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All the coolest fake actors love John McCain! Erik Estrada, the guy who played Ponch on the beloved American cop show CHiPs, will be hosting a big fundraiser for the Republican candidate. CHiPs was very popular in the late nineteen hundred and seventies, when every American female had to declare her sworn allegiance to either the dark and mysterious Francis “Ponch” Poncherello or “Jon,” the guy who looked like John Denver. Ponch devotees were summarily deported to Iran, whereas fans of Jon were told that their guy was pretty boring.
Erik Estrada is now a part-time cop in Muncie, Indiana, and also works in Bedford County, Virginia as a “full-time deputy sheriff.” Basically he loves COPS COPS COPS and also John McCain, whom he supports for President. He is still, disturbingly, sort of hot.
‘CHiPs’ Star Erik Estrada Endorses McCain [FOX News]
Erik Estrada has an infommercial where he sells swampland to gullible rubes. I hope the McCain team doesn’t look favorably on this scam.
Breaking! Nellie Olson endorsement critical for swing vote in Missouri, prarie states.
Part time cop in Indiana and full time deputy Sheriff in Va? Wtf?
In California, chips come from silicon. In Indiana, they come from cows.
Th-that’s some star p-p-power we can believe in, f-f-friends.
I suppose Freddie Prinze and Greg Evigan were too busy to endorse.
@SKS: He is still, disturbingly, sort of hot.
Bleah! No! DO NOT WANT!
Estrada said the presumptive Republican presidential nominee best aligns with the issues closest to him. “Law enforcement, number one. … The welfare of children, which is my biggest concern and passion.
Oh, sure. ‘Cause when I think of children’s issues, the first person who springs to mind is tireless children’s advocate — uh — John — um — McCain. Estrada also appreciates McCain’s support of halting overfishing in the Columbia River basin, the new HDTV format, and NASA’s efforts to map dark matter in space, all well-known McCain stands.
Dammit, I’m STILL waiting for the crucial Suzanne Somers endorsement!
Estrada goes for McCain, white debbie votes for hillary, black debbie votes for barry?
Captain Murphy would probably be a paultard.
Now the “Chips” theme song will be running through my head all day long. Wonkette, you are evil… just evil.
graceless: Nice choice on the pic. Evil Evil Sara…
A McCain endorsement is grounds for a Rodney King-stlye beating for the ol’ Poncherello.
Yes, but after WALNUTS! loses the general, can we expect to see him and Estrada as bunkmates on “Surreal Life V 27.0?”
As for me, I’m withholding my vote until I hear who Adrian Zmed endorses!
I just flashed back to Ponch’s cameo appearance in a mid-90’s Bad Religion video. Remembering stuff like that annoys me.
You could fry an egg on that chest.
Great pic! We would indeed hit that.
Other breaking McCain endorsements:
- from Simon & Simon, the one without the ‘tache;
- Scarecrow of Scarecrow and Mrs King fame.
Hey! Gopher from “Love Boat” is hosting a Bob Barr event at the Stardust in Vegas! Come one, come all!
That photo is black and white! That’s not racial transcendence!
obfuscator: Well, that pic shows that he is of the Grey Race.
stankfest: Someone needs to make enough of a story of his association with NRPI that WALNUTS! will be forced to renounce and refuse Ponch’s endorsement.
Who’s he going after next? The A-listers from Match Game?
I wonder if he’ll be making Mama Marquez’s famous tamales, with just a pinch of cinnamon.
CINNAMON!
I thought Mr. Estrada was only playing a cop while doing novella porn with Ricky Martin… or heading up the reunion of Menudo, I forgot which one.
4tehlulz: the framework of the world
is black and white
the infrastructure builders
flex their might
turning true emotion
into digital expression
one by one we all fall down
Who are Starsky and Hutch endorsing?
I’m still waiting to hear who the Beaver endorses, ’cause that’s an endorsement I can really get behind.
Eric “Pocho” Estrada (he didn’t know a word of Spanish, and had to learn it for some soap gigs in Mexico, the only place on earth where someone still watched him) can sure capture the Latino vote!
So Ponch is endorsing Walnuts because “he’s a good man, he’s a man’s man”…
Nice to know that the Jizzly heat is starting to stir up those Republican homoerotic urges.
It is nice to know that McCain’s endorsements are consistent. If someone relevant endorsed him, then I’d be concerned. It is nice to know that he’s getting the endorsements of former action stars, guys who were on the Surreal Life, reality tv bimbos, the Baldwin you forgot about, and men known for playing the old guy.
re: alt/txt: yes, we would.
Not_So_Much:
Maybe a posthumous Paul Linde endorsment.
That would be pretty cool, actually.
stankfest:
Ha. “Gullible rubes” is an oxymoran, moran.
What I really want to know is: who are Ron Jeremy and Mr. Marcus endorsing?
BREAKING: Todd Bridges endorses Obama.
loquaciousmusic: I guess you like your fried eggs with chest hairs?
Well, by getting involved with these “Hollywierd” types, Walnuts has obviously lost the Freepers vote.
Botswana Meat Commission FC:
Actually, it’s just redundant. “Jumbo shrimp” is oxymoranic.
I’m inclined to back George Lopez’s position on this guy: “FTP.”
So counting him and Clint Eastwood, there are now exactly two Hollywood Republicans.
your moms an oxymoron
Maybe Kathy Griffin can do an hour-long special on all of McCain’s D-List supportards.
So is McCain the midget that jumps on estrada in this fake video he just put out?
http://www.break.com/index/erik-estrada-attacked-by-little-person.html
When you’ve got a celebrity endorsing you who makes videos of this quality, the sky’s the limit, baby.
Some gave that dipshit a badge?!? Wait, what happened to his career doing Mexican telenovelas? Reality confuses me.
Next we’ll hear that Andy Griffith is taking a break from solving mysteries for real in Georgia to endorse McCain. All them old people probably still love Matlock.
Seems appropriate considering that McCain’s Campaign has been one long “Uh-oh”.
That’s a good match. Both WALNUTS! and Estrada were hot a zillion years ago.
who is sgt. getraer supporting? i’m not deciding until he does.
<img src=”http://www.robertpine.com/CHIPS_BW_Twelve.jpg”
Perhaps “Ponch” can share some tooth-whitening secrets with WALNUTS! Estrada has some of the whitest choppers in the bizness, and poor JohnnyMac suffers from corn kernel teeth.
In my dream world, “Ponch” and Chuck Norris would have faced off in the primaries. Why did Estrada wait so long to endorse?
McCain waited a long time for this endorsement. He wants to portray himself as a tough guy in leather jacket and chaps; his legs around a throbbing, powerhouse of a motor.
Yes, McCain’s my macho man.
So… he really is the character he played in Sealab 2021?
Tom Selleck is leading the mustache rides for Log Cabin Republicans fundraiser for McCain. Taste it Ponch.
Like McCain, he enjoys ponching his lovers in the face.
Which one was gay? John or Ponch?
Oh, that’s right. Both.
Never mind.
(Keep forgetting they were both in the California “Hey There!” Patrol, CHP.)
Neilist: The ones of us who aren’t gay, are completely misinformed.
Fuck CHIPS. What about Emergency’s Randy Mantooth?
http://www.randymantooth.com/
ABBA,Dr.No,and,now,Eric Estrada.McCrampy is one happenin’ fella.
For 1978,that is.
SocialList:
Probably the year of his last erection.
I’ve had that poster on my wall for 29 years. I take it with me everywhere I go. Except the Erik Estrada in my poster has aged horribly, while I still look 8 years old.
Mike Brady endorsed Obama, and you know what we found out about HIM. Just sayin’.
nbawriter: Gopher from “Love Boat” is hosting a Bob Barr event at the Stardust in Vegas!
I remember I was so disappointed when I found out he was a Republican. And now I have no idea why.
4tehlulz: BREAKING: Todd Bridges endorses Obama.
Only ’cause they partied with Larry Sinclair.
Godless Liberal *: Three. You forgot Ben Stein.
Joey Ratz: I would consider Estrada more like an El Segundo Republican than a Hollywood one, though…
obfuscator: You’re sure it wasn’t a Butthole Surfers video? Because I’m pretty sure he showed up in one of those.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4WUlNSx_Wk