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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Politics / Teh Internets US Senate Candidate Alvin Green: The Plot Thickens....with Rap!

Posted by on Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:13 AM

Necessary exposition included in the following Countdown segment:

Thank you, Metafilter (which also supplies some info on the rap video's actual creator).

 

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Timrrr 1
I continue to be amazed that NO ONE in the media seems to be able to understand how someone named "Al Green" could have gotten the vote. WTF?!? Is it really that hard???

Maybe if it had been "Bartholomew Manilow" on the ballot the white folks could get it...

Posted by Timrrr on July 27, 2010 at 10:37 AM
libraboy 2
He'd have my vote.
Posted by libraboy on July 27, 2010 at 10:37 AM
3
This is among the most bizarre stories in recent memory. The more I read about it and see interviews with him, the stranger it gets.

Also, @1 pretty much has the exact right theory. I'm not sure it's more than that, but it's still really, really strange.
Posted by lopes on July 27, 2010 at 11:23 AM
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A poster on somethingawful.com forums made the rap as a joke.
Posted by tigntink on July 27, 2010 at 11:33 AM
Sir Vic 5
@1 I remain convinced that Dubya got as many votes as he did in 2000 because thousands of dumbasses thought they were voting for his father.

"That Clinton feller ain't no good, how 'bout we try that Bush guy agin?"
Posted by Sir Vic on July 27, 2010 at 12:01 PM
libraboy 6
...or Jefferson Smith...

Wait. Barry Manilow's first name is actually Bartholomew? I had no idea! He totally pwned my name.
Posted by libraboy on July 27, 2010 at 12:52 PM

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