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October 24, 2011
Dear Lord: Survivor Idiot & Loser to Run For Indiana Governor on Libertarian Ticket
Mike Pence will be running against Democrat John Gregg.
Which candidate will Rupert Boneham take more votes from? Based on this...
Boneham, 47, of Washington Township, said he is a man of the people whose priorities would be more jobs, better schools and maintaining correctional facilities.
"I hope Indiana is ready for someone like me that does care and does understand what we are going through," Boneham said Saturday at a pizza party thrown at an Indianapolis VFW post.
... I don't know. It's a populist appeal; it seems to skew to the left. He wears a lot of tie-dyed shirts so I guess he's a hippie.
The UPI report says he's a Survivor winner. He's not. He lost, but was popular for reasons completely lost on me, so the show did a one-time only "America Votes Someone Who Lost the Game A Million Dollars," just to make sure a popular contestant finally won something.