Naked Cowboy for Mayor
Friday, 31st July, 2009
Robert John Burck aka “the Naked Cowboy,” a world famous NYC busker who started his trade on Venice Beach, Los Angeles in 1998, wearing a cowboy hat, a pair of tightie whities with “Naked Cowboy across the butt and a pair of Cowboy Boots, has decided to run for Mayor.
The busker, who says he will run a transparent campaign, is up against billionaire Michael Bloomberg who is hoping for a third term.


According to the Naked Cowboy for Mayor website his platform one of bringing small business back to life and his campaign slogan is “because nobody has done more with less.”
From his press release.
The Naked Cowboy’s platform speaks to the real issues facing us, and will cultivate the rebirth of the small businesses that made New York City what it is today. Known as the “Naked Stimulus Package,” the plan includes micro loans, tax holidays and other incentives to help small businesses thrive. Other points of Naked’s platform include Taxes (if you’re rich, stop whining and pay your taxes), Transportation (taxi call buttons on every city corner), Homeland Security (as mayor he will keep the city’s security on high alert, making frequent stops at the tunnels, bridges, and guard posts of every building), Gay Marriage (as an ordained minister and he’d love to marry all citizens of NYC, not just the straight shooters), and of course Tourism (he plans to build a Times Square Wedding Chapel and establish a billion dollar wedding business that will rival Las Vegas).
On November 22, 2008, he became an ordained minister, and on December 10, 2008 he was officially registered as a marriage officiant by the City of New York.
From the Wikipedia.
Burck has also been featured in numerous advertising campaigns. As of 2006, he is part of USA Network’s “Characters Welcome” campaign, and he also had a cameo appearance in a Chevrolet commercial that aired during Super Bowl XLI, as well as a Guinness advertisement that aired only in the United Kingdom and Ireland. On August 28, 2008, Burck entered into an endorsement/licensing agreement with Divinely Naked LLC to endorse and create Naked Cowboy Nutritional Products starting with “Naked Whey Protein Powders”, which launched their website on January 1, 2009.
Burck has also made appearances in several music videos, including Cake’s “Short Skirt/Long Jacket” and Nickelback’s “Rockstar”. In 2007, Burck released an album of his own, signing to 4Sight Music Productions and recording the pop-rock album “Year of the Cowboy” produced by Lee Evans and Gaetano Lattanzi at JAMBOX Recording Studios in New York City. The album was featured on MTV News.
