Political Silly Season
Oct. 31st, 2006 12:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Comical campaign - Washington man an unlikely write-in hopeful for governor
""Hey, John Q. Public! This is Jasper here with an important message. Tim Nieukirk is running for governor of Illinois," he says before turning his attention to more important matters. "Ricky! Get off my Trans Am!"
In another ad, an ominous narrator warns that "some politicians are in bed with big business, casinos or even organized crime." Then the camera shows a grinning Nieukirk under the covers with a pretty young woman. "But Tim Nieukirk? He's in bed with your sister!"
Other ads show Nieukirk helping a friend remodel his bathroom, knocking down a firefighter so he gets the glory of rescuing a cat (well, technically a guy in a bright-orange cat costume) and bringing the Hamburglar to justice."
""Hey, John Q. Public! This is Jasper here with an important message. Tim Nieukirk is running for governor of Illinois," he says before turning his attention to more important matters. "Ricky! Get off my Trans Am!"
In another ad, an ominous narrator warns that "some politicians are in bed with big business, casinos or even organized crime." Then the camera shows a grinning Nieukirk under the covers with a pretty young woman. "But Tim Nieukirk? He's in bed with your sister!"
Other ads show Nieukirk helping a friend remodel his bathroom, knocking down a firefighter so he gets the glory of rescuing a cat (well, technically a guy in a bright-orange cat costume) and bringing the Hamburglar to justice."