FROM: Terry Lynch@aol.com; POB 241035; Montgomery, AL 36124-1035 Phone: (334) 272-4217 voice (334) 277-3582 fax via arrangement DATE: July 19, 1998 TO: Letter to the Editor SUBJECT: Elect Candidate With Mud Wrestling Contest The first Tuesday in November will be here before you know it and there is still plenty of mud left to sling. Why don't we just bring out the fire hoses, muddy up the Capitol lawn and let the politicians have a big mud wrestling contest, winner take all! Now you may be laughing but a mud wrestling contest would be a great way to elect public officials. It would cost less money and everyone would be equally qualified. There are no real academic or professional qualifications for public office, anyway. As it is only the rich or their stooges stand a real chance of getting elected. Also with a mud wrestling contest, race would not be a factor. Once in the mud ring all politicians would be black, coated from head to foot with a layer of slippery, slimy mud. You would only know what color they were after the election and they were squirted off with fire hoses. The best thing about a mud wrestling contest for public office would be that women could participate on equal footing with men. Letting the crowd cheer for their favorite female political mud wrestler would result in more proportional representation for women. Why with the sexist nature of our electorate a lot of well blessed women might be hooted and hollered into public office! Yes you may be laughing but I'd wager to say electing our public officials with a mud wrestling contest would result in a better turn out at the polling place and a far better government than that now in power. At least with a mud wrestling contest we would be able to see the politicians sling and splash their mud upon each other; we would be getting our money's worth, that's for sure. As it is most the mud slinging is just innuendos and nasty words -- that's no fun to watch! Sincerely, Terry Lynch Montgomery, AL