by Paul Bowers

If you follow national politics and use the internet, you've probably already seen Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain's YouTube campaign ad that consists almost entirely of Cain's chief of staff talking up his boss and then taking a drag from a cigarette. In case you haven't, or in case you want to revel in the head-scratching weirdness again, here it is:

SC Forward Progress, an outside group set up by Democrats in South Carolina, blasted out this video today under the subject line: “Herman Cain – Where do we donate?” It’s a good look back at some of the things Cain was saying before he was taken seriously as a presidential candidate: