Obamamania, meet Hulkamania

RAW STORY Published: Thursday January 31, 2008  del.icio.us |
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Dem candidate scores Hulk Hogan support

Mike Huckabee has Chuck Norris and Ric Flair. John McCain has Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. And now Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has a prominent muscle-bound supporter all his own.

Former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan declared his support for the junior Illinois senator on Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday night.

"Nobody's even asked me my opinion until now," Hogan lamented when Kimmel wanted to know who Hulkamania's momentum would be behind in the coming election. "If I had to step out, and say who I really believe in — that catches my ear, that makes sense, that really can make a change — I would say Obama. Everybody plays this card — the bad guy card, you know the dirty politics thing, talk about the way people dress, act and look — and, he’s the choice. He seems like the real deal, you know.”

Satire blog Wonkette decried the fact that non-political celebrities are being asked for presidential campaign endorsements:

"Scientists believe that the corpses of our Founding Fathers are weeping real tears in their graves right now."

This video is from ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live, broadcast January 30, 2008.