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Hey, who else would we expect this brash, blustery, bodacious local character like best among presidential contenders?
Naturally he has "picked the most unconventional 2016 candidate," as Rolling Stone puts it, "not to mention the only one who might share Kid Rock's comfort with the self-designation 'American Badass.' "
Kid Rock: "His campaign has been entertaining."
The Detroit area performer, who was on Mitt Romney's side last time, slings colorful language to tell Brian Hiatt of the music publication why The Donald is his guy in 2016:
I'm digging Trump. I feel like a lot of people, whether you're a Democrat or a Republican, feel like if you get Hillary or Bernie, or you get Rubio or Cruz or whoever, there's going to be the same shit. . . .
My feeling: let the motherf---ing business guy run it like a f---ing business. And his campaign has been entertaining as shit. . . .
I'm just like, "We gotta try something else," and . . . I'm not an expert at political science or anything. I do try to follow things, obviously. I'm a pretty good, taxpaying citizen of this country. [Laughs] Let the business guy in there. It's not really working too well running it not like a business.
At Politico, which has a linked summary of Monday's interview excerpt, these are among reader comments:
- Yeah, Kid Rock is my go-to on virtually everything, particularily business and government. . . . If Trump should win, (shudder) maybe Kid can be the White House chief of protocol. -- Jim Wells
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The Kid Rock F-bomb endorsement. Yup, that will win me over. . . . I guess this is your average Trump voter. Wow. -- Matt Hendricks, Des Moines
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Kid Rock, this generation's Ted Nugent! -- Zachary Baxter
-- Alan Stamm
