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The unbearable Kardashian-ness of Herman Cain

Michael Scherer writes at Time:

Celebrity is not the only area of American life that the media has turned into  an ontological head scratcher. It’s happening in politics too.

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This has been Cain’s approach to leadership ever since he left his job at  Godfather’s Pizza 16 years ago. He immediately founded a company called T.H.E.  Inc, or The Hermanator Experience, and after several years running the National  Restaurant Association, he basically became a full-time self-promotor. Instead  of leading actual companies, he sold pamphlets on leadership, and books on  leadership, and he gave speeches on leadership. He sold the idea of leadership.