Election 2011 Update (yes, that’s right, we said 2011), Live from Wasilla, Alaska
Welcome, scholars and museum-goers one and all, to the big top circus that is Wasilla, Alaska!, the new official Capital of Political Post-Irony, USA.

A place where media mediocrity meets middle-america mayhem meets political backwardsness via the glory of Tea Party fundamentalists…
A town that nearly every American knows of, yet is only a few thousand people small and is hardly going to become a tourist icon anytime soon (well I take that back… who knows, maybe it’ll be considered a religious site someday) as it’s only destination is the Shoot Em Up Tavern Mug Shot Saloon.

But the future looks bright for Wasilla (no it doesn’t) as, as you’ve probably heard, Dr. Levi Johnston, America’s favorite baby daddy and Playgirl pornstar, is running for Mayor in the 2011 Election!

Oh wait that’s not the picture we planned on using for this story, whoops.

There, that’s better. I mean, we’ve always said that the Teen Choice Awards Red Carpet is a great place to check out potential future mayoral candidates.
Here is an official press release from Entertainment Tonight / Levi’s peeps on the matter:
Levi confirms he is running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska and he’s ready to talk about his plans. On his intention to run for his hometown’s highest office, he says “It’s for real. I’m going to go there and do what I can. Obviously that’s where I grew up and that’s my home. It’s always going to be home to me. [My son] Tripp’s going to grow up there and I want to change a few things.”
When the opportunity first came to him, he says, “I laughed, but the more and more I thought about it the more and more I looked into things. I do care and I do want to make a difference. Whether I win or not, I want Tripp to look up to me and see what I’ve done and be proud of his Dad.”
Sadly, according to recent polls, not only is his run for Mayor not going so well in Wasilla, but his popularity all over Alaska is not so hot (which frankly we don’t really believe since he’s so perfect and seems so good for Alaska).
Apparently, Johnston’s current approval rating (even though he’s not in office yet but hey, apparently it’s okay to give him an approval rating anyway) is a bleak 6 percent.
But come on, people! Chip up, Alaskans!
We here at the Museum are guessing that the rational for this extremely low approval rating is that Wasillans are pissed that nothing is getting done under his watch, because they probably assume that he is already in office.
And to be honest, after what we saw with ex-mom-in-law Sarah, we’re gonna go ahead and assume that he’s already in office too.
We’re very excited to continue to bring you news and updates on Levi Johnston’s noble run to A. get a high school diploma, B. make a political career, and then C. become Mayor of Wasilla. Unless Levi was just referring to Foursquare… dammit.
Either way, we’ll look forward to seeing him in this office soon enough:
