Paris - John F. “Frenchy” Kerry, Democrat presidential candidate, has selected former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as his running partner for the November election, according to sources close to the campaign.
“It’s an audacious choice and definitely goes against the grain,” said Mortimer Loeb, managing partner of Leopold & Loeb Associates, a leading campaign consulting firm. “Kerry appears to be ‘thinking outside the box’ with this choice, especially since the Constitution requires candidates to be American citizens. But sometimes a candidate needs to do something especially bold to put some life into his campaign.”
The selection of Saddam has drawn universal praise from Capitol Hill Democrats. “I think Saddam will make a fine Vice President,” said Tom Daschle, Senate Minority Leader. “He’s got a lot of hand-on experience running a government and he’s known as a tough administrator who gets things done. OK, there’s the War Crimes Trial he will have to go through during his first term, but at least he isn’t a Neocon.”
General Secretary Kofi Annan also greeted the selection of Saddam with approval. “We appreciate everything that Saddam has done in the past to promote the good offices of the United Nations, especially the very successful oil-for-food program that put billions of dollars of kickbacks into the Swiss bank accounts of deserving Third World diplomats like yours truly.”
