Lady Gaga Runs Against Sarah Palin in the 2012 Race for Presidency

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Pop singer Lady Gaga has decided to trade in her music career to become a candidate for the 2012 Presidential Election. She is up against former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, who had previously run as Vice President for the 2008 election against President Barack Obama.



After briefly being in the political eye for persuading senators to appeal the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy, Gaga has further interest in pursuing politics. Last week, Lady Gaga posted a video on YouTube stating her motives as to why the sudden career change.

Lady Gaga in her video campaign for presidency,
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"I believe that it's time for Americans to start living the life that our forefathers wanted us to have. Just because I am a pop singer doesn't mean that I do not know anything about the true meaning of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," Gaga said in her video. "It is unfair and ludicrous that we cannot properly practice our God given rights as a democratic society."

In order to show her fans and critics how serious she is with her decision to go into the political world, Lady Gaga will run for presidency under her real name, Stefani Germanotta.

Toniann Witherspoon, a junior political science major, thinks Lady Gaga would be a very interesting candidate for the next election.

Sarah Palin, who's running against Gaga,
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"I mean, Lady Gaga has a very solid loyal fan base so there is no doubt that she will have supporters," Whitherspoon said. "If Arnold Schwarzenegger could run as governor of California, then Gaga wouldn't have trouble running for president."

Jose Cielo, a freshman political science major, said that it's the worst idea he has ever heard.

"Lady Gaga should stick to what she knows best -  as an overexposed pop singer. There's a reason why the pop world and the political world can't mix," Cielo said. "The day Lady Gaga becomes president is the day I'm moving to Canada; at least their government officials have common sense."

Her dedicated fans not only support Gaga, but also have even gone as far as to make a Facebook page called "Gaga for President." So far, the page has 200,000 followers.

*FOLLOWING ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED ON THE 2011'S APRIL FOOLS ISSUE OF THE SCRIBE