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[–] [email protected] 51 points 11 months ago (7 children)

WTF is this part supposed to mean?

wasn't on the ballot, it was still chock-full of candidates like the boot-on-head-wearing Vermin Supreme, Rep. Dean Phillip, and Marianne Williamson

Are they calling Dean Phillip a vermin supreme or did someone named Vermin Supreme actually get on the ballot?

[–] Maven 84 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're one of today's lucky 10,000!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

For those that don't get the reference:

https://xkcd.com/1053/

[–] [email protected] 43 points 11 months ago

I’m so excited that you get to learn about vermin supreme

[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago

Vermin Supreme have been in quite a few elections

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] reattach 2 points 11 months ago

Dean Phillips could be the apositive to Vermin Supreme, or both Vermin Supreme and Dean Phillips could be separate items in the list.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Vermin Supreme is a person who literally wears a boot on his head and is in politics. I don't know what his platform his, but I'm pretty sure I don't want to vote for him.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Free ponies for every American. I'm not kidding, that's his platform. He won me over.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

He also has a strong stance on oral hygiene.

[–] LesserAbe 10 points 11 months ago

You should watch the video where he throws glitter on one of the other candidates and yells that they're "turning gay". https://youtu.be/O5nj_aex3QA?feature=shared (then you'll want to vote for him)

[–] jaybone 5 points 11 months ago

Is it really fair to say he is “in politics” though? Seems more like he just runs in elections.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

He’s the only person I actually want to vote for.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

There's a guy who calls himself Vermin Supreme. He wears a boot on his head and iirc claims to be a libertarian. He runs for president every year and never comes even close to winning anywhere.

Edit: meant to say he runs for president every election. He obviously couldn't run every year.