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(25,704 posts)RandySF
(57,196 posts)DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)....actually, not.
Fellow Americans, wake up and see the chaos that "businessmen" like Trump can bring. As the great man President Obama once said, do you want heart surgery done by someone who has never done it before (paraphrased).
Kid Rock is only useful for ripping off folks like Lynyrd Skynyrd.....Trump is really not useful for anything except to show us how bad things can be.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)I disagree with him but he is not crazy.
Senator Franken is a comedian ....Just saying.
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)I didn't say Kid Rock was crazy, but he has no business being a senator of anything.
Ritchie eventually ran away to Mt. Clemens at 15 and stayed with his friend Chris Pouncy. During this time sold drugs out of a car wash at which he worked, for a local drug gang known as the "Best Friends". In an attempt to keep the kids out of trouble, a man in the neighborhood organized a rap group, composed of its founder The Blackman, Champtown, KDC, Chris "Doc Roun-Cee" Pouncy, and Bob. They were known as "The Beast Crew". While performing, Rock befriended producer D-Nice of the legendary hip-hop group Boogie Down Productions. When Rock opened for BDP one night, D-Nice invited an A&R representative from Jive Records to see him perform. This meeting led to a demo deal that developed into a full record contract.
Against his parents' wishes, Rock signed the deal at age 17. He later became part of the Straight From The Underground Tour alongside several major rap artists, including Ice Cube, Too Short, D-Nice, Mac Dre, and Yo-Yo.[citation needed]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Rock (emphasis added)
I guess he graduated from the school of hard drugs!
Egnever
(21,506 posts)When I think Trump crazy comes to mind.
RandySF
(57,196 posts)He's violent and reckless, but he's managed his business well.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)He has been involved in politics for a long time.
Here's an excerpt from an article but he has always been very involved in voter registration.
Not a single prominent Republican in Michigan told us theyd heard from Ritchie or his associates about a campaign. Good musicians are great marketers, and Kid Rock has been brilliant in terms of creating and selling a brand. His flirtation with electoral politics could be nothing more than a promotional ploy aimed at rekindling interest in his careerhes had only one single reach any of Billboards charts in the past four yearsand boosting his bottom line.And yet this theory doesnt appear consistent with the man himself:
Ritchie, who already boasts a huge and devoted following, has sold tens of millions of albums and amassed what he calls fuck you moneyenough of it, in fact, that he has given seven-figure sums to charity and capped ticket prices to his concerts at $20 to make them accessible to working-class fans. Meanwhile, hes earned a reputation in his native southeast Michigan as someone who is earnest when it comes to civic involvement, helping local businesses and headlining major philanthropic events. When Mitt Romney asked for his endorsement ahead of the pivotal Michigan primary in 2012, Ritchie invited him to his Metro Detroit home and peppered him with a list of policy questions, sleeping on the decision before informing Romney the next day he would support him. The two forged an unexpected bond: Romney adopted the patriotic rock anthem Born Free as his official campaign song, and Ritchie later praised the former Massachusetts governor as the most decent motherfucker Ive ever met in my life.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/07/23/kid-rock-run-senate-serious-michigan-analysis-215408
msongs
(67,129 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)Just what we need here.