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10. I'm getting a distinct whiff of desperation

Sun Jul 5, 2020, 12:20 AM

Jul 2020

Sort of like when McCain chose Princess Dumbass of the North Woods as his running mate in 2008, hoping to attract disaffected Democrats who wanted Hillary Clinton to be the nominee. Remember the PUMA (Party Unity My Ass) movement that was supposed to bring a whole bunch of former Democrats into the Republican fold? It, uh, didn't work then.

This is what Republicans are reduced to: Gimmickry that fools their slack-jawed voters.

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Co-founder of Students for Trump: Kanye West "is a trojan horse into the Democrat voting bloc" [View all] highplainsdem Jul 2020 OP

Anybody willing to vote for Kanye over Biden has lost their mind. Nevilledog Jul 2020 #1

Wait. So... because Kanye is black, he's supposed to confuse the black voting bloc... Beartracks Jul 2020 #2

No. But it doesn't take a lot of votes to change the election... Drunken Irishman Jul 2020 #6

Especially if you switch them inside the tabulators with SOFTWARE HACKS Captain Zero Jul 2020 #25

I just don't see him taking that many votes from the left JonLP24 Jul 2020 #48

I think there's a segment of voters who don't like Trump and don't like Biden. Drunken Irishman Jul 2020 #52

Yes! Isn't it hilarious? writes3000 Jul 2020 #7

Right? betsuni Jul 2020 #12

Bro's. sheshe2 Jul 2020 #14

He only needs to peel off a couple percent to pull a Jill Stein. pnwmom Jul 2020 #33

yeah that is pretty obvious...... Takket Jul 2020 #3

Kanye West is significantly mentally disabled BlueIdaho Jul 2020 #4

Could he get his shit together in time fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 #19

Like many bipolar individuals BlueIdaho Jul 2020 #22

Well, if his DIY Home Lobotomy Kit gets delivered on time, he might get it together. GoneOffShore Jul 2020 #32

This is abelist. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2020 #43

I don't think too many of Trump's Neo-Nazi & Evangelical types would vote for Kanye. TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #5

No, dumb young black people who were going to vote for Biden are going switch... writes3000 Jul 2020 #8

Dumb young white and brown people too. It's not the race, it's the dumbness factor. n/t pnwmom Jul 2020 #35

Just get David Duke to run Indi. safeinOhio Jul 2020 #24

Yeah.. "shhh".. like we couldn't figure it out. Cha Jul 2020 #9

I'm getting a distinct whiff of desperation gratuitous Jul 2020 #10

But the appeal to voters who are attracted to celebrities running for office is real. no_hypocrisy Jul 2020 #38

If it's true that he's running as a spoiler, this is the Sarah Palin strategy TlalocW Jul 2020 #11

A momentary blip on the radar. How's he even going to get on ballots? brush Jul 2020 #13

He could get on some state ballots fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 #21

Jill Stein only needed 2% of the vote to swing the election. And Elon has plenty of money pnwmom Jul 2020 #36

Black people know west is crazy. This isn't 2016. It won't be... brush Jul 2020 #46

I'm thinking of dumb young people, mostly. The kind that helped Jill Stein win. n/t pnwmom Jul 2020 #47

Maybe, but we saw tens of thousands of young people protesting... brush Jul 2020 #49

I think Jill Stein actually stands for policy positions like M4A or Green New Deal JonLP24 Jul 2020 #51

Kanye is not running for President. He is seeking PR JDC Jul 2020 #15

He's got an album coming out next week... BGBD Jul 2020 #20

We already figured that one out, numb nuts. Initech Jul 2020 #16

I hope Romney runs as a write in. PTWB Jul 2020 #17

Why? Most those who would write-in Romney would vote Biden instead. Drunken Irishman Jul 2020 #26

Romney would also siphon votes from Biden. Otherwise, the moderate R's who are left pnwmom Jul 2020 #34

You're correct JonLP24 Jul 2020 #50

Trump thinks his one black friend has magical political powers. C_U_L8R Jul 2020 #18

No one is going to vote for Kanye dawg day Jul 2020 #23

" No one is going to vote for Kanye" ... except his fans n/t orleans Jul 2020 #28

His fans probably know better than I dawg day Jul 2020 #42

of course not, just the hackers in Russia will hack some of Bidens into Kanyes column Captain Zero Jul 2020 #29

If that's the case Sunsky Jul 2020 #31

Exactly Sunsky Jul 2020 #30

the tweet was taken down. n/t orleans Jul 2020 #27

Guess Kim found out and made his dumb @ss delete it helpisontheway Jul 2020 #37

The tweet was not from Kanye. NT Celerity Jul 2020 #40

Interesting. I'd guess other Trump supporters, maybe even campaign staff, comvinced him it was highplainsdem Jul 2020 #44

to quote president Obama mnmoderatedem Jul 2020 #39

More like this years Pat Paulsen whistler162 Jul 2020 #41

Trump is polling so poorly they need an excuse for his win other than russia helped steal it EleanorR Jul 2020 #45