This Week with Christiane Amanpour - October 2, 2011

October 2, 2011
Guests:
Herman Cain - Fmr CEO Godfather’s Pizza
Jonathan Karl
George Will
Jake Tapper
Nicolle Wallace - GOP Strategist
Mark Penn - Democratic strategist
Matt Katz Philadelphia Enquirer
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Amanpour: wow 700 people were arrested
protesting Wall Street and Obama loves
gay soldiers

Audience: oooh

Karl: the most electrifying event of the 2012
campaign is the effort to drag Chris Christie
into the race

Audience: that is exciting

Perry: if you are against illegal immigrants
you are heartless

Christie: screw the illegal kids

Perry: Chris is right - what as I thinking

Romney: you bet I flip-flop just like
Winston Churchill - first he was against
Hitler and then he was against communism

Palin: the Presidency would shackle me

Amanpour: Herman how did you get people
inside your head

Cain: People are looking for an uninformed
funny wacko

Amanpour: why didn’t you react when people
booed the gay soldier

Cain: no no they were saying “oooooh”
to his huge biceps

Amanpour: I see

Cain: at the moment I was not focused
on soldiers I was thinking about the weird
shit Rick Perry was saying

Amanpour: Obama said we shouldn’t
boo soldiers

Cain: maybe but Obama put a bulls-eye
on our soldiers backs so they could get
shot by Dick Cheney

Amanpour: Do you think Rick Perry is a racist?

Cain: He’s insensitive and also a dumbass

Amanpour: Do you think African Americans
are easily brainwashed?

Cain: oh absolutely

Amanpour: maybe they just don’t
like Republicans

Cain: it would greatly benefit blacks to cut
taxes for the rich and raise sales taxes
on everyone

Amanpour: really?

Cain: it’s math!

Amanpour: Chris Christie worrying about
the threat of Sharia law is crap and crazy

Cain: well then call me crazy

Amanpour: you’re crazy

Cain: Maybe but I alone will stand
against Sharia law

Amanpour: Should Chris Christie run
for President?

Cain: let me quote Bob Barker

Amanpour: Ok

Cain: Spay and Neuter your candidates!

Amanpour: thanks for coming Herman

[ break ]

Amanpour: why is Herman Cain so
darn popular?

Will: the Tea Party has gone from
Bachmann to Perry to Cain

Amanpour: I see

Will: also people just don’t like Mitt Romney

Wallace: Cain is on fire which is scary
to the GOP powers

Amanpour: what about Perry’s racist rock?

Tapper: this could be a problem in the suburbs
who already think Perry is a loon

Penn: Cain attacked Perry! It’s over!

Amanpour: Is Chris Christie going to run?

Will: the media just love assholes

Wallace: GOP primary voters are like
dysfunctional daters - you pine for the ones
you can’t have

Tapper: Christie is a bad prom date because
he’s soft on guns and Muslim law

Will: He’s not running you idiots!

Amanpour: is he running?

Katz: No!

Amanpour: let’s just say he’s running

Penn: yes let’s!

Will: the vote is in 100 days

Amanpour: Is he Christie too fat to run
for President?

Katz: no the American people can relate to
someone overweight

Tapper: He’s unhealthy! Look at him!

Amanpour: Mitt Romney looks like a President

Wallace: yes but we need someone who can
articulate eliminating Social Security and
Romney is not that man

Will: Romney is very competent and the GOP
doesn’t want someone like that

Amanpour: Thanks for coming everyone
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