# Jonathan Sharkey For President? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 5, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-sharkey-for-president/591551 "2011-08-05T04:40:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-sharkey-for-president/591551/21 "2011-08-06T01:19:30Z")
I’m really surprised though that **Qin** would reccomend this guy, being that he’s a satanist and all. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-sharkey-for-president/591551/22 "2011-08-06T02:13:08Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I think this might be the latest example of the Malcolm X factor. Back when Martin Luther King was leading the civil rights movement, he used to say how Malcolm X indirectly helped him. Because Malcolm X was so scary he made King look like the safe alternative. People who would have rejected King by himself, supported him as an alternative to Malcolm X. IIRC Malcolm X said the same. “They talk to him so they don’t have to talk to me.” ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-sharkey-for-president/591551/23 "2011-08-07T02:44:18Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > **Qin Shi Huangdi** , please tell us what _you_ think of Sharkey’s positions. I find them interesting. While I don’t agree with a lot of what he says, but I find his bluntness both funny and refreshing. > [@Guinastasia](#): > > I’m really surprised though that **Qin** would reccomend this guy, being that he’s a satanist and all. Hey at least he’s pro-life. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-sharkey-for-president/591551/24 "2011-08-07T02:58:54Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I’m really surprised though that **Qin** would reccomend this guy, being that he’s a satanist and all. Oh sure, the moment a 13-year-old starts dressing in black and listening to heavy metal, people start labeling him a satanist… Wait, you weren’t refering to **Qin Lemay**? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-sharkey-for-president/591551/25 "2011-08-07T06:39:18Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > But this Presidential campaign we’ve had people like Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, Rick Santorum, and Michele Bachmann dangled before us as supposedly serious candidates. The Republicans have to stretch to find somebody who will look like the crazy guy. It says something about this country when the presidential race looks like California’s gubernatorial recall race back in 2003. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-sharkey-for-president/591551/26 "2011-08-07T07:01:56Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Hey at least he’s pro-life. As evidenced by his advocacy of torture, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-sharkey-for-president/591551/27 "2011-08-07T11:10:28Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Hey at least he’s pro-life. > [@The\_Tooth](#): > > As evidenced by his advocacy of torture, yes. And vampirism. The blood is the life, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-sharkey-for-president/591551/28 "2011-08-07T11:59:20Z")
First he advocates for vampire Jonathan Sharkey. Next thing you know he’ll be listening to My Chemical Romance CDS, and watching Twilight movies. It’s only a matter of time before poor \*\*Qin \*\*is knee-deep in black lipstick, purple hair dye, and big-ass pants with those dopey straps hanging off them. Won’t someone think of the children? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-sharkey-for-president/591551/29 "2011-08-07T13:46:37Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > It says something about this country when the presidential race looks like California’s gubernatorial recall race back in 2003. It’s the other way around. There have always been dozens of candidates for president, the vast majority of which never get more than a newspaper article’s worth of coverage. California gave them all publicity, because that’s what California does for a living. ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-sharkey-for-president/591551/30 "2011-08-07T15:47:18Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > He could have [Basil Marceaux](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Marceaux) as his running mate. Now THAT would be entertaining! And since Marceaux only has three teeth, Sharkey could hook him up with someone who could replace them with fangs? > [@](#): > > The day before the August 2010 primary, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported on Marceaux’s record in criminal court, which consisted primarily of misdemeanor traffic violations, including seven cases in which Marceaux was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 2005.[13] I may need the paramedics. Laughing this hard is dangerous. I’m sending you the bill! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-sharkey-for-president/591551.md?page=1)