AMC Continues Zombie Attack on Dish With Undead Presidential Candidate

A. Zombie heads out on tour

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Depending on your ideological leanings, a viable third-party presidential candidate may sound like a good thing right about now. Even if he's undead. A pasty-faced decaying dude named A. Zombie, created by AMC Networks as part of a creepy ongoing anti-Dish-Network campaign, has just launched a whistle-stop tour of the country to promote his self-serving agenda. He's trying to get the satellite provider Dish to once again offer AMC, home to zombiepocalyse hit The Walking Dead, and sister channels WEtv, IFC and Sundance.

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