Posted on 01/12/2006 7:05:01 AM PST by NYer
Looking for something really, really different in a political candidate this year?
Take a gander at Jonathon (The Impaler) Sharkey, who will launch his gubernatorial campaign in Princeton, Minn., on Friday the 13th as a "satanic dark priest" and the leader of the "Vampyres, Witches and Pagans Party."
Since there's nothing but a $300 filing fee to stop anyone from running for statewide office, campaigns in Minnesota typically attract colorful and eccentric characters looking for attention. And of course, former Gov. Jesse Ventura broke the mold and got elected. But Minnesota may never have seen a more outside-the-box politician than the Impaler, also a former pro wrestler.
For starters, he describes himself as a "sanguinary vampyre ... just like you see in the movies and TV, I sink my fangs into the neck of my donor (at this time in my life, it is my wife, Julie), and drink their blood," he said in an e-mail.
The 13-point platform on his extensive website (www.jonathonforgovernor.us) offers a number of conventional policy initiatives, including emphasis on education, tax breaks for farmers and better benefits for veterans.
Quite some distance from the mainstream, however, is his pledge to execute -- by impalement in front of the State Capitol -- terrorists, rapists, drug dealers, child abusers, repeat drunken drivers and anybody who preys on the elderly.
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Oops! His first obvious lie. Like a fox saying he has nothing against chickens.
Muleteam1
This gubernatorial race must be just a stepping stone. Being a parasitic blood sucker, he seems far more qualified for federal office.
Will he be the type to put teeth into the laws?
parsy, the anemic.
Will he be the type to put teeth into the laws?
parsy, the anemic.
He would probably do well here in New York, the Vampire State...
What an effing loser.
I'm sure he'll be endorsed by the ACLU then.
c'mon now, it's a cloak,not a cape,dammit!
nuthin' scarier than a law-and -order vampire.
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