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Super Dell now wants to be governor [Utah]
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| Last Edited | particleman Mar 17, 2008 11:09pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, March 18, 2008 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "Super" Dell Schanze made a "totally awesome" and surprising move on Monday: he's running for governor.
Apparently, Salt Lake County mayor isn't a big enough title for Schanze. Now he's shooting for the state's highest position.
The quirky former Totally Awesome Computers pitchman dropped his bid for Salt Lake County mayor on Monday and instead filed to run against Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. to run the state.
Schanze had filed as a Republican in the mayor race, but now he'll run as a Libertarian as he takes on the Republican Huntsman.
His quirky commercials for his former company, Totally Awesome Computers, made him a household name. Then, his public jousts with police and the media made him infamous.
In June 2006, he was charged with creating a public nuisance, a class B misdemeanor, and disorderly conduct, an infraction, for flying a powered paraglider over rush-hour traffic on I-15.
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In March 2006, Schanze shut down the business that made him famous. After months of slow sales and media problems, Schanze ultimately blamed Totally Awesome Computers' downfall on the news media.
"It's too bad that all of the media in Utah are liars and murderers," he said at the time. "You just destroyed the greatest computer company of all time. We were the best in the world, the world champion. All this hatred was created by you. You're basically angels of Satan. All I can say to the people in Utah is, please pray for all the news people." |
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