<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoPlainText, li.MsoPlainText, div.MsoPlainText
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Plain Text Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";}
p.MsoNoSpacing, li.MsoNoSpacing, div.MsoNoSpacing
{mso-style-priority:1;
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
span.PlainTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Plain Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Plain Text";
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle20
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>http://www.slate.com/id/2201400?wpisrc=newsletter<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.8pt'>low concept</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:15.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>McCain's
Next Stunt<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:15.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#666666'>Slate </span></i></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#666666'>readers predict the candidate's next Hail Mary.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#666666'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CC0000'><br>
Posted Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008, at 11:04 AM ET </span><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>After
John McCain suspended his presidential campaign last week, <a
href="http://www.slate.com/id/2200927/" target="_blank"><b>Slate</b> invited
readers to suggest other Hail Mary stunts</a> the Republican candidate might
pull before Election Day. You sent us nearly 1,000 ideas. Here are some of our
favorites: </span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Pledges
to send former Wall Street CEOs to Guantanamo. (John Kirkbride)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Announces
that Track Palin has captured Osama Bin Laden—in Iraq. (Peter Van Buren)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Adopts
"don't ask, don't tell" policy on the environment. (Linse Henley)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Rears
head and flies into Russian airspace. (Ryan Greenlaw)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Has
President Bush use his executive privilege to declare McCain the winner. (Matt
Logan) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Proposes
a game of Risk with Obama—winner takes all. (Anonymous)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Bolsters
Sarah Palin's foreign-policy credentials by giving her a German shepherd, a
Siamese cat, and a Dutch long-eared rabbit. (Cheryl Lynn Helm)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Announces
his Cabinet: the Harlem Globetrotters. (David Churchman)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Upon
reflection, admits that "ABBA sucks." (Larry Miller)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Announces
that if elected he will appoint Gen. Petraeus secretary of the Treasury. (Roger
Tompkins)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Heads
to Switzerland and brazenly toggles the on/off switch of the Large Hadron
Collider. (John Flowers)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Tints
his hair a warm chestnut brown. (Kathryn Schorr)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>…
and here are some of the proposals that were sent in by multiple readers: </span></i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Funds
bailout by selling Cindy McCain's clothing, jewelry, or homes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Switches
spots on the ticket with Palin. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Drops
Palin, announces Joe Lieberman, Mitt Romney, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton,
Barack Obama, or Michael Phelps as new running mate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Divorces
Cindy, marries Palin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Doesn't
divorce Cindy, moves to Utah, marries Palin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Divorces
Cindy, moves to Massachusetts, marries Joe Lieberman.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Announces
Palin is pregnant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Announces
Cindy is pregnant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Announces
he is pregnant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>On
eve of the election, changes his name to Barack Obama.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>On
eve of the election, changes his name to McLovin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Takes
time away from the campaign to reflect on the death of his best friend, Goose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Article
URL: <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2201400/" target="_blank">http://www.slate.com/id/2201400/</a></span></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>