Herman Cain's sick rabbit-shooting 'Sick of Stimulus' video
- 12 years ago
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Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has drawn criticism for a series of political videos depicting the fake deaths of animals.
The most recent Herman Cain video, released Sunday through the Cain Connections YouTube channel, shows a little girl loading a bunny rabbit onto a catapult. Meant to represent "small business under the current tax code," the rabbit is then launched into the air and shot to bits by a shotgun-wielding man.
Animal lovers lit social media ablaze Monday morning with scorn over the 37-second clip. It was unavailable on YouTube for a brief time later in the day after users had flagged it as inappropriate. It has since been reinstated by YouTube staff.
The videos are part of Sick of Stimulus, a campaign paid for by Cain Solutions that aims to challenge President Obama's economic stimulus plan. A previous Sick of Stimulus video meant to illustrate the effects of the stimulus on the economy depicted an out-of-water goldfish flapping around on the ground, and drew the ire of PETA.
Are these videos part of a bizarre attempt to get Herman Cain back into the spotlight? If so, what for?
Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has drawn criticism for a series of political videos depicting the fake deaths of animals.
The most recent Herman Cain video, released Sunday through the Cain Connections YouTube channel, shows a little girl loading a bunny rabbit onto a catapult. Meant to represent "small business under the current tax code," the rabbit is then launched into the air and shot to bits by a shotgun-wielding man.
Animal lovers lit social media ablaze Monday morning with scorn over the 37-second clip. It was unavailable on YouTube for a brief time later in the day after users had flagged it as inappropriate. It has since been reinstated by YouTube staff.
The videos are part of Sick of Stimulus, a campaign paid for by Cain Solutions that aims to challenge President Obama's economic stimulus plan. A previous Sick of Stimulus video meant to illustrate the effects of the stimulus on the economy depicted an out-of-water goldfish flapping around on the ground, and drew the ire of PETA.
Are these videos part of a bizarre attempt to get Herman Cain back into the spotlight? If so, what for?