Attack Slogans Are the Most Fun
• "Standing behind a Bush -- Not using the John" -- Chris de Wolfe, an IRS employee in Dallas.
• "50 million Frenchmen can be wrong" -- George Vary, a management consultant from Bethesda.
• "Finishing Dad's Job" -- Tim Essebaggers, a Loop fan.
• "Vote Bush: To Forgive is Divine" -- Mitch Carter, a Washington paralegal.
• "Kerry: I'll Get Our Friends Back; The UN Approves of This Ad" -- John F. Gabriel of Crofton, a retired Defense Department worker.
• "Blue Blood Background; Redneck Values" -- Lemuel Thomas of Silver Spring, a lawyer.
• "Kerry: Uncertain leadership for uncertain times" -- Bob Anderson, an environmental protection specialist with the Army in Fort Monroe, Va., playing off the Bush campaign emphasis on steady leadership.
In the straightforward slogan tradition:
• "Double the Dubya" -- Mary Ellen Schutt, an aeronautical engineer for the Federal Aviation Administration in Des Plaines, Ill.
• "W. stands for you and you" -- Michael MacCracken, an atmospheric scientist in Bethesda.
And then these:
• "Four More Wars!" -- Ben Graham, a "bush regenerator" (which means environmental worker) in Sydney.
• "Real Men Don't Need Facts! Bush/Cheney '04" -- Stan Dorn, a senior policy analyst at the Economic and Social Research Institute here.
Congratulations to the winners. Thanks to all for entering. Special thanks to the judges, our colleagues Dana Milbank and Annie Groer, who sifted through hundreds of entries.
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