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Just came across this on the Stranger’s blog, and I had to repost it here.

In this campaign web ad, candidate and pizza magnate Herman Cain’s cheif of staff Mark Block is making a case for Cain and for some reason is smoking a cigarette while doing so. Why he’s doing this is anyone’s guess. This video makes about as much as sense as that 9-9-9 tax plan.

Also, make sure you stay tuned for an awesome song at the end of the video.

This article appears in Oct 20-26, 2011.

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Hermain Cain Loves Cigarettes, and America?

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
October 25, 2011

<h1>Hermain Cain Loves Cigarettes, and America?</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />October 25, 2011</p> </p> <p>Just came across this on <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/10/25/the-creepiest-herman-cain-ad-yet" target="_blank"><em>the Stranger's </em>blog</a>, and I had to repost it here.</p> <p>In this campaign web ad, candidate and pizza magnate Herman Cain's cheif of staff Mark Block is making a case for Cain and <strong>for some reason is smoking a cigarette while doing so<em>. </em></strong>Why he's doing this is anyone's guess. This video makes about as much as sense as that 9-9-9 tax plan.</p> <p>Also, make sure you stay tuned for an awesome song at the end of the video.</p> <p><object><em>You need to use a flashplayer enabled browser in order to view this video</em></object></p> <p> </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> http://www.youtube.com/v/qhm-22Q0PuM&amp;feature=player_embedded </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/hermain-cain-loves-cigarettes-and-america-2139342/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=16031&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/hermain-cain-loves-cigarettes-and-america-2139342/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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