'Avengers' director on Romney and zombies

"Avengers" director Joss Whedon, an ardent backer of President Barack Obama, endorsed GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Sunday — as the best man to "put this country back on the path to a zombie apocalypse."

"Romney is ready to make the deep rollbacks in health care, education, social services and reproductive rights that will guarantee poverty, unemployment, overpopulation, disease, rioting — all crucial elements in creating a nightmare zombie wasteland," Whedon says in a Web video.

Whedon has donated $5,000 to the Obama campaign this presidential cycle and $60,000 to the Democratic National Committee, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

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The filmmaker knows a thing or two about the undead, as his television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Firefly" both featured heroes battling zombie-like creatures.

"You need to ask yourself: 'Am I ready?'" Whedon says. "Am I ready for the purity and courage of Mitt Romney's apocalyptic vision? Mitt's ready. He's not afraid to face a ravening, grasping horde of subhumans. Because that's how he sees poor people already."