Now that I’ve practiced being sworn in (see below), it’s probably time that start talking about what exactly I intend to do as President. Although my advisors tell me this isn’t necessary, and that avoiding actual positions is a proven formula for campaign success, I think it’s only fair to let you know what you can expect from the Felber Administration. After all, I was unaccountably shut out of the recent Iowa debate, which means I’ll have to use this site as a bully pulpit to Get the Message Out.
The main message is simple: Vote For Me. Unfortunately, several other candidates have scurrilously co-opted this message. So here are the first few planks of my platform.
“Comrade Snowball’s Still Out There…” - To me, the Bush administration’s greatest success has been in decimating our enemies while leaving the kingpins MIA, thus making their Dreaded Return a lingering possibility. As long as Saddam and Osama are Still Out There, just about anything can be justified in the name of security. So if I’m elected, I pledge to strike down and subsequently lose track of dangerous leaders like Kim Jong Il, Jacques Chirac, and Ralph Nader.

[Candidate Felber on a swearing-in dry-run yesterday. Note
Chief Justice Renquist’s “weekend wear.”]
The Revolution Will Be Dolbyized - Gulf War II was an improvement over Operation Enduring Freedom from an audiovisual standpoint, but the production values still left a lot to be desired. Where was the hi-definition carnage and Surround Sound mayhem? Why didn’t Bush approve the Navy’s MR467 Missile, which featured a warhead capable of “extremely colorful explosions” and a propensity to “throw enemy combatants really high in the air?” Why does the US military lag so far behind Hollywood in terms of visual ooomph? As President, I’ll make sure that our Special Forces establish a multimedia beachhead with good lighting and immaculate sound long before invasions actually take place. I want to send a message to all news media outlets: A vote for Felber is a vote for Huge Ratings. Think about that while covering my campaign, okay?
Special Interest Olympics - Tired of concealing incriminating paper trails? Finished with having to deny influence-peddling? The Felber campaign isn’t going to play those deceitful, covert games: Pony up the bucks and I’ll take care of you when I reach the Oval Office. Guaranteed. End of story.

[Our future first lady: Finally the Washington Monument
makes sense. Wow! Rrrowr! Hubba hubba!]
One Fell Swoop: Solving Health Care, Social Security, and Defense - There’s only one way to make sure that we can protect our nation through serial invasions, balance the budget, keep Social Security on its feet, and provide affordable health care to all Americans: Raise the minimum age for military enlistment to 60, and make it compulsory. With experienced seniors on the front lines, everybody wins: Our senior soldiers will get their housing and free meals, our mechanized military will make most of their physical infirmities a non-issue, and there will be an inevitable (and regrettable, of course) thinning of the approaching, stampeding, benefits-hungry Baby Boomer herd. Medicare and other insurance rates will plummet, leaving room in the budget for health care for all. I’ll make sure we Leave No Senior Behind (at least when heading into battle).





13 comments
Don
May 26, 2003 at 2:48 pm
1I was particularly affected by the Chief Justice’s lack of gold stripes on the arms of his outfit — but mainly it hit me that I had never noticed his striking resemblence to a relative of yours who has taken an extremely strong stand against the color pink.
The things you learn at FA.
adam
May 26, 2003 at 2:55 pm
2Actually, Justice Renquist is someone who just happened to be pushing a stroller across the steps of the Capitol.
Linkmeister
May 26, 2003 at 3:08 pm
3Glad to know that that stroller was being pushed “across,” not “down” the steps; those things are steep!
I’ve walked up and down that obelisk’s stairs twice; I was younger then.
Dee
May 26, 2003 at 7:36 pm
4You obviously need me on your staff, since you missed a perfect opportunity in your last paragraph for a lovely campaign slogan:
One Felber Swoop
(And no, no compensation is necessary at this time. Just remember “Fiji=Dee, Fiji=Dee)
Don
May 27, 2003 at 12:10 am
5Don’t pay attention to Dee, Adam. listen to me, Adam, listen to ME.
Don
May 27, 2003 at 12:12 am
6Dee obviously is trying to influence you through FAF, which I would obviously never do.
michael (in DC)
May 27, 2003 at 12:39 am
7rats. and i was just about to ask for “Chief Justice Rehnquist’s” phone number…
Farberwear
May 27, 2003 at 1:35 am
8Look, Adam, it is time to take a stand on the real issues. Yes, Medicare and Elderly Gun Control or whatever is important to some people, but I want a firm commitment on the issues that Americans struggle with on a daily basis. I’d like to hear a solid pledge to spearhead the drive to push through a Congressional Proclamation that rope burns hurt hands. Yes, I know the pro-rope-burn lobby is strong, but it is time you put your neck on the line for the betterment of this once-great nation. Take a stand, protect your hand.
As far as slogans, may I suggest, “Adam Felber, a leader you can hug.”
anonymous mommy
May 27, 2003 at 1:10 pm
9Mr. Aspiring President:
Raise the compulsory minimum age for military enlistment to 60?
hmm.
You could have just told me you didn’t like your Christmas present, you know.
adam
May 27, 2003 at 3:03 pm
10Sorry, Momma, but we all have to do our part for our country. My part’s runnin’ it. Yours is gonna be just as hands-on, but in a different way.
Now put your helmet back on and set a good example, wouldja?
Chicory
May 27, 2003 at 3:49 pm
11Careful there, Felber. We Baby-boomers are the ones that vote. We also have the most experience with draft-dodging
KAtie
May 27, 2003 at 10:54 pm
12Yeah, but you dodge a lot slower these days……
Chicory
May 28, 2003 at 8:49 am
13Not by much, Katie. I’ve kept active