Herman Cain Praises Stephen Colbert In Tea Party State Of The Union Response (VIDEO)

In delivering the Tea Party response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, Herman Cain showered praise upon comedian Stephen Colbert.

"I think Stephen Colbert's endorsement of me is a marvelous thing," explained the former Republican presidential contender. "And here's why: One of the things that I and my organization has as an objective is to keep the youth vote inspired, keep the college vote inspired."

Cain continued, "They're not gonna watch the shows that some of us more mature people watch to find out what's going on in the race. We have to go where they are. They're watching the Stephen Colberts. They're watching the Jon Stewarts."

Ahead of South Carolina's primary election, Colbert launched a satirical bid for the White House. Because his name could not appear on the state's ballot; however, the Comedy Central star encouraged voters to vote for Cain instead.

"I accepted his endorsement, but like I told the people at the College of Charleston, I'm not on the ballot, so don't waste it," Cain said on Tuesday night. "I thought it was very clever of Stephen Colbert to come up with the idea that he couldn't get on the ballot, I couldn't get off. So he said, I will endorse my man Herman Cain."

The pair held a rally together in the Palmetto State ahead of the primary contest. Colbert ended his quest for the presidency earlier this week.

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[authorized-user]

06:08 PM on 01/27/2012

Remember, his campaign is only "suspended."

As the Newt / Mitt demo death derby rages on, Cain may swoop in and grab the GOP nomination after all.

9 9 9 , Last man standing wins!

[PC812]

04:08 AM on 01/26/2012

Doesn't Cain realize that by calling the youth immature, he's only inspiring the youth to vote AGAINST the Tea Party?

Promotion fail.

[Set to Jet]

12:56 PM on 01/25/2012

This sums up the baggers quite nicely: idiotically praising something in the past that didn't really go down the way they sorta think it did in their guts.

[valmont2]

12:52 PM on 01/25/2012

Didn't watch it last night, did anyone?
No interest in watching today.

Don't go away mad Cain, JUST GO AWAY.

[Joie Travis Durham]

11:04 AM on 01/25/2012

He doesn't get that he is the joke?

[MightyAfrodite]

09:34 AM on 01/25/2012

He's so sad and confused. Wow.

[trweste144]

09:14 AM on 01/25/2012

Stephen Colbert the character endorsed Herman Cain so Stephen Colbert the man could continue to raise the stakes for his character and keep the joke going. Cain's confusion about this feeds into the general perception that the guy can't seperate reality from fantasy. That he met the guy in character probably only confused him more. If elected, Cain probably would have appointed a horse to the senate and a Pokemon to the cabinet. I choose you, Secretary Piccachu.

[Shauni Waterdragon]

08:56 AM on 01/25/2012

Er, so Herbie still doesn't get who Stephen Colbert is. Does Herbie really think the Teapers will reap the youth vote if Colbert gives them a voice? Yup. Fortunately some of us aren't stupid. I guess.

[Judith Ford]

08:55 AM on 01/25/2012

Cain is to stupid to know when he is being made fun of.What a wonderful president he would have made........NOT

[RAmen69]

09:59 AM on 01/25/2012

too stupid. not to stupid. when you insult intelligence, use correct the correct words.

[Judith Ford]

11:37 AM on 01/25/2012

So sorry I left out a o...Cain is too stupid Is that better.Maybe you should start a sentence with a capitol letter.

[Judith Ford]

11:42 AM on 01/25/2012

So sorry, I left out an o....Maybe you should start a sentence with a capital letter.

[juliebird]

08:06 AM on 01/25/2012

OMG. He thinks Colbert isn't being ironic. Bwa ha ha!

[Candide33]

07:41 AM on 01/25/2012

He did understand that Colbert was making fun of him... didn't he?

[huevos07]

07:27 AM on 01/25/2012

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha, he honestly doesn't get it. I love it.

[Patrick Shaw]

07:11 AM on 01/25/2012

That's right Herman...we are all just laughing 'with' you.

[HipsterCorgi]

06:22 AM on 01/25/2012

Cain understands that young voters are interested in the Colbert Report and the Daily Show and he wants them to be inspired. He also has a sense of humor. I don't like the man, but he gets points for these two things.

[NerdyStudent]

08:50 AM on 01/25/2012

No he doesn't "get it," at all.

[Judith Ford]

08:58 AM on 01/25/2012

SO he set himself up to be a joke.Cain understands nothing.

[mamacat]

05:59 AM on 01/25/2012

It is nice to see that Mr. Cain has not entirely lost his sense of humor. As long as we can still laugh together, there may be hope that we can work together.