{"id":10748,"date":"2007-07-06T12:46:01","date_gmt":"2007-07-06T19:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/07\/06\/im-not-sure-im-that-disenchanted-with-the-mainstream-candidates.html"},"modified":"2007-07-06T12:46:01","modified_gmt":"2007-07-06T19:46:01","slug":"im_not_sure_im_that_disen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/06\/im_not_sure_im_that_disen.html","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;m <i>that<\/i> disenchanted with the mainstream candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/articles\/1563978\/20070703\/index.jhtml\" target=\"_blank\">Some of the darker horses running for President<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Jonathon Albert &#8220;The Impaler&#8221; Sharkey \u2014 43, Satanist\/pagan who is the founder, national chair and commanding general in the 1st Vampyre, Witches, Pagans Party Regiment (2006-present); former U.S. Army soldier; former board member of Hillborough, New Jersey&#8217;s County Executive Republican Committee; dark priest\/ advisor to the Church of the Followers of Lucifer; founder and national chair of Vampyres, Witches, Pagans Against Impaired Driving (2005-present). As an ordained Satanic dark priest, vows to perform same-sex marriages at White House at least once a month and to only impale criminals and terrorists, not law-abiding American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Kirk Grimes \u2014 56, a single pagan with a GED who once portrayed Hitler on &#8220;Star Trek,&#8221; this director of the United Fascist Union (which promotes the economic theories and political ideologies of Benito Mussolini and Saddam Hussein) and two-time presidential candidate promises to abolish paper money and create a global government if elected.<\/p>\n<p>Yaphet Kotto \u2014 67, Yes, <i>that<\/i> Yaphet Kotto, the actor best known for playing a no-BS federal agent chasing Robert De Niro in &#8220;Midnight Run&#8221; and appearing in such films as &#8220;Brubaker,&#8221; &#8220;Alien,&#8221; &#8220;The Puppet Masters&#8221; and &#8220;Freddy&#8217;s Dead: The Final Nightmare.&#8221; The Web site for his exploratory committee lists as its main goal the popularizing of &#8220;vibration politics,&#8221; which seeks harmony among all men and planets.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sh&#8217;yeah, like anyone would ever take seriously the thought of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001654\/\" target=\"_blank\">electing<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000216\/\" target=\"_blank\">an<\/a> <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000669\/\" target=\"_blank\">actor<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2007\/07\/05\/wide_variety_of_frea.html\" target=\"_blank\">BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the darker horses running for President. 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