Posted on 07/04/2020 8:19:36 PM PDT by Helicondelta
Quick, someone do a photoshop of Donald Trump as Taylor Swift at the Awards Ceremony!
Here is my Kanye prediction:
I think the Biden team will turn on West.
First, they will begin by using his Oval Office antics against him to say he's not a serious candidate for President.
AP: Kanye West, in ‘MAGA’ hat, delivers surreal Oval Office show:
Excerpt:
Live from the Oval Office, it’s Kanye West with a jaw-dropping performance......seated across from President Donald Trump at the Resolute Desk, the musician delivered a rambling, multipart monologue Thursday that touched on social issues, hydrogen planes, mental health, endorsement deals, politics and oh so much more.
Seizing the spotlight from the typically center-stage president, West dropped the F-word, floated policy proposals — and went in for a hug...
West’s mental health has been a question of speculation since he was hospitalized in 2016. In a bizarre performance last month on “Saturday Night Live” he delivered an unscripted pro-Trump message after the credits rolled.
Second, tying West to Trump they will then use his slavery comments against him.
CNN: Kanye West stirs more outrage with 13th Amendment, slavery tweets
Excerpt:
Another day, another Kanye West controversy.Fresh off of stirring outrage with his "Saturday Night Live" speech about President Donald Trump after the show went off the air this weekend, the rapper took to social media to offer his thoughts about the 13th Amendment.
In a tweet which showed him appearing to be on a private plane while wearing a "Make America Great Again" cap, West wrote:
"We will no longer outsource to other countries. We build factories here in America and create jobs," West tweeted. "We will provide jobs for all who are free from prisons as we abolish the 13th amendment. Message sent with love."...Later he returned to twitter with a clarification.
"The 13th Amendment is slavery in disguise," he tweeted. "Meaning it never ended. We are the solution that heals."Naturally, Twitter exploded with many people offering the same sentiment: "What the hell are you talking about?"
A few fellow celebs also took West to task.
"There's nothing more maddening than debating someone who doesn't know history, doesn't read books, and frames their myopia as virtue," actor Chris Evans wrote...
Third, they will say that West is a Trump plant to hurt African-American turnout for Biden. The "You ain't black" crowd will turn on West and demand that he drop out of the race.
I predict that West will drop out, but then endorse President Trump in the end.
-PJ
Leni
Anything that makes blacks question their loyalty to the Democrat party is a very, very good thing.
Thanks to West, a lot of blacks are doing just that.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3862065/posts?page=103#103
Thanks, LS !
Ping to LS analysis of the effects of Kanye West’s candidacy...
Any Pat Paulsen video on YouTube...
How big a problem is him getting ballot access?
Seems to be a huge challenge.
President Trumps statement should be if asked about a Kanye West presidency. I would sleep better at night than having Biden and his leftist anarchists in charge but the truth is the only way to stop that is a vote for President Trump
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3862178/posts?page=34#34
Kanye endorses President Trump.
Either way, hurts Demented Perv Biteme.
He didn’t say.
“West did not offer details about his party, platform or who else might be on the ticket with him.”
I assume it won’t be as a Dem or Rep.
Some info courtesy of Herman Cain (who seems to have recovered from covid19 to be tweeting this morning from hospital - yay). He’s also written an informative article:
Kanye has already missed the deadlines for: AZ, Conn, Ill, Ind, Maine, NM, NY, NC, RI, SD, TX, Wash.
“Those 12 states account for 153 electoral votes, which Kanye begins on day one with no hope of getting.”
“But it gets worse. Florida’s deadline, with 29 electoral votes at stake, comes up in 9 days. Kanye needs 132,781 signatures to get on the ballot there. Michigan’s deadline, with 16 electoral votes at stake, comes up in 10 days. Michigan requires 30,000 signatures. In California, Kanye has until August 7, but he needs to gather 196,964 signatures there. California has 55 electoral votes.”
“He’s not going to be elected president because the facts laid out above render a victory mathematically impossible. There are only 538 electoral votes to be had in the whole election, and Kanye has already forfeited 153 of them by joining the race too late. He’s not going to win 270 electoral votes out of the 385 remaining, running as an independent. He’d have to win two-thirds of the states that have him on the ballot. He’s not going to do that.”
Maybe it’s wishing thinking, but I think Kanye’s point is to make Blacks wake up and realize that the Democratic Party is not their friend.
Leni
Maybe, but Kanye is mercurial. He can’t win by the numbers at this point. He can definitely hurt Biden in swing states but he could also hurt down-ballot Republicans. Not sure what his game really is right now.
Thanks for the ping!
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