American Mustache Institute Rescinds Cain Endorsement

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Herman Cain’s famous mustache is becoming a liability to his campaign.

After it endorsed him on CNN back on Oct. 13, the American Mustache Institute has rescinded it’s support for Herman Cain. The reason for the AMI’s change of heart wasn’t the sex scandal surround ing Cain, but rather what the AMI called “both pizza and mustache fraud.”

From the AMI:

Concerns began when members of the AMI administration, during a campus scouting visit near Washington, D.C., visited a Godfather’s Pizza in the town of Cross Junction, Va.

“We ordered the ‘All Meat Combo’ that claims to be ‘piled so high with beef, pepperoni, sausage, ham and bacon bits that there’s no room for any veggies,’” said Dr. Abraham Jonas Froman, chief executive officer of AMI. “But it had limited meat on it at best. Do you understand what ‘piled so high with beef, pepperoni, sausage, ham and bacon bits that there’s no room for any veggies’ really means? Cain clearly does not.”

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