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Rick Astley for Governor of IL

I'm going to file this one under a big WTF? I would like to give you a direct quote from the Rick Astley website,

Last week, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested on charges of
corruption and the Attorney General has requested the Supreme Court strip him of
his powers. After the arrest, RedEye, a major newspaper in Chicago, decided to
engage the people of Illinois through its newspaper and social media platforms
asking them who they would like to see as their next Governor. So far the
results are showing that Rick Astley overwhelmingly the people's favourite to
take the post. Rick has become somewhat of a hero in the United States over the
last 12 months and his appearance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade touched
millions of Americans. The people of Illinois at least feel Rick would 'Never
let his voters down'.

In tune with its readers, RedEye contacted Rick's manager, Tops Henderson
to ask Rick if he would consider taking the post. Rick has issued the following
statement:

'I am so honoured and very excited to be put forward for the post of
Governor of Illinois. I think I could do a good job and bring a fresh
perspective to the great state and it's politics.'

Does this guy not realize what a joke he is? When you have been associated with an Internet meme, "Rick-rolled", you think you would get a clue! OK, so I know that was kind of lame so hear is the real meaning for those of you who have never been "Rick-rolled".

Oh man, I just couldn't help myself, so you can really go see it on Wikipedia here.