Ronnie James Dio for President!

January 27, 2004 8:25 AM

Dioforamerica. [via this place]
posted by anathema (22 comments total)

Wow, that guy's still alive? I think the funniest part about his site is down near the bottom of the page on the left. "0 Americans for Dio." Not a promising start...
posted by TheFarSeid at 8:35 AM on January 27, 2004

Finally a candidate I can wholeheartedly endorse. He shines through our current gloom like a rainbow in the dark. Sadly, when it comes to media coverage, he's last in line. Oh well, when you listen to fools, the mob rules.
posted by jonmc at 8:36 AM on January 27, 2004

I knew this would get your attention, jonmc.
posted by anathema at 8:38 AM on January 27, 2004

Hmmm, I noticed Anil is backing him. Perhaps this is Ben and Mena's stealth candidate sent in to screw up the Democratic field so that Mena can win the White House in 2008?
posted by machaus at 8:41 AM on January 27, 2004

This is the best of all the things on the web. But it better not be some hipster joke, or if it is, those hipsters better finish what they started, because I want to see the rest of those pages.
posted by Hildago at 9:02 AM on January 27, 2004

Someone sent us up the Dio.
posted by VulcanMike at 9:10 AM on January 27, 2004

no, someone set up us the dio. get it right. :-)
posted by quonsar at 11:03 AM on January 27, 2004

But it better not be some hipster joke.

It appears that they live at 123 Any Street in San Francisco, if you want to give them a piece of your mind.
posted by machaus at 11:43 AM on January 27, 2004

I don't see what the big deal is. She's cute and has a nice voice, but "Thank You" and "White Flag" are propelling her into the void of adult contemporary from which nobody ever returns.

*blinks *

oh, Dio.
Never heard of him.
posted by PrinceValium at 11:47 AM on January 27, 2004

oh, Dio.
Never heard of him.

Yer one of those New Wave people, aren't you?

*kicks PrinceValium's ass, stands on top of his inert body banging head and making 'devil horns' salute*
posted by jonmc at 11:54 AM on January 27, 2004

GRANDMAAAA!
posted by mcsweetie at 11:59 AM on January 27, 2004

If Dio gets elected, I want Vivian Campbell to be Ireland's next Prime Minister.
posted by riffola at 12:03 PM on January 27, 2004

"Rob Halford wants it, so it's cool with me."

He's got my vote.
posted by rathikd at 12:05 PM on January 27, 2004

Dio will live forever on Silver Mountain, which is not in the States, so I don't believe he's eligible.
posted by billsaysthis at 12:09 PM on January 27, 2004

But he does have a street named after him in Cortland, NY.
posted by psmealey at 12:37 PM on January 27, 2004

Hooooooly crap. Curiouser and curiouser. Next thing you know Gary Coleman and even porn stars will be running for public office. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

FYI: The counter for me said "666 Americans for Dio"... heeeey, waitadamnsecond.

ACK! I'VE BEEN MARKED! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!!
posted by loquacious at 1:08 PM on January 27, 2004

I heard that if you play that website backwards, you get a message telling you to vote Republican...
posted by arto at 2:50 PM on January 27, 2004

Oh, and those rumours about him being Canadian? They're probably confusing him with Donnie James Rio.
posted by arto at 2:54 PM on January 27, 2004

I'm surprised that no one has pointed out yet how even though Dio has rocked for a long, long time, now it's time for him to pass the torch.
posted by Hildago at 3:10 PM on January 27, 2004

"He shines through our current gloom like a rainbow in the dark. Sadly, when it comes to media coverage, he's last in line."

For all the coverage that the good Reverend has been getting in the mainstream press, he could be, be, be. Invisible. It's time for this campaign to ride the tiger. He's been down too long in the midnight sea.
posted by majick at 4:11 PM on January 27, 2004

I met Dio once. He looks like an elf.
posted by ph00dz at 6:38 PM on January 27, 2004

Well, he was in Elf after all.
posted by anathema at 6:45 PM on January 27, 2004