Feb
18
2008
Temperance lecturer, landscape painter, and Minister Gene Amondson wants to add U.S. president to his list of occupations. He is the Prohibition Party’s presidential candidate.
This will be Amondson’s second presidential run. He campaigned under the Prohibition Party with the same one-plank platform–no booze–in 2004. For some reason, the Prohibition Party thinks alcohol is the biggest issue this country faces. Health care? Negligible. Iraq War? Who cares? Alcohol? Grab your torch and pitchforks! Yup, they want to bring back the golden age of 1929. Are they drunk? No. And this bad-ass photo from his website makes me think Amondson means business:
Amondson seems like a guy with a sense of humor. He picketed outside Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis holding a wine bottle and dressed as the Grim Reaper. Clearly, the Amondson is targeting the youth vote. He reprised this role for the “Daily Show” in 2004 when the program did a segment on the Prohibition Party during the presidential elections. Check it out here. The clip is almost as funny as it would be if he actually won. What a sobering thought… (Try reading that comment while you’re drunk. You will find it more amusing.)