[Jim Mac]

Pure comedy gold during our fair state of NY's gubernatorial debate last night.

Definitely voting for this guy: Jimmy McMillan of THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH Party.

 

[daisycutter]

I saw him too. He has my vote too.

 

[clarkenstein]

i dunno, if i was in NY, i'd vote for the ex-madame weed loving gambler. i listened in on WNYC. the first 5 minutes was gold.

 

[IH8Rice]

is that the black Paul Teutel?

 

[stevew]

is that the black Paul Teutel?

does he make mail order motor cycles?

 

[IH8Rice]

does he make mail order motor cycles?

yep. and charges an arm and a leg for them too

 

[Jim Mac]

http://gawker.com/5667450/meet-jimmy-mcmillan-founder-and-ceo-of-the-rent-is-2-damn-high-party

Other nuggets:

* On the deficit: "It's like a cancer. It will heal itself."
* On negative campaigning: "As a karate expert, I will not talk about anyone up here."
* On gay marriage: "The Rent Is 2 Damn High Party feels if you want to marry a shoe, I'll marry you."
* On... Jesus, I have no clue what prompted this one: "We plan to bulldoze some of those mountains in Upstate to make New York an independent state. I want my own cable company; I want my own telephone company."
* On the rent: Too damn high.

Meet Jimmy McMillan, Founder and 'CEO' of the Rent Is 2 Damn High PartyAnd, in case you are wondering why Jimmy was wearing gloves:

"Don't forget I was in Vietnam for two and half years and I have three Bronze Stars, but the chemicals of Agent Orange—dioxin and a lot of other chemicals mixed up—I would get sick. 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."

But to really get the full Jimmy McMillan/Rent Is 2 Damn High effect, you need to visit his website, surely the only candidate's website to feature a section named "Transgender." (For the record, McMillan has a admirably progressive stance on transgender issues: "THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY FOR YEARS HAS BEEN / HAVE BEEN MAKING THE DECISION WHO IS TO BE MALE AND WHO IS TO BE FEMALE IT'S TIME FOR THIS ATTITUDE IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY TO COME TO AN END.")

 

[jimmydean]

Quoted for awesome.

On the deficit: "It's like a cancer. It will heal itself."

 

[rockofullr]

lol anyone hear his song?

 

[Silver]

I would vote for him in a heartbeat over a GOP candidate. You can't laugh at him for being crazy and tell me that Palin and O'Donnell are smarter.

 

[jimmydean]

I would vote for him in a heartbeat over a GOP candidate. You can't laugh at him for being crazy and tell me that Palin and O'Donnell are smarter.

If only this guy was an option in NY.

 

[Pesqueeb]

I would vote for him in a heartbeat over a GOP candidate. You can't laugh at him for being crazy and tell me that Palin and O'Donnell are smarter.

Hes still not as crazy as Paladino.

 

[syadasti]

 

[IH8Rice]

i think Sam Jackson should play this man in a movie....he's already played someone just as crazy

 

[IH8Rice]