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Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain plans to tape a segment with comedian Stephen Colbert on Friday in South Carolina, according to a spokeswoman on Wednesday.

Colbert declared on his Comedy Central show last week that he is exploring a “possible candidacy for the President of the United States of South Carolina.”

A campaign ad for Colbert released Tuesday urged Colbert supporters to vote for Cain in South Carolina, because Cain remains on the ballot but Colbert canno! t appear.

"On Stephen Colbert’s endorsement of himself as Herman Cain, I find it very clever and humorous, as it should be," Cain told Fox News entertainment blog Fox411. "Anyone who finds what Mr. Colbert is doing offensive, should simply lighten up. To be perfectly clear, I will not be assuming Stephen Colbert's identity. We are very different when it comes to the color of our … hair."

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