"The candidate stood at a busy intersection and shouted: 'Vote for me or something nasty will happen to your children in the night!' Vermin Supreme, who campaigns with a boot on his head and a chicken necklace (it is not hard to get on the ballot in New Hampshire), is trying to make a satirical point. Politicians court support by fear-mongering, he says. He takes it one step further: he wants America to be prepared for a zombie attack."
Sources
The Economist, January 12th 2008