DES MOINES, IA -- During a joint press conference of vegetables, a broccoli, turnip, rutabaga, an acorn squash, and Arnold Swarchenegger informed the press that they felt that someone "would have to be a pussie" to be afraid of eating vegetables.   The comments came in response to Herman Cain's statement that manly men would only eat pizzas with lots of meat and fungus on them, not "sissy" vegetables.

"I was taken by surprise," noted the turnip.  "We've been food for mankind for countless generations.  This Cain guy must be a pussie."

Herman Cain's comments came from an interview with GQ magazine where he was expressing his views on what it means to be a man.

"I've been eating veggies my entire life," noted Arnold Swarchenegger.  "I think that I'm about as manly as it gets.  I'd like to see Herman Cain do a few bench presses.  It takes a lot more than committing sexual harassment to make someone a man."