'America has got to learn how to take a joke'

[MisterCreosote]

A throwaway line from Herman Cain in last night's debate. But really, lighten the **** up sometimes, America.

 

[Bob Cook]

A throwaway line from Herman Cain in last night's debate. But really, lighten the **** up sometimes, America.

Was Cain talking about his campaign?

 

[txsportsscribe]

so i wasn't the only one watching the debate?

 

[LongTimeListener]

Seriously, I mean, it's almost gotten to the point where you can't joke about the president's teenage daughter being ugly or sending around a racially charged picture comparing the president's wife to a gorilla. Was way better in the old days.

 

[Ace]

The "It's Just a Joke" defense is my favorite.

 

[vicd]

An ugly fat woman, a gorgeous young hot blonde, an American man and a Canadian man are all riding together in a train car.
As the train passes through a tunnel, the distinctive sound of a loud slap is heard.
When they emerge from the tunnel, a bright red handprint is on the face of the American.
The fat woman thinks "that dirty American grabbed that blonde in the tunnel and she slapped him!"
The blonde thinks "that dirty American must have tried to grab me, but grabbed the fatso by mistake and she slapped him!"
The American thinks "that Canadian ******* felt up that blonde and she slapped me by mistake!"
The Canadian thinks "I can’t wait ’til we go through another tunnel so I can slap that stupid American again!"

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

It's a joke that he thinks he can be president.

 

[YGBFKM]

He's right.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

As the USA has developed, it's generated the most spectacular entertainment machinery in the history of the universe.

Suspect that's not going to be enough to drive the engine, indefinitely.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

He's right.

Absolutely.

 

[CarltonBanks]

It's a joke that he thinks he can be president.

Well, the bar has been drastically lowered.

 

[Azrael]

Anybody have the context?

Otherwise I'd ask what exactly he means.

 

[printdust]

It's a joke that he thinks he can be president.

You're racist.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

It's a joke that he thinks he can be president.

Why do you hate African-Americans?

 

[Stitch]

It's a joke that he thinks he can be president.

I think the same about Pawlenty and Gingrich.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

It's a joke that he thinks he can be president.

Why do you hate African-Americans?

They can't swim.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

It's a joke that he thinks he can be president.

Why do you hate African-Americans?

They can't swim.

Well, I can't argue with that logic.

 

[YGBFKM]

Obviously a joke. That fence needs to be at least 30 feet.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Obviously a joke. That fence needs to be at least 30 feet.

I'd go as high as 50.

 

[Azrael]

Anybody have the context?

Otherwise I'd ask what exactly he means.

He was asked if he was serious about erecting a 20-foot barbed wire electrified fence at the border to keep illegal immigrants out.

Seriously?

Then I'd ask why he thinks it's a joke - since Arizona is doing almost exactly that:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43796960/ns/us_news-security/t/arizona-launching-fundraising-website-border-fence/#.TkV2kr-BPm8