The Rent Remains Too Damn High, So Guess Who Came Back?

Unafraid to take on political insiders, Jimmy McMillan, the Rent is Too Damn High candidate for Governor of New York, returned to Imus in the Morning today and declared, “I’m mad as hell at what Bill Clinton did yesterday.”
 
Referring to the former President endorsing Democrat Andrew Cuomo for Governor, McMillan said, “He endorsed a man who knew about the crooks on Wall Street involved in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,” McMillan said. “That’s my boy, Bill Clinton, don’t get me wrong. I love you, Bill, but what you did yesterday was disgusting.”
 
Should he be elected Governor on Tuesday, McMillan promised to bring change to New York. “Rent just went up on October 1^st, and it’s going to go up again next year,” he said. “And no one is saying anything about it but Jimmy McMillan. No one is addressing the matter of rent but Jimmy McMillan. Rent is the cancer to every problem we are facing in the state, and nobody’s talking about it but Jimmy McMillan.”
 
Having referred to himself in the third person more times in 30 seconds than any person should ever do, McMillan told Imus he is stopped constantly by people on the street begging him not to turn his back on them.
 
“The rent is too damn high and they know it, they can’t afford to live here,” he said. “I’m going to stay on point, and I’m going to stay on message.”
 
Two votes already guaranteed to McMillan are those of Don and Deirdre Imus. “I’m not just saying that,” Imus promised his guest. “But I don’t think you’re going to get elected.”
 
McMillan encouraged Imus and his audience to join him at a rally Monday night in Times Square. “I feel confident we’re going to win,” he said. And if he doesn’t? “We’re going to go to Starbucks, you and I, and have a cup of decaffeinated coffee,” he told Imus.
 
Despite his comical appearance and rhetoric, McMillan insisted his gubernatorial aspirations are no joke. “This campaign is about people who can’t afford to live here,” he said, adding. “There’s a hunger crisis no one is addressing. They’re talking about all this other stuff, but they’re not talking about hunger, housing, poverty, and jobs. Only Jimmy McMillan is talking about these issues.”
 
Though he has received many “invitations” since his star turn last week, McMillan remains single. He stays in shape by teaching karate, and though he played many other sports as a child, McMillan can’t remember it. “I had amnesia when I came out of Vietnam,” he said, then casually launched into a graphic story about the Ku Klux Klan, a rifle, and his rectum.
 
“You’re starting to get a little too graphic on me here, Jimmy,” Imus said, adding, “I think you’re charming, and a breath of fresh air. I swear to God, I’m going to vote for you on Tuesday.”
 
It might not be Bill Clinton, but it’s still one hell of an endorsement.
 
-Julie Kanfer