Megatron, Skeletor Announce Political Endorsements

amalthia writes "I never thought much about how say, Gargamel of the Smurfs, or Mumm-Ra of the Thundercats would vote in this year's election...that is, until I saw a voting guide based on which political parties that superheroes and supervillains would endorse. I'm not sure if I agree that Aquaman would vote Republican, but you might find some of the other picks to be eye-openers."

Comments

Batman a Republican? Ehhh, no

[DesScorp]

I love Bats, he's my favorite character, but while he's personally conservative in many ways, he's virulently anti-gun. Not a limosine liberal by any means, but not completely conservative, either. From my years of reading him, I'd have to classify him as a reluctant Democrat. He's, in reality, maybe the most independant-minded character in the DC univers (at least among the big boys).

As for the rest...

Superman - He's from Kansas. Compassionate conservative Republican, easy.

Wonder Woman - Another reluctant Democrat. Feminist, but wary of the whining and victimization of the feminist movement.

Spider-Man - Democrat, but not a blazing leftist.

Aquaman - Republican? Hell no. Nader or Green, all the way.

The Hulk - For president? The Hulk doesn't give a flying fuck about anything but being left alone.

X-Men - Liberal Democrats, natch. Persecuted minorities, and all that.

Iron Man - Republican. While he doesn't make weapons for the government anymore, come on, he flies around in armor and has more money than Bill Gates.

Captain America - Reagan Democrat, maybe switch to the GOP; a man that used to love the party of FDR, but felt left behind when the Dems went hard left in the sixties.

On an intersting comics note, there was a big story thread in the DC universe the past couple of years where Lex Luthor was President of the US. Traditionally, comics writers have included the real current Presidents in their storylines. Most comics writers tend to be liberal, so I can't help but think that was their way of saying that we have a REAL Lex Luthor in office with Bush, by equating the current Presidency to evil.