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Presidential candidate Herman Cain is the latest politico to join the campaign brain-fart club thanks to comments made to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel's editorial board -- which include "[I] got all this stuff twirling around in my head" -- when asked whether he agrees with how President Barack Obama handled the uprising in Libya.
Cain's isn't the first flatulent mind to get some unwanted attention -- Texas Governor Rick Perry suffered a similar case of brain flatulence during a GOP debate, and we'll never forget Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's epic moment(s) of silence during a gubernatorial debate last year.
See video of each politico's brain fart below.
Cain's thoughts (or lack thereof) on Libya:
Perry knows he wants to get rid of three government agencies -- he just can't seem to remember which ones:
Jan bein' Jan:
Each brain poot is tough to watch -- yet impossible to ignore. That said, we want to know what you think: which politician's brain fart is the worst?
Cast your vote below.
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