Essay Contest: "Why Al Gore Should Be Elected President In 2004."

[Baconfoot]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 29, 2003

ESSAY CONTEST CONCERNING AL GORE FOR PRESIDENT

WINNER TO RECEIVE $1,000.00

Gore ABC is pleased to announce an essay contest for the presidential
candidacy of Al Gore. The title of the essay will be “Why Al Gore should
be elected president in 2004.” The winner of the contest will receive
$1,000. To qualify, contestants must also sign up ten new members on
Gore Meetup between midnight EST on October 29, 2003 and midnight EST on
November 15, 2003.

To submit an essay:

1) The contestant must be at least 18 years old.



2) The contestant must write an original essay no longer than 500 words
entitled “Why Al Gore Should Be Elected President In 2004.” The essay
will be judged on creativity, cogency of arguments and passion for the
cause of electing Al Gore president. The essay must be submitted via
email by midnight EST, November 15, 2003 at the address provided in the
complete contest rules (see below).

3) The contestant must obtain ten new bona fide members on
Gore2004.meetup.com between midnight EST on October 29, 2003 and
midnight EST on November 15, 2003.

4) The contestant must submit a list of the ten names along with
address, phone number and email address for each individual.

Essays will be judged by Gore ABC national staff. The winner will be
announced as quickly as possible after November 15. Full contest rules
will be published at:

http://www.goreabc.com/cgi-bin/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=57



For general information about Gore ABC, go to:

http://www.GoreABC.com

Steve Robinson, on behalf of Gore ABC
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[thebigidea]

1. geez, why not ask for blood too

"4) The contestant must submit a list of the ten names along with
address, phone number and email address for each individual."

either hold an essay contest or do a membership drive, combining them seems a bit sneaky. "HA! We don't care about your essay, give us more NAMES! MORE NAMES!"

[brainshrub]

2. Seems? You're to kind. n/t

[Baconfoot]

3. A contestant could write an essay even if they didn't support Gore...

We want to block that sort of contestant.
We want to make sure the prize goes to an actual active supporter, not some Republican teenager who's a good writer and wants to undermine the purpose of contest.

[thebigidea]

4. you would think that "anybody" wouldn't write the winning essay

I mean, would you give a grand to: "Gorr is good for fun. Send money plz."

That's two for "sneaky," show of hands?

[Baconfoot]

5. Don't send money. Do stuff. We can't even take money. n/t

[thebigidea]

6. Huh? That's not what I was saying at all.

[Baconfoot]

7. Part of your objection was that only a supporter could write the winning..

essay.

However, I objected to the content of your illustrative hypothetical non-essay winner insofar as it solicited donations.

I really want to be clear that Gore ABC is about getting things done and THAT is why we are requiring the signing up of ten people for the contest.