Like a bag of Liquorice All Sorts, the United States have a very random selection of wannabe presidents out there including a self proclaimed fascist, a professional boxer and an anti tax activist.  In fact, because there's such a breadth of eccentric legislators about, I’ll just go through what it would be like to live in a world of a select few.

Don J Grundmann

If someone is against the notion of tax, how do they suppose they run the country? I have a feeling he doesn’t even know! Being an anti tax activist, Grundmann hasn’t made any comments as to what he shall do in that regard if he becomes president but keep a look out – just incase he makes it!

Donald J Grundmann has been an American Independent Party National Committee member since 2006 and has run for public office since 2000; never successfully. He is a chiropractor in Californnia and has protested against Al Sharpton, a famous African-American civil rights/human rights activist. Not only has he protested against human rights, he also opposed Queer Youth Day. Strange? It gets even stranger...he uses imagery from The Matrix in his campaign.

So, what would it be like with Grundmann in charge of the most powerful country in the world? America in anarchy with no tax perhaps, legally scrutinising and torturing its prisoners, criminalising homosexuality and legislating long black leather jackets as the national uniform...quite another dimension.

Steve Kubby

Slightly more serious when it comes to politics and activism being in the Libertarian Party,  Kubby has had quite a life. Playing a key role in drafting a proposition to legalize medical marijuana, he had to flee the country to Canada untill he was eventually incarcerated back in the US.

Dodgy? Well, its more complicated than that. Kubby is himself a cancer patient who relies on  marijuana for medicinal purposes. In fact, he believes that puffing the stuff and following a healthy diet will cure him. He’s written two books on drug policy reform including The Politics of Consciousness and Why Marijuana Should be Legal.

How does a stoner president sound? Well, a stoned nation may mean a more peaceful one.

Kubby also supports abortion, gay rights and withdrawing troops from the war in Iraq.  But, on a less progressive note, wants to eliminate federal individual income tax and is against gun control in America.

Jackson Kirk Grimes

Now I don’t know, but I have a feeling that proclaiming yourself a fascist will not get you votes. But then, this is America. Grimes was the minor party US presidential candidate for the ‘Unite Fascist Union’ party ticket who ran in the 1996-2004 elections. Surprisingly he achieved 6^th place in 2000. Scary.

His campaign ideas include abolishing Christianty and replacing it with classical Roman Paganism and creating a political system of based on Mussolini's example. His vision for America has proved so interesting to some that he's even appeared on The Jerry Springer Show.

In a world under the influence of Grimes, his priorities are listed as 1. abolishing paper money; 2. establishing a “Universal Price Index” in order to freeze and then reduce the price of commodities and; 3. the creatation of a Confederacy of States in order to establish a global government based on Corporate Statism. Hmm, maybe he’ll be the worst tasting All Sort out of them all.

Frank Moore

Evidently, the US has had some very strange politicans run for presidency, but it seems that this year America has produced something even more dramatic. Moore is a performance artist, poet, essayist, painter, musician and an Internet and television personaility.

He was born with cerebral palsy and is unable to walk or talk, but has written books, directed plays as well as acted in and edited films. Moore also plays piano and continues to lead bands in the hardcore punk scene down the west coast of the States. How does he comminucate? Using a laser-pointer and a board of letters, numbers and commonly used words.

In the dramatic arts, he well known for his long ritualistic performances which have lasted for between 5 and 48 hours. Audience participation, nudity and eroticism are common during these long-winded affairs and Moore has become well known for his writings on performance art and his influence on the San Fransisco Bay Area music and performance scene. With him as president, maybe the world will become a little more tolerant.

Jonathon Sharkey

Our last, but not least quirky candidate is professional boxer Jonathon Sharkey. Nicknamed “The Impaler”, he is a self-proclaimed Satanist. He is also a wrester who works under the name of Rocky “Hurricane” Flash. A wrestling, boxer president would be one thing, but a Satanist another.

This is his second time running for president. He has also run for Congress in three states; New Jersey, Indiana, and Florida under different parties, Republican, Reform and Republican again respectively.

Sharkey founded the Vampires, Witches and Pagans Party in 2005 which is officially recognised by the US Federal Election Commiteee. His party advocates the protection of religious beliefs and political advancement of individuals identifying themselves as vampires, witches, pagans, demons, Wiccans and Satanists.

Like some of the other quirky candidates, Sharkey also has a criminal record. In 2006, the same year he ran for governor, he was arrested for stalking his ex girlfriend. It seems this guy doesn't know when to take a hint he, had previously harrassed this woman and been jailed for his trouble. I'm not sure about this one for president – he has been ordered to attend a mental health clinic and it might be best that he stops off there before the White House.