Would you sell your vote for $64? Fortunately, the answer appears to be no, at least as far the Democratic voters in Michigan’s primary for governor were concerned. Filings by Shri Thanedar, the quixotic chemist, indicated he may have spent $12.9 million on his ego-driven quest to win the Democratic nomination.
Final, official returns show that he won the spending war but finished a bad third, with 200,645 votes, less than 18 percent of the total. He was, in fact, riding high in the polls for a while, despite having no experience in politics and government whatsoever.
But then it was revealed that he evidently left a bunch of monkeys and dogs without food or water when one of his previous businesses went bankrupt, which took a lot of the “we” out of his slogan, “Shri for We.” The animals were saved, but he wasn’t.
Sadder news, however, came when it was learned that Michigan lost its chance to have a Space Administration. Afghanistan war veteran Evan Space launched a campaign for the GOP nomination in which he called for legalization of marijuana, reinstatement of the film credits to bring Hollywood back to Michigan, and reestablishing passenger railroad service statewide.
Who could be against that? Unfortunately, he didn’t get on the ballot, but he did get 51 write-in votes. How much did each cost him?
I have no idea.
