they could do no worse than actual presidents

5. Singer Jello Biafra and the rest of the Dead Kennedys joined the San Francisco punk scene in 1978. Biafra first ran against Dianne Feinstein for mayor of San Francisco in 1979 on a platform that included banning cars from city limits, making police run for reelection in the neighborhoods they patrolled and establishing a "Board of Bribery" in an attempt to set standard public rates. He came in fourth out of ten. rnrnIn 2000, Biafra was drafted for the Green Party Presidential primary. He chose Mumia Abu-Jamal (an American activist and journalist who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner) as his running mate. The party selected Ralph Nader as the presidential candidate w

they could do no worse than actual presidents

5. Singer Jello Biafra and the rest of the Dead Kennedys joined the San Francisco punk scene in 1978. Biafra first ran against Dianne Feinstein for mayor of San Francisco in 1979 on a platform that included banning cars from city limits, making police run for reelection in the neighborhoods they patrolled and establishing a "Board of Bribery" in an attempt to set standard public rates. He came in fourth out of ten. rnrnIn 2000, Biafra was drafted for the Green Party Presidential primary. He chose Mumia Abu-Jamal (an American activist and journalist who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner) as his running mate. The party selected Ralph Nader as the presidential candidate with 295 of the 319 delegate votes. Biafra receiving only ten votes.rnrnDespite losing the nomination, Biafra became highly active in Ralph Nader's presidential campaign and remained so in 2004 and 2008. During the 2008 campaign, he played at rallies and answered questions for journalists in support of Nader. When gay rights activists accused Nader of costing Al Gore the 2000 election, Biafra reminded them that Tipper Gore's Parents Music Resource Center wanted warning stickers on albums with homosexual content.rnrnHe ended up encouraging supporters to vote for Nader, and he got the concept of a "maximum wage" debated on Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher. He said his mission is to help "bring the spirit of punk into the Greens—(and) make the party rock."more...