Vote for me!

I guess I’ll run for Congress. I’m not really running because I care that much about you or my country, but because I’d like to have the power, prestige, and career opportunities that come with the office.

I don’t really have a plan to save Social Security. Well, I do. But it’s really pretty lame, and nobody would listen to me anyway. I don’t want to spend a lot of energy trying to stop a runaway train. Let somebody else do that.

I have a lot of skeletons in my closet. I bit Barbara Fritz’s finger in second grade. And in ninth grade gym class, I taunted a gay guy who then proceeded to whip my ass. When I dropped out of college, I was smoking pot and taking hallucinogens. Shortly thereafter, I became a Satanist.

I’m not sure that I’m completely emotionally stable. I do tend to be pretty passionate and fly off the handle. So there might be times that I vote on issues according to how I feel or how it might make someone else feel. But most of the time, I’ll just do whatever the polls say is most popular.

I’ll get as much money for the district as I can, but please understand that unless you have some political clout, you personally won’t see any of it. It’ll go to people who can help me advance and accumulate more power.

Well, that’s about it, I guess. If you’ll just help me get my foot in the door, I promise you won’t hear from me again for another four years.

I’ll vote for you ONLY if you promise to tell me what I want to hear.

Of course I promise that.

I’ll vote for you as long as you try to keep your licentious affairs quiet and cover up or redirect the blame to the prior administration or some meek wannabe. Heck, I’ll even come to work for you.

Oh, for sure. I’ll keep a close eye on the polls and blame whoever you people like the least. As far as coming to work for me, I need to know what you look like.

I’ll vote for you if you give me an intern.

sorry, I will only vote Libertarian…

Who needs democracy. Just enslave your people and force them to work in your puppy dog skinning plant.

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A concerned voter said:

I can’t give anyone an intern, per se. But I’m sure I could spare one for a couple of hours to, um, give you a hand.
A naive voter said:

Now, really, your vote doesn’t count, does it?
A cynical voter said:

[…checking polls…]

America! God! I have a dream. I feel your pain. Kinder. Gentler.

yes, I’ve heard that before.
But it counts if you vote your conscience.

But: what about the children? How are you going to get the Soccer Mom vote?

You sound like you have genuine potential … but you ain’t in my electorate so the answer is no.

A naive voter said:

Sure it does, hon. Sure it does.

A concerned voter asked:

I’m in favor of children. The children are our future. God bless America.

I’ll be handing out a lot of tax money to day care centers and SUV dealerships.

A non-voter said:

Oh, who cares.

I can’t vote for you until I know the answer to one of the most important questions facing our nation today.

Boxers or briefs?

Perhaps now is an opportune time to go public with this shocking display of the candidate’s dirty laundry.

As that thread reveals, the candidate appears to believe himself the King of England. Perhaps the candidate could address this seeming contradiction.

Libertarian, other than your Say this in Your Head and Say this Out Loud switch seems to be broken, what sets you apart from the other candidates?

Oh, I know…your refreshing candor. We need more politicians like you. Will you be running on the Progressive Party ticket?

A concerned voter asked

The polls aren’t conclusive enough about that for me to decide.

A pundit with an elephant’s memory said

I have my people looking into that. But in the meantime, just let me just say this. We must fight terrorism, but at the same time we must be tolerant of our fellow Americans who, through no fault of their own, worship differently from us.

An inquisitive voter asked

Like everyone else, I am unique. But let me say this. I think what sets me apart is that I’m not all that bad once you toss out all the negatives. My opponent, on the other hand, favors legalizing gang rape, euthanizing the elderly, and sterilizing poor people. I mean, I can’t say that for sure, but just the fact that it is possible ought to make you stop and think.

Our polls show an overwhelming majority of Democrats in this district, and so I’m going to run on that ticket.

Hi. I want to build a ammonium perchlorate plant near a densely populated area. But those silly environmental laws keep getting in the way!

Now, I can’t vote for you, as I live outside your district. Now that I think about it, my company and the proposed plant site are also outside your district. But I do have big, heaping gob of money to hand out to politicians such as yourself willing to hear my case. In fact, here’s $10,000 just for reading this post. Thank you.

How do you stand on the ammonium perchlorate issue?

And now that you’ve got Manny’s 10,000 Phaedybucks, how ‘bout forkin’ some of 'em over as an incentive to vote for you? Or maybe just a quart of rum.

I’m from Massachusetts. Are you related to any Kennedies?