Logo and VH1 announced yesterday that RuPaul, the “most popular drag queen in the world” is going the way of every Republican presidential candidate and heading to New Hampshire. While RuPaul’s appearance at Red Arrow Diner in Manchester at 9 a.m. Saturday morning is clearly a thinly veiled publicity junket for the new season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and new record “Glamazon,” the funnier reason for the visit is to make it clear that the drag queen did not, contrary to what some well-vandalized signs say, come in third place in the Iowa caucus. Yes, you read that right—RuPaul is going to New Hampshire so that everyone knows he isn’t Ron Paul and isn’t running for president.
But would it really be a bad thing if RuPaul was running instead of Ron Paul? Here are some reasons he might make a better candidate than the Texas congressman.
