{"id":20305,"date":"2020-08-05T13:29:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T18:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=20305"},"modified":"2020-08-21T14:36:34","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T19:36:34","slug":"republicans-help-kanye-west-ballot-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/republicans-help-kanye-west-ballot-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP ghouls are helping Kanye West get on the ballot in Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For many voters, choosing between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is like an old <em>South Park <\/em>gag: would you rather have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GI8Wwe2-dV0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">giant douche or a turd sandwich<\/a> in the White House?<\/p>\n<p>If this sounds like you, I have \u201cgood\u201d news. Superstar rapper and presidential candidate Kanye West is a step closer to garnering votes in Wisconsin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/akzy3b\/a-well-connected-gop-strategist-is-helping-kanye-west-get-on-the-ballot-in-wisconsin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">thanks to an assist<\/a> from a highly-connected Republican operative. GOP attorney and former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/brad-schimel-josh-kaul-attorney-general-wisconsin\/\">Brad Schimel<\/a> deputy chief of staff Lane Ruhland dropped off the paperwork in Madison on Tuesday for Ye to appear on the ballot here.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 5px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cNo comment\u201d as woman enters election commission building just after 5p in Madison to drop off signatures for Kanye West <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zVxePn5Fe2\">pic.twitter.com\/zVxePn5Fe2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Smith (@mattsmith_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattsmith_news\/status\/1290770377627631617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that while West is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channel3000.com\/kanye-west-files-to-be-independent-candidate-in-wisconsin-for-presidential-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">running as an independent<\/a> \u2014 on the *checks notes* Birthday Party ticket \u2014 recent years have seen him ride <em>hard<\/em> for Donald Trump. Not only has he taken to accessorizing a MAGA hat with his Yeezy Boosts, but West\u2019s campaign team is full of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/investigations\/daniel-bice\/2020\/08\/04\/kanye-west-gets-helping-hand-gop-get-wisconsin-ballot\/3296285001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GOP-connected strategists<\/a>. For example, Ruhland (who works for the sinister-sounding law firm Husch Blackwell) has represented Trump in court as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bencjacobs\/status\/1290854110368083973\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently as last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans likely hope he\u2019d draw enough of the vote in Wisconsin to score another Trump win. But should you vote for Kanye West? No, you absolutely fucking shouldn\u2019t. He may be a genius producer, but his campaign is an alarming example of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2020\/jul\/20\/kanye-west-launches-presidential-campaign-tour-with-chaotic-rally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">man battling serious mental health issues<\/a>. Kanye West doesn\u2019t need to be president; he needs someone to help him. And the fact that so many people are enabling him in an attempt to capitalize off it is a major bummer.<\/p>\n<p>Just swallow your pride and vote for the turd sandwich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many voters, choosing between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is like an old South Park gag: would you rather have a giant douche or a turd sandwich in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":20311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5155,5151,5152],"tags":[9348,19,4360,12186,12860,54,62,7786,1671],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.3 (Yoast SEO v18.5.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>GOP ghouls helping Kanye West get on the ballot in Wisconsin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Republican attorney Lane Ruhland dropped off the paperwork in Madison on Tuesday for the rapper to appear on the ballot here this fall.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/republicans-help-kanye-west-ballot-wisconsin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GOP ghouls are helping Kanye West get on the ballot in Wisconsin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"*sighs* I miss the old Kanye.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/republicans-help-kanye-west-ballot-wisconsin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Bozho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thebozho\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-05T18:29:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-08-21T19:36:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/KanyeWisconsin-fb.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"GOP ghouls are helping Kanye West get on the ballot in Wisconsin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"*sighs* I miss the old Kanye.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/KanyeWisconsin-tw.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@thebozho\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@thebozho\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tom Whitcomb\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Bozho\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thebozho\/\",\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/thebozho\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thebozho\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/logo.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":280,\"caption\":\"The Bozho\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Bozho\",\"description\":\"Seeing things. 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