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Mr. Rent Is Too Damn High has joined the likes of Sarah Palin and President Barack Obama with a plastic doll that says his signature phrase.
Jimmy McMillan stole the show at the New York gubernatorial debate. As the candidate for the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, he gained national attention by repeating his signature phrase, and because he was rocking a gray souped-up handlebar mustache (and black gloves).
Emil Vitale of herobuilders.com launched the doll on Monday and has already sold a few hundred of the 12-inch-tall figurines, which retail for $49.99.
McMillan is also supposed to be releasing an album on Election Day with rent themes and has been interviewed numerous times.
Since the debate, a couple of interesting tidbits have emerged about the candidate.
He is not listed as a registered member of the party he's representing. Instead of being the fourth member of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, McMillan is listed as a registered Democrat.
It's also not clear how much rent McMillan pays, or whether he actually pays rent. He told one publication that he paid $800 a month and another that he hadn't paid rent for more than a decade.
Quirks not withstanding, McMillan's point about the rent is undeniable. Plenty of folks are struggling to pay for a roof over their heads in cities big and small.
And I've learned something else from him over the last few weeks. I don't know about you, but at $50, I think the price of that doll is too high!
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Source: http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/10/28/rent-is-too-damn-high-candidate-gets-own-doll/
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