Step aside Tim Thomas, Jose Canseco has thrown his hat into the ring.

At least on Twitter.

The 47-year-old member of the Worcester Tornadoes told his 472,000-plus followers that he has plans for his eventual career after baseball.

I want to run for office

— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) May 29, 2012

That promise/threat was preceded by this Jeffersonian quote:

Politics is easy if you use your ears and not your mouth .Just listen you goverment morons listen

— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) May 29, 2012

Even if he's not being serious, this stuff's just too good to ignore. It all started with this question:

Can a cuban born american be a mayor or governor in new england ?

— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) May 29, 2012

Canseco solicited tweets about various troubling local issues affecting his followers. Here's a sampling of the political discourse:

@JoseCanseco Big Man, our most urgent problem in Boston and throughout the state is the bars must close by 2am. I know you can fix this.

— Ed Ryan (@EdzoRyan) May 29, 2012

And:

@JoseCanseco fix the refs in miami

— Dan Iel (@TheRealDanAllen) May 29, 2012

Canseco's promise is simple:

I am here to help and want to do good for all the people

— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) May 29, 2012

There you have it.

Deval Patrick, you've been warned. Just don't tell Canseco the Massachusetts governor is not up for re-election until 2014.

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