the Rent is too Damn High Party
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has anyone heard of this party? this jimmy macmillan guy is awesome. apparently he stole the show at the new york governor debate. attached is a link to a news story about him and the link to the Rent is too Damn High party's site is below that...
Jimmy McMillan stands out in N.Y. governor debate
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20 ... gov-debate
If you can win a debate on buzz alone, Jimmy McMillan of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party was the undisputed victor in Monday night's New York gubernatorial debate.
McMillan appeared alongside six of his competitors, displaying notable facial hair as well as black gloves. Throughout the forum, the candidate rattled off soundbites that are still reverberating Tuesday.
"Listen! Someone's ... child's stomach just growled! Did you hear it?" he shouted in his opening statement, before being cut off by the moderators and eliciting laughter from the audience.
You can watch a clip of his appearance here, courtesy of ABC News: you have to click on the link above to see the video
McMillan has long been a fringe fixture in New York politics, running for mayor of New York City in 2005 and 2009. During the 2005 campaign he ran under the moniker "Prince Jimmy McMillan (a.k.a. Papa Smurf)," the Village Voice reported at the time. In 2000 he tried to qualify to run against Hillary Clinton for Senate but was bounced from the ballot, the newspaper said; in 1994, he walked across the state in a bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, but was kicked out of the state convention for heckling former Gov. Mario Cuomo. And in a 1993 run at the New York City mayorship, McMillan scaled a cable on the Brooklyn Bridge, the paper said (police coaxed him down, and he was hospitalized).
So Monday night's debate marked McMillan's debut before a mainstream political audience. There's no doubt he made the most of it, with his fiery opening remarks and his striking appearance. He was hard to miss on the crowded seven-candidate stage, sporting a grandiloquent array of gray facial hair and a pair of horn-rimmed glasses. He also wore heavy black gloves throughout the proceedings--and in a follow-up spin session with reporters, he explained that they were a form of psychosomatic protection against harmful chemical exposure he may have suffered during his tour of duty in Vietnam.
"The chemicals of Agent Orange -- dioxin and a lot of other chemicals mixed up -- I would get sick," he explained. "When I get home tonight, I know I'm not going to be able to breathe if I take them off. It could be psychological, I don't know, but I just put 'em on and wear them anyway."
here is the link to the rent is too damn high party's website....
http://www.rentistoodamnhigh.org/
Jimmy McMillan stands out in N.Y. governor debate
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20 ... gov-debate
If you can win a debate on buzz alone, Jimmy McMillan of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party was the undisputed victor in Monday night's New York gubernatorial debate.
McMillan appeared alongside six of his competitors, displaying notable facial hair as well as black gloves. Throughout the forum, the candidate rattled off soundbites that are still reverberating Tuesday.
"Listen! Someone's ... child's stomach just growled! Did you hear it?" he shouted in his opening statement, before being cut off by the moderators and eliciting laughter from the audience.
You can watch a clip of his appearance here, courtesy of ABC News: you have to click on the link above to see the video
McMillan has long been a fringe fixture in New York politics, running for mayor of New York City in 2005 and 2009. During the 2005 campaign he ran under the moniker "Prince Jimmy McMillan (a.k.a. Papa Smurf)," the Village Voice reported at the time. In 2000 he tried to qualify to run against Hillary Clinton for Senate but was bounced from the ballot, the newspaper said; in 1994, he walked across the state in a bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, but was kicked out of the state convention for heckling former Gov. Mario Cuomo. And in a 1993 run at the New York City mayorship, McMillan scaled a cable on the Brooklyn Bridge, the paper said (police coaxed him down, and he was hospitalized).
So Monday night's debate marked McMillan's debut before a mainstream political audience. There's no doubt he made the most of it, with his fiery opening remarks and his striking appearance. He was hard to miss on the crowded seven-candidate stage, sporting a grandiloquent array of gray facial hair and a pair of horn-rimmed glasses. He also wore heavy black gloves throughout the proceedings--and in a follow-up spin session with reporters, he explained that they were a form of psychosomatic protection against harmful chemical exposure he may have suffered during his tour of duty in Vietnam.
"The chemicals of Agent Orange -- dioxin and a lot of other chemicals mixed up -- I would get sick," he explained. "When I get home tonight, I know I'm not going to be able to breathe if I take them off. It could be psychological, I don't know, but I just put 'em on and wear them anyway."
here is the link to the rent is too damn high party's website....
http://www.rentistoodamnhigh.org/
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
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The rent IS too damn high....in Hong Kong its even worse.
LOL!!
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/2 ... 00898.html
Jimmy McMillan, folk hero, internet sensation, and leader of New York political party "The Rent Is Too Damn High," recently announced he has his sights set on the White House.
After being catapulted to fame following a quirky yet impressive performance in the New York gubernatorial debates this fall, McMillan attained rockstar status, winning more than 40,000 votes in this year's New York governor's race. Now he says he's ready to take on President Barack Obama in the quest for higher office.
"If you don't do your job right, I am coming at you," he said, complaining about the president's bailout of General Motors. "I know Barack Obama is an Internet hog. I know he knows that I am out there. But what he hasn't heard yet is that Jimmy McMillan is running for President of the United States of America."
McMillan urged Obama to call him up on the phone and invite him to serve in the administration. That scenario aside, McMillan said he would register as a Republican to avoid a primary challenge from the president, a man that he called "a good-looking young guy" that he admired.
"I'm coming after his black ass," he said of Obama.
McMillan said his greatest strengths include a mastery of social media, an ability to pinch pennies, and inimitable political vision.
And, for those curious about his stance on global warming, McMillan says he isn't buying Al Gore's "punk" science.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."