Politics and....... Pokemon?

So I know talk about Herman Cain is getting a little old, but this was too good to pass up. For those of you who watch the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC you will have seen what I am about to say. Last Friday, Rachel Maddow did a segment on something that Herman Cain said in a motivational speech back in August. In it, he says how hard life is but you need to keep going. It sounds good, except he said it was taken from a poet and it turned out to be from the movie Pokemon 2000.

Really? Is that what politics has become now? Can people actually get away with not coming up with their own speech for their own election? Herman Cain seems to be making a mockery of the Republican nominees. He is a pizza guy, who came in and basically gained on popularity alone. His 9-9-9 economic plan is something he can't defend without bringing up apples and oranges, and now he has women accusing him of sexual harassment. Now I don't mean to pick only on Herman Cain, so I will get to what I am really trying to say. How can this happen. People are seeming to vote based on who can put on the best show instead of people who can actually do right by the country. Mitt Romney, for example, can't seem to make up his mind on what he wants to support. The only thing concrete about him is that he is business-savy and made a health care plan in Massachusetts that he no longer supports (oops). I know that presentation has always been part of campaigning, but doesn't it seem to have gone a bit too far into the comedic territory? Thoughts?

By the way, here is the link to the Rachel Maddow piece covering Cain's inspirational speech. It foes on from just how he quoted pokemon so enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UySTT-rxwSs