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This guy is a joke. I don’t understand how they even…whatever. O_o
In an interview with the religious right Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain badly bungled Uzbekistan’s name and said his standard answer to “‘gotcha’ questions” would be that he doesn’t have answers. […]
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Mon, Oct 10, 2011 8:07:31am |
The Ministry of Truth -- Minitrue, in Newspeak -- was startlingly different from any other object in sight. It was an enormous pyramidal structure of glittering white concrete, soaring up, terrace after terrace, 300 metres into the air. From where Winston stood it was just possible to read, picked out on its white face in elegant lettering, the three slogans of the Party:WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
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CuriousLurker Mon, Oct 10, 2011 8:15:53am |
re: #1 Sergey Romanov
Orwell was disturbingly prescient. Gah, it's too early in the morning for this idiocy. I'm mortified that this guy is even in the running. WTF, America? How can any of you cheer this idiot on??
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HappyWarrior Mon, Oct 10, 2011 9:45:19am |
Insignificant states? WTF. I don't expect Cain to know who the president of Uzbekistan is but I do expect a presidential candidate to understand the importance of international relations and not deride lesser known countries as "insignificant."
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Mon, Oct 10, 2011 9:56:48am |
Conservatism rewards incompetence and failure. Herman Cain embodies the Peter Principle to the nth degree.
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CuriousLurker Mon, Oct 10, 2011 10:08:28am |
re: #2 CuriousLurker
Awww, look—isn't that sweet? RoadWarrior gave us retaliatory down-dings.
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(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Mon, Oct 10, 2011 1:08:04pm |
re: #1 Sergey Romanov
Orwell was always a little too much on the nose. He wrote alphabet books, basically.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 10, 2011 1:47:03pm |
Sounds like pop song from the 30s--"Do You Know The President of Ubekebekibekistanstan?"
My grandma used to sing this one, from Harry Owens and the Royal Hawaiians:
Princess Poopooly has plenty papayas
And she loves to give it away
Now all of the neighbors they say
Oh mea oh mya
You really should try a little piece
Of the Princess Poopooly's papaya
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