You might remember Kane as the "Big Red Machine" and well, to be truthful, that is what i remember him as.... as do most of the people who voted for him as Mayor of Knox, Tennessee. This isn't a bad thing, unless you think politics should always be run by politicians.
Kane's real name is Glenn Jacobs. No, he is not really the younger brother of the Undertaker. He is a conservative and he is from Tennessee, and after living a very successful life as a WWE superstar he decided to try his hand at politics back in his home state.
Glenn is most oriented with libertarians, and while that is not at all a factor when running for mayor one of the things that people need to understand is that if he does this job well, there is a very good chance that he could follow in the footsteps of Arnold Schwarzenegger. The fame does carry with the person and in Kane's situation, it is pretty difficult to argue that he definitely would not be in a position to win this mayoral election if he had not been in the WWE.
In my mind it doesn't matter if he became famous because of choke slamming people or if he became famous because of doing wonderful legislation. I do know that the former brings people to the foreground far faster than the latter.
If Glenn Jacobs can run Knox County in an efficient manor, then I don't care that he was propelled to that position by being the first pro wrestler to have fireworks shot out of the four corners of the square-circle
i really don't care.
I sincerely hope that he is actually concerned about the people of Knox. Based on what i know about politicians and what i know about wrestlers (which isn't much, on either side,) I would honestly trust the Big Red Machine (Kane) before I would take some bought-and-paid-for politician.
Perhaps that is why Kane won by nearly 40%
