Publicity-Loving Santa Running for President

There he goes again.

A Lake Tahoe monk who years ago legally changed his name to Santa Claus has once again launched a media campaign to draw attention to himself. Mr. Claus, a self-described child advocate, declared himself a write-in candidate for president after the Obama and McCain campaigns to his You Tube request for attention more than a week ago. (No word yet from the Nader campaign about their response either).

“I am running for president against Senators Obama and McCain primarily because they have consistently failed to address issues that affect the 2 million children in the United States who are abused, neglected, exploited, abandoned, homeless and institutionalized through no fault of their own,” he said in his announcement.

The Claus rhetoric, which in the past have included a nationwide campaign to visit all the governors of the fifty states, has never resulted in any thing beyond causing seasonal novelty in the press. The fact that Claus uses these publicity stunts to get free traffic to his websites where he sells Santa diet plans and other Claus memorabilia is a fact most media outlets ignore.

Claus has stated that he will not accept campaign donations.