The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below.
© 2020 AFPKanye West holds chaotic opening of 2020 presidential bid
By SAUL LOEB WASHINGTON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below.
© 2020 AFP
44 Comments
Bob Fosse
He doesn’t need to. Chromosomes don’t determine common sense, but he has the common sense to sit back and watch trump implode. Empty barrels make the most noise.
wtfjapan
Complete and utter pandering of the worst type.
that's what politicians do, whether it is pandering with money , bailing out farmers, buying the latino vote,
women make up more than 50% of the US population with a large percentage of US population being non whites.
egads man!
So you'll be fine if he does pick a competent female running mate? or something? I'm not seeing your point. Just because no one has done it until now doesn't mean there are less qualified women in the government.
smithinjapan
black label: Actually, it's others who are insisting he pick a black, female VP as a running mate. He has said he would, if qualified. And if they are all equally qualified, why not? The advantages of doing so are obvious. If she's not qualified, then don't.
Attilathehungry
Biden's insistence on a female running mate reminds me of PM Trudeau in Canada guaranteeing to pick a cabinet that was 50% female. Complete and utter pandering of the worst type. The presence or absence of a Y chromosone should have no bearing on the competence of a person. I for one can't wait for Biden to emerge, Lazarus-like, from his basement and try to explain himself.
Viktor Cernatinskij
Yes, sure, United States for sure needs a President like Kanye...
Blacklabel
so why does Biden insist on picking a female of color as VP? Gender and skin color shouldnt matter, right?
smithinjapan
The speech was still far more coherent than Trump's recent interviews, and I bet Kanye can also look at a picture of an elephant and state it's an elephant. Trump can't prove he did, only has "I know people who said this, and that," and other usual anecdotal "evidence". It was hilarious how Chris Wallace made a fool of Trump.
As for Kanye... he definitely needs help, too. Not too late for him.
kyronstavic
Vinke, so you agree that a Black person who votes for a candidate solely because the candidate is Black is just as racist as a White voter is racist for voting for a White candidate solely based on skin colour? If so, I'm glad there's some consistency. If not, why?
rainyday
America 2020: Where Kanye West gives a speech in which he bursts into tears, then shouts "I almost killed my daughter! I almost killed my daughter!" and it actually comes off as more subdued and grounded in reality than the stuff coming out of the sitting president's mouth.
HBJ
Give me Screaming Lord Sutch of the Monster Raving Loony Party over this joker any day.
Oh wait...he's already in the White House.
Vinke
@Blacklabel
You are also a racist if you vote for Kanye merely because of his skin color. There's a long list of attributes a successful president should have, and skin color has nothing to do with those attributes: it shouldn't matter.
Busby
Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Donald Trump....
Kind'a says it all doesn't it....
The answer to the question, name three reality TV stars with limited intelligence and out-sized egos...
cleo
I don't get this 'now blacks have a candidate of their own to vote for'.
People should only vote for someone who looks vaguely similar to themselves? Regardless of competency, policy, fitness for office, obvious mental/intellectual/personality problems?
So I should be expected to want to vote for a blonde woman above all others?
Gotta think about this.
......
Thunk about it.
Still don't get it.
Aly Rustom
or both. case in point Current POTUS
>
ulysses
Kanye, if he doesn't burn out by next month, will get votes from the non-bigoted , reality TV star obsessed dim-wits, again Republican voters.
However raising money will be a challenge for Kanye, and we'll get to know how rich he really is!!!
Blacklabel
its amazing to see all these "you are a racist if you support Trump" liberals attacking a Black candidate for President so fiercely to ensure their old white guy candidate wins.
2020 Dems had Hispanic candidate, African American candidate, Indian/Jamaican candidate, Native American candidate, Pacific Islander candidate, Irish/Hispanic candidate, gay young candidate, female candidates....yet still ended up with an old white dude who is somehow even older than the old white guy on the other side.
Ego Sum Lux Mundi
Would that America had never come into existence. A nation created on the primacy of the ego and individualism was always going to end in tears.
sir_bentley28
Furthermore, here's someone you SHOULDN'T be if you're running for president :
Kanye West
sir_bentley28
Ladies and gentlemen, here are some things NOT to say if you're thinking about running for president.
Graham DeShazo
By all means, let’s replace a narcissistic sociopath with a narcissist with bi-polar disorder. They both have wives nearing their hot mom expiration dates and zero policy curiosity
I honestly can’t figure out If this is Kanye’s desperate attempt to stay relevant, or a cry for a mental heath intervention. Certainly the Kardashian clan don’t have his best interests at heart.
He is a wet fart in a hurricane. The last 3 years have shown that competence matters and that the presidency is not an entry level job.
Busby
We all know he's just auditioning for the next version of "The Apprentice", which Trump will go back to hosting once he tossed out in massive numbers in Nov...
8T
And who are you to determine who is "disturbed" or not? Do tell the world......
Fighto!
Still not convinced of Wests foreign policy and trade positions. Will he be taking part in the televised debstes? It is possible he is going to assist Trump by taking perhaps 20-30% of the African American vote off Biden, and then be eyeing a Cabinet position in return.
spinningplates
If Americans are foolish enough to waste potential votes for Biden on the Kanye campaign, or even worse(?) vote Trump in; they will get what they **** deserve.
Blacklabel
Kanye and Ivanka,
I think she needs to start out as VP. Im not really sold on that Kushner guy, and Ivanka still has too many liberal tendencies. Maybe Don Jr. instead.
Goodlucktoyou
Multiple unwinnable wars, smashed economy, 15% unemployment, BLM, world highest Covid19 infections, China conflict, climate change etc, and he seems to think a woman’s choice for her own body is that so important?
Blacklabel
latest poll showed Biden +64 with the Black vote. Which sounds great until you consider that really means he has 82%-18% lead. Trump should not be having 18% of the Black vote if Biden thinks he is winning by 15 points.
This is pre Kanye, who knows what % of the protest vote he will take from Biden.
Mickelicious
My money's still on Snoop Dogg
iradickle
If you actually think this....reevaluate.
egads man!
I'd like to hear his policies before seriously considering him as a candidate.
Blacklabel
twitter as always has the best answers
Kanye:
billionaire
hot wife
lots of children
cultural impact
top selling artist
designer
friend of Elon MuskYou:
mad on a Japan chat board website (edited from "mad on Twitter")Makoto Kimura
It's incredible the amount of stupid things rich people can do...and get away with it.
Bjorn Tomention
Running for President or just running off the rails and off at the mouth.