Not buying what Herman Cain is selling

Time's Joe Klein has had enough of Herman Cain, a candidate he rightly regards as "phenomenally unprepared" and unworthy. Underlining this point, he writes: "I know what I’m about to say is impolite, but Herman Cain strikes me as something of a jerk and an ignoramus. He has made absolutely outrageous statements about Muslims, immigrants and homosexuals; he takes the most extreme position imaginable on abortion. Indeed, I have never, ever seen him acknowledge the idea that complexity exists in the world…or that an ability to weed through complex issues might be a qualification for the presidency." Going for the jugular, Klein asks: isn't it time for us to "acknowledge that this guy is a snake oil salesman? That he’s an embarrassment to the Republican Party? That his momentary strength is a four-alarm cry of Republican desperation?" Do tell. Finally, a mainstream pundit willing to plainly state what we're all thinking. Instead of focusing on the two viable (or semi-viable) candidates -- Romney and Perry -- the media is drowning us in a river of ink about Cain, the man who will never be the Republican nominee for president. Sorta speaks volumes, doesn't it?