Corporation runs for Congress

Well, it had to happen, I suppose.

After the Supreme Court absurdly ruled that corporations have human rights, many have speculated that corporations will soon start to hold office and vote. (One envisions a walking Pepsi can going into a voting booth.)

Meet Murray Hill, a Republican candidate for Congress in Maryland. But Mr. Hill's not a person. He's Murray Hill Inc., a public relations company.

You read that right: A corporation is running for Congress.

This campaign is just tongue-in-cheek, of course. It's designed to poke fun at the Supreme Court inventing corporate "rights" out of whole cloth.

"Until now, corporate interests had to rely on campaign contributions and influence-peddling to achieve their goals in Washington," the corporation declared in a statement. "But thanks to an enlightened Supreme Court, now we can eliminate the middle-man and run for office ourselves."

There may be a roadblock, however, as Murray Hill's voter registration form was rejected. Oh well. Maybe the Supreme Court will fix that, since it loves corporations so much.

(Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/12/AR2010031204127.html)