Jimmy Tingle writes

As an American citizen and comedic candidate for the presidency on the “Humor for Humanity” ticket, it was with great pleasure and pride that on November 4th I watched, with literally billions of other people from Kansas to Kenya, as Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States of America. It was a historic day on many levels some more obvious than others – for me it was the first presidential election I have ever lost.

As you may know I have spent the last 2 years performing “Jimmy Tingle for President; The funniest campaign in history” in theaters, comedy clubs, and fundraisers for then senator Obama. (First rule of running for office; don’t do fundraisers for your opponent).

Despite record crowds and enthusiastic support, I fell victim to relatively new political phenomena, “The Tingle Effect”. Similar to “The Bradley Effect” where white voters tell pollsters they are voting for the black candidate and then change their minds in the voting booth, “The Tingle Effect” is when white people come to my shows, laugh at my jokes, agree with my positions, shake my hand and assure me I have their support in November, but come Election Day, in the privacy of the voting booth, they vote for the black candidate.
I just want to say THANK YOU FOR NOT VOTING FOR ME & ELECTTING BARACK OBAMA.
In the spirit of John McCain’s concession speech I also congratulate the new president and vow to do all I can to support him and his agenda these next 4 years and pledge to do whatever possible to help heal this divided nation.

I promise to continue the work of my political party “Humor for Humanity” Humor and Helping, Humor and Healing, Humor and Hope, HA! HA! HA! - To lift the spirits of the American people. With humor I will work to transcend race, transcend class, transcend religion and transcend gender…Barack O’Tingle.

The downtime afforded me as a former presidential candidate will allow me to shore up my foreign policy and pubic service credentials by re-locating to Alaska and keeping an eye on Russia.
Remember there are only 3 years, 11 months, and 25 days until the next election. Till we meet again,
HA! HA! HA!