for his country through the year 2030 to go along with the military backing he says he ll need for another decade. the united states will resume annual payments of $650 million to $700 mill million to the afghanistan reconstruction trust fund. payments to the fund were suspended in june because of scandal at the country s largest bank. the congress research service analyzing data estimates the u.s. spent $443 billion on the war in afghanistan since the attacks of september 11th. enough of the real news, let s huddle up around the water cooler to hold the wake for herman cain s presidential campaign. as you know, he recited the lyrics to the theme song from pokemon 2000. he did this at his good-bye press conference on saturday. the tributes began pouring in last night beginning with one from jon stewart. herman cain saying the
thing. i know. i don t even want to joke about it. you see it every day and you can t believe it s real that happened. we ll talk more about it later. i believe stop it. pokemon said this. at the top of the polls. i know smart people who really wanted to vote for him. you were really rubbing that in. you are. yeah guys. so mika went out to dinner a month ago. i went to a nice club in my town with very good friends who happened to be republicans. and they were talking down to mika all night about how cain was going to win. it was a debate about occupy wall street and the candidate they loved is herman cain. my friends, god bless you. i love you very much. they ll hear about this for the rest of their lives. i don t think she loves them that much. no, i do. just judging by this tone. i do. and so now we were shouted down. all right. right there at your own table huh? it s all right. i believe pokemon that s what good friends do. let
ever the statesman cain left us with a reminder of his trademark eloquence. i believe these words came from the pokemon movie. life can seem impossible. it s never easy when there is so much on the line. yes stirring words. it reminds me of when ronald reagan challenged america to be great again by saying scoopy scoopy scoobi doobi doo where are you? we ve got some work to do now. i can t believe he quoted that song. pokemon. it s stunning. we were talking during the
well said, minimum wage japanese cat monster, who was created as the result of a genetic experiment and therefore has psychic powers that far exceed those of its fellow pokemon. well said. of course, considering what led cain to drop out of the race this is the pokemon 2000 line he really should have quoted. i could use pants. the tributes to herman cain just keep rolling in. i don t give anything away. you may see one on this show at the end of this week. what? there is a chance. in the week in review? perhaps. could be a special edition. i m already on the edge of my seat. could be the only thing to make the cut. you know what? i think we should have a reverend quoting pokemon, herman cain quoting. we could do something the greatest promo in the
sung by donna sommer. herman cain saying the greatest nine words ever spoken by an american politician. i believe these words came from the pokemon movie. [ cheering ] herman cain s farewell address, words of wisdom to his followers and supporters. the final moments of his campaign are from the closing credits of the pokemon movie. the thing they play to get you the [ bleep ] out of the theater. first of all it s not even the most inspirational quote from the pokemon movie. i see now that the circumstances of one s birth are irrelevant. it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are. well said.