Kanye West running for president (again)

Politics & Elections
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It worked so well the last time right?

GOP funded plan to try to syphon off black votes? Probably not - Kanye (sorry, “Ye”) does not work well with others, as his mental illness will not let him.

The Republicans should come out and vote for him. I mean, they need to go deeper into the crazy, right? Who else could be worse than Trump? If the GOP wants to destroy the country (as I think is their plan), then here’s their chance. He could have Herschel Walker as his VP, after he loses the Georgia runoff.

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Seems evident that in the social media era, a celebrity running for President can earn a lot of money doing so.

If SDMB had a forum for “Jobs and Business Ideas”, I might recommend this thread be moved to there from here in P&E. :wink:

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Ranting right-wing looney runs for office? Nothing to see here, folks, just business as usual.

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Kanye showing sympathy for the J6 prisoners. I….think it’s a promotional video for his campaign? I tried to find it somewhere else than Twitter, but no luck.

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Apart from this being another appalling event in American politics, I note that Kanye asked Trump to be his Vice-President!

Kanye West Reveals He Asked Trump to Be His Running Mate In 2024 During Mar-A-Lago Visit (msn.com)

Can you imagine how well the egotistical narcissist Trump would take that suggestion? :flushed:

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The Kanye / Trump ticket gets elected, Kayne resigns the day after being sworn in, and Don’s your uncle!

A cunning plan if I ever heard one.

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Has CFSG come up with a searing nickname for him yet? How about “Peekabro”?

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Just the way he did.

He’s missing the obvious, though. His Veep has to be Herschel Walker.

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“This past week, Kanye West called me to have dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Shortly thereafter, he unexpectedly showed up with three of his friends, whom I knew nothing about,” Trump said Friday in a statement on his Truth Social platform."

SOURCE

And this is the guy who stole state secrets. And this is the place where he stores them.

What could possibly go wrong?

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I don’t think this has anything to do with West’s decision. I think he’s running for President for the same reason he does everything he does: To get attention. To the extent that he values money, it’s only as yet another way to get more attention.

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I was hoping Kim could be his VP.

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I thought she had a restraining order against him.

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Oh, right.

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It could still work… The VP could stay in Los Angeles or New York.

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In all seriousness, the man is mentally ill and everything he says an does flows from that. Why on earth does a mentally ill person saying they want to be President of the United States get any consideration whatsoever?

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Kanye West’s a billionaire. When you’re as rich as he is, you’re not mentally ill, you’re “eccentric”.

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If the news reports are correct, he was a billionaire. Now he’s still pretty rich, but no longer with a ‘B’.

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It’s Ye with an M,
not Kanye with a B,
'cuz Kanye with a B
goes bil not mil.

ETA, Yeah, I’m a bad person.