Book Release: A Vote for Jesus Lampoons Corrupt Campaigns & the 2020 Election

AMSTERDAM, N.Y. - April 14, 2020 - PRLog -- Uban Creek Books officially releases its first book, A Vote for Jesus: A Satire on Campaigning, Corruption & Political Crucifixion, on April 14, 2020. Anyone interested in seeing just how political campaigns really operate in a savagely clever and humorous way is encouraged to pick up a brand-new print or digital copy.

This political satire, ripped straight from today's headlines, tells the story of a poor, unknown carpenter from Bethlehem, PA, who runs against ruthless, six-term Senator Herod Antipas. Hoping for a clean campaign, Jesus Christ runs into a buzzsaw of dirty money, dirty tricks, media spin, incessant polling, and repeated calls to change his image. If Jesus wants to win this election, he'll need a miracle.

The book parodies dozens of well-known political figures, from Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton, Rush Limbaugh to Sean Hannity. It addresses how campaigns abuse populism for cheap points and introduces new political terms like constituentocracy and schizophresident. Throughout the story, Jesus finds himself tagged as a liberal hippy, a sexist conservative, a dynamic speaker, an uncaring atheist, and a confused campaigner. Who he really is gets drowned out in a sea of political spin and attack ads – and is something we're sure to see this election season. A Vote for Jesus, with is many moments of "on-the-nose satire" is just the funniest way to cut through the mess that is American politics.

While bookstores around the country remained closed due to COVID-19, copies of A Vote for Jesus are still available online through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, IndieBound, and hundreds of independent bookstore websites nationwide.

"I wrote this book as a way to laugh at the absurdity of the news," says author John Briggs, "but now it may actually be a diversion from the news. That would be satirical if it weren't for the serious conditions we're all facing."

Uban Creek Books (https://ubancreekbooks.com) is an independent publisher of humorous books. A Vote for Jesus is its first offering, but other comical and comedy-related books are scheduled for release later this year.

John Briggs is a veteran comic best-known for the show Left-Wing Laughs. He was also a nationally syndicated reporter whose career once brought him to the White House Correspondents Dinner. A Vote for Jesus is his first political satire in more than a decade, but given how our elections are conducted, its time has come.