One-time Republican contender Herman Cain’s affection for the inspirational theme songs of children’s fantasy films apparently runs deeper than anybody would’ve suspected. You’ll recall that he admitted later last year that words he quoted in debates and speeches, and alternately ascribed to “a poet” or to “the closing ceremonies of the winter Olympics,” were actually the lyrics of “The Power of One,” Donna Summers’ theme song to POKEMON 2000. Well, when he and Stephen Colbert teamed up in Charleston last week for “Rock Me Like A Hurri-Cain” (an event to essentially ridicule the South Carolina primaries by drawing votes away from active campaigners,) the man further embraced his deep affection for Pocket Monsters.
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The song is actually by Diana Ross and from THE WIZ, of all movies, but I’m sitll amused by how asserts that he “knows him some POKEMON words.” Some suspected that Cain wasn’t as serious about his campaign, and this run was more of a publicity stunt, and the fact that he partnered with Colbert for an actual event would seem to confirm that. Still, if you can’t see how bizarre it is for a man who was, at one point, regarded as the top runner for the GOP nomination to be repeatedly quoting POKEMON, then you are way too close to your own fandom.
