Video: The next governor of Tennessee?
posted at 9:55 pm on July 22, 2010 by Allahpundit
This one’s going viral so let’s get in on the ground floor. I know what you’re thinking, but no, apparently, it’s not a prank. He’s real. And he’s spectacular.
Dude, three words: Marceaux. Greene. Debate.
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That’s what is so fascinating.
keep the change on July 22, 2010 at 10:25 PM
The family is waging a jihad against traffic stops.
amerpundit on July 22, 2010 at 10:25 PM
Things of Important
4. 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.
daveinguelph on July 22, 2010 at 10:25 PM
American Pickers is worse. The two dudes on there go just a little too far out of their way to ensure the viewers they aren’t gay. It’s hilarious.
lorien1973 on July 22, 2010 at 10:25 PM
Hey Neuterboy…N-boy…hey kitty kitty….
macncheez on July 22, 2010 at 10:25 PM
And now he is ready for Harvard. After that, a job as a community organizer. And after that…In America, you can accomplish anything.
Electrongod on July 22, 2010 at 10:25 PM
Have Jackie and Dunlap (Red State Update) endorsed Basil?
They could put Basil over the top!
diogenes on July 22, 2010 at 10:26 PM
That was painful…
Zorro on July 22, 2010 at 10:26 PM
And the “defranchising” of voters
LOL
I’m still an Alvin Greene man, myself.
blatantblue on July 22, 2010 at 10:26 PM
Oh, I don’t know, perhaps we need to run Paul Ryan against this guy to head off a complete disaster in the Fall.
Sweet Jesus, this must be a Media Matters plant.
If Soros isn’t funding this jewel, I want to know why!
victor82 on July 22, 2010 at 10:27 PM
I am not sure. But I hope to find out. lol
keep the change on July 22, 2010 at 10:27 PM
Still more coherent than the current White House Administration…
Wolftech on July 22, 2010 at 10:27 PM
Yeah, I’m not a fan of American Pickers. They’re a little too trustworthy for my taste.
Have you ever seen The Fabulous Beekman Boys?
amerpundit on July 22, 2010 at 10:28 PM
I “think” what he is trying to say is that the police should not be able to pull people over without probable cause. In Michigan an officer needs a reason to pull you over. Maybe it’s not like that in Tennessee? Or he wants to ban all traffic stops completely. But I am only guessing.
NotCoach on July 22, 2010 at 10:28 PM
I think he’s talking about probable cause.
Vince on July 22, 2010 at 10:29 PM
I’m going to make a campaign website
things i seen to support:
“cleaner hotdogs
cooler highways”
blatantblue on July 22, 2010 at 10:29 PM
I watched five seconds of him. Who let this guy out of the basement?
thekingtut on July 22, 2010 at 10:30 PM
I googled Goldfinch flags but all I came up with was decorative cutesy stuff.
Cindy Munford on July 22, 2010 at 10:30 PM
Nope. Whats that?
lorien1973 on July 22, 2010 at 10:30 PM
By grass , he means pot , right ?
macncheez on July 22, 2010 at 10:31 PM
Well, okay. He might want to fine tune that speech a touch.
Cindy Munford on July 22, 2010 at 10:31 PM
Watch American Pickers from the “are they gay” angle and watch how often they do something “masculine” to prove to you that they aren’t. It makes the show a TON better. It’s a laugh riot. I’m pretty sure the fat guy isn’t gay, but the skinny dude is questionable.
lorien1973 on July 22, 2010 at 10:32 PM
This thread is cracking me up!
Gang-of-One on July 22, 2010 at 10:32 PM
roy_batty on July 22, 2010 at 10:32 PM
Since you asked, yes, they have indeed:
Basil Marceaux For Tn Governor 2010
AUINSC on July 22, 2010 at 10:32 PM
Gadsden flag perhaps? It’s like trying to decipher code or something.
thomasaur on July 22, 2010 at 10:32 PM
A frickin’ genius. I’m moving to tenn just to vite for the guy.
Rocks on July 22, 2010 at 10:33 PM
I resemble that remark…!
Seven Percent Solution on July 22, 2010 at 10:34 PM
Means that cars are guilty until proven innocent but you can’t stop them to get their plea.
Electrongod on July 22, 2010 at 10:34 PM
With his name can you imagine his followers trying to win with a write in campaign ?
William Amos on July 22, 2010 at 10:34 PM
Perhaps Mr. Marceaux is just annoyed at his neighbors.
Randy
http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Te8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=goldfinch+flag&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=of5ITIeyI8L-8AbAx9i-Dg&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&ved=0CDIQrQQwAg
williars on July 22, 2010 at 10:35 PM
Someone has been drinking too much squirell beer
William Amos on July 22, 2010 at 10:35 PM
It’s on Discovery’s Planet Green. They’re a gay urbinite couple who suddenly move out to run a rural farm. Here ya go.
Hilarious but not for the reason the guys (Brent and Josh) think. If you’re wondering who the 46% supporting Obama are, here’s your answer.
amerpundit on July 22, 2010 at 10:35 PM
hi
i am conor blue
i am going running for the US district of Ny congressional candidate.
i believe in low tolerance
i also believe that equestrians need permittions
also, i would prefer that government get its own lives before it gets in the lifes of americans.
thats really all.
please elect me
blatantblue on July 22, 2010 at 10:36 PM
Yeah, the short and big guy definitely isn’t. I’ll have to watch for the tall skinny guy.
amerpundit on July 22, 2010 at 10:36 PM
i forgot to imply sopme of my more notorious posits
i believe in the franchising of voters
if you dont like the flag of america, well then you can buy a mexican one
televisions should be examined for fosforus gases
i approve this message
blatantblue on July 22, 2010 at 10:37 PM
I found the “Google Ads” at the top of his web-page before getting to the meat, and drawing the ‘Monetization’ factor to his full advantage…
… a pure act of genius!
Internet Marketing will NEVER be the same…!
Seven Percent Solution on July 22, 2010 at 10:37 PM
Damn! I’m voting for you!
AUINSC on July 22, 2010 at 10:39 PM
I don’t think that website is for real. That has to be a hoax.
ramrants on July 22, 2010 at 10:40 PM
I think he was talking about planting switch-grass for bio fuel. At least Alven Greene was smart enough not to reduce his message to riddles.
Electrongod on July 22, 2010 at 10:40 PM
Look it’s simple. This is his platform:
If you can’t find an innocent car, you can’t look in at those gold finch flags. If you can find an innocent car, look all you want. Plant some grass on vacant lots in the morning when you come out to get murdered. If you can’t get murdered, no, then you go to jail. And above all, sell everything for gas!
keep the change on July 22, 2010 at 10:40 PM
thank you
i am simply trying to get in front of the americans who are being forced to do a lot by a governments.
if you are against the fraudulatens of the federalists than maybe you should consider joining my team for campaigns
blatantblue on July 22, 2010 at 10:41 PM
Good, now that I have your attention, what are you going to do about fluoridation of our water?
AUINSC on July 22, 2010 at 10:43 PM
He said ‘gold fringed flags’. Of course, the flag of Tennessee doesn’t have three stripes, but three stars and one stripe…..
oddball on July 22, 2010 at 10:43 PM
actually i was in the involvement of the changing of that in 1997
if you put tin foil rings into the water, we can clean it for future generations
but a more expenseve solution is to place a battery wave into the base log of the water bag.
blatantblue on July 22, 2010 at 10:45 PM
There’s an idea on the internet about the US Civil Flag. It’s Very Serious, and there is gold fringe invloved.
exception on July 22, 2010 at 10:46 PM
This clinches it for me, from his website:
VOTE FOR ME AND IF I WIN I WILL IMMUNE YOU FROM ALL STATE CRIMES FOR THE REST OF YOU LIFE! (Except violating a citizen rights this would be a special punishment )
It’s in bright red so you know he’s serious.
Randy
williars on July 22, 2010 at 10:47 PM
What kind of animal is that on his head, and why is he wearing it?
Splunge on July 22, 2010 at 10:48 PM
But look how he’s making people think.
exception on July 22, 2010 at 10:48 PM
Finally! Someone who makes SC candidates look good.
LEBA on July 22, 2010 at 10:49 PM
Damn. I’d like to think it was me sending it in as a tip, but mine was probably the 60th copy.
BTW, KUDOS to Hot Air posters. I have lived in the South the majority of my life and I would have never guessed “gold finch flag”.
Marcus on July 22, 2010 at 10:49 PM
Thank God Tennessee’s primary is in August.
crosspatch on July 22, 2010 at 10:51 PM
Thank God, somebody finally has the courage to tell the truth. Stay pure!
AUINSC on July 22, 2010 at 10:51 PM
The Greene / Marceaux administration has done gone took power today, and done made a speech sayin’ they’s gonna make a speech about it tomorrow.
So, in the meantime, don’t pull nobody over, and leave gold finches alone.
Merovign on July 22, 2010 at 10:53 PM
Oh goody.
exception on July 22, 2010 at 10:54 PM
So will there be Basil Marceaux action figures to go with Mr. Greene’s?
Cindy Munford on July 22, 2010 at 10:54 PM
thanks a lot for the supports you have been given me
try to watch out for impostors
blatantblue on July 22, 2010 at 10:54 PM
Well, he did wish everyone a nice day, so there’s that.
clearbluesky on July 22, 2010 at 10:59 PM
He wants to stop apression. We are being apressed.
Rocks on July 22, 2010 at 11:01 PM
I listened a few times and I’m not clear on his position on shooting everyone.
exception on July 22, 2010 at 11:02 PM
Our version of Basil Fawlty?
Kini on July 22, 2010 at 11:04 PM
Alvin Greene has no comment.
Ronnie on July 22, 2010 at 11:04 PM
Apparently, this guy filed a bunch of insane lawsuits in Tennessee. One in which he argues that
It gets better. He actually appealed the first court’s ruling. And, apparently, this was not his only lawsuit. There are more here: http://www.google.com/cse?cx=009297255210434018190%3Ajumwi5oswl4&q=Basil+Marceaux
drewwerd on July 22, 2010 at 11:04 PM
We call our dummies…er, dummies.
They make theirs Einsteins, for PC.
Schadenfreude on July 22, 2010 at 11:06 PM
Unless he switches parties, he’s not going to make it past the primary.
Ronnie on July 22, 2010 at 11:09 PM
i believe in the deflagulation of toads
its an epidemic
blatantblue on July 22, 2010 at 11:10 PM
As odd as this is, tell me he wouldn’t do a better job than BHO’s epic fail.
MechEng5by5 on July 22, 2010 at 11:21 PM
FTFY
JohnGalt23 on July 22, 2010 at 11:25 PM
best platform ever.
alabudboy on July 22, 2010 at 11:28 PM
This reminded me of a King of the Hill episode:
Dale Gribble. “I do not recognize the authority of a court that hangs the gold-fringed flag. A flag with gilded edges is the flag of the admirality court. An admirality court signifies a naval court-martial. I cannot be court-martialed twice.”
MechEng5by5 on July 22, 2010 at 11:30 PM
How come so much idiocy is so prevalent and so in our faces all the time these days?
Schadenfreude on July 22, 2010 at 11:33 PM
Did anybody else have a mild sense of deja vu?
Chickyraptor on July 22, 2010 at 11:38 PM
http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/opinions/tca/PDF/041/Marceau.pdf
This guy sued a judge….for doing his job and ruling against him. Then, when his initial, baseless lawsuit was dismissed, he appealed, and his case was dismissed yet again. Who knows, maybe he’ll have a career at the ACLU.
drewwerd on July 22, 2010 at 11:38 PM
Idiocracy is happening in slow motion right before our eyes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy
Alvin Greene, Basil Marceaux?
Can President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho be far behind? Or have we already got him?
sharrukin on July 22, 2010 at 11:56 PM
I dont know how I would of reacted if I was the newscasters, but I have a feeling I would of been un-professional because I would of said, WTF was that, and start laughing. I wonder how they handled it.
WoosterOh on July 23, 2010 at 12:07 AM
Call me back when he wins a primary. Until then he is just a garden variety doofus.
pedestrian on July 23, 2010 at 12:13 AM
Everyone ridiculing this man is racist.
That is the meme du jour right?
Inanemergencydial on July 23, 2010 at 12:20 AM
I agree, pedestrian. Don’t think the Republican electorate will elect him as the candidate just because he has a name that sounds like he’s upper-crust…
spudmom on July 23, 2010 at 12:22 AM
We have a similar fellow here in Idaho who legally changed his name to “Pro Life” and he is routinely on the primary ballot.
spudmom on July 23, 2010 at 12:23 AM
THIS CANNOT BE THE ONLY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE. PLEASE TELL ME IT AIN’T SO. PLEASE! :(
griv on July 23, 2010 at 12:36 AM
How in the WORLD did the anchors keep a straight face???
He had me at “I’m BasilMarceaux.com.”
And by God, I WILL “have a nice day.”
Onus on July 23, 2010 at 12:47 AM
Huh-huh. He’s special.
IronDioPriest on July 23, 2010 at 1:08 AM
I can’t wait to get immumed.
hillbillyjim on July 23, 2010 at 1:17 AM
Napolitano better watch this dude.
hillbillyjim on July 23, 2010 at 1:19 AM
Who the hell is this guy? First I heard he’s on the ballot for governor…I really need to early vote….
ladyingray on July 23, 2010 at 1:42 AM
Lunatic Fringe.
hillbillyjim on July 23, 2010 at 2:00 AM
“U.S.Senate of Zack wamp in 2010″
You’re damn skippy, my friend! Words of wisdom. Words. Of. Wisdom.
Django on July 23, 2010 at 2:40 AM
There is also a Basil Jr. who is standing for the Tennessee State House District 29 seat.
Britcop on July 23, 2010 at 5:58 AM
Please tell me the candidates are listed on the ballot by last name and not first name.
DethMetalCookieMonst on July 23, 2010 at 6:35 AM
I’m laughing so hard at this thread that I can barely breath!
DethMetalCookieMonst on July 23, 2010 at 7:19 AM
Chumlee knows pinball machines inside and out… demonstrated competence in an area of collectibles!
Mr. billmarceaux.com has to demonstrate some capacity for doing something. Or be a friend of one of the guys there. Now as to Am. Pickers he would be the kind of guy I expect to have 40 acres, five buildings packed with stuff and 20 or 30 rusting cars/trucks/motorcycles/scooters/bicycles scattered around the place. That’s 20-30 of each category.
Why do people go to pawnbrokers? They have asked people why they go there and it is worth listening to: E-bay isn’t everything, it isn’t immediate, it is hard to get real experts for things you just don’t know about, and getting a fair value assessment based on where the market is can be frustrating. If you need a generally fair price from a re-seller because you are out of time, out of money, or at wit’s end, then you go to a pawnbroker… E-bay isn’t so hot for that sort of stuff. E-bay is great for those who know their stuff or are willing to hand a cut over to a re-sell service… and a re-selling service describes a pawnbroker, save you get money up-front, in cash, immediately, not upon sale.
And do remember a pawnbroker is the earliest form of lending based on valuable collateral. The guy with the new big rig that needed $20k for holiday expenses put up a truck worth $70k+ to get it. Heads of State have pawned crown jewels to get money for wars. You can’t do that on E-bay as that is true pawnbroking, which requires a license and is regulated as to the amount of interest you can charge.
Money now means a lot. E-bay is money when the sale is made, if you can get a decent price for what you are selling. More money, later, doesn’t do you any good when you need some money now. That’s why the Old Man asks about Pawning it, selling it, donating it… I haven’t seen a donation, yet, but you have to know it happens otherwise he wouldn’t ask.
ajacksonian on July 23, 2010 at 7:22 AM
Somebody probably already said it, but here goes:
“It’s got lectralytes!”
*shudders*
catmman on July 23, 2010 at 8:24 AM
Hey. Give the guy a break. With what must be billions of great ideas swimming around in Basil’s head, trying to get just one of them exposed to daylight in 60 seconds put him in a tizzy!! God Bless America … and its gold finches … and innocent cars.
Monkeybrains220 on July 23, 2010 at 8:31 AM
HOLY COW!
Carl Spackler, the greenskeeper, is running for Governor of Tennessee.
percysunshine on July 23, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Sue peer Eeyore fire power, Sue peer Eeyore intelligence.
percysunshine on July 23, 2010 at 9:06 AM
blatantblue on July 23, 2010 at 9:11 AM
Drill baby drill.Mow baby mow.texasentrepreneur on July 23, 2010 at 9:23 AM
Drill baby drill.Mow baby mow.Grow baby grow.
(Carl has invented a new hybrid grass….CANNON BALL!)
percysunshine on July 23, 2010 at 9:28 AM
Thank goodness he’s not from Alabama…
toenail on July 23, 2010 at 9:30 AM
Reminded me of
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqXDN3Scsls&feature=related
rebuzz on July 23, 2010 at 9:35 AM
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