# What celebrity from your state do you want as governor? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 8, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309 "2003-10-08T15:43:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/1 "2003-10-08T15:43:29Z")
I’d like to see the American Bad-Ass hisself, Kid Rock, run for Michigan’s top spot. Hookers and hoes and 40-ouncers for all. Or maybe Madonna. She doesn’t live here anymore, but maybe she could take up residence in Royal Oak or Petosky or something. Six words: Nude State of the State address. ---
**Author:** ![MindWanderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MindWanderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindWanderer)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/2 "2003-10-08T16:17:07Z")
John Elway for colorado. I don’t want him for governor but some people have a bit to much worship of him, it would be funny and pretty much the way politics works these days. ---
**Author:** ![Witch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Witch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Witch)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/3 "2003-10-08T16:20:27Z")
Steven Tyler. His inauguration speech would be a hoot. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/4 "2003-10-08T16:21:37Z")
Joe Paterno would make an amusing governor of Pennsylvania, because lately he’s been worse than Baghdad Bob when it comes to assessing situations. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/5 "2003-10-08T16:27:55Z")
Kurt Vonnegut!! ---
**Author:** ![Sunglasses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Sunglasses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunglasses)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/6 "2003-10-08T16:33:47Z")
Hmmmmmmmmm . . . Don Knotts or Soupy Sales. Tough choice. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/7 "2003-10-08T16:34:15Z")
William “The Refrigerator” Perry in 2004! ---
**Author:** ![grump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@grump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grump)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/8 "2003-10-08T16:40:58Z")
OJ for Governor of Florida! ---
**Author:** ![wakimika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@wakimika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wakimika)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/9 "2003-10-08T16:44:07Z")
Paul Newman or Joanne Woodward for CT governor. Or maybe Meat Loaf. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/10 "2003-10-08T17:00:09Z")
Alice Cooper for Governor of Arizona! That would ROCK! ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/11 "2003-10-08T17:11:46Z")
James Woods or a Farrelly brother. Hmmm. Some choice. ---
**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/12 "2003-10-08T17:13:29Z")
Nelly. Definitely Nelly. ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/13 "2003-10-08T17:14:04Z")
Lee Majors (isn’t Meat Loaf from TX, not CT?) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/14 "2003-10-08T17:35:36Z")
Well, i’m not sure if i’d want him as Governor, but you can bet your ass that if Cal Ripken, Jr., ran here in Maryland, he’d be elected in a landslide. ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/15 "2003-10-08T17:38:58Z")
Ummmm . . . my state is kinda lacking in celebs. It would have to be either Fred Phelps or Melissa Etheridge. Ironic, no? But it’d be one hell of a race . . . ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/16 "2003-10-08T18:38:17Z")
Jack Kevorkian for governor of Michigan! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Raven\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@The\_Raven\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Raven_1)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/17 "2003-10-08T18:52:59Z")
Denis Leary for Guvana! -Rav ---
**Author:** ![Matchka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Matchka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matchka)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/18 "2003-10-08T19:18:34Z")
Curt Cobain … oh. Big Foot! ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/19 "2003-10-08T19:35:52Z")
Charles Barkley!! He’s promised to run for years, dammit!! Run already. or Jimmy Buffett. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309/20 "2003-10-08T19:36:29Z")
I’d like to have seen a contest between The Boss and The Chairman Of The Board. Now the best I could hope for is Springsteen vs. Bon Jovi, since Ol’ Blue-Eyes has gone to play the big room in the sky. At any rate, it’s time for a change. The unique challenges facing New Jersey must be met with ideas, not empty promises. We need a governor who can stand up to the special interests and fight for the rights of the people. So in the next election, make a stand for leadership. Vote Piscopo for governor. _Paid for by The Committee to Elect Joe Piscopo Governor of New Joisey_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-from-your-state-do-you-want-as-governor/206309.md?page=2)