The Plan:
Present a candidate for the presidency that is extremely left-wing and proud of it, and glad to take the debate away from the extreme right-wing rut it now resides in. Announce candidacy on a soapbox in downtown San Francisco, wearing a tie-dye t-shirt, a necklace of peace-sign beads from Mardi Gras in New Orleans and a hemp skirt. Proclaim that the right wing agenda can be boiled down to greed and hate, and that all freedom-loving Americans should come together, embrace and dedicate ourselves anew as a country to peace at home and abroad, opportunity, education, health care and community for all, and focus on love. This message resounds mightily from each building, drawing a crowd that will carry the candidate bodily across the country on their arms and shoulders, all the way to Washington. The candidate then kicks down the door of the White House, dressed as Wonder Woman, and encircles the President's Cabinet with the golden lasso, forcing them to reveal the truth for all the world to hear about their plans. They are all impeached, and Nancy Pelosi takes over to finish out what would have been the end of Bush's term. All the mud-slinging directed at this candidate will backfire as the candidate calmly defends all their lifestyle choices to the fundies and indicates that their validity as a candidate doesn't stem from their personal life choices, but their honesty and compassion, and the willingness to work with others to make the best decisions for the country and the world. Landslide victory.
(Oh, if only. It's funny, anyway. )
-Me.