It may not be as far off the beaten path as you think.
Walken for President has launched
and it is rather official looking. Many do not know how to take it or if it is a
joke or not, but this is one candidate I wouldn’t mind seeing at all, that is as
long Arnold don’t ruin it for celebrities in public office.

World
Net Daily has an interesting article regarding this also:

ELECTION 2008 Christopher Walken for
president?

Actor running low-key campaign, says ‘official website’
thought?

According to the “official campaign website,” the actor known for
psychologically damaged characters in “The Deer Hunter,” “The Dead Zone” and
dozens of other movies going back to Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall,” is off and
running for the White House.

According to a press release posted on the website this week, the
62-year-old New Yorker has laid out a few positions, but doesn’t plan any
active campaigning until he completes some acting obligations.

“Mr. Walken has greatly admired the celebrities who have entered politics
and he wants to be able to give a good name and reputation to the acting
community as well as the political community,” his agent Toni Howard is quoted
as saying. “As for going national with this news, we have not made any plans
for the immediate future.”

What will be his platform?

“I believe that campaign finance is a very tough issue, with good points on
both sides,” Walken says. “But I feel, as a wealthy American, that I should
have no more say than even the least fortunate American citizen. That is why I
am for campaign finance reform.”

Walken says he is a big supporter of the U.S. military and thinks more
money should go to paying the troops.

On stem cell research: “I’d met Chris Reeve several times before he died,
and after having met him it is tough to be against it [stem cell research]. I
am for human knowledge and expansion of human life. If stem cells are one way
to do that, I need to be a good friend of stem cells.”

The website was created Wednesday and is registered to a Richard Strickland
in Destin, Florida.

The big question, of course: Is “Walken for President” for real? According
to one source, the entire campaign, including registration of multiple Web
domain names, is an elaborate hoax being perpetrated by members of the General
Mayhem forums, one of the largest message boards on the Internet.

“Our great country is in a terrible downward spiral,” Walken is quoted as
saying on the website. “We’re losing jobs, losing benefits, and losing lives.
We need to focus on what’s important – paying attention to our children, our
environment, our future. We need to think about improving our underbudget
educational system, making better use of our resources, and helping to build a
stable, safe, and tolerant global society. It’s time to be smart about our
politics. It’s time to get America back on track.”

So only time will tell if this is a possibility or not. Perhaps a person who
has not been active in politics is exactly what we need in the White House. No
corporate ties or political loyalties to follow, just a straight shooter with a
level head on his shoulders.