Jim Logajan wrote:

"Jonathan" wrote:
Would the announcement of life on Mars help in the
reelection of President Bush?

Depends - are the Martians Democrats or Republicans? And are there enough
Martian votes to swing the elction? According to H. G. Wells they're into
pre-emptive strikes, so maybe they're Republicans? But the Martians were
right that Earth did have WMD of the most insidious kind: biological.

Personally, I haven't decided whether to vote for Kang, Kodos, or John
Carter.

Burroughs insists the Martians are Democrats: they run around with
naked women.
Just a thoat.
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