Kid Rock Eyed as Potential Senate Candidate

jmdrake said:
You haven't set a very high bar there. :p
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Well besides Rand and maybe Mike Lee everyone up there is awful. If someone's better than Cruz we are making progress as bad as that sounds. But yeah, if he's for intervention he's not worth supporting.
 
William Tell said:
Well besides Rand and maybe Mike Lee everyone up there is awful. If someone's better than Cruz we are making progress as bad as that sounds. But yeah, if he's for intervention he's not worth supporting.
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If you're talking the senate then yeah. Just about everyone else sucks. But Ron came to us from the house. There we have Justin Amash and Thomas Massie! Okay. It's still a paper then liberty bench but ya gotta start somewhere right?

As for Kid Rock, hopefully those "support our troops" videos were really only about the troops and not about supporting these godawful wars those troops have been sent to fight. The one good thing about Donald Trump is that he's made it safe for Republicans to say "I support the troops but not the wars." (Even through Trump has been on both sides of every recent war except Syria.)
 
jmdrake said:
If you're talking the senate then yeah. Just about everyone else sucks. But Ron came to us from the house. There we have Justin Amash and Thomas Massie! Okay. It's still a paper then liberty bench but ya gotta start somewhere right?

As for Kid Rock, hopefully those "support our troops" videos were really only about the troops and not about supporting these godawful wars those troops have been sent to fight. The one good thing about Donald Trump is that he's made it safe for Republicans to say "I support the troops but not the wars." (Even through Trump has been on both sides of every recent war except Syria.)
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Yeah I am well aware of our house friends.;) Kid likely won't even run but if he does we'll see what his positions are.
 
William Tell said:
Yeah I am well aware of our house friends.;) Kid likely won't even run but if he does we'll see what his positions are.
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Duh. I feel stupid. I just realized this is about Kid Rock running for senate! Somehow I was thinking it was about POTUS. Not really crazy considering....Trump. And Kanye West is considering a POTUS run.

Anyway, yet we need some more good people in the senate. And people like Kid Rock without a lot of political experience can be swayed different ways so it would be important for our sake if he's thinking about this to surround him with the right people. Seriously Dr. Ben Carson sounded a lot more sensible before those damn teocon vultures started surrounding and "advising" him on foreign policy.
 
oh geeze.. well, stranger things have happened - Sonny Bono.. the current white house

it's another.. here, hold my beer, watch this - situation
 
Well if our current First Lady can have soft porn nudes all over the internet, an actual pornstar Kardashian is a good follow up. Kanye 2020.
 
Kid Rock: ‘Pretty funny how scared I have them’

Musician Kid Rock on Monday defended himself against charges of racism from a Detroit-based civil rights group, claiming he wouldn’t be facing such attacks were he not considering a run for the U.S. Senate.

A Detroit-based affiliate of the National Action Network said last week it would protest Kid Rock’s six-show run opening the new Little Caesars Arena in Detroit this week, aiming to get the concerts canceled.

Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, said in a statement that people should ignore “the garbage the extreme left is trying to create!”

“They are trying to use the old confederate flag BS, etc. to stir the pot, when we all know none of this would be going on if I were not thinking of running for office. Pretty funny how scared I have them all and their only agenda is to try and label people / me racist who do not agree or cower to them!!” wrote Ritchie, who lives in Clarkston.


“My track record in Detroit and Michigan speaks for itself, and I would dare anyone talking trash to put theirs up against mine.”

In closing, he said, “I LOVE BLACK PEOPLE!!”

The National Action Network, founded by the Rev. Al Sharpton, has blasted Ritchie’s embrace of the Confederate flag in previous performances, as well as his criticism of former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick for kneeling during the national anthem.

“When you hire Kid Rock, who is known to be dog-whistling and cat-calling to white supremacist organizations and the white supremacist community, alt-right, whatever you want to call them, and you take our tax dollars to do that? That’s wrong,” the Rev. Charles Williams II, president of the National Action Network’s Detroit chapter, said on Facebook last week.

(Fuck you, Chuck. How much has your organization given back to Detroit? p4p)


In his Monday statement, Ritchie reiterated his disdain for “anyone who takes a knee or sits during our national anthem.”

Kaepernick, who is black, refused to stand during the national anthem while with the San Francisco 49ers last year in protest of police violence and racial oppression.

Ritchie said he was “very disappointed” that none of the people, businesses or charities he’s supported in Detroit have responded to the “unfounded attacks” from his critics.

“So for the unforeseen future I will focus my philanthropy efforts on other organizations besides the ones I have supported in the past,” Ritchie wrote.

(You're Gottdamned straight. Start your own charity called the Kid Rock for Senate charity and pass out turkeys at Thanksgiving! p4p)

Last week, Ritchie dismissed those calling him “racist” in profanity-laced remarks during a Grand Rapids concert Wednesday, telling Nazis and the KKK to “stay the (expletive) away.”

Ritchie has teased a potential run for the U.S. Senate, stoking anticipation with sales of “Kid Rock for US Senate” merchandise and political statements at recent performances.

At last week’s show in Grand Rapids, his announcer introduced Ritchie as Michigan’s “next senator,” and Ritchie came on stage to the tune of “Hail to the Chief.”

The group Common Cause this month filed a complaint against Ritchie with the Federal Election Commission and U.S. Department of Justice, alleging he has violated federal election law by acting like a Senate candidate while failing to register his candidacy or comply with regulations for campaign contribution limits and disclosures.

Ritchie has previously said he’s exploring a “very possible campaign” for Senate to challenge Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Lansing, who is up for re-election next year.

His campaign website sells campaign shirts, hats, yard signs and stickers that say, “Kid Rock for US Senate.” He has said proceeds will go toward an organization he plans to start to promote voter registration.
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http://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2017/09/11/kid-rock/105493658/

Fuck you left bullshit money hucksters. When you start helping your community instead of dividing it perhaps I might have an ear for you.
 
So, fuck the National Action Network and their race-baiting. In 2012 the NAN owed $900k in back taxes. Typical liberals, just like their tax dodging founder Al Sharpton.
In 2012 Rock not only paid his taxes but ponied up at least another $1 million for local charities. I wonder if Karen Dumas is going to come out and excoriate the NAN for what they really are?

Some stared, others pointed, and a few laughed as Ritchie's African-American friend and roommate at the time Karen Dumas, a Detroit native, watched the perceived outsider literally face the music.
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Dumas is a former spokeswoman for Detroit Mayor Dave Bing who has witnessed Kid Rock's seflessness and gratitude help change lives in the Motor City and give opportunities to its residents that previously weren't available.

Kid Rock said modestly in November during an interview with the CBS show "Sunday Morning" he "probably" has given close to $1 million to charitable causes in the past year.

Dumas wouldn't be surprised if that's a low estimate.

"One time he handed me checks for five or six organizations, and I think the largest check was for $50,000," said Dumas, who lived in the same four-unit house on the east side of Detroit with Kid Rock in the early 90s. "He just said, 'Here, Karen. Can you get these to them?"

"He didn't do it with any fanfare or any press release. He's sincere and realizes he's been blessed."
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http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/detroit/index.ssf/2013/08/kid_rocks_genorosity_detroit_p.html
 
Matt Collins said:
If he is going to make a serious run the he needs to start acting seriously about it.
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That boy's about as politically competent as a box of rocks.

As was mentioned earlier by someone, he's just another example of the fact that people want to be led. And it doesn't matter who, as long as they're being led.
 
phill4paul said:
He wouldn't be the best. But, he wouldn't be the worst. Yay!, two party!
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Well I agree with you about the two party system.

I'll say this and I'll shut up. During the 2014 Mid-Term we saw more Independent, third party, and Green Party candidates in modern history. Some really good people there and about, too. And we didn't hear or read a single word about any of them.
 
Natural Citizen said:
Well I agree with you about the two party system.

I'll say this and I'll shut up. During the 2014 Mid-Term we saw more Independent, third party, and Green Party candidates in modern history. Some really good people there and about, too. And we didn't hear or read a single word about any of them.
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Absolutely.
 
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