What's Herman Cain up to?

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I thought he was running for president.

I hope that's a joke

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I thought he was running for president.

I hope that's a joke

He was actually a candidate for awhile in 2000 (trying to pull a Steve Forbes-like candidacy) but that didn't last long.

That probably had alot to do with how little name recognition he had, especially in comparison to Forbes.

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He'd make a good Secretary of Commerce or Treasury.

Nah, he's too much of a snollygoster.

I don't know what a snollygoster is.

It turns out, surprisingly, that snollygoster is a real word:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=snollygoster

"One, especially a politician, who is guided by personal advantage rather than by consistent, respectable principles."

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He'd make a good Secretary of Commerce or Treasury.

Nah, he's too much of a snollygoster.

I don't know what a snollygoster is.

It turns out, surprisingly, that snollygoster is a real word:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=snollygoster

"One, especially a politician, who is guided by personal advantage rather than by consistent, respectable principles."

How can someone say that about (of all people) Herman Cain?

I don't know enough about Cain to deem it true or untrue.  You'd have to ask Casey.