If you wondered how the GOP was going to bottom George Santos, this may be it. WJAR is reporting that it can’t find any trace of a candidate who registered as a Republican to run for the Rhode Island 1st District House race. So maybe the logic is to go from unspeakable candidates to imaginary ones?
Now wait a minute: this could be a great way to go. Think about. Remember the movie “Simone?” Simone was a movie star who was computer generated. She had the perfect looks, perfect mannerisms, she was a major smash hit. All that her creator (played by Al Pacino) had to do was conceal the fact that she didn’t exist.
So what kind of a perfect Republican candidate could the GOP cobble together? They better get going quick with the AI and the video, because so far all they’ve got is a name, Barrett Lynton, and an address where they don’t know him from Adam. They just know that they’re getting mail addressed to him, including from Republican strategists.
The I-Team asked the Federal Elections Commission if it had any more information on the Barrett Lynton filing, and what kind of verification the agency conducts.
An FEC spokesperson did not address the filing specifically, but replied that the agency “has a verification process for potentially false and fictitious filings” that came as a result of increased false or questionable candidate filings in 2016.
If there are questions, the person would have 35 days to respond to a letter from the FEC.
The FEC notes that making a knowingly false statement to them is a crime that can result in legal punishment.
And the federal agency keeps a file of unverified candidates, some with names that look real, but plenty of others like The Batman, Dirty Cockroach, Buddy the Elf, Cranky for President, Taco Cat for President, of course Mickey Mouse, and plenty that can’t be written here .
Who knows? Barrett Lynton may have been the guy to save the party. Think of it, somebody with Honest Abe’s decency, maybe a military man with Eisenhower’s gravitas and of course, if he looked and sounded like Ronnie Raygun, they’re always waiting for the second coming of that.
Barrett, we’re waiting for you. Your country cries out.
If you never saw Simone, here’s the trailer. It’s quite a romp and who knows? In this day and age of AI? It may be closer than you think.
They spelled his name wrong – but the Brits are hiding him:
Is this a remake of Weekend at Bernies? Ah…the Brits…they stood tall against Hitler, but lose their damn minds over an old adulterer in a puffy shirt. Go figure. They did send some kick ass bands our way in the 60s. Stones. The Who. Led Zeppelin to start the list. Still…why not get your teeth fixed?
That is a point of pride with the Brits, isn’t it. I remember in the sitcom “As Time Goes By” they were careful to have the lone Amsericancharacter display pluperfect teeth whenever possible. It was not done to inspire admiration.
Seems a little misguided to ruin your own dental health as a form of ‘pride’. Isn’t that a shade of the magat crowd being so proud of their ignorance? A dentist must have done somebody wrong somewhere! ha.