FICTION WRITERS FOR BETTER MISINFORMATION SEEKS TO USE MISINFORMATION TO GET VOTERS MORE ENGAGED IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS. WE WELCOME PROPOSALS FOR BOOKS, MOVIES, PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGNS, REALITY TV SHOWS.

 

The Problem: People in most states (i.e. non-swing states) believe, quite rightly, that their votes don’t really count. They miss out on all the local advertising, phone bank calls, and candidate appearances that swinging citizens receive, and they end up feeling like democracy doesn’t care about them, so why should they care about democracy?

The Proposal: We organize a bipartisan bus tour of these non-swing states with the theme, “We don’t care about your VOTE. We care about YOU.” Musicians, comedians, and magicians will entertain crowds and let them know that it doesn’t matter if they vote or not, the parties want them to feel good. The highlight will be eight-foot-tall Disneyland-style versions of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, who will come out and wave and blow kisses to the crowd, and then get into a slapstick brawl that ends with them rolling on the ground until the other performers pull them apart. Then everyone bows while fireworks go off and Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” plays. But when the music and fireworks end, a young girl in pigtails and a turquoise-colored dress is spotted, bawling her eyes out. Her parents try futilely to comfort her. She says, “Why did they have to fight?! Why did they have to fight?!” The Mitt and Barack mascots walk over to the girl. They kneel down and face her. They put their hubcap-sized hands to their hearts and pledge to fight no more forever.