uc pseudonym wrote:Well, until Eirewolf's post, this thing was completely just messing around. Political discussions are not tolerated here, shooraijin, but this is just silliness.
So, to be on topic: I think they should have recalled Gray Davis and then gotten him to win as a write-in candidate. That would have made a hilarious headline.
Hmmm... Sorry I got all serious on ya'.
Okay, speaking of write-in candidates... Donald Duck is quite popular in Sweden and Oregon.
http://www.intercotwest.com/news/2003/01/20/002.asp
Did any of you Californians actually read all 135
Candidate Statements on the ballot? Here are a few
pathetically ridiculous examples that made me laugh and made me sad all at the same time:
Robert Cullenbine: I am a longtime opponent of radical right wing attempts to take over this state and country. Learn more at (
insert website here).
Trek Thunder Kelly: Dear Voters, Please vote for me, thus breaking the Seventh Seal and incurring Armageddon. I will legalize drugs, gambling, and prostitution so they may be taxed and regulated, the funds derived would subsidize the deficit, education, and the environment. (
There's more, but I won't subject you to that.)
Larry Flynt: (
Need I say more? I'll post parts of his statement anyway.) ... I can do a better job at balancing the budget than those pinhead bureaucrats in Sacramento.... [E]xpand California gaming to include slot machines for all private clubs. State revenue from this would easily enable lawmakers to balance the state budget....California is the most proressive state in the union and I'm sure its citizens would welcome having a smut peddler who cares as their Governor.... (
In case you don't know, Larry Flynt is the publisher of Hustler magazine.)
Lorraine (Abner Zurd) Fontanes: With my skills as a filmmaker and arts administrator, I will work to return common sense to California government. (
Yes, that's all it said.)
Mike McNeilly: This state, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their
constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their
revolutionary right to overthrow it. Thomas Jefferson's words validate this
recall election as a right of the people. I am not a Politician and I'm not a Superstar. I am one of the many who believe in this revolution ... a revolution to take back the power for the people.
Daniel Watts: Support students' rights. Lower student fees. Vote
Watts. (
Yeah, this
guy is gonna fix California's budget problems...)
This is the funniest one, I think:
Bill Prady: You know the wonderful world that exists in television comedies -- a world where, no matter what problems arise or conflicts exist, people work together to overcome any obstacle and, maybe, learn a little something? Wouldn't you like California to be a place like that? It can be if you elect Bill Prady to be the next governor of our great state. Bill Prady is an award-winning television comedy writer and producer who will bring the skills he's learned creating sitcom episodes to Sacramento. If elected, he pledges to solve all the state's problems in twenty-two minutes and forty-four seconds with two commercial breaks and a hug at the end. After all this turmoil, isn't this just what California needs?
Oh wait, this one's even funnier:
Kevin Richter: I breathe.
http://www.whowantstobegovernor.com (
Very funny website... Esp. the Home page and the "Richter 4 Governor" page)
Sadly, most of the other 127 candidates were serious.