John Darnielle, Kingmaker

The ever-wonderful John Darnielle (el grande Mountain Goat) says, at Last Plane to Jakarta, that he'll be voting for John Kerry as the lesser of two multimillionaire, war-mongering evils:

If I have to have a Christian running the country I'd rather it be a Papist, who'll at least have some sense of decorum, than a born-again, who believes that the last days are just around the corner...

But, good public servant that he is, John selflessly offers his More Deserving Presidential Candidates list (in two parts, here and here). While his arguments in favor of Tupac Shakur ("If Tupac can release more albums after his death than most people can muster in a whole career, then conquering terrorism, global warming, and the credibility gap should be a small matter for him and his posse.") and Bobby Womack are compelling, I'll have to go with Liza. What wonders she would do for international relations.