<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Is Herman Cain&#8217;s Pizza Any Good?&nbsp;Ctd]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>A reader writes:</p> <blockquote> <p>Besides <img alt="Homegf" border="0" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451c45669e2015392781cd0970b" src="http://andrewsullivan.readymadeweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/6a00d83451c45669e2015392781cd0970b-800wi.gif" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Homegf" />Americans. Besides the obvious name, look at the <a href="http://godfathers.com/" target="_self">website</a>. It&#39;s a bunch of goony guys in pinstripe suits, and the &quot;order online&quot; link features a computer button that says &quot;Do It!&quot;, which I&#39;m sure is meant to evoke an intimidating grunt from a mafia thug. &#0160;I&#39;m not Italian, and I don&#39;t normally get all bent out of shape every time a stereotype appears in the media. &#0160;I&#39;m as big a South Park fan as you are. &#0160;But this marketing gimmick is especially, er, cheesy, and it looks like a relic of how Americans (especially those outside cities with large immigrant populations) viewed Italians 40 years ago, when &quot;The Godfather&quot; first came out, as opposed to the way most people view them today: as American as anybody else (&quot;Jersey Shore&quot; notwithstanding).</p> </blockquote> <p>Another notes:</p> <blockquote> <p>As Politico’s site acknowledges, the closest Godfather&#39;s location is  two hours away, so the&#0160;pizza&#0160;they tried certainly couldn’t have been  fresh. Hard to see how the comparison in that taste test was fair.</p> </blockquote> <p>Another also defends the pizza chain:</p>]]></html><thumbnail_url><![CDATA[https://sullydish.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/6a00d83451c45669e2015392781cd0970b-800wi.gif?fit=440%2C330]]></thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width><![CDATA[180]]></thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height><![CDATA[205]]></thumbnail_height></oembed>