It appears that your favorite superheroine, Wonder Woman, is running for Mayor of Washington, DC. And she’s running against quite a slate of opponents: Superman, Green Lantern, Batgirl, and Batwoman are in the mix.
OK, it’s obviously not actually true, so what gives? The New Organizing Institute runs a boot camp for political organizers, and part of their project is to run a virtual campaign for office. The bootcampers have had to design a site and a campaign for their superheroes, and there will be an actual election.
I’m with Wonder Woman–how can you resist this?
Dear fellow DC Residents and allied Truth Seekers:
I made a cornerstone decision over fifty years ago. I had just defeated the alien forces of the Imperium and joined with the Justice League as its sole female member when I was given the opportunity to leave planet earth and become a princess in another realm.
After having seen the worst form of war imaginable, I could not leave planet earth without knowing that I had done everything I could to fight for peace. So, unsurprisingly, I am still here.
I have dedicated my life to pursuing the self-evident truths of democracy through transparency, to equality and empowerment of the underserved and to peace and security. I have helped women maintain their uniqueness while also gaining more equal rights as men. I have worked towards keeping our country safe and secure through promoting a more peaceful world, and most importantly, I have sought to fight the cynicism and apathy that has taken hold of DC citizens and asked them to join me in being WONDERful.
While aliens pose no threat to earth at this moment, many other things do: inequality, crime and injustice, war and genocide, rat infestation. But, most of all, we are threatened by an ominous cynicism that could crush people’s belief in super heroes. If people stop believing in super heroes, they stop believing in their own ability to change the world. And then, won’t need aliens to come to earth. But, we can fight this cynicism with hope, change a little booze, a little rock n’ roll and a whole lot of action.
This is why I am formally announcing my candidacy for the Mayor of DC.
Together, we can make DC Wonderful. We can re-build lives in DC with a Lasso of Truth that will help free peple of their fears and bring them back into society, gain equality for women and other underserved communities and ensure create a more secure city through promoting peace.
Join me. Plus, I show leg.
Yours in truth,
Wonder Woman
Check it out–it seems like a fun way to teach people how to run a campaign. Voting will be 7am EDT to 6pm EDT on Friday, July 10th. You can even follow Wonder Woman on Twitter!
Now, once she’s mayor, can we send her down to Congress with that lasso?
July 8th, 2009 at 6:54 am
So in the running it’s various DC properties… and Spiderman. Should be amusing, though it’s a pity thyere aren’t more Marvel candidates.
July 8th, 2009 at 7:06 am
I’m assuming this is connected to the guy who showed up on the boards on Monday to announce that Superman was also running for mayor.
I’m also assuming that DC Comics (Not to mention any associated with the District of Columbia) is NOT connected to this, as I don’t see so much as a copyright notice on the pages in question.
I expect a passel of white-lipped attorneys to earn their pay very soon.
July 8th, 2009 at 7:35 am
I’m sure more than a few congressmen, and maybe a few women too, would love to be tied up with Wonder Woman’s lasso, Sarah, just not for the reasons you were hoping for.
July 8th, 2009 at 9:06 am
“Plus, I show leg.”
Seriously?
July 8th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Jerimiah, I think it was simply meant as a joke, since of course WW’s legs ARE bared all the time. Not there’s anything wrong with that.
July 8th, 2009 at 9:47 am
**ahem**
Carpetbagger.
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