Basil Marceaux's Bid for Governor

This is Basil Marceaux's first speech in WSMV's coverage of Tennessee's gubernatorial candidates. He discusses his views on gun control, the state's fuel budget, the flag, traffic stops, and religion. Most importantly, he tells us to "have a nice day", not once, but twice.

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Here's Basil's website: http://politics.freesitenow.com/basilmarceauxforgovernor/

Footage courtesy of WSMV-TV; Channel 4 in Nashville, TN

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[Freddo9867]

Fly the real flag with three stripes...dude, what?

[pantjz]

@Freddo9867 No kidding; I have no idea how he thinks the flag should lose 10 stripes, lol.

[sastath]

LOL poor guy. Who did this to him?

[pantjz]

@sastath Himself, in all honesty. This isn't the first time that he's done this, either; back in 2002, Basil ran for governor as an independent. As you can imagine, without this media bump that he's gotten, he did even worse in 2002 than he just did on August 5.

Finally, who knows? Maybe he'll run as an independent in this election, too, since he just lost the Republican primary.

[smootout]

@pantjz Do you know the filing deadline to run as an Independant in TN? I'd love to see him run.

[pantjz]

@smootout The filing deadline is on August 19th, so it's not too late for him yet. However, Basil only has less than 9 days from this point to make up his mind, and he has shown no intention of filing as an independent thus far.

I'd like to see him keep running too, because he probably has a far better chance in the general election than in the primary; which most people honestly don't care about.

[Ciaran646]

he wants to plant grass on any vacant lot. and sell it for gas.

so we can use it for our 'spenses.

[ImnotBritish12225]

He is Basil Marceaux dot com.

[AlexanderEddy]

MANDATORY GUN OWNERSHIP!

[averyfatsnail12]

vernon dursley for governor!

[sedro32]

maybe if people like this were elected officials, it would probably be better than it is now..

[herzogsbuick]

The highest rated comments are bullshit, Basil Marceaux is a man's man

[Krizpyy]

@MegaSpliffster smarter then George Bush!

[Krizpyy]

Basil Marceaux for president!

[wiiLuvCalifornia]

i would vote for him because idk he is awesome lol

[YThater1024]

It is miss teen S.C.'s dad!!!!