Cthulhu Campaign Symbols

As the Presidential campaign season marches on in the United States for the mainstream candidates, so it does for Cthulhu as well. A simple search for "Cthulhu 2008" already yields a myriad of special designs for the malevolent dreamer's upstart write-in campaign this year. Thanks to the internet and Cutethulhu phenomena, it seems the prospect of a President Cthulhu generates increasingly vivid and unusual items with each passing electoral cycle.

It's just a shame there's no way to monitor the true success of these Cthulhu candidacies, as most states refuse to count write-in votes that are not for an officially registered write-in candidates. But then, Cthulhu cultists at the polls wouldn't be the first to feel the injustice of uncounted votes. Perhaps this year's failure to measure his success at the polls will finally raise Cthulhu's ire to the point of rising from R'lyeh and raging about electoral shenanigans...


This stylish design floated around for awhile during 2004-2006 as a sticker. Though not specifically Cthulhu 2008, it deserves mention due to the warped patriotic scheme. It's also making quite a comeback on blogs, image boards, and elsewhere as politics and parody approach crescendo.


This colorful image plays on a classic theme of American politics and past Cthulhu campaigns: the hazards of deciding between greater and lesser evils in an entrenched two party system. 2008, like 2004, 2000, and 1996 (and maybe even further back) continues to see circulation of Cthulhu's "Why Vote for a Lesser Evil?" theme. Of course, its proclamation gets at a more fundamental issue in every election: good old honesty.


It appears Cthulhu, like Ron Paul, slithered through the underground of the Republican Party in an alternative primary run. Despite heavy censorship from the party hacks and the media, he probably ended somewhere barely below Giuliani and above Alan Keyes. Make no mistake though, Cthulhu cultists are nearly the most fervent zealots a candidate could have. Don't be surprised if a few show up in the Twin Cities this fall for the GOP Convention, in a last ditch effort to win a major party endorsement for their tentacled sovereign.


A sign of things to come? With a lot of unhappy Republicans and rogue conservatives, perhaps great Cthulhu will appeal for votes this year as an independent Republican, building on his primary campaign within the Republican Party. With Dagon as running mate, Cthulhu will be positioned properly to capture the overwhelming majority of Innsmouth blooded voters, a New England constituency the Democrats will surely fight to keep.

-Grim Blogger