9586: Remembering Herman Cain.

“…So it boiled down to family first,” explained former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain on his decision to suspend his campaign. Right. If the man had put family first, he might still be a contender versus just inspiring a Top Ten List.

Top Ten Things Herman Cain Will Do Now

10. Spend more time with the estranged family.

9. Dancing With The Stars 2012.


8. Call Rick Perry to say, “Yo, I suspended my campaign—and almost matched your “Oops” moment with my Libya blubbering—but I’m still trouncing your ass!”

7. Resume the search for Nicole’s real killer.


6. Take on the Tea Party by starting the Pizza Party.

5. Relaunch his campaign to become President—of the National Restaurant Association.


4. Call Michele Bachmann to say, “I could help you in the polls, if you know what I’m saying.”


3. Present his global Booty Call Map.


2. Turn Women for Herman Cain into a dating site.

1. Hang out with his mentors, Bill Clinton and Tiger Woods.

9572: Questlove Receives Hate Messages.

From The New York Daily News…

Questlove: I received hate messages, racial epithets after Michele Bachmann music diss on ‘Late Night’

Bandleader said he never thought song would cause so much reaction

By Kathryn Kattalia, New York Daily News

Questlove isn’t laughing anymore.

The bandleader who chose to play Fishbone’s “Lyin’ Ass Bitch” as Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachman took the stage on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” last week says the joke wasn’t worth all the backlash.

The musician says he’s received a slew of hate messages and racial epithets from Bachmann supporters and Tea Party members since leading house band The Roots to play the snarky song that introduced the Minnesota Congresswoman onto the show.

“I’ve seen some really colorful epithets in the past four days,” he told Pitchfork.

“Blocking 3,500 tea party extremists in a three day period is no fun, especially when you’re a drummer dangerously close to carpal tunnel,” he went on. “In the end, was it worth it? Absolutely not.”

Questlove said he never thought the song would cause so much reaction.

“It wasn’t like a chess move where you have to think 12 steps ahead,” he said. “You’re just, like, ‘Fuck, all right, I’m gonna do it,’ in a kamikaze-type way. And I really didn’t think about how it could be perceived as a misogynist swipe — it didn’t hit me until my [Twitter\] timeline started showing up that it was seen that way.”

He added that the walk-on song wasn’t meant to come off as sexist.

“It deeply offended a lot of women’s groups and non-Bachmann supporters, and for that I’m deeply sorry,” he told Pitchfork. “I’m not parading like I’m the poster boy for the feminist movement, but those who truly know me know that that’s not me. I was really just going with her whole revisionist history angle, I wasn’t calling her out on being a woman.”

During the show, the musician had hinted at the joke to his followers.

“Aight late night walk on song devotees: you love it when we snark: this next one takes the cake. ask around cause i aint tweeting title,” he posted.

Last week, NBC senior vice president Dough Vaughn wrote a letter of apology to the presidential hopeful, calling the show’s choice to play the song “unfortunate” and “unacceptable.”

Fallon also took to Twitter to apologize for the walk-on debacle.

“I’m so sorry about the intro mess. I really hope she comes back,” he wrote.

9548: Bachmann A Cryin’ Ass Bleep.

The New York Daily News reported Michele Bachmann is still whining over the “Lyin’ Ass Bitch” event. The politician is upset that the official NBC apology came from a vice president versus the network’s president. Um, come back when you’re even a legitimate vice-presidential candidate. Bachmann also compared her situation to the Don Imus fiasco. Right. Shouldn’t the conservative nutcase be defending the band’s freedom of speech? If Bachmann can’t handle late-night talk show heat, she needs to get out of the kitchen. The woman is clearly more suited for Dancing With The Stars.

Michele Bachmann, 2012 GOPer, disappointed in NBC’s apology after Jimmy Fallon song mishap

But the Minnesota Congressman wasn’t pleased the apology—which she asked for—didn’t come from the president of NBC

By Aliyah Shahid, New York Daily News

Sometimes saying sorry doesn’t cut it.

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann expressed disappointment in how NBC delivered its apology after the network played a profane song during her recent appearance on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.”

Doug Vaughn, NBC’s senior vice president for special programs, wrote Bachmann a personal letter on Wednesday. He called the show’s choice to play a snippet of Fishbone’s “Lyin’ Ass Bitch” as she walked on the show both “unfortunate” and “unacceptable.”

But the Minnesota Congressman wasn’t pleased the apology—which she asked for—didn’t come from the top.

“Of course I accept the apology but my guess is that it would have been the president of the NBC that would have been apologizing not a senior vice president,” had a liberal, like Michelle Obama been the guest, she told KLIF radio in Dallas on Friday.

In the letter, Vaughn offered his apologies and said the band had been “severely reprimanded.”

Fallon also apologized via his Twitter account.

When asked if the bandleader should be fired, Bachmann said she didn’t want to see another American lose their job, but called the band “disingenuous.”

“The comment from the band is that it was a spontaneous act,” the Tea Party darling said.

“Clearly it wasn’t. It was premeditated. [The bandleader] had tweeted twice before the show what his intentions were. And his Twitter account is 1.7 million people. So, it’s just, again, it comes down to the fact that if a Don Imus or someone does something that’s questionable, they are thrown off the air. But when something is done to a conservative, it’s just passed off and forgotten.”

Bachmann continued, “I’m a serious candidate for the presidency of the United States, but I’m a conservative Republican woman. That’s the double standard.”

9538: Bachmann’s A Crazy Ass Bleep.

Don’t understand the fuss surrounding the “Michele Bachmann Lyin’ Ass Bitch” scenario. The politician visited a late-night talk show to direct scripted insults at fellow GOP presidential wannabes and President Obama. Can’t take a joke, Congresswoman? Besides, a conservative fringe lunatic shouldn’t appear on a liberal show like Jimmy Fallon’s and expect a friendly audience. Bachmann later whined, “This is clearly a form of bias on the part of the Hollywood entertainment elite.” Hey, if you don’t like it, stick with the Hollywood entertainment elite posing as journalistic figures at FOX News. Bias broadcasts both ways, Ms. Bachmann. BTW, it’s even more disturbing to see Fallon blatantly endorsing advertisers that keep citizens and the country deep in debt.

9534: Bachmann’s Not With The Band.

From national news sources…

NBC apologizes to Michele Bachmann for Fallon song

Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. — GOP Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann received an apology from an NBC executive after an off-color song was played during her appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s “Late Night,” her spokeswoman said late Wednesday.

The Minnesota congresswoman received a personal letter from NBC’s vice president for late night programming, Doug Vaughan, a day after she appeared on the show. As Bachmann walked onstage, the show’s band had played a snippet of a 1985 Fishbone song entitled “Lyin’ Ass Bitch.”

Vaughan wrote that the incident was “not only unfortunate but also unacceptable,” Bachmann spokeswoman Alice Stewart told The Associated Press. She said Vaughn offered his sincerest apologies and said the band had been “severely reprimanded.”

Fallon also apologized to Bachmann when they spoke earlier Wednesday, she said. He’d tweeted earlier, saying he was “so sorry about the intro mess.”

“He was extremely nice and friendly and offered his apology, and she accepted it,” Stewart said, adding that the comedian said he was unaware the band planned to play the song. “It’s just unfortunate that someone had to do something so disrespectful.”

Bachmann lashed out earlier Wednesday at NBC for not apologizing or taking immediate disciplinary action. In her first comments on the flap, Bachmann said on the Fox News Channel that the Fallon show band displayed sexism and bias by playing the song.

“This is clearly a form of bias on the part of the Hollywood entertainment elite,” Bachmann said. She added, “This wouldn’t be tolerated if this was Michelle Obama. It shouldn’t be tolerated if it’s a conservative woman either.”

She went further on a national radio conservative radio show hosted by Michael Medved, calling the incident “inappropriate, outrageous and disrespectful.”

On Fox, Bachmann expressed surprise that she’s heard nothing from the TV network. She suggested that discipline for the show’s band, The Roots, was in order. She said she believed Fallon’s comments to be sincere.

One of Bachmann’s congressional colleagues, New York Democrat Nita Lowey, had called on NBC to apologize for its “insulting and inappropriate” treatment of its guest.

An NBC spokeswoman didn’t return a phone message from The Associated Press.

The Roots’ bandleader, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, has said the song was a “tongue-in-cheek and spur-of-the-moment decision.”

Bachmann, who is lagging in presidential polls, has spent the week promoting her new autobiography in national television interviews.