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This clown doesnāt have a chance to even THINK he has a chance.
Wasted money.
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Trueā¦ but heās a new shiny thing which will instantly draw the mediaās attention. And thatās something Trump simply cannot abide. He must be the center of attentionā¦ or his house of cards kind of falls apart.
So it will be interesting to see how Trump plays it out.
Plus, I find this incredibly entertaining to think about: āTrump vs McAfee: Which one will out-egomaniac and/or out-paranoid the other? Stay tuned to find out!ā
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Welcome to the future of Citizens United.
The cockroaches are crawling out of the woodwork.
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With a few plot adjustments, youāve got the material for 2-night miniseries event. You start with the mild mannered nerd running a virus software company. One of his low-level employees stumbles an odd new class of virus, and after say 20-minutes of CSI plot-twisting, his secret reverse trace yields information about a mass-mind-bending chemical like soma that can be given to part or all of the population to modify their belief systems. However, since control is held by the billionaire class (e.g. Robert De Niroās character in the film Limitless), the hero has to create his own formula while throwing public officials and his real enemies, the Illuminati-esque bad guys, off the scent. After convincing the world that he is a craven sociopath running a meth lab in the jungle, he stuns the political system by getting on the ballot and begins acting like the reincarnation of Lincoln . He loses the hair dye, finds love with a dedicated younger woman who, too, believes in America, wins the election, and gets shot (but not really that bad, think Teddy Roosevelt, who gave a long speech in Milwaukee while bleeding out). Though wounded, he sucks it up and delivers a workmanlike Howard Beale speech that snaps the country out of its zombie trance, making both the old formula and new formula of the mind-drug ineffective. With American democracy restored and a sober, engaged electorate, he hands the president job to his VP running mate (casting?!) and promises his new wife that he never wants to spend time anywhere else than between her legs. Drugs, hot women, money, evil conspiracy, unobtainium, fighting the Man, predictable plot twist at the endā¦ Am I missing anything here?
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Heās a nut, heās a weirdo, he talks about having group sex with underage girls and very proud of it, his software doesnāt work, confessed drug addict, associated with murder, why is his latest maniac play newsworthy?
He has precisely no qualifications to be President except that he has money. Trump has personality, ideas, is media savvy, can talk on his feet and sure he may not be qualified. This is different.
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The first generation to accumulate any wealth is generally pretty decent and sensible. The second generation can go either way but at least they remember who their parents were and where their inheritance came from. The third and subsequent generations tend to be firmly entrenched, fully entitled little douches, solidly in āborn on third base and thought they hit a triple,ā territory.
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Its funny what the media considers an eccentric person when in reality its usually just a rich person thatās gone completely nuts. In comparison, you rarely hear of a mentally ill poor person in the news called eccentric. Strange how that works.
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Another reason why Iāve given up on the idiots in the ACLU who equate money with free speech.
The only part that surprises is the āunaffiliatedā. These 5 points make him seem right in there among the most qualified Republican hopefuls!
He will be surrounded by people who will think that he is so equally rich and equally crazy - that they should be able to chew off a nice big chunk of his wealth for themselves.
Just you wait tilā John McAfee makes his entrance at his first campaign rally! Cue the announcerā¦
"There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a
dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle
ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and
it lies between the pit of manās fears and the summit of his knowledge.
This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the
McAfee Zone. "
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2016 GOP race weirder.
Itās as though a mini-Caligula has been plopped down in the modern worldā¦ wealth, power, paranoid, a tenuous grasp on sanity, and absolutely little to no self control.
Maybe āScarfaceā would be a better analogy.
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John McAfee is running for president in 2016
Is there a level beyond jumping the shark?
Because I believe we have reached it.
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āUpendā my ass.
Unless McAfee shoots Trump himself or suicide bombs the FoxNews studios, this will have literally not a particleās worth of effect on the 2016 Presidential race. This loon doesnāt deserve one sentence at TPM, let alone a breathless, TMZ-style article receiving prominent front page stature here.
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Unless the Media give his the 24/7 coverage that they give Trump he doesnt stand a chance.
Heāll get the Right Wingās much coveted NRA endorsement if he just follows his instinct and enters his first campaign rally like McGruber:
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Ah but wait a minuteā¦heās ādifferentā and made his fortune in business just as Trump and Fiorina have. And heās ā¦ odd. That should have fit right in with the GOP. Or a Trump VP.
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Just this:
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