October 27, 2000
The Top 14 Campaign Promises We'd Like to Hear
- "Mandatory registration and waiting periods for those damned scooter things."
- "Beer will be officially added to the USDA pyramid as the most important food group."
- "I *will* have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Zeta-Jones. On network TV. With no commercials."
- "I'll eliminate government red tape so that McDonald's can be free to sell Shamrock Shakes the whole year-round."
- "A chicken in every pot. Ok, screw the chicken -- just the pot. Loads and loads of pot."
- "And if electered President, I promise to learned to speach more betterer."
- "Forget Microsoft -- I'll get the Justice Department to break up Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt."
- "Funds will be allocated to make the Statue of Liberty look much more like Rosie Perez."
- "I'm going to take the social security surplus out of the lock box, and put it into a Ziploc bag -- not an ordinary one, but one of those where blue and yellow make green. That way I know it's safe."
- "Under my administration, State of the Union addresses will only last five minutes and will be communicated using interpretive dance techniques."
- "If victorious in November, I will after 30 years of seeking higher and higher public office have finally erased the serious self-esteem issues which drew me to a career in government in the first place."
- "Gore daughters for everyone!"
- "I intend to dissolve the Presidency and turn control of the government over to a team of Animatronic chimps."
and the Number 1 Campaign Promise We'd Like to Hear...
- "I'll make this speech short."
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Selected from 125 submissions from 43 contributors.
Today's Top Five List authors were:
- Ken Shinodo, Bend, OR -- 1 (10th #1)
- Doug Finney, Houston, TX -- 2, Honorable Mention list name Email
- Christopher Troise, New York, NY -- 3 Email
- Andy Ihnatko, Boston, MA -- 4, 11
- Beth Kohl, Chicago, IL -- 5, 9
- Bob Mader, Knoxville, TN -- 6, 10
- Dave Goudsward, Harrisburg, PA -- 7 Email
- Jim Griffith, Sunnyvale, CA -- 8, 14, Banner Tag
- Larry Baum, Hong Kong -- 10 Email
- Geoff Brown, Ann Arbor, MI -- 10 Email / Website / Hall of Famer
- Mark Niebuhr, Minneapolis, MN -- 10 Website
- Travis Ruetenik, Honolulu, HI -- 10
- David G. Scott, Kansas City, MO -- 10 Email
- Lev L. Spiro, Los Angeles, CA -- 10 Email / Hall of Famer
- Mark Weiss, Austin, TX -- 10
- Jim Rosenberg, Greensboro, NC -- 12 Email / Website / Hall of Famer
- Kathy Good, Phoenix, AZ -- 13
- Jeffrey Anbinder, New York, NY -- Topic Email / Website
- Slick Sharkey, Miami, FL -- Runner Up list name Hall of Famer
- Eric Lipton, Washington, DC -- List moderator
- Chris White, Irvine, CA -- List owner Email / Hall of Famer
- The Buzzcocks, Manchester, England -- Ambience (explanation)
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