Willie Wilson Fo' Prez O Dent 2016

[Doobie Doo]

He'es got my vote

 

[All Knowledge]

this shyt real?

 

[Remote]

 

[TRY GOD]

so is this the new c00nsploitation viral video of the week?


I swear the apocolypse cannot come soon enough

 

[TEH]

Sorry, Willie I'm already campaigning for Deez Nutz. Maybe Deez can pick him as VP.

 

[iBrowse]

 

[Doobie Doo]

Believe it or not, he's running as a democrap.

 

[DreadBrown]

So sincere

 

[beenz]

willie wilson is a jackass. I used to see him when my god parents would have us come to their annual church dinner. the most part is dude is actually a millionaire.

 

[beenz]

I remember when he used the term "whitey" publicly while running for mayor earlier this year

Mayoral Candidate Willie Wilson's City Club Speech Was the Stuff of Legend

Mayoral Candidate Willie Wilson's City Club Speech Was the Stuff of Legend

By Mark Konkol | February 6, 2015 8:35am
@KonkolsKorner
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Like former Mayor Richard M. Daley, 2015 mayoral candidate Willie Wilson (l.) has had his struggles with speaking clearly in public.
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Nobody saw it coming, but mayoral candidate Willie Wilson’ City Club speech Thursday sure got a lot of attention.

“To the whiteys here, I’m letting you know, I ain’t prejudiced,” the Chicago Sun-Times reported the mayoral candidate as saying.

As a human being who falls under the “whitey” umbrella, I appreciate Mr. Wilson clearing that point up.

While intellectuals on Twitter debated whether what Wilson said was some kind of racial slur to the white race — and others questioned whether it’s physically possible for Wilson to continue to run for mayor with his foot deeply stuck in his mouth — I couldn’t help but think of our dearly retired boss, Mayor Richard M. Daley.

Long before Wilson was a mumble-mouthed mayoral candidate, Richie kept the city in stiches with his mispronunciations and misspeaks. And thankfully, City Hall reporter Bill Cameron of WLS-AM (890) caught most of it on tape.

I’m probably most fond of the time, when under dogged questioning, Daley blurted out, “Scrutiny? Do you want to take my shorts?” while Cameron’s tape rolled.

“Give me a break,” Daley continued. “Go scrutinize yourself. I get scrootened every day.”

“Scrootened” — that still makes me chuckle.

But it’s the legend of the “wet mayor,” as Tribune columnist Eric Zorn put it, that seems most relatable to Wilson’s “to the whiteys” comment.

In the 1989 election, the Tribune reported that Daley, running against Mayor Eugene Sawyer, told a group of Polish supporters that “you need a white mayor who can sit down with everybody."

Daley denied saying “white” mayor. And Daley’s then-aide, Forrest Claypool (who’s now Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s CTA president) told reporters at the time that after reviewing a recording of the speech that Daley had tripped over his words.

Later in ’89, the Tribune reported that Daley might have said his Polish audience needed a “wet mayor.”

And to this day, the “wet mayor” legend lives on.

Like Daley, Wilson publicly denied making a racially charged statement. He claims he didn’t say “whiteys,” and suggested that people misunderstood his “Louisiana enunciation.”

The Sun-Times stands by its reporting, and you can take a listen to a recording of the speech the paper posted online and make a decision for yourself.

 

[Motife43]

I wenta voh today and didn't see Bro. Wilson on da balluh

Why does this breh make Jesse Lee Peterson sound eloquent?
@Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

 

[Oceanicpuppy]

Voting for him. And I ain't being sarcastic either.

 

[Groanman]

Him and Jessie Jackson got the same speech therapist?!

 

[SirReginald]

He spent close to 1 mill on his campaign.

 

[SirReginald]

BUMP

Why didn't he get into the debates He should have been in Chaffee's position.