from the CDL list:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Website FTheVote.com Suggests Trading Votes for Sex: Releases New
Version

Pittsburgh, PA August 02, 2004 -
On Monday FtheVote.com (www.fthevote.com) will officially release
version 2
of its extremely popular site, which urges internet users to exchange
sex
for votes against George Bush in the upcoming 2004 election. Visitors
to
FtheVote.com are urged to seek out Republican voters and offer sexual
favors
in exchange for a pledge to vote for anyone other than Bush. FtheVote
is
hoping to generate activity in what they call "swinger states," the
so-called purple states whose Electoral College votes may be up for
grabs in
November. Those who surf to the site may become "models," whose
pictures
and personality profiles are visible to other visitors. Also, the site
hosts message boards and chat rooms advising users to set up meetings in
order to facilitate "getting pledges," and they have a bus tour planned
for
August, which ends up at the Republican National Convention where
members
will embark on a tour of conservative bars.

The premise behind FtheVote is that liberals are generally better
looking
and better in bed than conservatives, and liberals will therefore be
able to
use sex as a political tool to swing the November election. Votes are
secured through a pledge system, which requires the conservative
willing to
give up his or her vote to sign a pledge sheet, register online, or
phone in
the pledge (preferably mid-coitus). Pledges are tallied on the web
site's
US map, showing which states will be most effectively targeted by the
campaign. Use of the website is entirely free - the creators see it as
their patriotic duty to use any means necessary to un-elect Bush in
2004.

FtheVote is also planning events in the non-cyberspace world: In
August, the
FTV Bus Tour will visit several college campuses in five states as well
as
the Republican National Convention in New York. FtheVote will have day
events which will include BBQs and finding publicity opportunities, and
night events, which will include storming conservative nightspots and
bars
to find susceptible voters. FtheVote encourages interested visitors to
participate in these events. Resources on FtheVote.com include: