Basil Marceaux 2010 Gubernatorial Debate - part 1

[tgrfan42069]

lmao at the man leading the pledge.did they find him on the street?

[airforcemax]

I Love It - thanks a lot. I twittered this and part 2.

YES it is my shameless self-promotion.

Love changes perspectives and life itself.

~ Max Rafael Waller (Sunday, 3 January 1965 - )

High School Cross Country, N.J.R.O.T.C., honorable discharge from the US Army, and former member of the board of directors of a nonprofit organization

[Landbeforetime1992]

To non-Americans this has got to be either absolutely hilarious or downright terrifying.

If it makes the rest of the world feel any better, I promise you we aren't all like this...

[55Monalisa]

AMAZING!!! That's all I can say..roflmao

[mattokc]

"It's all mute...Can I rebuttal?" Priceless! Comedy GOLD!

[SpencerianS18]

Ladies and gents I present to you as the leader of our future enslavement PresidentKingCommanderCaptainC­hiefAwesomeSpacemanCowboy the third! Mr. Marceaux!!! (he said that's what he wanted his name to be once in office)

[richiesworld1]

Please America! As much as i love using the USA for comic relief, so much of this shit is seriously scary... It's two thousand and motherfuckin eleven... DA FUCK!!

[NickFromOH]

i bet he'll never get june griffins party wrong again

[cocolike1]

old fart

[cocolike1]

oh god is this the new comedy central

[thewhorocks524]

Oh my god.....you just can't make this stuff up!! XD

[mitchellolol]

wtf...this almost seems like a sitcom

[elliotti92]

HAHAAAA :l

[tforeignguy]

Who wonn??

[SDJPR]

What's Basil's problem with gold fringed flags?

[Frettsy]

@SDJPR most people would probably call it a "conspiracy theory" though it's actually pretty grounded in truth.. the gold fringed flag is relatively new in our nation's history, and those in opposition to it claim that it represents a new "corporate" "United States" (big U), instead of the Constitutional "united States" (little u). or something like that.

[mattokc]

@Frettsy ...And some people call it a "flag" and don't see conspiracies in every little thing, eh?

[wherethepartysat]

@eggroll9000 yes my friend the US is exactly like that....i should know i live there...

we are most likely one of the stupidest countries.

[cole1cole2]

This is obviously a debate for third party, independent, and fringe candidates. These are the people that are excluded from the ACTUAL debates. Doesn't anyone hear know how political debates are structured?

[74horseman]

The Governor of TN is Gov. Bill Haslam. None of these clowns were serious candidates at all. Basil Marceaux was 1 of 5 Republicans running...he was not the GOP sole candidate. He is a disgrace to any party in any state for any office.

[Chrisgottschalk2]

He won't say the fucking pledge? What the hell? Omfg what an idiot.

[masterpiggy5]

i like the guy in the middle, but the womans a know-it-all bitch, and basil is a dumb ass

[eggroll9000]

Is that really what the US is like? Retards, exaggerated patriotism and praying to an imaginary friend...? Please tell me it's not...

[CobaltX07]

@eggroll9000 Stay away from the Bible belt and it's actually a pretty sane place.

[Beartallica86]

@eggroll9000 Shut up, Athiest.

[L3thalBrickProuction]

@eggroll9000 it makes me wanna cry im an atheist stuck in a country full of religous cunts

[gingerbreadcorpses]

this man is stupid beyond words

[maxwolf13]

Every time Basil make a comment he steps backs and looks like "yup got em eating out of the palm of my hand".

[cheeks33]

this shit is fucking crazy......worst debate ever.  i feel like the moderator is more qualified to be governor than these jokers

[JDilla2812]

wtf is this real?

[ayaytc]

I would've loved to smoke a bowl and go to this!

[davidhilton]

@ayaytc Basil did!

[TheFlanker35]

@2:48,

What happened in 1624?

What religious heritage does a school called Vanderbilt have? The Supreme Court said the school was not a Methodist school. Cornelius Vanderbilt was basically an atheist.

[zorackprime]

love how he cuts off the first person haha

[BigHater007]

lol his phone is on!

[svenskanorsk]

Is this an episode of the Twilight Zone?

[waste0fspais]

this cant be fuckin real....

[OhshitPositive]

hahahahaha, riiight, the USMC taught him that he can't pledge allegiance to the American flag?...........I call bullshit!

[svenskanorsk]

@OhshitPositive I believe he is saying he will not pledge allegiance to THAT flag, the one in the room. Why? Because it's gold fringed. Gold fringed flags often represent Maritime Law, which is not subject to the Constitution.

[OhshitPositive]

@svenskanorsk oh....lol. well then he should have just said that, instead of making everyone think he was refusing to pledge allegiance to the American Flag

[hl4tw]

@OhshitPositive I think he won't say the pledge of allegiance to a flag that has that gold lining on it.

[RedroomStudios]

enough praying and guns... its a dangerous combination.

the Green Party guy seems to be the only one with a clue here!

[herzogsbuick]

@RedroomStudios Well if they're gonna allow prayer they're gonna allow witnessing and the idea with guns is that you don't shoot them, you dig? Slung safely around your shoulder while greeting the gospel a given morning chooses to deliver unto you, the gun in that moment may be your best friend. More a minstrel of caution.

[SpitForSpitFilms]

It is hilarious that Basil actually makes some democratic points here. Over the Indian reservations especially. That is classic.

[Plummn]

This can't be real. It's like the office of politics.

[EMHSDogz]

This is one of the most embarrassing thing ever. People actually act this way? "Im a local wrestler" Okay? who cares? I like how Basil tries to play it off like he was leaving when the Bearded "wrestler" was chosen to say the pledge instead of him. This must be a weird retard meeting

[audio441]

this is a great comedy show, what time and channel does this come on lol

[indiangoku]

Vote for Basil Marceaux Dotcom.

[JesusChristRulesYOU]

Sorry but Tennessee needs to only vote for the Christian candidates because only Christians should be office and be allowed to make the laws.

[deadboys1010]

@JesusChristRulesYOU And why is that, you fucking bigot?

[speedisg]

@JesusChristRulesYOU haha funny joke

[CamButler]

This is the greatest debate I've ever seen, every section deserves to be analyzed for sheer comedic gold. 

[guitarheroguy12]

from 4:11 till 4:35 he is just giving really uncomfortable stare to that woman, its scary.

[zealouse]

People of Tennessee you are fucked!!!

[sastath]

I do hope this is a joke. I feel bad for the people of Tennessee.

[bsphil]

@8:52 : Like the little grin he gives after thinking he gave an answer that a sane person would give.

[Mangina9000]

This does not make Tennessee look like a place that should have representation in a postbellum America.

[MMORPguy]

Marceaux isn't any more of a joke than any of the other candidates.

[SpiroHrvoje1989]

Someone please replace Marceaux with a 5 year old on the podium. That way the debate can be taken more seriously.

[inademv]

Grim times for Tennessee.

[Ne0nLobster]

1:30, he won't say the pledge of allegiance to a "gold french fry."

But yeah, that was one of the hundreds of idiotic choices he made to screw his candidacy. While I see his point about it not being a true American flag because of the gold fringe, the spectacle he made was unnecessary.

[duckboystump]

oh, please turn on "transcribe audio"

[duckboystump]

of course basil walks out because of a gold fringed flag...

[el100783]

Why are they talking to themselves at about 2:50?

[MaudePoison]

Is this some sort of joke? Are these people serious? Elect the moderator for Governor, he seems more competent that Granny and Drunk Santa

[Razgrizs]

what i want to know if basil was really in the marines ?

[kaoskastle]

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that this is REAL. The whole thing is just so absurd. I wish that I knew that this debate was happening so that I could have attended.

[hill1916]

Hahahahaha......what a laugh!!!!

[smootout]

Surreal, It's hard to tell who makes the least sense.

[vapata989]

This is like something out of SNL (when it was still funny)

[WSWarthog]

What the fuck is up with the praying? 

[EnricoFermiTheThird]

@WSWarthog it's the fundy way. Remember they burn mosques just down the road in murfreesboro.

[cikenberry3]

Lose the annoying intro thing.

[vapata989]

@cikenberry3

though it was funny to see how dumb the moderator was

[pezdrake]

Oh boy by 1:11 it's already getting good...

[avenueq14]

the fact that this guy knows who josephus is makes him much more qualified than any of the debaters

[eatcrayons1]

"Soldiers die every day in other countries for their constitutional rights. If we don't have constitutional rights here and we sell constitutional rights, what we gonna, what we sellin' 'em? We don't even have 'em, we can't sell 'em, can we?"

--Basil Marceaux.com

[smannable]

These jerk-offs make the federal government look competent.

[pkgmat]

Marceaux/Palin 2012

[knoose]

The praying is ridiculous...

How about talking about the people and things instead of begging to something..

This debate was hard to watch and full of nothing...

[wikired]

Man, Basil is one of the hardest working and funniest comedians out there.

[jjyarbo]

@wikired He has always been great, even back in the day during the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts....

[wikired]

@jjyarbo And when he would guest host the Tonight Show? LEGENDARY.

[jjyarbo]

@wikired when he passes away someday, it will be the stop of an era amen

[drizzt5555]

@wikired lol

[lorezapocalypse]

Oh, peoples. Have yourself a good laugh and look up why Basil walked out during the pledge of allegiance. It has to do with the fact that the flag had a gold fringe on it. See gold fringed flags are regulatory military flags used in court martials, but are also commonly used in other, non-military, settings. There is a whole right wing conspiracy about that.