One of the funnier bumper stickers I’ve seen in
a while was one on an old Sentra that said "Elect Jesus." I'm sure it
wasn't supposed to be taken literally, but what if it was? Would somebody
really want to elect a guy who has been dead for almost two-thousand years and
spent his life hanging around? It should also be noted that he was not born in
the US,
let alone on this continent, and never reached the age of thirty-five, so he is
quite ineligible. Lets just pretend, though, that he was alive and actually
running, in a hypothetical vein. At first, I thought that he would run as a
Republican, as he would get a lot of votes from the Christian right. The more I
thought about this, though, the more I realized this wouldn't work. While I'm
sure Jesus would get a lot of the Christian vote, I'm sure many other Republicans
would be turned off by his liberal ideas and messiah complex. He preaches a lot
about peace and loving your neighbors. I'm sure many hard-core conservatives
would consider this "homo-talk" and may question his lack of female
partnership. He would most likely run as a Democrat. Again, this may prove
problematic with his hard-line stance on religion, and his view that people
should accept his dad as the one lord. He could probably get a lot more votes
if he preached acceptance of other religions as one of his platforms, but this
could backfire if many voters became overzealous of their own religion. I'm
sure that the question on everyone's mind, though, is what his campaign theme
song would be. I don't think "Born in the USA" would work. Neither would
"Killing in the Name of". I'm thinking it should be "Jesus
Christ Superstar". He would also need to get a last name. I'm not sure
President of Nazareth or President Christ would catch on.
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Any one who is running in the 08 elecetion should get have the slogen, "Am not Bush". I mean that right there makes me think, hey i wanted to vote for that person.