Herman Cain Only Wanted to Be the Very Best, the Best There Ever Was
On Saturday, December 3rd, Republican presidential nominee Herman Cain, in his speech announcing he was withdrawing from the race, quoted Pok?mon the Movie 2000 in total seriousness. I didn’t report it because any whiff of politics on TR whips some of you all into a frenzy, but, alas, The Daily Show‘s take on the event has proven too wonderful not to share. The magic starts at 3:25:
Now, I’m not here to criticize Republicans in general or Herman Cain in specific. Honestly, whatever my personal politics, I think the fact that a presidential candidate earnestly quoted a Pok?mon movie in a major speech is fantastic. The fact that a Republican did it — because come on, if you had to guess which political party would start quoting children’s anime first, I think we all would have picked the Democrats — makes it even more astounding. Please, if you can, just bask in the majesty of this impossibly unique moment in American politics and nerdery. Your regularly scheduled nonsense will begin shortly.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.