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Chris Johnson: Let's consider President Kanye for a moment

If you're like me, you DVR'd MTV's music video awards show and watched it five times last week. Wait, no, that was "Jeopardy." No wonder I missed Kanye West's big announcement -- the chances of Kayne appearing on "Jeopardy" are pretty slim.

Yes, as you probably already know -- unless you're one of the half dozen people in America who still have a life -- Kanye West, has declared that he will run for president in 2020.

Now, there's no doubting the musical genius that is Kanye. He has been so influential in music that they actually formed a SAT question involving him: "Kanye West is to music as (blank) is to construction materials." (The correct answer, of course, is Cheez Whiz.)

Thanks to trailblazers like Donald Trump, we now know that any narcissistic human with millions of dollars or billionaire buddies can run for president. I don't mean to sound bitter, but that leaves poor narcissists like myself -- who could fix this country in a couple of weeks or so -- out of the equation. (I'm not ready to articulate my exact plan to fix the country; just trust me on that one.)

Personally, I think a President West and first lady Kim Kardashian would be an interesting departure from our current president and first lady, who seem to have such a solid marriage and calm family life while not getting wrapped up in any scandals other than Michelle Obama trying to pry trans fats and high-fructose corn syrup from our children's cold, fat hands. For a bunch of communist Muslims from Kenya, the Obamas sure act like a bunch of boring, decent Christian folks.

Yes, we must consider the first ladies (or first gentlemen) when we're electing a president. Mrs. Obama turned out to be a natural on camera and has done a great job of conveying her health message to children called "Put Down the Cheetos and Move!" I'm not sure what Kim Kardashian's platform might be, but at least we know she has a lot of experience on camera.

Not since the "strategery" years have we enjoyed entertaining presidential speeches, and I have no doubt that President Kanye's speeches will be more interesting that Obama's professorial talks with all those annoying facts and his "First , second ..." rundown of talking points. Of course, if Kanye is not allowed to use the word "bro" in his State of the Union, it'll be over in about 5 minutes, which will not only be entertaining, but also refreshing. And there won't be all those interruptions for congressmen to clap because anytime Kanye takes the stage, no one knows whether to clap or hold their breath.

Unfortunately, Kanye likely has about as much chance of getting the Democratic (I assume) nomination as he does of still being married to Kim Kardashian by 2020. And we all know what's going to happen when someone like Elizabeth Warren is accepting the nomination in 2020:

"Yo, Liz, Imma let ya speak and all, but I think we all know who da real nominee is ..."

Connect with Chris Johnson at Facebook.com/KudzuKidWriting, Twitter @kudzukid88 or kudzukid88@gmail.com.

This story was originally published September 5, 2015 at 10:40 PM with the headline "Chris Johnson: Let's consider President Kanye for a moment ."

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