Maddow on Cain: 'It's performance art ...America is being punk'd'

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow shared an "aha" moment on her broadcast Friday evening: Herman Cain is "performance art."

Ticking off a list of Cain's numerous gaffes, unintentionally (or not!) bizarre statements and pop culture-derived policy ideas, Maddow said she's convinced Cain isn't seriously running for President.

"It is one thing to be a gaffe-prone, inexperienced candidate. But the gaffes are too perfect," Maddow said.

"Black walnut, noted for it's 'staying power,' doesn't exist anymore. The book chapter on the magic number. The 9-9-9 thing from the video game. The great poet Pokemon. Pokemon? Really? A Pokemon movie? Really?" she said. "A string of supposed gaffes like that is not found in nature. But at this point in the campaign no one has figured out that this is not politics. This is art."

"Is this guy pulling our leg? The answer is 'yes,' this guy is pulling our leg."

Watch the whole segment below, originally uploaded by MSNBC on November 5, 2011.

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