I usually don't like seeing Family Guy used to make commentary but it really does hit the nail on the head here.

[TVwatcha01]

How does this guy have more support than Jon Huntsman?

[TheTiwaz]

think he's speaking german. "Nein! Nein! Nein!" :D

[Quierotortilla]

@TheTiwaz I think he is indeed speaking German for Nein ! Nein ! Nein ! means No ! No ! No ! which fits better in the context.

[bsphil]

Only further reinforcing the fact that the GOP is becoming a parody of itself.