# Rittenhouse writes a book and may enter politics **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 23, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585 "2023-11-23T14:54:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/1 "2023-11-23T14:54:32Z")
[Kyle Rittenhouse has a book](https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrNZLCcXV9lUmkn1tpXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1700777500/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.msnbc.com%2fopinion%2fmsnbc-opinion%2fkyle-rittenhouse-book-texas-republicans-rcna126024/RK=2/RS=Em7N6jGke1w836pcplwqgktX_mk-) - almost. It can be pre-ordered. According to the link, Rittenhouse has fund raising potential and is being considered as a candidate for office in Texas. What is Rittenhouse potential appeal to voters? Seems like a war hero thing, or maybe the common man. But Rittenhouse is just some confused kid who shot three people. Is that sufficient qualification to be considered for public office. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/2 "2023-11-23T15:18:01Z")
> [@Crane](#): > > kid who shot three people. Is that sufficient qualification to be considered for public office. in Texas? Most certainly. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/3 "2023-11-23T15:32:19Z")
And it’s totally irrelevant that he’s not a Texan, of course. Crossing state lines to do evil things is his established M. O. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/4 "2023-11-23T15:34:04Z")
He’s not confused. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/5 "2023-11-23T15:38:45Z")
Rittenhouse was observed by the Texas Tribune last month meeting with the head of an influential, ultraconservative PAC. Also seen walking into the building was white nationalist Nick Fuentes and our Republican Party Chairman. The furor over the news forced major Republican figures in Texas to denounce Fuentes, but Rittenhouse is clearly being groomed for a run. > **[Influential Texas activist Jonathan Stickland hosted white supremacist Nick...](https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/08/nick-fuentes-kyle-rittenhouse-jonathan-stickland/)** > > The Texas Tribune also observed Texas GOP chair Matt Rinaldi outside the building, but he denied meeting Fuentes and denounced him. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/6 "2023-11-23T15:42:33Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > He’s not confused. Yup, he intended to commit murder, he made a plan to commit murder, and his plan to commit murder worked out exactly the way he intended it to. He’s evil, not confused. And in a just world, he’d someday go on trial for it. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/7 "2023-11-23T15:45:00Z")
OK, I stand corrected on the confused part. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/8 "2023-11-23T18:03:34Z")
So name recognition and a willingness to be a figurehead is all it takes. Good lord - it would be hard to identify anyone who has less of “the right stuff” than this punk. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/9 "2023-11-23T18:08:43Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > but Rittenhouse is clearly being groomed for a run. I thought it was democrats who groomed youngsters… Once you get a taste of the grift, you don’t want to give it up. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/10 "2023-11-23T18:23:53Z")
C’mon! Compared to most politicians Kyle is a straight shooter. Kyle is always on target. Kyle is locked, loaded, and ready to govern. At least 50/50 that we’ll see at least one bumper sticker/campaign slogan like the above. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/11 "2023-11-23T18:31:34Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Once you get a taste of the grift, you don’t want to give it up. I think this is 99% of it. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/12 "2023-11-23T20:33:09Z")
I thought MTG and her ilk were competing for his services as an intern (?). ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/13 "2023-11-23T23:21:09Z")
You are embarrasing yourself, stop. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/14 "2023-11-23T23:36:00Z")
I think that the success that Trump, Marjorie T Green, Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz, George Santos, et al should have obliterated any notion that one needs to have qualifications to hold public office. These days, what right-wing voters are looking for are people who are “fighters” in an ongoing culture war. Whether this particular killer can translate his physical body count to a symbolic political body count is up for grabs. I think that one of the best known photos of him is (fake) crying in court, he might have a Dukakis-grade image problem to overcome. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/15 "2023-11-25T00:58:16Z")
Why do you think it was fake? Hes young, his freedom hung in the balance. I’d have cried too. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/16 "2023-11-25T07:02:46Z")
Would you have placed yourself in Kenosha as an armed vigilante in the first place? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/17 "2023-11-25T07:12:41Z")
> [@B.Serum](#): > > I think that one of the best known photos of him is (fake) crying in court, Actually, this is the only thing I felt was sincere in his testimony (not that it excused his idiotic behavior of taking a weapon to a rally in search of trouble, or showed self-awareness of why he caused his own problems). ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/18 "2023-11-25T07:54:44Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Would you have placed yourself in Kenosha as an armed vigilante in the first place? Rittenhouse thought he’d be hailed as a hero. He cried when he thought he might actually have to face consequences. He was a stupid, immature kid. I’m sure many of us have cried when something we did brought the threat of actual _punishment_ into our minds; I know I did when I stupidly took a flare gun into a diner and I inadvertently set it off. I was looking at some serious punishment including prison time. I’m not ashamed to say that my father worked for the city and called in a few favors and got the charges dropped. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/19 "2023-11-25T07:59:18Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > He was a stupid, immature kid. I take issue only with your use of the past tense. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/20 "2023-11-25T08:01:14Z")
I’m not sure he qualifies as a “kid” anymore besides emotionally. That was the only reason for the usage of past tense. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585.md?page=2)