Herman Cain's bunny-busting tax code metaphor

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You know, when a man who is a rank amateur is run out of the US presidential race because he alienated women, men, the international community, and anyone of any race, creed nationality and gender who loves pizza, it's always great to see him make a comeback. Especially a comeback that screams, "in case you didn't realize before what a steaming pile of bad hats I am, this should do it!"

Herman Cain has made a little film about the tax code, using a metaphor that feels more like Passolini made a little film on the tax code.

It starts with a seemingly sweet young blond girl in a farm-like setting holding a bunny. She says, "This is small business." Yes, a creature that breeds at the speed of light is representing "small business".

Stay with me.

Then this bad seed gently puts the bunny in what appears to be a basket of grass. Which is when we see she is dead inside, dead as in Christian Bale in American Psycho dead, as she says, "This is small business under the current tax code …"

And BAM! The bunny is launched into mid air and a man who looks suspiciously like Stephen Colbert lifts a shotgun and, in one volley, nails the bunny in flight, creating a shower of, presumably, rabbit innards. He looks to camera, very proud of himself.

The girl's final, bone-chilling line before she goes about her business – strangling her twin or whatever else she has planned for the rest of the day – is, "Any questions?"

Yeah, I have one: where are your f***ing parents?"

But then came the big finish. We go to a scene that looks like an outtake from a different movie. Grey storm clouds swirl and we see a concerned man on a cliff overlooking a valley. He is standing like Heston as Moses. But this, my friends, is Herman On The Mount. A big, bold graphic appears: SOS: Sick of Stimulus.com.

So, this is Herman Cain's foray back into the national conversation.

I didn't learn anything about what's problematic in American tax code. But he scored a bull's eye in firming up what I think is problematic in his moral code.