According to an Associated Press document posted on alt.vampyres a “vampire” is starting a presidential election campaign today, on Friday the 13th:
By Associated Press
Thu Jan 12, 4:35 PM
MINNEAPOLIS – One gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota is giving a
whole new meaning to the “dark side” of politics. A man who calls
himself a satanic priest plans to run for governor on a 13-point
platform that includes the public impaling of terrorists at the state
Capitol building.
Jonathon Sharkey, also known as “The Impaler”, plans to launch his
gubernatorial campaign on _ when else? _ Friday the 13th. He’ll make
the announcement in Princeton.
“I’m going to be totally open and honest,” said the 41-year-old leader
of the “Vampyres, Witches and Pagans Party.”
“Unlike other candidates, I’m not going to hide my evil side,” he said.
In Minnesota, anyone who pays the $300 filing fee can get on the
gubernatorial ballot and it seems that every year a few eccentric
candidates make the rounds.
Sharkey raises the bar. For one thing, he told the Star Tribune in an
e-mail that he drinks blood.
Including the impaling of terrorists, rapists, drug dealers and other
criminals, Sharkey’s platform includes emphasis on education, tax
breaks for farmers and better benefits for veterans.
Sharkey said he worships Lucifer and, while he says he has nothing
against Christians, he calls the “Christian God the Father” his “mortal
enemy.”
Sharkey said he was injured during a parachute jump with the Army in
1982 and receives veterans’ disability benefits.
He has not yet registered as a gubernatorial candidate, but he has
already filed as a candidate for the 2008 presidential election.
