Herman Cain says no animals harmed in his new ad
Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain did an interview with conservative radio host Neal Boortz recently where he explained that no animals were harmed in his latest ad for Cain Solutions site...
Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain did an interview with conservative radio host Neal Boortz recently where he explained that no animals were harmed in his latest ad for Cain Solutions site. “The “rabbitad, the latest in a series, features a small girl in scenes where animals are graphically killed as a metaphor about U.S. economic policy. Huffington Post reports:
On the “Neal Boortz Show” on Monday morning, Herman Cain clarified to the libertarian radio host that no animals were harmed in his latest ad, which featured a rabbit being shot out of the sky to represent “small business under the current tax code.”
“We shot a stuffed animal that looked like a bunny,” Cain told Boortz, who jokingly accused him of killing an actual rabbit.
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“But it was screaming!” countered Boortz, causing Cain to laugh as he defended himself. “It’s not real, those are sound effects,” he said.
Cain told Boortz that the shocking image was intended to draw attention to Cain’s critiques of the stimulus plan. “Nobody is talking about this failed stimulus plan and you would think that somebody would want to bring attention to it,” he said. “The mainstream media is not going to do it, so we are going to do it with our sickofstimulus.com website. We will continue to highlight this.” The email announcing the ad also pointedly mentioned Cain’s willingness to anger PETA, the animal-rights group.
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