What if Herman Cain held a rally at the Capitol and no one showed up? Well, almost no one. Despite free registration, mass advertising and even free buses to transport people to the event, very few people bothered to show up for it on Monday. Dave Weigel has a report:
Signing up for Herman Cain’s “Revolution on the Hill” was easy. There were ads at the top of plenty of conservative news sites. The registration for three events — a Sunday reception, Monday morning seminar, and Monday afternoon rally — was free, and included a boxed lunch. Cainiacs had a full hour to get between the Virginia hotel where the seminar would be held and the Capitol lawn where they’d listen to speeches and music. Six free buses were available to move them.
Despite all that…Only 283 people signed up for the indoor seminars, and only 620 signed up for the rally. By my count, less than half of the first number honored their Eventbrite pledges; only a little more than one-third of the rally-goers actually showed up.
He says some vendors were upset because they were told to expect thousands of people. But this is my favorite part:
The Media Research Center has been handing out I DON’T BELIEVE THE LIBERAL MEDIA signs at conservative events across America. They had so many leftover signs that many wound up in the hands of a nearby tour group, perfect for bored young tourists to use as fans while they waited for their buses.
Hilarious. Herman Cain, your 15 minutes are officially over.
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Modusoperandi
April 19, 2012 at 1:15 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
And what does that total? 999!
Raging Bee
April 19, 2012 at 1:20 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
…the Number of the Beast upside down! ZOMG HERMAN CAIN IS THE HANDSTANDING ANTICHRIST I’M SO SCARED!!!
Raging Bee
April 19, 2012 at 1:21 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Okay, maybe not handstanding…maybe Cain tried to be the Antichrist, and fell on his head.
Reginald Selkirk
April 19, 2012 at 1:28 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Funny, I keep getting 903.
dingojack
April 19, 2012 at 1:29 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
An estimated 336*! Yay Herm, you managed to get just over 1 in a million Amreicans to turn up.
Stick a fork in it Herm, your 15 minutes expired months ago.
Dingo
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* (50% x 283 for the indoor seminar)+(33.33333% x 620 for the rally) = 335.66666 people).
baal
April 19, 2012 at 1:30 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I would have gone to hear him recite more Pokemon poems and songs like he did on the campaign.
Larry
April 19, 2012 at 1:32 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
This just in on Fox News: tens of thousands of cheering teabaggers swarm Cain rally (shows picture of OWC rally).
Area Man
April 19, 2012 at 1:37 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Herman who?
jamessweet
April 19, 2012 at 1:40 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
There’s no such thing as a free lunch… except at a desperate rally for a failing public figure, I guess.
michaelraymer
April 19, 2012 at 1:44 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
It’s easy to make a “good riddance” comment here but part of me is honestly going to miss him. Every time he opened his mouth, something so stupid would excrete from it that I would chuckle to myself for days. In fact I almost began to entertain the notion that his entire campaign was some Andy Kaufman style comedic experiment. But that’s wishful thinking I suppose, since that would be much less horrifying than the truth.
Raging Bee
April 19, 2012 at 1:52 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I guess having a white guy lighting a cigarette, staring menacingly, and blowing smoke in your face wasn’t much of a draw after all. Who knew?
scienceavenger
April 19, 2012 at 3:07 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
ANY QUESTIONS?!
otrame
April 19, 2012 at 5:05 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I just saw one of those bumper stickers here in San Antonio today. I believe my response was to mutter “Fucking idiot”. Or something like that.
zmidponk
April 20, 2012 at 9:01 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
michaelraymer #10:
Have a look at Conservapedia sometime. That normally gets the same reaction from just about anyone.
von mir aus
April 26, 2012 at 2:32 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
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