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Tupperware Party candidate enters presidential race In the 2000 election, I received as many Electoral College votes as
Pat Buchanan and Ralph Nader combined! And, so I am encouraged to announce my 2004 bid for President of the United States. My Tupperware Party promises fresh ideas for preserving leftover values.
Here is where I stood on the vital issues of 2000. As the year 2004 nears, I'll be updating this
site with my latest waffling, spinning, and posturing.
My party's platform planks--in water-resistant, attractive wood-like finishes--can be found in my weekly newspaper columns.
And, if you will sign up ten friends for the Tupperware Party, and those ten friends will
sign up ten friends, and those ten friends will sign up ten friends, and
. . . Well, you get the idea. In just ten rounds, I will have recruited
10 billion votes! (That's nearly the number of ballots cast in some Chicago
precincts.)
I'm announcing that if elected president, I will make former candidate Elizabeth Dole Secretary of State. Who better than a mom to tackle international conflict?
"Saddam, you go to your palace and don't come out until you can be nice to Kuwait!"
"Boris, have you been drinking? Don't you roll your eyes at me, young man!"
"Someday, I hope you have citizens just like you, Slobodan!"
"Don't make me stop this tank!"
Wherever civil war threatens, "It takes two to tango, you two. Now hug your enemy and tell them you're sorry!" And, terrorists beware! "You'll shoot your eye out!" "You just wait until the troops land! Then you'll be sorry!" "And turn down that rhetoric!"
I'm also planning to appoint Martha Stewart as Secretary of the Interior. "Clean up this landfill. It looks like a dump!"
Capital punishment
(March 1989)
The Supreme Court is considering ruling whether sending 2,000-volts of electricity through a human body constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment." Many capital punishment advocates point to the Bible's Old Testament to support their position. Yes, under Jewish law, murder (Numbers 35:16) and rape (Deuteronomy 22:25) were in fact grounds for execution.
However to be consistent--if we use the Old Testament as support for capital punishment--shouldn't we support execution for all offenses it lists as capital: adultery (Leviticus 20:10), homosexual behavior (Leviticus 20:13), kidnapping (Exodus 21:16), loving anything more than God (Leviticus 20:2), occult practices (Exodus 22:18), pre-marital sex (Leviticus 21:9), not observing the Sabbath (Numbers 15:32-36), and striking or slandering a parent (Exodus 21:15, 17)?
We'd all be sitting on death row with no one left to pull the switch?!
The political powers that be have shut out The Tupperware Party ("Fresh ideas for preserving leftover values") from the Presidential debates. So, undeterred, we're conducting our own.
Jim: Mr. Watkins, why are you running for President?
Jim: Thank you for this opportunity to address the American public on this . . . Wait a minute! You can't debate me! I'm you . . . I mean, you're me!
Jim: Mr. Watkins, we have you on the record promising to debate anytime, anywhere.
Jim: Yes, but you're me. I mean . . . This is ridiculous.
Jim: So, you're refusing to debate?
Jim: No, I welcome the chance to engage in a meaningful exchange of ideas, but . . .
Jim: Just look in the mirror and stop dodging the question. Why are you running for President? Isn't this simply a cheap publicity stunt to promote your so-called writing and speaking career?
Jim: Well, I have a three-books series coming out this fall, called The Why Files, but what I'd really like to address are the important issues facing our nation.
Jim: That brings up an important question-why do our files reveal that you spent six years at Indiana Wesleyan--living in a girl's dorm?!
Jim: It took me only four years to graduate and my wife was Resident Director, but what I'd really like to talk about is my plan for improving our educational and criminal justice system.
Jim: And speaking of criminal justice, isn't it true that you have spent time in not only two county jails, but the state correctional facility for juvenile offenders, and in the closed section of three mental hospitals?
Jim: I was visiting friends. Okay, I did have to convince the director at one mental hospital that I wasn't one of the patients, but I'd really like to talk about violence in our schools . . .
Jim: And speaking of our schools, isn't it true that, while serving at a teen hotline in 1970, you were accused of fathering a child with high school girl?
Jim: That would have been the greatest miracle since that baby shower with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. I met with my accuser at a Burger King with two other staff members and my mother. But let's talk about a related issue, the moral and medical dangers of RU-486, the so-called 'day after abortion pill.'
Jim: And speaking of medical issues, we have exclusive video of your recent colonoscopy and will be showing it in our profile called An Inside Look at the Candidates. So, are you medically fit to serve as President?
Jim: My grandmother had colon cancer, so my doctor decided to go spelunking in my colon, but I would like to address the medical crisis facing our senior citizens.
Jim: So you are not denying there are in existence videotapes of your colon?
Jim: If we could stick to the issues, please. For instance, the violent movies and video games that are being marketed to young children . . .
Jim: Which brings up a disturbing report that your daughter still carries the scars from your abuse of her at three-years old?!
Jim: In 1981, I was drying off Faith after her bath and she accidentally backed into the electric heater and branded her little bottom, but I'd really like to talk about child safety . . . .
Jim: I'm sorry, we're almost out of time, so one final question: boxers or briefs?
Jim: What?! Look, I came here to discuss vital issues, and you ask me what kind of skivvies I wear?
Jim: That was an important question in the 1996 campaign! It's obvious, that you, like most politicians, have no intention of answering the questions that are important to the American public!
Jim: Maybe the problem is with the media and public's obsession with peripheral issues and irrelevant personal details of the candidates' private lives. On November 7 voters have two very distinct choices on important issues such as the role and size of government, the treatment of the unborn, education of our children, truth, justice, and the American way.
Jim: I'm sorry we're out of time. And that's the way we say it is October 9, 2000, Jim Watkins reporting.
Jim: This is the last time I debate myself!
Education reform
(September 1999)
I will work to eliminate the letter "C" which "merely impersonates the letters 'K' and 'S'--and sometimes 'CH' as in 'cappuccino.' This corrupt
consonant could be completely eliminated with a 3.8 percent savings in
the alphabet and forever resolve the confusion about 'I before E except
after C.
Election Reform
(October 2000)
If you're like me, you're tired of watching Regis Philbin seven nights a week muttering "LLLLL-ez play!" and "Iz zatcha final ansa?" And, your trigger finger is probably poised on the TV channel changer for any sign of political commercials, commentary, debates, interviews, and/or another in-depth report. I've lost interest in Regis' choice in neckties and the drawn out election process. I think only mobsters were dressing like the game show host when the current contest began.
So, if I'm elected President, I will propose legislation to have the next election year confined to sweeps week in November. Contestants will gather in New York and will compete in "Who Wants To Be The President?" Here's how this year may have played out.
"From New York, it's the final night of 'Who Wants to Be The President?' Good evening, I'm Regis Philbin and we're down to just four contestants. Pat Buchanan, George W. Bush, Al Gore, and Ralph Nader. Here's tonight's fastest fingers question:
"Rank these fanatics in the order of their IQ's beginning with the lowest: Slobodan Milosevic, Saddam Hussein, Muammar Khadafi, and Osama bin Laden?" (Annoying music.)
"And the winner in the fastest time is Al Gore! (Al blows a passionate kiss to wife and has a seat.) So, Al, are you enjoying New York City?"
"New York City is my favorite city, Regis. I am in New York City, right? If not, then wherever I am, this is my favorite city."
(Regis points at camera) "LLLLL-ez play!"
"For 100 electoral votes, the legislature is divided into two branches, the Senate and a) The House of The Rising Sun, b) The International House of Pancakes, c) The House of Usher, or d) The House of Representatives."
"I'd like to use a lifeline and poll the audience, Regis."
"Okay, audience please wake up and press a), b), c) or d) on your touch pads." (More annoying music.) Well, over half of the audience picked IHOP . . ."
"I have always depended on the good people in demographically-selected focus groups to help me in making the tough decisions, so I'll go with the audience and say b), The International House of Pancakes."
"I've gotta ask you, iz zatcha final ansa?"
"Yes!"
(Dramatic pause) "I'm sorry, the correct answer is d)."
"Well, you're just wrong, Regis. You and all the rest of the 1 percent of the wealthiest Americans!" (Al leaps from his chair and approaches Regis. Commercial break.)
(Regis adjusts his monochromatic tie.) "Well, we're back. And, yes, despite the polls, the correct answer is still d). Well, let's go to another fastest fingers question for our three remaining candidates. Put in order, from the earliest to most recent, these forms of capital punishment: hanging, stoning, the electric chair, and lethal . . . I don't believe it, George Bush has the answers in the correct order before I even finished the question! Welcome to the 'hot seat,' George! Ah, maybe I ought to rephrase that. So, what have you been doing while here in New York?"
"I am promoting my agenda of compassionate conservatism and will make education, national security, overhauling the tax system, and health care all my number one concern. And . . . "
"We're running late, so let's jump right to the final question. For one million electoral votes: Which of the following groups should get free prescriptions: a) anyone over 55, b) anyone making less than their doctor, c) only the richest 1 percent, or d) Al Gore's dog." (Annoying music.)
"I'd like to use my 50/50, Regis."
"Okay, computer, take away two incorrect answers, leaving only one wrong and one correct answer. (Annoying music.) Well, it's either a) anyone over 55 or d) Al Gore's dog."
"I'd like to use my final lifeline and call my dad."
"Sure, AT&T will get your dad on the line and . . . (Phone ringing.) Hi, Regis Philbin here with 'Who Wants To Be The President?' and I have your son here, and he needs your help."
"You've reached the corporate office of Bush's Baked Beans. Our regular hours are . . ."
"No, AT&T, we want to get George Herbert Walker Bush, the former President of the United States." (Phone ringing.)
"Hi, Regis Philbin here with . . ."
"Thanks for calling President of The United Way. We appreciate your contribution and . . ." (Annoying horn signaling end of show.)
Okay, so maybe a game show is not the best way to elect a President, but it's probably just as good as televised sound bites, scripted political conventions, and an apathetic electorate. Regardless, do get to the polls and press a), b), c), or d) on the keypad!
(Annoying horn signaling end of column.)
(c) 2000 James N. Watkins
Election night reform
(November 2000)
WHEREAS, 99.44 percent of Americans would rather endure an evening of Regis Philbin taunting "Iz zatcha final ansa?" than network anchors confidently declaring "With half a percent of the precincts reporting, we're projecting Al Gore has taken Florida" and then ten minutes later, "With one percent of the precincts reporting, we're projecting that George Bush has taken Florida," and ten minutes later . . .
WHEREAS, Dan Rather was reduced to muttering metaphors "sweeping through the South like a tornado through a trailer park" with his "back against the wall, his shirttail on fire and the bill collector at the door." "If a frog had side pockets, he'd carry a handgun" . . .
WHEREAS, Western states, especially Alaska and Hawaii (yes, they really are a part of the United States), have no meaningful say in elections when the winner is declared before they can dogsled or paddle to the polls . . .
BE IT RESOLVED, that all voting results be sealed, sequestered, bound and gagged until Donnie and Marie Osmond announce the results Wednesday at noon EST following the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
"Live, from the Federal Election Commission Headquarters, it's 'The Presidential Pageant.' And now, the envelope from the accounting firm of Countem, Chekum, and Tally. The nominees for President of the United States are . . ."
Yep, all results are sealed until announced the next morning. No exit polls. No projecting, un-projecting, and re-projecting winners. No more "rather" bad metaphors such as "Our crystal ball is broken and we're all eating glass." And best of all, everyone who votes (all 50 percent of registered Americans) can feel that their vote counts--unless of course they're from Dade County, but that's a whole other issue.
(c) 2000 James N. Watkins
Foreign affairs
(August 1998)
I question the current administration's policy on political terrorists.
According to the Koran, anyone killed in a holy war is guaranteed heaven--no questions asked. So, how does one threaten Osama bin Laden and his fellow Islamic
fanatics who believe they're on a holy mission? Isn't bombing them to 'kingdom
come' a bit like threatening compulsive gamblers with a Power Ball jackpot?!
So, members
of the National Rifle Association should have the right to stock their
closets with enough assault weapons to wage war against North Korea. But,
the gun control legislators should also have the power to limit the supply
of ammo to, say, ten bullets per law-abiding, mentally competent adult.
I believe hate crime legislation, rather than dealing with prejudice, simply adds
to discrimination!
For instance, if my badly beaten, bullet-riddled body is ever found in some
back alley, it won't be a "hate crime." Why? Apparently because I'm a
white male English-American! (Would it be a hate crime if a black
militant shot a white supremicist?!)
According to the government, it's apparently not as hateful to kill me since
I'm not gay, black, or Jewish. Excuse me, but it sounds just a bit racist,
prejudice, and hateful for the government to make those kinds of
distinctions and discrimination.
Helmet laws
(September 1999)
By repealing mandatory seat belt and helmet legislation, the law of natural selection
will allow the most prudent to reproduce, while gradually removing those
with little survival instincts from the gene pool.
Legislative reform
(September 1999)
In New Jersey, where politicians obviously have way too much time on their hands,
it's illegal to slurp soup, make dogs cry, raise chickens in bottles, or
allow dogs to bark, chickens to crow and ducks to quack between the hours
of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m." (Click here for more loony laws.)
To stem the tide of more loony legislation, I will propose that for every new law enacted,
Congress must eliminate two old laws.
Monopolies
(June 2000)
Fine Bill Gates a couple billion (which he carries around as pocket change) and leave my computer alone! They can have my bundled software when they pry the mouse from my cold, dead hand!
For more about the lack of government intelligence, click here.
Negative campaigning
(September 2000)
In the polls, my Tupperware Party ("Fresh Ideas For Preserving Leftover Values") is somewhere below Ralph Nader, Pat Buchanan, and Martin J. McNally who's running from the U.S. Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois.
We've had to layoff our "spin doctor" and recruit a volunteer "spin seventh-grade health teacher." We're recycling confetti. And, most troubling, even after sending press releases to the major media outlets, not even "minor league" reporters are covering our campaign.
So, it's time to go negative and hammer away on a few splintered planks from my political platform.
Let's begin with Al Gore. The liberal media hasn't told you that Al Gore was born on March 31, 1948, has it? Of course not, because exactly nine months earlier, in July 1947, alien-creatures, described as "almost humanlike" crashed near Roswell, New Mexico! And, is it any coincidence, that "Algo" is a binary star in the constellation of Perseus? I don't think so!
On a related matter, my campaign has learned that George Bush's denials of having dyslexia (where letters appear reversed) have proven to be lies! After the flap about the "subliminal" RATS, which appeared in a Republican attack ad last week, Bush allegedly whispered to running mate Dick Cheney, "I thought it said STAR!"
Subliminal messages VOTE FOR ME cleverly hidden in commercials VOTE FOR ME have been proven to be ineffective VOTE FOR ME in all controlled studies by major VOTE FOR ME universities.
Oil prices
(August 2000)
My administration will give a $5,000 tax cut for anyone who chooses to work at home. Obviously, this will not be possible for those in the airline industry, law enforcement, or deep-sea oil drillers, but millions of Americans could save billions of gallons of Bush-Cheney oil by telecommuting.
For instance, I work as an online editor with a national Web site. I email my articles to the editor in California. He emails them to the Web design company in Seattle, which in turns downloads them to the server in New York City. (Okay, the Christmas office party isn't that exciting, but I always get what I want in the gift exchange. And my morning commute is just 10 second; 20 seconds if I stop by the rest area on the way.)
Prayer in schools
(June 2000)
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled by a 6-3 majority that public schools cannot allow student-led prayer before high school football games. That may not be a bad idea considering who might be praying:
The kid who always dresses in black: "Power of darkness, descend upon our team and possess them with power from below."
The Iranian exchange student, "To the one and only God, Allah, may the satanic infidels who come against us feel Thy divine wrath and judgment."
The charismatic kid: "Come out, foul spirits of fumbled balls and missed tackles! We rebuke the team who comes against us in the name of Jeeeeeeeeee-sus!"
And, the homecoming queen runner-up: "And God, I pray that Queen Stephanie is not pregnant, and that if she is, the blood tests will reveal which member of the team is the father."
It's a complicated issue! For more on the topic, visit Jim's weekly column
Sex education
(September 1999)
Any woman claiming
"It's my body!" would be immediately required to repeat high
school biology.
In case they
forgot, the life growing within the mother has a very different chromosome
structure with a separate circulatory system and often a different blood
type. There's even a fifty-fifty chance it's a different gender!
She's welcomed
to do what she wants to her body (electrolysis, body piercing, tattoos,
liposuction, etc., etc.). However, our biology refresher course would stress
that an unborn baby is not a part of her body.
(For a serious look at reproductive issues, click here.)
Social Security
(October 2000)
To bolster the retirement safety net, I would have every new retiree write his or her name at the top of a list. Then those at the second level of the list would send the person at the top 15 percent of their income, and those on the third level would send their 15 percent to those on the second level and then . . . Oh wait, that's called a Ponzi Scheme and it's illegal--and it's how the current system works!
Statute of limitations
(June 2000)
I can't believe that I'm coming to the defense of Hillary "The Queen Mother of Political Correctness" Clinton, who allegedly called a campaign worker a [bleep]-ing Jew [bleep] back in 1974.
Okay, let's see a show of hands. How many of us have ever said something really stupid in the past 26 years? If the media ever got a hold of my high school newspaper columns, my campaign would be over quicker than Dan Quayle's! That's why my Tupperware Party proposes a seven-year statute of limitation on stupid remarks.
Elimination
of taxes and Elimination Taxes
(September 1999)
By having a national
sales tax instead of income taxes, America can eliminate the infamous Internal
Revenue Service! And at the same time, millions of trees, now being ground
up to create those unreadable forms, can be saved to be ground up into
newspaper columns.
But wait, there's
more. Everyone would pay the same percentage rate. There would be far greater
compliance (illegal aliens would have to pay taxes with each purchase).
And savings and investments would not be taxed.
Excluded from
the sales tax would be fat-free food and modest housing. By taxing doughnuts,
potato chips and pork rinds, we should see a dramatic reduction in junk-food
induced health problems such as heart disease and greasy fingers. "Modest
housing" shall be defined as having less toilets than family members.
While most property taxes of the poor and middle-class will be eliminated
under this plan, anyone living in a home with more potties than people
would be taxed for excessive elimination. (Taxes on Bill Gates' home alone
could finance homeless shelters in every major city.)
Endorsements
Grass root support
for my presidential candidacy isn't growing as fast as--well--grass, but
it is taking root.
Endorsements
for my Tupperware Party ("fresh ideas for preserving leftover values") are sprouting up across this great land of
disenchanted voters.
Indiana Wesleyan
University professor, Keith Drury writes, "Where do I sign up to assist
you in your candidacy? I'm a sucker for know-nothing candidates. The less
you know about Washington the better." Thanks . . . I think.
Bob Haslam, a
retired editor from Indianapolis writes, "So what are you going
to do to restore to American life the basic right of driving into a service
station and getting service along with gas? If you'll solemnly promise
to do this service for the American people, my wife and I would
be very happy to vote for you."
Yes, sir! Can
I check your oil, ma'am? How 'bout a free VOTE FOR WATKINS air-freshener?
Haslam did voice
concern that I may not have enough credits to graduate from the electoral
college. With the cost of tuition over ten million bucks and the number
of admission forms approximately the same number, I'm hoping to test out
(or at least organize a sit-in at the dean's office). Unfortunately--or
fortunately--my undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Arts (BA) and not
the degree of choice among most political candidates--a Bachelor of Science.
New Haven publisher
Jon Gillespie promises, "If you want it, you've got my vote . . .
but I really would hate to do that to you."
Deni Williamson,
a writer from Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, is concerned that by belonging
to the Tupperware Party, I may disenfranchise the butter-tub and whipped-cream-container
voters. Her e-mail does bring up an important question. Is anyone who can
afford a $35 bowl for leftovers actually eating leftovers?
Williamson did
promise a vote "if you meant what you said, you mean what you say,
and will mean what you will say." I hope she means that.
Unfortunately,
I have managed to alienate one segment of the voting public. Susette of Old Time Donuts
e-mails, "You almost had my vote until you
wanted to tax donuts. We own a donut shop. Sorry, you lost my vote. Donut
sales feed our six kids, not to mention us of course. I think even God
would enjoy a good donut."
In response to
Susette and anyone else I offended, I was not referring to those divine
delicacies that provide strength and sustenance to your children and to
the hard-working men and women of law enforcement. God bless donuts! My
comments were, of course, limited to taxing only those cholesterol-filled
time bombs threatening to explode in our nation's collective capillaries
and pocketbooks. I hope I have made myself unequivocably clear on this
issue.
In review, I
have received endorsements from the academic community, AARP members and
members of the media. The butter-tub and donut vote could go either way
at this point.
Other candidates
The field for independent candidates for President is growing faster than broadleaf in soybeans. Here's the "RoundUp."
In addition to the 37 Democrats and 39 Republicans wanting free room and board at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 138 independent candidates are also applying for the job. These include Warren Beaty, Jesse "The Mouth" Ventura, Oprah Winfrey, and some lesser knowns.
What the independents lack in name recognition and contributions from Chinese businessmen, they more than make up for in creative solutions for social woes. (As humor columnist and candidate Dave Barry would say, "I'm not making these up!")
John T. Brantley, a Methodist minister from Georgia, is offering homeowners tax credits for sharing their home with a homeless person. Lamar Echols III of Georgia proposes to stop school shootings by having parents "take a vital part out of their children's car" each evening. That way, "they can't be out all night long and, thus, won't be able start down the path of crime that leads to school shootings."
Alan Caruba of New Jersey is the founder of the "Boring Institute" and promises his campaign will be "far less boring than" the campaigns of Al Gore, Bill Bradley and Steve Forbes. Caruba said he is prepared to "campaign vigorously so long as it doesn't involve leaving home too much."
Unfortunately, some candidates are taking on a negative tone. Dave Barry, is running on the platform that "All the other candidates are goobers." Joseph K. "Joe" Bellis III from Kansas is running because he believes, "Pat Buchanan is too liberal." Meanwhile Leslie A. "Les" Lummis of Guam, writes "If you're sick and tired of taxes and the I.R.S., don't vote for more ... VOTE FOR LES!"
Others are taking the moral high ground. Richard R. Monts of Massachusetts, claims, "I do not have enough bones in my closet to make a mouse." David Broida of Maryland claims, "I have never served jail time. I am not a crook, yet." Unfortunately, Martin J. McNally can't make that claim. His mailing address is "U.S. Penitentiary, Marion, Illinois." McNally hopes to secure his freedom by pardoning himself once elected. (As an imprisoned felon, McNally is not eligible to vote but is eligible to run for federal office.)
A web site is promoting a draft professional wrestler Ric "Nature Boy" Flair" campaign. "Based on wrestling skills, if Jesse 'The Body' Ventura can be governor, then I should be President." Earlier, professional wrestler "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan announced his candidacy for President on The Tonight Show. Meanwhile, a web site, designed by three Michael Jordan fans, is attempting to draft the basketball great as presidential candidate. (Perhaps a free-thrown contest with Democratic contender Bill Bradley?)
Jack Grimes, of Delaware, bills himself as the "Leader and Director of the United Fascist Union" and promises "to institute a military dictatorship form of government over the Earth" and to unveil the government's cover-up of UFOs. Grimes predicts that "the United States will be reduced from its present size to a small triangular-shaped land mass through the loss of many of its coastal states."
Russ Hirschon, bartender to the politically powerful in the District of Columbia, announced his toast for 2000: "I'm Tired of being Nice -- Now I want to Rule the World!"
And finally, someone who can go ego to ego with Donald Trump: Michael Mannichewitz of New York, claims to be a practicing lawyer, judge, "Biblical Agent," a British Secret Service agent, an FBI agent, the Commandant of the US Marine Corps, Admiral of the Navies, a security guard, the owner of the P.T. Barnum & Bailey Circus, the former King of England, France, Germany, Austria & Italy, a former two-term US President, and the father of 149 children.
Suddenly my Tupperware Party ("Fresh ideas for preserving leftover values") seems like a rational alternative to professional wrestlers, convicted felons, and ego-driven world conquerors. So, consider carefully all your choices for the highest office of the land. And remember my new write-in presidential campaign slogan:
"You could do a lot worse than Watkins."
Paid for by "The Committee to Elect Jim Watkins President,"
Hunan Lo Mein, treasurer
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