Webbys allow winners five words.
Why not limit politicians, too?
We asked you to try.
Results show: Less is more.
Thanks for playing our game!
THE WINNER
"Promise: No sex, just Gore."
-- Mary Waggoner
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Every political speech throughout history:
"I am promising the impossible."
-- Steve Leahy
All political speeches can be boiled down to five words:
"I'm not the other guy!"
-- Samantha Lynn
"You'll never catch me lying."
-- Jeff Taylor
The Lincoln-Douglas debates:
"The tall guy always wins."
-- Samantha Lynn
"What's worst about censorship is ..."
-- Glenn Hauman
Suggestions for George W. Bush
"I will avenge you, father."
-- Erik Hansen
"How many words? Five? Whoops."
-- Francis Heaney
"My middle name is different."
-- Tom Davidson
Inaugural Address, President George W. Bush:
"Check out dubya dubya DUBYA!"
-- Greg Sarab
More for Albert Gore Jr.
"I SWEAR I'm not Clinton."
-- Deborah Lewis
"Win one for the Tipper!"
-- Eli Neiburger
"My emotion chip is overheating."
-- Erik Hansen
"Won't screw up economy, interns."
-- M. Turyn
The Rest is History
"No more shallow political platforms!"
-- Renfield Kuroda
Any of Clinton's public apologies:
"I'm sorry I got caught."
-- James Burton
Bill Gates, announcing the breakup of Microsoft:
"Today was a great victory."
-- James Burton
Hey, Nixon beat you to it:
"I am not a crook."
-- Dave Brooks
John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address:
"Don't ask that, reverse it."
-- David McGroty
Jesus' Sermon on the Mount
"Are You Ready for Love?"
-- Tony Kahn
"Congress shall make no law."
-- Glenn Hauman
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