"Sticky Rice" could be running for president, so could "Oh Bus Horse."
Massachusetts state Secretary William Galvin says the federal Justice Department is pressuring Boston election officials to translate candidates' names into Chinese characters.
Those ballots would be used in precincts with a lot of Chinese-speaking voters. He says Republican hopeful Mitt Romney might be written as "Sticky Rice." Fred Thompson's name could translate as "Virtue Soup." Democrat Barack Obama might look like "Oh Bus Horse." Even Galvin himself could be in trouble. He says his name in Chinese characters comes out as something like "Stick Mosquito