Vampires and Comedians

I heard on my local NPR station this morning that a guy named Jonathon Sharkey is running for governor in Minnesota. Not really news, except that Sharkey is a vampire and his nickname is not Tricky Dick or Saturday Night Bill but "The Impaler."

"The Daily Show" needs to jump all over this.

I think having a vampire candidate is great (not much different from Dark Lord Cheney, really). And certainly no stranger than Al Franken's plans to run for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota. I really hope he does, by the way, so that he can do a series of SNL-inspired campaign fundraising ads where he pleads, "Send your money to ME, Al Franken..."

Comments

[Jim Finnegan]

His oppositition will make up quotes like "He'll bleed this state dry" or "He'll put a bite on the taxpayers", and my personal favorite, "Just because he's a vampire isn't a reflection on the rest of the state."