Monday, Feb. 07, 2000

Buy This Guy

By Melissa August, Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Daniel Levy, Ellin Martens, Julie Rawe, Chris Taylor, Owen Thomas and Josh Tyrangiel

Nearly 50 years later, "I Like Ike" is still indelibly linked to Eisenhower's presidential campaign. The slogans of today's White House hopefuls are not nearly so distinctive. Try to guess which of the three options is a candidate's campaign slogan, a current movie tag line or a corporate catchphrase.

GEORGE W. BUSH 1

A: The party's on B: Let the dance begin C: Prosperity with a purpose

ALAN KEYES 2

A: It's your future. Be there B: Training is over C: It's principle that counts

BILL BRADLEY 3

A: Never any shortcuts B: Look closer C: It can happen

STEVE FORBES 4

A: He wants you to win B: He's not very good looking. But when the lights go out...he's still not good looking C: Let's make things better

JOHN MCCAIN 5

A: Heroes always deliver B: The character to do what's right. And the courage to fight for it C: His greatest fight was for justice

GARY BAUER 6

A: Miracles can happen B: Advancing America's values C: Anything but more of the same

AL GORE 7

A: Fighting for us B: Expanding possibilities C: One robot's journey to become an ordinary man

ANSWERS

1 A: Next Friday B: Viagra C: Campaign slogan

2 A: Zocor B: Pokemon: The First Movie C: Campaign slogan

3 A: Samuel Adams Boston Lager B. American Beauty C: Campaign slogan 4 A: Campaign slogan B: Deuce Bigalow C: Philips Electronics

5 A: FTD B: Campaign slogan C: The Hurricane

6 A: The Green Mile B: Campaign slogan C: Pontiac Bonneville

7 A: Campaign slogan B: Hewlett Packard C: Bicentennial Man