We have no good options left, America. This election is
looking like a choice between Holy Crap!
and Are You Kidding Me? That’s why
during the recent Cinco de Mayo tequila tasting at my house, a new partnership
was formed to give you, the concerned voters of America, a more palatable
option. Derek Miller (my neighbor) and I will be running mates for president. I
lost the Ro-Sham-Bo for the vice president slot, so I’m the presidential
candidate.
Now, I know many of you might be saying to yourself, “But I
don’t know Derek Miller.” That’s a fair concern, so let me tell you a little
about him. He’s tall and handsome with no hideous facial scarring, he has an
actual job and a lovely family, he has some really good tequila at his house, and
he’s not Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.
I’m sure many of you are also saying, “Can Smidge really be
president? Is he qualified? All I’ve ever seen him actually do is be sarcastic.
What is his IQ?” Those are also fair concerns, so let me put your mind at ease.
Technically and legally I can be president, and after the presidents I’ve seen
in my lifetime I’m starting to think I might be overqualified. I think the office
needs a lot more sarcasm, and as for my IQ... that’s none of your business.
Sure, I have no idea where Kazakhstan is, but does anyone? And does it really matter? Of course not.
And I’m also not Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.
I think I’ve made the case for Schmatjen/Miller 2016.
At this point, I’m not sure we can actually get on the
ballot, chiefly because neither of us have looked into it at all, so please
just write us in.
And we only have $2.58 in our campaign fund, which was the
amount of money we got from recycling the Cinco de Mayo beer bottles, so
donations would be greatly appreciated.
Even after all the good reasons I’ve already given you for
voting for us, if you’re still on the fence, here’s a list of our major
platforms. (This is only a partial list since we’re still trying to remember everything
we came up with that night. Seis de Mayo was a little foggy.)
First and foremost, free beer for every person in the U.S.A.
That’s a no-brainer. We did the math, and with 323 million people in the
country getting a fourteen dollar twelve-pack of beer each month, it only costs
us $54.3 billion. Done! We can handle that just by eliminating the State Department.
And keep in mind, in case you think we’re being stingy, you
get a twelve-pack for every person in
your family. If you are married with three kids, and grandma lives with you,
that’s six cases of beer headed your way each month, like a huge, frosty-cold
paycheck. And if you’re like me and have Mormon or Muslim friends and neighbors
- score! They usually have a ton of kids, and you can probably have their beer,
too.
Speaking of eliminating the State Department, we’re going to
be doing a lot of that as well. The short list of redundant federal departments
doing things that are already being handled by the states will get $336 billion
back in our pockets. Goodbye Departments of Energy, Education, Labor, and
Transportation. It was nice knowing you.
You nice folks can have that money back in the form of a
$1000 check for every single person in your family. Spend it however you want,
America.
In the interest of inclusion, all this applies to the nice
folks in our outlying territories as well. It’s about time they got full
citizenship, voting rights, and free beer. And it’s about time we got five new
states. Welcome to statehood, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands,
the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. Glad to have you aboard.
Subsequently, we’ll be launching an exploratory committee to
figure out how best to fit five more stars on the flag, and also to determine where
exactly those five new states are. The committee will also look into whether
Costa Rica is the same thing as Puerto Rico. There has been some question.
Back in D.C., we’ll be firing everyone we have the power to
fire. Then we’ll hire lawyers to figure out a way to fire the people who say we
don’t have the power to fire the other people. Then we’ll fire all the lawyers.
We’re going to pay ourselves $10 million a year for the
eight years we’ll obviously be in office, but don’t worry. That’s only a couple
of drips from the faucet in Washington, and it will reassure you that we’re not
for sale to special interest groups. We’ll still take tons of money from
special interest groups, but we’ll turn around and give it all to you! As a
thank-you, you guys can vote to repeal term limits for us. That’s a win-win.
And lastly, we’ll immediately instate Cinco de Mayo as an
official national holiday, on par with the Fourth of July and Memorial Day. To
reduce any potential hurt feelings or appearance of North American favoritism,
we’ll also adopt a lesser Canadian holiday to be named later.
Also, recognizing the brilliance of the New Year’s Day
holiday immediately following the New Year’s Eve celebration, all national
holidays will now have a minimum of two days off work and school. Welcome,
Fifth of July and Seis de Mayo. You’ve always been there, but now you’re
official.
Thanks for your support, and tell your friends.
“In 2016, write in Schmatjen/Miller. Free beer and money is
totally killer.”
I’ll get back to you if we come up with a better slogan, or
if we can remember any more of our great ideas on how to make America awesomer.
Vote early and often!
See you soon,
-Smidge
Copyright © 2016 Marc Schmatjen
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