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Audience Member Ken Bone Becomes Internet Sensation In Second Presidential Debate
WGN ^ | POSTED 9:08 OCTOBER 10, 2016, | BY TRIBUNE MEDIA WIRE

Posted on 10/10/2016 7:23:07 PM PDT by drewh

ST. LOUIS – In a presidential debate filled with nasty remarks and insults, audience member and uncommitted voter Ken Bone became an internet sensation after posing a question to the candidates.

"What steps will your energy policy take to meet our energy needs while at the same time remaining environmentally friendly and minimizing job loss for fossil power plant workers?" he asked Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

While Bone's question was well-intentioned, his overnight fame was fueled by his snazzy red sweater, white shirt-tie combination, his thick mustache, his disposable camera and of course, his catchy name, according to social media.

#KenBone became a top trending topic on Twitter with more than 94, 000 tweets mentioning him as of early Monday. On Facebook, his name was also among the most talked about topics.

A Facebook user with the name Kenneth Bone Leep-Sills and similar appearance to the distinguished audience member quickly embraced the attention on his account, updating his profile picture with a snapshot of Sunday evening's debate.

Social media continued to praise Bone through the night, some even calling him the hero of the political showdown.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
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To: DIRTYSECRET

He needs to tuck in his shirt, first.


21 posted on 10/10/2016 7:49:29 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: drewh

If he were such an ecologically-minded man, he would lose some weight. Imagine if everyone on your plane was as fat as him. Imagine how much fuel he wastes driving that tub of goo around and how many extra cows he eats compared to the average person.

(Notice how candidates never get any questions about University of East Anglia or satellite temperature data)


22 posted on 10/10/2016 7:50:42 PM PDT by MountainWalker
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To: Viking2002

Ohhhhhh.......when I die, I wanna be reincarnated as a clingy, mint green top.....ohhhhhhhh.......”

Any more talk like that and you can kiss your run at POTUS goodbye!


23 posted on 10/10/2016 7:56:36 PM PDT by Dr. Pritchett
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To: boycott

No he’s not. If you’ve heard him interviewed, you wouldn’t say that.”

Yes he is.

I heard him interviewed on CNN:

He’s still “undecided” but likes and supports Hillary Clinton.

And he loved and thanked Anderson Cooper and the Witch’s job as moderators.

Dem Plant.


24 posted on 10/10/2016 8:07:06 PM PDT by JPJones (George Washington's Tariffs were Patriotic. Build a Wall and Build a Wall of tariffs.)
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To: ealgeone
I'm surprised she wasn't a hijabi, to be honest.

Maybe the cretins in the ruling elite are starting to catch on and tone down the Jacobinism.

25 posted on 10/10/2016 8:13:21 PM PDT by OddLane
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To: JPJones

Exactly


26 posted on 10/10/2016 8:14:08 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Go away, Satan! -- Fr.Jacques Hamel (R.I.P., martyr))
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To: imardmd1

“He needs to tuck in his shirt, first.”

...and his belly!


27 posted on 10/10/2016 8:16:21 PM PDT by Batman11 ( All Muslims are not terrorists, but almost all terrorists are Muslim)
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To: drewh

BONE? That’s Cary Grant’s pretended last name in Bringing up Baby!! It’s a hilarious movie line by Kathryn Hepburn. Can’t believe this is a real last name!


28 posted on 10/10/2016 8:18:06 PM PDT by georgiegirl (Count me in the half that's in the Deplorable Basket)
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To: pfflier

lol


29 posted on 10/10/2016 8:22:39 PM PDT by Az Joe (Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: “In God is our trust.”)
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To: JPJones

He doesn’t have the look. He has the look of a guy who lives in his own world.


31 posted on 10/10/2016 8:38:43 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: imardmd1

There’s a lot of pressure pushing that shirt away from his waist. He’s bound to have a wardrobe malfunction here and there.


32 posted on 10/10/2016 8:42:08 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: Daffynition

I have not seen this before and it is hysterical. Absolutely hysterical. In fact, I kind of skimmed right on by the first time and then on my way back up, I saw Woody. Now I get it...I am a bit slow. There’s two levels here.


33 posted on 10/10/2016 10:08:35 PM PDT by Dave W
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To: drewh

I can’t believe the tingles that this guy has given to the braindead bozos in the DNC’s national propaganda machine. Orgasms galore! He’s all they can talk about. Funny, I saw this part of the “debate”. He didn’t do anything for me but I’m a guy, so...


34 posted on 10/10/2016 10:11:49 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (From "a nation of immigrants" to a nation of illegal aliens?)
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To: Dave W

(-:/D


35 posted on 10/10/2016 10:18:29 PM PDT by Daffynition (*Donald Trump represents the WILL of the PEOPLE.*~ Don King 09.24.16)
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To: drewh

With a name like Bone, you know he has connections.


36 posted on 10/10/2016 10:18:34 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Crucial
There’s a lot of pressure pushing that shirt away from his waist. He’s bound to have a wardrobe malfunction here and there.

Yeah. I know. I could use a lot less myself. Maybe there's a secret to it.

37 posted on 10/10/2016 10:22:02 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: drewh
Ha....looks like the Pajama guys dad

and a bit chubby for a roughneck


38 posted on 10/10/2016 11:05:18 PM PDT by spokeshave (In the Thatch Weave,..Trump's Wing Man is Truth.)
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To: JPJones

He was interviewed on “Fox & Friends” this morning—claimed to be even more undecided than before, but was worried about the Supreme Court after what it has done for “equality.” In other words, he will vote for Hillary.


39 posted on 10/11/2016 8:57:27 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus
He was interviewed on “Fox & Friends” this morning—claimed to be even more undecided than before...

Not undecided whenever he's walking into Burger King, I'd wager.

40 posted on 10/11/2016 9:02:15 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Hillary's screeching voice is like the pipe organs of hell)
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