# Vote Basil Marceux.com for governor **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 2, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900 "2010-08-02T16:24:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/1 "2010-08-02T16:24:59Z")
He’s the perfect candidate. Mr. Marceux isn’t a Washington insider, he’s a man of the people. Very drunken people, but people, none the less. With a platform of “You kill someone, no, you get murdered” I think he speaks to our core values. His plan to sell vacant lots for gas may be the solution our fiscal crisis needs. I urge the members of this board to vote Basil. Have a nice day. [Basil Marceaux : The Next Governor of Tennessee](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hvaeHllwtw) He’s got my vote. Have a nice day. ---
**Author:** ![GHO57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@GHO57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GHO57)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/2 "2010-08-02T16:33:12Z")
I wish I was an American. I would move to TN just to vote for him. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/3 "2010-08-02T16:43:42Z")
As Stephen Colbert stated, I think his website is [basilmarceaux.com.com](http://basilmarceaux.com.com) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/4 "2010-08-02T16:46:43Z")
[Stephen Colbert’s coverage of Marceau.com.](http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/341482/july-28-2010/republican-gubernatorial-primary-battle-watch--010---tennessee) It’s pretty funny on its own but you can see he’s trying not to laugh the entire time. He finally breaks character and bursts out laughing while discussing Marceaux’s resume. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/5 "2010-08-02T16:53:34Z")
Were he and Alvin Greene educated at the same political seminary? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/6 "2010-08-02T16:54:56Z")
Well, we have [Goodspaceguy](http://punditkitchen.com/2010/07/30/political-pictures-goodspaceguy/) running for US senate. The link shows his page from the Official Local Voter’s Pamphlet. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/7 "2010-08-02T17:13:51Z")
I can not believe y’all are mocking a candidate that speaks the language of the American people. It’s hypocrisy. You praise Obama for his “beer summit”, but yet you have no love for a candidate that oversees six of those before lunch. I urge y’all to read his platform which I’ve linked to here: [BasilMarceux.com.com](http://politics.freesitenow.com/basilmarceauxforgovernor/). > [@BasilMarceux.com.com](#): > > As Tennessee Governor in 2010 > Using the Civil Right Act of 1966 for the first time in history to find out two things: > > 1. why Democracy invaded the U.S. State on July 16 1866 > > 2stop Constitutional Right violations in our state at all cost I will tell you all this > > VOTE FOR ME AND IF I WIN I WILL IMMUNE YOU FROM ALL STATE CRIMES FOR THE REST OF YOU LIFE! (Except violating a citizen rights this would be a special punishment ) What other candidate promises to immune you life? Have a nice day. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/8 "2010-08-02T17:13:58Z")
He’s not drunk, as he explained in a _Tennessean_ article a few days ago. He talks like that because he only has three teeth. I am serious. The primary is on Thursday. Unfortunately Mr. [Marceux.com](http://Marceux.com) is a Republican, because I had been planning on voting in the Democratic primary. But the Republicans have all the good races so I might have to switch sides for the day. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/9 "2010-08-02T17:17:22Z")
[Here](http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100729/NEWS02/100729051/Basil-Marceaux-undaunted-by-mockery-of-his-TN-governor-bid) is the aforementioned article from Thursday’s paper. ---
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/10 "2010-08-02T17:18:11Z")
3 teeth and drunk ? He’s the Shane McGowan of American politicians then 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GHO57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@GHO57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GHO57)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/11 "2010-08-02T17:27:44Z")
[BasilMarceux.com.com](http://politics.freesitenow.com/basilmarceauxforgovernor/) > [@](#): > > WHAT IMPORTANT: > 1.Education > a. School violents > b. Add reading of the minutes to the U.S.Congress mandatory Man’s got a point. Eduation \*\*is \*\*what important. I fully endorce this candidate ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/12 "2010-08-02T17:30:17Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > He’s not drunk, as he explained in a _Tennessean_ article a few days ago. He talks like that because he only has three teeth. I am serious. Making a redneck joke here would be really cheap, so I’ll just say that some things that happen in Tennessee politics would not happen in New York politics, and this is one of them. Our governors admit to doing drugs and cheating on their wives with expensive prostitutes who try to get a record deal through MySpace. Our city mayors may ban ferrets or may be billionaire plutocrats who hire accent coaches so they sound like they are from New York and not Boston, and they may tear up term limit laws when it suits them. They may even be racists who are a little too liberal in who they share their porn and dirty jokes with. But you can be pretty sure that if they are running for higher office in New York, they are going to have all of their teeth. Does that make New York better than Tennessee? Not really. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/13 "2010-08-02T18:15:31Z")
To be fair, he’s the epitome of a “fringe” candidate, even in Tennessee. Most of our politicians have all their teeth as well, even if they believe that Islam is a cult and we ought to run the state according to the Ten Commandments. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/14 "2010-08-02T18:25:20Z")
I do realize that. The mainstream candidates look reasonably put together, although Mike McWherter looks a little like a tall James Carville. Then again the porn guy I mentioned is or was a Tea Party backed candidate, so evidently someone thought he could be a contender in New York. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/15 "2010-08-03T00:37:32Z")
He beats the heck out of Ramsey and Wamp. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Norder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dan\_Norder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Norder)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/16 "2010-08-03T00:47:50Z")
I almost posted a thread about this guy yesterday. Vote Basil Marceax because no teeths depresses people ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/17 "2010-08-06T13:18:23Z")
never mind… math is hard ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/18 "2010-08-06T13:21:49Z")
Well, the results are in for the TN GOP gubenatorial primary: Bill Haslam: 344,085 (47.5%) Zach Wamp: 210,395 (29.0%) Ron Ramsey: 160,016 (22.1%) Joe Kirkpatrick: 6,800 (0.9%) **Basil Marceaux 3,526 (0.5%)** Better luck next time, Basil. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/19 "2010-08-06T13:42:51Z")
Perhaps he should have run in South Carolina. They seem to like candidates who don’t need to be “qualified” or “know what they’re doing.” Sorry, Basil. May I call you Mr. .com? ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900/20 "2010-08-06T14:06:51Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > They may even be racists who are a little too liberal in who they share their porn and dirty jokes with. Yeah, the difference between Basil [Marceux.com](http://Marceux.com) and Carl “HORSE PORN” Paladino is that apparently there are people in New York state who are too dumb to recognize the crazy when it’s right in their faces. :smack: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-basil-marceux-com-for-governor/548900.md?page=2)