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Jonathon (originally John) Albert "The Impaler" Sharkey (born 1964) is an American wrestler and perennial candidate who has run in multiple state-level and national elections and who has attracted a great deal of media coverage due to his unusual public persona and frequent run-ins with the law. He is a self-proclaimed "sanguinary vampyre" and a Satanist. Currently, he resides in Florida and has filed to run for President as a Republican in 2012.[1] He has run both as a Republican and on the ticket of his own Vampires, Witches, and Pagans Party.[2]
Background
He claims direct descent from Wallachian voivode Vlad Ţepeş (also known as Vlad Dracul), who was the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula.[3] He formerly lived in Minnesota but moved to Florida in 2010.[4]
Beliefs and vampirism
Sharkey claims to drink the blood of his girlfriends and mistresses twice a week.[5] He has described his vampirism as "a very healthy thing to do" and has praised Hollywood for making vampire feeding practices "romantic and erotic". He does not drink men's blood, only women's because "women are beautiful...they have such beautiful necks and arms".[6] He claims he first drank blood at age five.[7] He also drinks cow and pig blood, preferring the former. Sharkey claims to have fangs and to be the "King of the Vampire Nation".[8]
Sharkey is a Satanist who "turned against God" because he would not worship a God who "caused the deaths of innocent children" and "allowed his only son to be used as a sacrifice on the cross".[6] He says he doesn't hate Jesus, just God the Father. In 2006, he said he respects all religions and that, if elected governor of Minnesota, he would post "everything from the Ten Commandments to the Wicca Reed [sic]" in government buildings.[2]
Political positions
Sharkey has described politics as "a cut-throat business".[2] He has described his policy on crime as follows: "Certain criminals, instead of being put in jail, they should be brutally tortured and impaled....Upon them being found guilty of their crimes I'll beat them, torture them, dismember them and decapitate them." [5]
Sharkey strongly criticized President George W. Bush, whom he described as a "wuss" and a communist who was responsible for the deaths of innocent Americans in Saudi Arabia and Iraq. He has described a desire to try, and convict, and impale Bush, and agreed with Tucker Carlson's description of him as "not simply a vampire, [but] a right-wing vampire". His policy for dealing with drug dealers is to "go to Sicilian families and have them attack the drug dealers for me".[6]
Sharkey once served on the Hillsborough County, Florida Republican Party's Executive Committee. A. J. Matthews, who also serves on the committee, has described Sharkey as someone who believes in "Republican values" but said that Sharkey needs to focus on campaign issues rather than "extreme behaviors".[9]
Campaigns
- Governor of Minnesota: 2006 (ticket announced on Friday, January 13) [2]
- U. S. President: 2004, 2008, 2012 [3]
Legal troubles
Sharkey was investigated by the United States Secret Service for threatening to impale President Bush. Agents visited the then-42-year-old Sharkey at home with his 19-year-old then-wife, Spree, and reportedly said it was their job to protect Bush even after he left office. A spokesman for the Secret Service said that he didn't believe the investigation was an overreaction.[10] He has also been jailed in Tennessee for making threats against an Indiana judge. Investigators confiscated two rifles and a wooden stake with spikes at his house. While in Tennessee he had reportedly attempted to set up a colony for vampires.[8][11] He has also been accused of "brainwashing" a 16-year-old girl in Minnesota, whose family now has a restraining order against him, and has admitted to harassing another 16-year-old Minnesota girl online.[9]
References
- ^ "IMPALER FOR PRESIDENT 2012; THE".
- ^ a b c d "Vampire goes for governor".
- ^ a b "Un vampir din Florida vrea să candideze pentru preşedinţia SUA în 2012" (in Romanian).
- ^ "The House fails to override Pawlenty's GAMC veto -- what now?".
- ^ a b "Vampire for President? So Far 77 White House Hopefuls File Paperwork for 2012 Election".
- ^ a b c "The Situation with Tucker Carlson: January 16th".
- ^ "Vampires and Prohibitionists for President".
- ^ a b "Self-Proclaimed Vampire King Wants To Create Commune".
- ^ a b "Florida vampire to run for president".
- ^ "'Impaler' pledges to impale Bush".
- ^ "So-Called Vampire Jailed For Threatening Bush, Court Official".