Jimmy McMillan, Man Of The People
THE POPULIST
Jimmy McMillan, Man Of The People
RAHM EMANUEL MIGHT BE WISE TO PICK UP POINTERS FROM New York's most populist gubernatorial candidate Jim McMillan, who became the man to watch after Monday night's debate between seven candidates.
Looking like a black Colonel Sanders with whiskers and beard, McMillan is apparently a man of the people.
The Vietnam vet and karate instructor lamented about mothers too poor to take care of their kids, the lack of jobs and rent being "too damn high."
"The people I'm hear to represent can't afford to pay their rent,'' he said. "They're being laid off right now without speak. They can't eat breakfast,lunch or dinner.
"Listen!" he said, cupping his ear. "Someone child's stomach just growled. Did you hear it? You gotta listen like me....The rent is too damn high."
McMillan provoked laughter from the crowd and has become the web's water cooler conversation today. But don't laugh! Third-party politics is America's future. And Jimmy connects because he's real. Sorta.
Look forward to seeing more of him in the future -- on TV if not in the executive mansion.
