According to TMZ, Terrence Howard told a TMZ photographer in New York on Wednesday that he is "looking forward to becoming president," adding that if the people in power will not make a difference, "somebody's got to do something." His proposed platform: 400 years of federal tax exemption for descendants of slaves.
A presidential run does not start with a filing. It starts with a lobby photo op in New York, where the actor is auditioning for the role of the person who is going to do something. That is the pipeline. Movie stars do not run, they leak a run, and the leak is a TMZ interview, because an actual campaign announcement requires a ballot, and a ballot requires paperwork, and paperwork requires stopping to be famous.
The platform is the best part. A 400-year federal tax holiday is not a policy, it is a season renewal. The campaign math is the Empire math. You do not end the show, you extend it, and when the ratings (voters, whatever) leave, you find a new channel and call it a revival. He said the tax exemption would heal "400 years of bad karma." That is not an economic plan, that is a back nine.
He also said he would love to sit down with the sitting president to discuss slavery. That is not a debate, that is a spinoff meeting. The White House is just the next season of the same show with a bigger budget and the same actor in a different costume.
YOUR TURN: Is this a campaign, or the most expensive audition of his career?
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