Hubski should push a candidate out there even if it's just for shits and giggles. We might not have the funds but I believe in the spirit and intelligence of Hubski all day every day.
I'd run, motivated by a real desire to serve and good for others. However, I lack the intelligence, general knowledge, and foresight needed to help create good, solid laws and policies. I'm deathly afraid of being caught in a lie, so I pretty much never lie even if I have good reason to. I don't have the stomach for bickering or picking sides. I'm half certain the stress of the job would limit me to serving one term before I throw in the towel. That all said, the egotistical side of me totally thinks I'd make a good politician. So vote for rd95. After all, the road to hell is paved with good intentions and boy howdy, I have the best of intentions!
I can get behind the good intentions and the honesty, I just have a feeling you will do something and that's a lot better than the nothing that a lot of politicans like to do these days.
Our state sure as fuck has, however. Just two short years ago democrat Gary Peters beat the hell out of republican Terry Lynn Land for Levin's open Senate seat in a year when GOP won the governor and a majority of state seats. Land is a moron, and was exposed as such. It was therefore concluded, apparently incorrectly, that although the voters of Michigan have been leaning GOP more and more, they were still smart enough to reject an incompetent moron. Not so much anymore. That Kid Rock's name is in the ring is a testament to the statewide regression. He is not a smart or a good person, and he wouldn't be a good addition to the Senate.
We hemorrhaged educated people from the mid-90s until very recently. It seems like the tide is turning, but we have a long way to go to get back to respectability. The auto industry is a double edged sword. On the one hand, it made MI a fantastic place to live and work for decades. On the other, it discouraged leaders from investing in higher ed, because union guys could make $80k on a high school education. Our current governor is that rarest of endangered species, the moderate republican, and he is trying his best to improve retention of college educated people. That combined with Detroit's resurgence has stemmed the tide of net population loss. Unfortunately, our legislature is made up of a bunch of Jason Chaffetz wannabes, and they just voted to eliminate our income tax without replacement. So if the republican governor has his way, MI will finally join the 21st century, or if the republican legislature has its way, we'll join Kansas in their great experiment in failure.
Kid Rock/Ted Nugent 2020!!! FFS nothing would surprise me at this point.
ecib you've met the man, even raised a glass with him, what do you think, could he hack the political racket? I waited on him a few times. I didn't like him, he wasn't easy to wait on and he was an below average tipper. Most the politicians are easy to wait on and treat staff well.
If Donald Trump could become President, then I can see Kid Rock as a Senator. Anything is possible in these weird political times.