JBJ for governor?

from the guardian's website (from g2)... quite like the last line of the penultimate paraghraph...

Now Jon Bon Jovi sets out to rule New Jersey


Marina Hyde
Friday November 16, 2007
The Guardian


Perplexing news from New Jersey, where it is reported that non-resident Jon Bon Jovi has retained a property in the state because he is contemplating running for governor.

Alas, all the Slippery When Wet legend's spokesman will say at present is that his client's day job is going much too well, before adding coyly, "Jon has been approached many times about running for office." Jesus. Has he? It really is a fantastic country, isn't it? Literally anyone can achieve stuff.

And yet, questions remain. For all that Livin' on a Prayer is a thoughtful rumination on life on the minimum wage following a prolonged dockers' strike, you have to ask yourself whether the exhortation to "take my hand and we'll make it I swear" would really pass muster as a state budget plan. More to the point: would a place be found on the ticket for ideologically opaque guitarist Richie Sambora?

As a non-resident of the New Jersey with no voting rights whatsoever, I have to stress that the latter would be a total dealbreaker for me.

I think this rumor started on Page Six because Jon hired a PR person that was linked to politics? The fact that he moved his family to Soho but kept his home in NJ is fueling the rumor. I would be really surprised considering how protective Jon is of his children's privacy.

I wouldn't be surprised if the source of this story was Ken Sunshine himself. And on behalf of all the psychos and stalkers out there, I'd like to thank MSN.com for pinpointing the New York City neighborhood where Jon and his family lives.

I want this to happen, if only for the potential headlines.

Governor Bon Jovi gives SR 424-34, Subsection B, a bad name!