Basil Marceaux - the next governor of Tennessee

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Jul 29, 2010 4:33 PM
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Jul 29, 2010 4:33pm
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Jul 29, 2010 4:35 PM
*Stands and applaudes*
Jul 29, 2010 4:35pm
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Jul 29, 2010 4:37 PM
I mean ... is it actually serious?
Jul 29, 2010 4:37pm
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Jul 29, 2010 4:37 PM
Why in the world would they put him on lol? They should have never given him airtime if that is real.
Jul 29, 2010 4:37pm
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Jul 29, 2010 4:39 PM
You know a dude's a real winner when after watching that video, you google his name to see if he's a real candidate for something...or this whole thing is just some SNL-esque joke skit. Wiki had something that brought the lulz: "Basil's official campaign website, which is hosted by freesitenow.com, also states "VOTE FOR ME AND IF I WIN I WILL IMMUNE YOU FROM ALL STATE CRIMES FOR THE REST OF YOU LIFE!" and is riddled with other spelling and grammatical mistakes."
Jul 29, 2010 4:39pm
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Jul 29, 2010 4:40 PM
"Education ,let us put phonics back in school if you can not read you can not do History, Math, English. And that where we are now. Let make it mandatory in high school to read the
minutes to the U.S. Congress , the Congressional Globe the real history of the U.S" - Basil Marceaux (taken directly from his website)

http://politics.freesitenow.com/basilmarceauxforgovernor/
Jul 29, 2010 4:40pm
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Jul 29, 2010 4:45 PM
My friends a beer stores say they must check 200 D/L a day that 400 minutes a day per clerk which is over 6 hours at $ 7.00 a hour that $ 42.00, with it mandatory then we must pay them.

Citizens who get food stamp and S/S check can not afford to buy where food now can they afford to pay Insurance we would need to find a way to pay the insurance for them.

People Called to stop Slavery at traffic stop they
all say county court can not
overrule supreme court ,but
no-one will help while 1.8
billion is stole by false arrest


This man might be the world's greatest politician. I want to move to Tennessee just to support him!
Jul 29, 2010 4:45pm
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Jul 29, 2010 4:47 PM
He fits in perfectly there. I'm driving to Florida on Saturday and am going to make a bumper sticker, slap it on the back of the car and drive thru Tenn. If one person looks him up its worth it.
Jul 29, 2010 4:47pm
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Jul 29, 2010 5:49 PM
I assume you saw this on Colbert Report last night :) If anyone votes for this guy they should be immediately institutionalized.
Jul 29, 2010 5:49pm
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Jul 29, 2010 6:30 PM
that guy had to be bombed off genesee and wild turkey
Jul 29, 2010 6:30pm
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Jul 30, 2010 8:48 AM
That dude is AWESOME!!!
Jul 30, 2010 8:48am
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Jul 30, 2010 9:06 AM
I had no idea Belly35 lived in Tennessee. ;)
Jul 30, 2010 9:06am
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Jul 30, 2010 11:42 AM
Hey maybe he is running for governor for the dental insurance.
Jul 30, 2010 11:42am
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Jul 30, 2010 12:13 PM
My dad lives in Knoxville, I have to ask him about Basil. If Basil was running for governor of South Carolina, as a dem, he would win hands down.
Jul 30, 2010 12:13pm
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Jul 30, 2010 12:27 PM
Did he really just say he wants to plant trees and vegetation on all vacant lots and then sell it for gas to pay for expenses?
Jul 30, 2010 12:27pm
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Jul 30, 2010 1:38 PM
Can we name him an honorary moderator of the Politics forum?

I have a friend interning at that station this summer as well, I'll have to ask him if he was around when they filmed that shitwreck.


Basil obviously possesses the top 2 most popular videos on the WSMV-TV (Channel 4 Nashville - who aired it) website.
http://www.wsmv.com/mostpopular/index.html
Jul 30, 2010 1:38pm
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Jul 30, 2010 3:27 PM
How can you kill someone then get murdered then go to jail?

He would have my vote!
Jul 30, 2010 3:27pm
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Jul 31, 2010 2:15 AM


That Jacket is GOAT !!!
Jul 31, 2010 2:15am
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Jul 31, 2010 1:25 PM
He also wants to stop all traffic stops and will fine somebody 10 dollars if they done have a gun.
Jul 31, 2010 1:25pm
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Jul 31, 2010 6:03 PM
He looks like he is about to have a heart attack.
Jul 31, 2010 6:03pm
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Jul 31, 2010 6:40 PM
This is the same thing gorocks posted the other day, but I wanted to pull a couple of other lines out of it

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/jul/29/basil-marceaux-undaunted-mockery-govs-bid/
Marceaux said he knows he sounded discombobulated in the video, but notes that he had to whittle down his prepared six-minute statement and that he was distracted by producers constantly reminding him how much time he had left.

Marceaux, a former Marine, said he does not drink alcohol, and that his speech is sometimes hard to understand because he only has three teeth. In the end, he said, the issues are more important than his appearance.

"It's not about how I talk, or how my cowlick sits up on my hair, or anything like that," he said. "It's about doing something good for the right reason."
Jul 31, 2010 6:40pm
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Aug 6, 2010 2:38 PM
I regret to inform everyone that Basil only received about 0.5% of the vote in the Republican Primary in Tennessee.

Unofficially:
Bill Haslam - 344,085 (47%)
Zach Wamp - 210,395 (29%)
Ron Ramsey - 160,016 (22%)
Joe Kirkpatrick - 6,800 (1%)
Basil Marceaux - 3,526 (0%)

1.3% of the vote went to others


Basil was also 9th out of 11 in the 3rd District Congressional race.
Aug 6, 2010 2:38pm
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Aug 6, 2010 2:41 PM
F. Come on. This political system BLOWS.
Aug 6, 2010 2:41pm
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Aug 6, 2010 2:46 PM
http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/08/06/a-fond-adieu-to-tennessees-basil-marceaux-com/
Early in the primary for Tennessee governor, a local TV station gave each candidate from the major parties two minutes to explain their platforms. First up was a stocky former Recon Marine who introduced himself by saying, "I'm Basil Marceaux.com, the Republican candidate for governor." It was all downhill from there.
Among Marceaux.com's ideas are to force everyone to carry a gun, but "if you kill someone, though, you get murdered. You go to jail." He advocated planting grass on all vacant lots in the state to sell for gas and doing away with all traffic stops.

Soon there was a more polished "official ad" where Marceaux.com said he wanted to "do my issues. And make yous all more freer." One of those issues involved moving the capitol building from the capital of Nashville to Chattanooga as a method of cleaning house, getting rid of "all the back room politic that ruined our politic program in Tennessee." Another was removing the gold fringes from all flags to "make the flag fly right."

At a debate in Nashville, Marceaux.com and two other candidates tried to begin by saying the Pledge of Allegiance, but Marceaux.com refused to say it because the flag had gold fringe. After a fruitless search for another flag, Marceaux.com simply left the room. When he returned, the entire contingent had to repeat the Pledge to a picture of the American flag on an audience member's cell phone. And that's when things really got weird.

In addition to contending that Native Americans came from Asia and Greece and saying he would do away with Thanksgiving, Marceaux.com said he would round up everyone who looked Mexican and send them south of the border. If they had a Green Card, he contended, they could be allowed to return. Throughout the event, Marceaux.com kept falling asleep standing up at his podium because he said he hadn't slept in days.


But the news was not all bad. Marceaux.com got a big boost from two long segments on The Colbert Report and an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Sadly, that was not enough to propel him into the general election. That honor went to Bill Haslam, who will face off against Mike McWherter in November. But in a state where two of the top candidates made headlines for suggesting Tennessee could consider secession (Rep. Zach Wamp) or that that Islam might not be a religion (Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey) anything certainly was possible.


Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/08/06/a-fond-adieu-to-tennessees-basil-marceaux-com/#ixzz0vqwuSkUq
Aug 6, 2010 2:46pm