One of the more distasteful aspects of Donald Trump’s “presidency” is that it has apparently empowered members of the lunatic fringe, i.e., Trump’s cult, to believe that they, too, have a shot at the White House. And who can really blame them? If Trump has managed to do it, soiling America and the image of the Oval Office since square one, anything is possible in American politics, right? To that effect, Kanye West has thrown his hat in the ring. It’s not a joke, he’s really doing it. Politico:
Over the past two weeks, questions have been raised about West’s intentions, with New York Magazine quoting Steve Kramer, a get-out-the-vote specialist whom West had hired, claiming that West had dropped out, and TMZ reporting that his family was concerned for his mental health. That changed Wednesday, when he suddenly filed to be on the November ballot in Oklahoma. […]
West, who announced his White House campaign on the Fourth of July, filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission last week, listing “BDY” — the Birthday Party — as his party affiliation. He tweeted Saturday for supporters to get him on the ballot in South Carolina.
“Hi guys please sign up to put me on the ballot in South Carolina at any of these locations,” he said, listing eight venues and linking to the website kanye2020.country. “You can also sign up at the website.”
And he’s hosting his first campaign rally at the Exquis Event Center in North Charleston, South Carolina, for registered guests only Sunday, starting at 5:00 p.m. EDT. Attendees will be required to observe social distancing, wear masks and ala Trump, sign a liability release form.
This is a bridge too far. We need a constitutional amendment, and we need it stat, that states that anybody running for the office of president needs to have held elective office previously. This situation, where somebody can come out of the blue and ride a populist wave into the White House is going to destroy us. I don’t know what the framers had in mind when they left the requirements so open, but clearly they didn’t anticipate television or the cult of celebrity. This is unspeakable. I didn’t think that there was a bigger phucking idiot than Donald Trump, but I believe Kanye West is just that.
Ummmm…..sorry guy…..we have already met our allowance quota of only one psychopath in the WH in a century…..1900s had Nixon, 2000s has Trump-O…..but thanks for playing.
*smirk*
I think West is mentally unwell, though not in the same way as Himself. They both see the attention they get as the biggest feature, though.
the man is very ill.he could get help in the hospital. he is off his meds and he is having severe mood swings.common in bi polar disease.
I will take your word for it. I think this is tasteless and off the scales.
I think it is some kind of ploy to ‘drain’ off as much of the vote from Biden.
‘ his family was concerned for his mental health.’
And wouldn’t they know him better than anyone else?
Too bad that no such concern was forthcoming from the tRump family in 2016.
I feel bad for Kanye. I think he is a genius but those mood swings are hindering him. Hopefully in the next 4 months his family will be able to convince him to get some help and it won’t be an issue come November. Phew, I know what they’re going through. Not an easy situation for Kanye or his family and I hope people can cut him a little slack.
Yep, this is definitely not funny. Just saw this in Variety:
“Kanye West broke down in tears, made an outrageous claim about abolitionist Harriet Tubman, had a heckler ejected and claimed his brain was too big for his skull on Sunday at the first campaign event for his bewildering presidential run.”
I’m going to say a prayer for him and his family.
He needs help now, and that requires his family intervening, and probably a couple of weeks in a hospital. “A little slack” isn’t the answer.
The problem is that family actually can’t intervene. According to law there has to be a danger to self or others and I don’t think he’s presented that yet. Families really can’t do much, unfortunately. There are thousands of families across the US that are in this position.
I don’t see any reason to cut him slack. He was a Trump supporter before he got this bee (murder hornet?) in his bonnet.
At the least Kanye is mental. More likely he’s trying to run interference for trump with Joe.
I understand he thinks he’s “more creative” when he doesn’t take his meds.
A common complaint about psych meds, unfortunately, and partly true.
My most-senior-aunt had bipolar. She took her meds, and was doing art until she was nearly 102. (She’d been a professor and a well-known university.)
“They” say that a lot of geniuses are bipolar. Having been around a few, that creativity is definitely strong in the unmedicated.