August 18, 2004     

NOTE FROM JEFF:

Remember Midnight Oil, the Aussie band who did
“Beds Are Burning”? Very tall former lead man
Peter Garrett is now running for Parliament down under.

The Top 8 Signs Your Political
Candidate Used to Be a Rock Star

8> “HELLLOOOOO, PARLIAMENT! ARE YOU READY TO ROCK?!”

7> He’s vomited on more babies than he’s kissed.

6> She’s never done a press conference without an encore.

5> After every rally, he smashes a guitar into his Secret
Service detail.

4> Outlines his health care plan via a twenty-minute guitar
solo.

3> “Read my tongue — no new taxes!”

2> He has no memory or record of what he was doing in 1972.

and the Number 1 Sign Your Political Candidate Used to Be a Rock
Star…

1> Courtney Love is his “First Skank.”

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Credits:

Selected from 43 submissions from 16 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Scott Bostick, Lake Ridge, VA — 1, 7 (2nd #1!)
Slick Sharkey, Miami, FL — 2, 5
Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 3, 8
Joseph Prisco, Ithaca, NY — 4, 8
Janis Spidle, Kansas City, MO — 6
Dawson Rambo, Santa Rosa, CA — 8
Curtis Stoddard, Milwaukie, OR — 8
Whit Watson, Winter Park, FL — 8
Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH — Topic
Matt Kall, Cleveland Heights, OH — RU list name
Dave Berman, Oakland, CA — Banner tag
Jeffrey Anbinder, New York, NY — Maestro