13 September 2008

Re: This post, I received the following email....

Dear Bob,

STREWTH!

The Michael Palin for President campaign is off to a
roaring start.

The campaign video, launched the same night the OTHER
Palin delivered her "you haven't actually nominated me
yet but I'll accept your nomination anyway" speech, has
now been seen by MORE THAN 200,000 PEOPLE.

According to ViralVideoChart and several other sources,
we're one of the most-viewed videos in the world over
the last week.

The Palin for President video has also been featured in
blogs on the Los Angeles Times website and the Obama-Biden
website, along with hundreds ofothers all over the web.
(We even got a call from CNN!)

Best of all, the official Monty Python site, Pythonline.com,
is currently featuring the video as one of its lead stories.

Viewer response has been almost universally positive, with
an avalanche of requests for bumper stickers and campaign
buttons coming in. (We're workin' on it!)

Of course the opposition has been heard from as well, offering
such insightful and considered political discourse as "If you
have a child, I hope he dies in a car fire!" and "F--k your video
and f--k you!"

Apparently we've hit a nerve.

But now is not the time for complacency.

As has been suggested recently (we forget where) this election
is not about the candidates. It's about YOU.

You may not know it, but because you signed up for this newsletter
and accepted your free fuzzy thing, you are now a de facto member
of the Committee to Elect Michael Palin President (also known as
the Silly Party).

AND WE NEED YOUR HELP!

With only two months to go before the election, there are a number
of things you can do to help YOUR candidate...

--SPREAD THE WORD by sending everyone you know to:
http://www.michaelpalinforpresident.com/vid

--ENGAGE IN SOCIAL DEBATE by rubbing Fuzzy Things on Republicans.

--ENGAGE IN CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE by doing Silly Walks in government
buildings.

But the big question on everyone's mind is...

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WHO SHOULD MICHAEL PALIN CHOOSE AS HIS RUNNING MATE?

Click here to voice your opinion on our brand-new, extra-shiny,
now-with-30%-more-naughty-bits VICE PRESIDENTIAL SURVEY:
http://www.michaelpalinforpresident.com/vpsurvey

And of course it goes without saying, for participating in the survey
you will get MORE FREE FUZZY THINGS!

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Until next time...

Your friends at
The Committee to Elect Michael Palin President

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