Kid Rock is running for the Senate (yes, for real) [Archive]

GulDukat

07-12-2017, 07:01 PM

guy is a joke
-LouieNo sane, rational person would vote for fucking Kid Rock for U.S. Senate or any other elected office. But we live in weird times. People underestimate Kid Rock's candidacy at their own peril. How many people thought Trump would actually win?

allegro

07-12-2017, 08:21 PM

GulDukat

07-12-2017, 08:29 PM

Nearly everybody I know in Detroit (including my little brother and my best friend) LOVES Kid Rock. I don't get it, I think he has zero talent and is totally full of shit, but whatever. I like him, he's charismatic, a very good, energetic frontman and he's recorded some really fun songs. I personally think that Devil Without a Cause is one of the best rock albums of the late 90's. That said, Kid Rock for U.S. Senate? Hell no.

allegro

07-12-2017, 08:35 PM

I like him, he's charismatic, a very good, energetic frontman and he's recorded some really fun songs. I personally think that Devil Without a Cause is one of the best rock albums of the late 90's. That said, Kid Rock for U.S. Senate? Hell no.
He pretends to be a redneck but he is from a wealthy family.

I don't like that type of sorta hillbilly rap stuff but he is a GOD in Detroit. A GOD.

DAVE BING was Mayor of Detroit, fer Chripe's sake. This is the MIDWEST. Jesse Ventura was the Governor of Minnesota. AL FRANKEN is a Senator in Minnesota (a GOOD one).

Great, now I have "Cowboy" stuck in my head.

thelastdisciple

07-12-2017, 08:47 PM

Bawitdawtf? o.O

thevoid99

07-12-2017, 10:25 PM

Either he's trolling us as promotion for a new album or it's serious. Either way, he's still a piece of shit.

GulDukat

07-13-2017, 03:34 AM

He pretends to be a redneck but he is from a wealthy family.

I don't like that type of sorta hillbilly rap stuff but he is a GOD in Detroit. A GOD.

DAVE BING was Mayor of Detroit, fer Chripe's sake. This is the MIDWEST. Jesse Ventura was the Governor of Minnesota. AL FRANKEN is a Senator in Minnesota (a GOOD one).

Great, now I have "Cowboy" stuck in my head.Never understood that Confederate flag shit either. He's from MI! Doubt General Custer would be too happy.

Boots

07-13-2017, 04:38 AM

I have never liked him, mostly because of his personalty.

Haysey_Draws

07-13-2017, 04:45 AM

...we really are hurtling toward a future where celebrities with ideas above their station are being elected based on how popular they are rather then actually being able to do a job...crumbs!

Jinsai

07-13-2017, 05:11 AM

he's a god in Detroit... dude lives in Malibu.

Kodiak33

07-13-2017, 06:40 AM

If he runs a campaign he'll win. We're at the point where no one thinks rationally about politics/good candidates anymore.

kel

07-13-2017, 07:00 AM

idiocracy has become a looming warning way before i expected it to. beef supreme for president, kid rock for senate.

GulDukat

07-13-2017, 07:24 AM

If he actually does run and wins, he'll probably just defer to Paul Ryan/McConnell. He's actually pretty chummy with Ryan and Ryan would likely act as a mentor. I seriously doubt Kid Rock has any real philosophy on how governments should run, other than some vague notion of "freedom," "less government," "guns!" etc.

allegate

07-13-2017, 10:04 AM

Never understood that Confederate flag shit either. He's from MI! Doubt General Custer would be too happy.

While vacationing through Oregon I saw a house with a Confederate flag on it. At this point just put a sign out front that says "I hate black people" and be done with it. Why hide?

aggroculture

07-13-2017, 10:49 AM

I don't know what politics has become, but isn't it supposed to be about writing laws that make people's lives better? Please tell me what fucking experience Kid Rock has ever had with that? An ugly guy with ugly views, exemplifying everything that sucks about the US right now.

Also, his music is shit, pure shit, and I love me some basic rap metal, but Kid Rock sucks. He makes Limp Bizkit sound like Mozart.

allegro

07-13-2017, 10:50 AM

I love what somebody posted on Facebook a while ago:

Kid Rock is like the above-ground pool of music

thevoid99

07-13-2017, 04:10 PM

idiocracy has become a looming warning way before i expected it to. beef supreme for president, kid rock for senate.

Oh fuck. You're right.

xmpx_

07-13-2017, 04:35 PM

Hey world -- can we not? Can we just not????

elevenism

07-14-2017, 12:29 AM

idiocracy has become a looming warning way before i expected it to. beef supreme for president, kid rock for senate.
And people are fucking thrilled that there might be a viable challenge to Trump in the form of The Rock.
It wouldn't fucking surprise me if, in the future, congressional reps were chosen on a reality show or something. at this rate, that's where we're headed.

botley

07-14-2017, 10:25 AM

Nothing but respect FOR MY PRESIDENT (https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/the-rock-has-officially-filed-his-2020-presidential-campaign/)

Edit: Wait, The Rock and Kid Rock are two different guys?

allegro

07-14-2017, 01:45 PM

nothing but respect for my president (https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/the-rock-has-officially-filed-his-2020-presidential-campaign/)

edit: Wait, the rock and kid rock are two different guys?

michael blackman @mblackman37
sure the rock would make a better president than trump, but so would an actual rock.

haaaaaa ha ha ha!!!

Louie_Cypher

07-14-2017, 02:00 PM

probably got another shitty album coming out he should get together with Fred Durst and call themselves durst and the worst
maybe they could both run for senate, and we could have a U.S. senate full of idiots, wait could be that's already happened
-Louie

allegate

07-14-2017, 02:07 PM

And people are fucking thrilled that there might be a viable challenge to Trump in the form of The Rock.
It wouldn't fucking surprise me if, in the future, congressional reps were chosen on a reality show or something. at this rate, that's where we're headed.Whatever it takes to get the voting numbers to go as high as American Idol or whatever.

/s

wizfan

07-14-2017, 05:28 PM

Also, his music is shit, pure shit, and I love me some basic rap metal, but Kid Rock sucks. He makes Limp Bizkit sound like Mozart.

I put on Devil Without a Cause every now and then for a good laugh. Sure, his lyrics are abysmal and the music is trash, but it sounds fun in an absolutely filthy, ghastly way (except for the final track, which I agree shouldn't exist at all). It's hilarious, not because of his jokes (which are terrible), but because there are moments of forced grandeur where he attempts to be serious and majestic, and fails miserably. I couldn't breathe when that auto-tuned ballad came up late in the album (and that happened wayyyy before the explosion of auto-tune). Of course, when he tried to become a legitimate singer-songwriter and focus more on country shit, it just wasn't funny anymore.

And to everyone considering to vote for Kid Rock, The Rock, Kane, Kanye West etc., just remember The Terminator as a governor of LA. Or Ronald Reagan as president. Yeah.

wizfan

07-16-2017, 08:04 AM

Best joke I've read about this so far. https://twitter.com/markcritch/status/885274643443187712

Patrick_Nicholas

07-16-2017, 10:48 AM

I thought we learned that if Donald Trump can be elected President, then we really should take the clowns running for important US government positions seriously. Let's not let Kid Rock off the hook, bizarre as he may seem.

theimage13

07-21-2017, 08:22 AM

Nearly everybody I know in Detroit (including my little brother and my best friend) LOVES Kid Rock. I don't get it, I think he has zero talent and is totally full of shit, but whatever.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/08/05/kid-rock-dte-times-ten/31200653/

I've worked for him before. He can play every instrument on that stage and play it well. In that regard, I do have some respect for him.

But as a human being, I think he's shit. I have very good friends in Michigan, so for their sake I hope to god he doesn't get elected.

onthewall2983

07-22-2017, 11:21 AM

Has he filled out the paperwork yet?

GulDukat

08-12-2017, 10:36 AM

Starting to gather some steam within the GOP:
http://www.vulture.com/2017/08/kid-rocks-senate-run-is-starting-to-get-republican-support.html?utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=fb&utm_medium=s1

Conan The Barbarian

08-12-2017, 10:38 AM

Starting to gather some steam within the GOP:
http://www.vulture.com/2017/08/kid-rocks-senate-run-is-starting-to-get-republican-support.html?utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=fb&utm_medium=s1

I am surprised those idiots havent put Ted Nugent in charge of military.

allegro

08-12-2017, 11:36 AM

I am surprised those idiots havent put Ted Nugent in charge of military.

Nugent is a Texan, now (his primary residence), he's been in the Waco area for a while. He actually grew up in the Chicago area.

onthewall2983

10-24-2017, 10:50 AM

"Fuck no" (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kid-rock-on-senate-run-f--k-no-w509994) (for reals)

theimage13

10-24-2017, 11:07 AM

https://www.kidrockforsenate.com

He confirmed via his Facebook page he is indeed running for the U.S. Senate.

If Trump can win MI, anything goes.

Can we change the title bracket to (are you fucking shitting me? fuck no.)

onthewall2983

10-24-2017, 11:13 AM

I don't feel like this story is over though. Like this will end up being like the Black Mirror episode "The Waldo Moment", with Kid Rock as the puppet of Michigan's conservative party.

GulDukat

11-10-2017, 07:19 PM

I think Kid Rock was just testing the waters but after seeing the polling (which put him losing handedly) and after last Tuesday's election results, it is highly unlikely he will run.

On a side note, I'm rather enjoying his new album. He's a tool, but he knows how to make irrelevant, fun rock/country. I still say Devil Without a Cause is one of the best rock albums of the late 90's.

allegro

11-10-2017, 07:50 PM

He previously said he's not really running, that it was a publicity stunt:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kid-rock-on-senate-run-f--k-no-w509994

onthewall2983

11-10-2017, 07:52 PM

He's marginally talented. He's an okay singer and adequate on lots of instruments, but an awful songwriter. I will say that his music was a bit of a departure from the Korns and Limp Bizkits of the world, much more a foot in classic hard rock and even country so he was tolerable on that level.

I've heard some good things about him, like his stance on Ticketmaster and such. But I also heard one story recently, from a Guitar World writer that he bitched to the magazine after they changed a cover story featuring him, because George Harrison died. That kind of ups my "fuck this guy" quota a bit.

allegro

11-10-2017, 07:56 PM

He just represents all the WRONG things about Detroit.

In fact, he doesn't represent Detroit, at all; he represents the racist redneck assholes outside of Detroit.

I get pissed every time I see him saying he represents Detroit. NO.YOU.DON'T, you phony asshole.

thevoid99

11-10-2017, 09:58 PM

What a fucking asshole. I hope he gets sodomized one of these days with his buddies who like to suck GWOTUS' cock.

GulDukat

11-11-2017, 06:20 AM

He previously said he's not really running, that it was a publicity stunt:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kid-rock-on-senate-run-f--k-no-w509994Nice cop-out. If he were up five points in the polls, he would be running.