The media was stunned today by the announcment that Jefferson and O'Brian were going to form an Exploratory Committee regarding a run for the presidency in 2000.  The two long term friends announced their intentions today to a small crowd in Wahoo, Nebraska.  If they do indeed run, they are expected to form a new party...The Dew Party... O'Brian explains, "Well, there is already a full slate of Republican Candidates....and the Democratic race looks entirely too boring...besides could you imagine me as a Democrat?...and with the recent success of Jesse Ventura...we felt that an independent party was the way to go.  We decided to call it the "Dew Party" with fond memories of the "Dew Parties" of our youth."  Jefferson continued:  "Our first major endorsement came from the Pepsi Corporation... who plan a series of Dew commercials...featuring the candidates in an ad campaign that to the naked eye appears to be promoting Mountain Dew,  but there will be a subliminal message flashing across the screen imperceptible to the eye...but influential nonetheless...saying 'Vote for Jefferson and O'Brian...and drink Mountain Dew'."  Since, they don't appear to be political ads, they don't expect to have to worry about exceeding their campaign advertising limits.

Already, campaign buttons and T-shirts have been seen with the Jefferson and O'Brian for President 2000 campaign promise:  "A 6 pack of Dew in every refrigerator...and a pizza in every freezer"

In related news, Jefferson and O'Brian shaved their heads and went into training today and are planning to join the Professional Wrestling circuit...as tag team wrestlers.  It is unclear at this point how this development relates to the formation of the exploratory committee for campaign 2000.....but we're sure there must be a connection there some place. 
 

On a recent rerun of the classic movie, the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and her crew ran into an unusual occurence...a detour.  After years and years of reruns, the yellow brick road was in need of repair, and a munchkin construction crew had been hired to repair the potholes in the famed yellow brick road.  Dorothy and her friends found themselves in a quandry, "Where do we go?  What do we do?  We were told to follow the Yellow Brick Road, and sure we were used to the usual detours...flying monkeys taking us to the castle...and all that...but this was something different." After wandering for hours, the only person they could find was Admiral Stockdale, murmuring repeatedly to himself "Who am I? Why am I Here?" Thinking that these might be clues to the meaning of life and to the mysteries of the universe, Dorothy and her comrades spent some time medidating on those questions, but they only made them more confused. After days and days of aimless wandering and meditating on these questions, they found themselves completely lost..and dangerously close to the VPOG (Vast Puddle of Goo) and were beginning to experience the usual disorientation association with the VPOG.  The Movie was getting longer and longer...and frankly, rather boring....and so Dorothy in a last ditch effort to find the Yellow Brick Road beyond the Detour (The YBRBTD) before all of the viewers had changed the channel...began to sing, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" accompanied by Enoch Fakudze on the accordian and Roy Syverson on the tuba (playing Jingle bells in a completely different key, as is his specialty)...this of course is a universal distress signal recognizable to any superheroes in the vicinity.  Jefferson and O'Brian of course were still on the enterprise with a special mission to to find the computer abducted by aliens.  It turns out that the black hole at CompUSA actually leads to OZ...(in fact, its a little known fact that every black hole leads to a VPOG....and ultimately to OZ)... Lieutenant Uhura heard the distress signal...and immediately alerted Jefferson of the situation.  In consultation with O'Brian who had been scanning the area and finally found the lost souls, the decision was made to beam them up from their position and relocate them on the YBRBTD.  They got back on the road in time, to avert a complete ratings disaster...but not quite soon enough to keep from delaying the evening news.  Nonetheless Jefferson and O'Brian were awarded a plaque by the Mayor of Munchkin land for their service to the Land of Oz.