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Space Man! (Image: x-ray-delta-one, flickr)
In recognition of today’s events, here’s an ode to Herman Cain, adapted from David Bowie’s classic song “Space Oddity“:
Ground Control to Major Herm
Ground Control to Major Herm
Take your little blue pill and put your “helmet” on
Ground Control to Major Herm
Commencing meltdown, engines on
Check indignation and may God’s shove be to you
Nine-Nine-Nine; Nine-Nine-Nine, Liftoff
This is Ground Control to Major Herm
You’ve really made the grade
And the papers want to know which flirt you share
Now it’s time to leave the capsule if you dare
“This is Major Herm to Ground Control
I’m dropping through the floor
And I’m tanking in a most peculiar way
And the polls look very different today
For here
Am I sitting in a scandal
Far above the world
Planned it, till it blew
And there’s nothing I can do
Though I’ve made passes at one thousand gals
I’m feeling randy still
And I think my ‘spaceship’ knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much” (she-woes)
Ground Control to Major Herm
Your campaign’s dead, there’s something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Herm?
Can you hear me, Major Herm?
Can you hear me, Major Herm?
Can you….
“For here am I passing ‘round my tin can
Far above the world
Planned it, till it blew
And there’s nothing I can do”
45 Comments
hahahahahaha
tweeted and recommended pun
thanks, Suz! almost feel sorry for the guy… actually, not.
a very fitting tune for cain’s exit
Brilliant! Nice work, pun ;-)
Rcc’d n good to see yer fonts once a pun a time again!
I’m pretty sure Ziggy SD would approve, too, also.
it’s all just good clean fun until somebody gets hurt!
Well done and recommended.
Brace yourself Captain Queeg for the Cain Mutiny.
Very clever, punaise! I especially like the “may God’s shove be to you”.
Thanks!
Awesome job, pun…! ;-)
I almost do also as I wonder how anyone can be so outta touch. I marvel at some women as well….
hahaha, so apt! *snickers again* now “Ground Control to Major Herm
Your campaign’s dead, there’s something wrong” is gonna be earworming me the rest of the weekend.
M Punaise, so nice! Was thinking just today I never see you, and here you are. Catchy lyrics.
A most excellent creation :)
front page late night post! well done pun and well deserved!!!
But don’t worry, Herman will still take your donations! Whatta guy, like a black male Sarah Palin!
Punaise, front page Late Night!
Will wonders never cease?
Also: eligible for federal matching funds, too, as long as he’s only ‘suspended’ his campaign.
GOP: Rugged Randian individualists, every one.
Well done, pun — I’m sure this guy won’t give us a moment to miss him.
The holiday season is upon us, so although the Simpsons already came up with this one, I nominate the following name for the Cain Maneuver:
“Grift of the Magi.”
I’ll never use the phrase “raising Cain” again. :-(
“And I’m tanking in a most spectacular way”
Fixed.
I kept hoping his staff would quit en masse so I could throw out “The Cain Mutiny.”
I’m sure Herm will want to keep his staff. /s
**rimshot**
“his staff would quit” is infinitely funnier, IMO. ;-)
That’s “hoping his staff would quit” that was funnier; “staff would quit,” not so much.
Not sure he can really say that he’s going to be spending more time with his family. Also, too, he’s betraying the staunch Republican tradition of soldiering on regardless of all the talk about foot tapping, diapers and the Appalachian Trail.
That’s “his staff would quit,” not so much. Ah, fuck me, I’m going to bed.
Y’all feel free to do what you will with Herman’s “staff” lol.
Cain lost out to Gingrich for Adulterer in Chief.
Remember tho, PPD… IOKIYAR…! ;-)
With stiff resolve.
“. . . foot tapping, diapers and the Appalachian Trail.”
That’s a wrap boys. Got it all in one take.
Well done.
Am just catching up to the graphic, Dell Comics.
Coulda been any covers for Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, or Tom Swift, Jr . . . or Heinlein, Asimov, Norton, Smith, n a hundred others of the 40′s n 50′s I used to have in hard back books.
LeSigh.
The Stars Are Ours, still.
Well, of course, CT
Wow, front page… What an honor! (TSF : there goes the neighborhood).
Thanks, Herman, couldn’t have done it without you.
*Bows Deeply To The Master*
backatcha, Petro! :~)
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My, my, lately that line “Ground control to Major Tom” had come as close to an earworm as I’ve had in ages. Must be something in the air.
Also, on so many fronts I can’t shake loose from this excursion in musical orienteering from Florence Foster Jenkins: Adele’s Laughing Song, from Strauss’s Die Fledermaus.
Remember ‘Have Space Suit, Will Travel’ by Heinlein?
First a reply to his comment: He made his piece with his G-D, but did G-D make his peace with Herman. I don’t believe you can break the commandment (THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY) and just be forgiven.
Second: I will speculate that within 2 years he will be divorced from his family. I think his wife will want to know how many of the Herman episodes occurred and take most of his cash. And, his speaking tours will not collect $50,000 nor will he be a FOX contributor or someone the Koch Brothers will continue to support.
love ya brother, so very, very good to see you !
:~)