mind, after seeing that movie jaws, you know, it just it just makes you think. in some respects this is the the obama economy is a where s waldo economy. it is finding a job, a good-paying job in this economy is harder than finding waldo in one of his books. i mean, this is the obama economy is a where s waldo economy. not a clip of mitt romney from the 90s. that was last month. where s waldo? so every four years we get treated to inadvertent and ill-advised and weirdly telling cultural references from the presidential candidates. it happens every time. we also, of course, learn something about the people from their gaffes. gaffes like rick perry s brain freeze oops thing at last week s cnbc debate or newt gingrich demanding politicians who took money from freddie mac give that money back even though his own lobbying firm took something like $1.6 million from freddie mac. gaffes happen. people screw up. newt gingrich also insisting at one point this year that he did not
gaffes happen. people screw up. newt gingrich also insisting at one point this year that he did not believe what he himself had said about paul ryan s medicare-killing budget. he said anybody quoting him saying that was lying. don t quote me. if you quote me, it s a lie. but there s one candidate in the race this year who is different. the art project formerly known as herman cain is giving us a whole different way of looking at stuff like this on the campaign trail this year. herman cain is purportedly a presidential candidate, but he has essentially no campaign staff to speak of. he also continually makes what are treated as gaffes, but even though the media treats them as gaffes they are frankly too perfect to actually just be mistakes. more often than not, what he does that gets covered as a mistake, as a gaffe is really a sort of genius obscure has to be deliberate cultural reference. it s art referencing art. and we have a rich tradition of this, right? i mean, you can t understa
one point this year that he did not believe what he himself had said about paul ryan s medicare-killing budget. he said anybody quoting him saying that was lying. don t quote me. if you quote me, it s a lie. but there s one candidate in the race this year who is different. the art project formerly known as herman cain is giving us a whole different way of looking at stuff like this on the campaign trail this year. herman cain is purportedly a presidential candidate, but he has essentially no campaign staff to speak of. he also continually makes what are treated as gaffes, but even though the media treats them as gaffes they are frankly too perfect to actually just be mistakes. more often than not, what he does that gets covered as a mistake, as a gaffe is really a sort of genius obscure has to be deliberate cultural reference. it s art referencing art. and we have a rich tradition of this, right? i mean, you can t understand the genius of what these muppets are doing here to explain th