Herman Cain Delivers Official Tea Party Response to SOTU: 'A Hodgepodge of Little Ideas

Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain may have gotten in on an electoral joke with comedian Stephen Colbert, but he's still more than serious about making his voice heard to the American electorate.

Last night, Cain delivered the Tea Party response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. He called on the president to come up with some "common-sense solutions," characterized his speech as "a hodgepodge of little ideas" and encouraged the nation's top leader to fix the ailing economy.

"With all due respect to the president, some of us are not stupid," Cain said in his official Tea Party Express address. "The state of the union is not good. We want common-sense solutions. That’s how we do it outside of Washington, and we happen to believe we need more common-sense solutions inside of Washington."

"We did not hear the real facts about our state of the union," Cain continued. "Facts don’t lie."

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In the speech, the former businessman — who for a time led the Republican pack before quitting the race after allegations of sexual harassment and infidelity — emphasized the need for a balanced budget, a strong military and a fairer and simpler tax code. He also stressed energy independence. “Made in America is possible,” he said.

Cain also hit Obama for failing to address the national debt, which he dubbed a “national disgrace,” and called America’s economic growth in the last three years “anemic.” Obama’s health-care law must be repealed “because it was forced down our throats to begin with,” Cain said.

Watch Cain's speech, below:

Also, see Cain take questions following his State of the Union response:

Cain's speech marks the second time that the Tea Party Express has offered an official rebuttal to the president. Last year, Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann offered up the first response. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels delivered the official Republican response to the address this year.