Herman Cain is visiting Miami these days to absorb a little of the local culture and make nice with some Latino voters, and maybe even learn a little bit from one of their many languages!
Surrounded by much fanfare, Cain enjoyed a pastry at the [Versailles Restaurant's] bakery, asking at one point with his mouth full, “How do you say ‘delicious’ in Cuban?”
A supporter quickly answered back: “Delicioso.” The word is in Spanish, as there is no “Cuban” language.
“Delicioso,” Cain repeated, while still chewing. “Delicioso.”
[CNN]
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How do you say "unelectable" in Cuban?
"I'm Fidel's brotha from anotha motha"?
(Yo soy hermano de Fidel, de otra madre.)
Damn, bitch been around.
Which reminds me of the "Arrested Development" bit, when they were looking for "Hermano"…
The phonetic pronunciation is: HUR-muhn kain.
Damn you, you beat me to it.
No, it's huh-MON-cue-loyd.
Electrify the beaches to keep those damn boat people off the sand (if he knew about the dry-foot policy in the first place, that is).
Or maybe beisbol no es importante, es para ninos con huevos pequeno.
El Cain.
Teologia de Liberacion? (At least, in Peronist Argentina & Pinochet's Chile.)
Hermano Cain.
Herman Cain es muy loco en cabesa.
The loco in his cabesa must be very lonely.
How do you say complete fucking moron in Cuban?
מעשוגע
rik PAIR-ree
Could have been worse. He could have bemoaned his inability to speak with Latin-Americans because he didn't know Latin.
Dan Quayle Libel – there can be only one!
Dumb. AS. A. Stum-stum-stump.
Gusano.
How do you say "idiot" in Blackian?
Little piece of trivia: Cuban is the national language in Uzbeki-beki-beki-stan
WRONG! There is no word for delicious in Cuban because there is nothing delicious in a freedom-hating commie state!
Except those delicious pork sandwiches. In fact, the only country that makes a better pork sandwich is Vietnam.
No wonder 11% of Americans want a Commie revolution; the only "pork" sandwich American Capitalism can produce is the McRib.
You and I are soul mates.
A certain coach might disagree with that (too soon/late/too?).
In fact, the only country that makes a better pork sandwich is Vietnam.
OMG, the banh mi. FAP FAP FAP.
See, now I am thinking of beautiful Vietnamese guys in silk pajama bottoms , bringing me platters of delicious banh mi sammies.
Not very political correct, I suppose, but it is brightening my day.
The Book of Salt, Monique Truong.
I dunno, I think Americans prefer the corn syrupy goodness of pulled pork over either of those offerings (which are fucking fabulous, by the way – sad even for me was when I saw a Cuban on a menu, ordered it, only to have a shitty unpressed pork sammie on a soft bun come out – just about lost it). Or at least a hefty slather of Cheese Whiz.
NoNo, pulled pork is best with a vinegar lotion like they do in NC. End of discussion.
Motion is seconded and carried by acclamation.
Ay, mamita, obviously, you have never visited La Carreta, Versailles, or La Esquna de Tejas in Miami. Porque la comida es sabrosa!!!!!!
Just wait till he learns some Mexican!!
Coch-a-roach and pindejo are handy Cuban words. Tony Montana used them a lot and he rose to the top of his organization.
Say jello to my leetle brain.
Germano Caino
Remember when the "Dean Scream" was all it took to sink a primary candidate's chances? That seems very funny and so long ago.
Things haven't changed: If any future Democrat makes a gutteral noise into an over-amplified microphone, their campaigns will be over too.
If any future Democrat makes a
gutteralnoise into an over-amplifiedmicrophone, their campaigns will be over too.fixed
How do you say "Douchebag Grifter" in Cuban?
Senorita Palin
Bristol? Because I think the old one is senora.
All of them Katie.
I miss hearing about her crazy ass.
Sure, you say that now…
Marco Rubio.
Yanqui.
Cain
Just stay away from the frijoles negro, Herm.
But he, hisself, is a nogal negro, so there's that.
Heh!!!!!!!!!!
Typical liberal press with their "gotcha" languages.
In Cain's defense, he only knows how to speak American.
There is a video out there that shows otherwise.
Como se dice "fading fast" in Cuban?
"Surrounded by much fanfare…"
When people gather around to see what stupid thing you are going to say next… that ain't fanfare.
that's a jury trial?
Herman Cain doesn't have to know anything about foreign languages!
English? Why should I learn English. I'm never going to England.
We need a chooser, not a foreign language loser.
He'll hire someone who does… Like Dora the Explorer, if she's willing to do what it takes to get the job.
You are all just a bunch of elitists, thinking the President needs to know things like what a language is!
Whatever the hell he watches on TV, it hasn't been Dora the Explorer.
But he does have a well worn copy of the porn version Dora the Whore-a.
We already KNOW it's limited to Pokemon and The Simpsons.
Oh the Simpsons is way to clever a show for him. He would sit through the entire episode with an utterly puzzled look on his face.
Cain no Caining
His handlers earned their pay today when he resisted his initial urge to ask "How do you say 'delicious' in Beaner?"
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I hope this does not indicate the average level of education required of CEOs………..
Would you be surprised?
Now you know how they fucked up the economy.
Remember that W. was an MBA and he was even stupider than citizen Cain.
What I took away from this is that Herman Cain talks with his mouth full. And that is #3 on my, admittedly lengthy, "Things That Make Me Want to Smack You" list.
So gross.
He's on both my lists…………at the top of one and the bottom of the other………
Y'know, this is going to be funny [fights suppressed chuckle] when Rush and Hannity and the Freepers get hold of this. I can hardly wait! Remember the time a few years ago when Obama was speaking extemporaneously about something to do with Austria, and he made a slip of the tongue, speaking of them as speaking "Austrian". Now I figured – slip of the tongue, right. Happens to all of us. Happened to Cain right there. But those guys went apeshit, talking about how it was clear that Obama was a moron, and lacked even basic knowledge, and was absolutely not up to the job, and so on. They still mention it, along with the "57 states" thing. Clearly in their eyes it was a REALLY BIG DEAL.
[Snicker, chuckle] So they're going to excoriate Cain over this. [Tee-hee] It's going to be fun to see. I may tune in to Hannity tonight just to enjoy the fireworks…..
In all fairness, it's probably easier to find a sing saying "se habla cubano" than one that says "Oesterreicher gesprochen," although both statements make some sense.
Apparently Obama actually said something along the lines of "I don't know how you say it in Austria" with regards to an American idiom (wheeling and dealing), ie a completely innocuous statement that Fox and morons first bent into a reference to "Austrian" then hammered him with – sort of how Perry/Romney are playing "selective recall" with the whole "we've been lazy" (about encouraging job growth) snippet.
If Hermie had said I don't know how you say Delicious in Cuba, that would be a closer parallel, but still a pretty pathetic one (particularly for a guy who ran a business with a tenuous but theoretical tie to Romance languages).
Ah – that makes sense of where that came from.
I never really paid much attention to it because everyone says dumb things of the "slip of tongue" or "split-second mental wire-crossing" variety. McCain saying he would "veto our beer" was a particularly entertaining one. I'm sure that even if things really had happened as the Fox blatherskites said, and Obama did make that mistake, he would have corrected himself right away if someone said: "Do they really speak Austrian in Austria?" — "ah, no German, of course".
I think that's what we should say about this particular Cain slip too. He says many things that indicate wide swaths of ignorance. But this time I think it was just a slip. I don't really believe that he thinks that they speak Cuban in Cuba. As with Obama I have no doubt that he would have corrected himself right away if someone said: "Do they really speak Cuban in Cuba?" — "ah, no Spanish, of course".
Don't get me wrong – I think that Cain says many things that indicate he is absolutely unsuitable to be president. But the reaction to this one in particular really is, I think, the sort of gotcha! reaction that Republicans are always complaining about, almost never correctly.
Don't be a playa hater–Hermie doesn't have the time to learn languages with his busy schedule of grifting and sexifying the ladies. Also, there are too damn many of them…you got your Cuban, Messican, and Puerto Rican for starters.
Just different flavors of Mexican..
Don't talk with your mouth full. Or empty. I'll whip yo ass good!
Cain: "We Need A Leader, Not A Reader".
Is it appropriate to refer to him as "Palinesque", now?
Come on, that can't be real.
Au contraire, Hermie. We want someone who's smart, not some useless fart.
but, but, but… pizza! 999! 100% Black!
Next he's going to pick up a few Flemish words for when he visits Flemland.
And Latin words when he visits Latin America.
I can teach him to speak Belgian for a small(!) fee….
And some Finnish words once he's finished.
That would be Phlegmish.
It is unfortunate for the Cain campaign that Barbara Billingsley is no longer available for consult…
You speak Cuban by throwing a ton of slave wage sugar in your coffee and by worshipping dead right-wing dictators…
Cuba, Cuba… OK, that's… Just want to make sure we're talking about the same one… I disagree with President Obama's actions for the following reasons. One… No, that's a different one… It's that place you go for big cigars in the Castro, right? OK, they had an uprising? I… I can't, I got so much swirling around in my head just now.
Senor Cain es un pendejo grande!
Can you get those at Starbucks? It would be a hoot to pop into a drive up and order one…
We have a place that has Mexican Pizza in our town. It's a pizza with one of those spicy green things in the middle that you pick off before you eat it.
How do you say delicious? Mi Nombre Maricon Negro. P.S get out of my town.
Herman, another handy Cuban phrase:
"Pinche gringo culero ve a chingar a tu reputisima madre?" means "May I have another pastry?"
I believe the phrase Hermie was looking for is "Es como caca."
Delishi-lishi-lishi-oso-oso stan.
Herman Cain only wishes Cuba would get fitted with some breaks so they wouldn't crash into Florida.
Idiota.
I just want to say, "Jorge Mas, si se le echa a imbeciles, se ponen ignorante".
Oy.
Don't have to be smart to suck a Koch, beaaatches!
What a Walloon!
Has anyone seen Cain's latest? He did the Glenn Beck maneuver,and got all choked up for the camera's .
At least he wasn't speaking Mexican!
Como se dice "dumbass" en Americano? "Cain"
As an American of Cuban descent, let me say "Este tipo es un comemierda." How's my Spanish, which is what Cubans speak now, dufus.
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