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Walken for President
Has Christopher Walken announced his intention to run for President of the United States? If you believe the press release posted on the 'Walken for Pres' site, he has:

09 August, 2005. New York - Early today, actor Christopher Walken, 62, held a private conference at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York in which he announced his intentions to run for the Presidency of the United States in the 2008 Election. Said the Queens native, “I have always been a follower of politics. My father was friends with the mayor of Schodack (NY) back in the 1940’s. We would walk the streets of Schodack and the people, they would wave to him. The children adored him. That is what I love to be, a man of respect and love.”

However, WorldNet Daily (which, I realize, isn't the most credible of sources, but in this case I suspect they're correct), reports a rumor that the Walken For Pres site is a hoax that is being perpetrated by members of the General Mayhem message boards.
Posted By: Alex | Date: Sun Aug 14, 2005 | Permalink | Total Comments: 27
Category: Celebrities, Websites, Politics
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He would probably be very effective at scaring people in the debates hell i'd vote for him
Posted by Geekmafia  in  cognito  on  Sun Aug 14, 2005  at  01:50 PM
I'd vote for him if he could make lightning come out of his fingertips. I'd definitely vote for him if this whole thing is a hoax!
Posted by BugbearSloth  in  earth, 3rd planet, sol system  on  Sun Aug 14, 2005  at  02:51 PM
I wouldn't trust WorldNet Daily as far as I could throw the lot of them, either. Their reporting it as a hoax is probably a hoax designed to deflect criticism away from President Boy George.
Posted by BugbearSloth  in  earth, 3rd planet, sol system  on  Sun Aug 14, 2005  at  02:53 PM
Hmmm, not running for President, but Walken for President!

(Smacking myself for that bad pun)
Posted by Chris Carlisle  on  Sun Aug 14, 2005  at  04:38 PM
did anyone see if hes republican or democrat?
Posted by RAMONESxMANIA  on  Sun Aug 14, 2005  at  04:48 PM
gee, he sounds like georgie w bush--he just wants to be a man of respect and love!!! Next war, please?
Posted by Politico  in  neck of the north  on  Sun Aug 14, 2005  at  05:18 PM
I'd vote for him as long as he gave us more cowbell!
Posted by Chris B  on  Sun Aug 14, 2005  at  06:37 PM
According the Constitution, he's qualified to be prez. So why not?
Posted by Nigel  on  Mon Aug 15, 2005  at  03:11 AM
I like this Christopher Walken very much.. he is too much the man... he can dance with the ladies and scare the bad guys, yes, a lot like me, Raoul, The Mambo King... don't get me started. because I will not stop until the band begs to go home, okay? Rrrraoul
Posted by Raoul  on  Mon Aug 15, 2005  at  06:39 AM
His psycho act would likely scare the piss out of Osama and the new Iranian President.
If this is a hoax, let's start up a write-in campaign!!!
Posted by Craig  on  Mon Aug 15, 2005  at  11:18 AM
He was a Stiffly Stifferson.. so I stuck it to 'im! Whammy!! Whammy, wowee, zowee! You just been.. pranked!
Posted by Larry Hobson  on  Mon Aug 15, 2005  at  11:29 AM
Craig...I find it interesting that you would attempt to combine/compare Osama and the new Iranian president by commentarial proximity...I know the digital-brownshirt push for war between the US and Iran has begun, but can't you be a bit more subtle? Chris Walken and Robert DeNiro were in a film together once, and I can still tell that they are very different... Very different... Osama is Saudi ARABIAN and Iranis are PERSIAN...get it together, Mr. Rove- I mean, Craig
Posted by Hairy Houdini  on  Mon Aug 15, 2005  at  11:34 AM
General Mayhem is responsible for creating this parody on Christopher Walken supposedly "running" for President

http://www.genmay.com/showthread.php?t=562197&page=1&pp=15
Posted by Genmay  on  Mon Aug 15, 2005  at  02:35 PM
aw, jeez..."Walken" is "running" for president...I just Now got your pun, Capt. Platy, two days after I read it...cripes, I'm slipping...maybe I should stop Running and start Walken...sorry
Posted by Hairy Houdini  on  Tue Aug 16, 2005  at  08:29 AM
Not an iota of a pica of a chance this is real, but it would be a fantastic idea. James Woods could be his running mate. Or Steve Buscemi. A party of twitchy, unpredictable, uncomfortable nutcases. Intuitive improvisation. One shot. Once my pants are on, I make gold records. I got a fever - and the only prescription is *more cowbell*.

Or John Malkovich.
Posted by Ashley Pomeroy  in  Wiltshire, England  on  Tue Aug 16, 2005  at  09:12 AM
"A party of twitchy, unpredictable, uncomfortable nutcases." geez, AshPom...isn't that what we've got in the White House now? And I agree, you can never have enough cowbell, prefereably in the key of G, as in "Gee, Malkovich is creepy"
Posted by Hairy Houdini  on  Tue Aug 16, 2005  at  09:25 AM
To quote Mr. Walken

"I tend to play mostly villains and twisted people. Unsavory guys."

sounds to me like somebody wants to be prez LOL
Posted by Chuck  in  Rhode Island  on  Tue Aug 16, 2005  at  11:09 AM
Feh. Snopes has this now, and Walken's publicist has put the kibosh on the whole cockamamie mish-mash. But still! Think of it! The man who saved the world from warmongering psychopath Martin Sheen in "The Dead Zone", actually in the hot seat! I bet he has Dennis Hopper's phone number. No other nation would dare defy the United States, with Walken as president.
Posted by Ashley Pomeroy  on  Wed Aug 17, 2005  at  11:06 AM
Nice blog.I like this.
John
Posted by John  in  usa  on  Thu Aug 18, 2005  at  01:50 AM
lol Christopher Walken is a great choice. He could bridge the gap between folks with common sense and the crazies who turn a Walken2008 joke into teh bush-bash

Republicans still don't know who they nominating, Go Walken!!!
Posted by Dave  in  USA  on  Thu Aug 18, 2005  at  08:54 PM
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