We Did Not Steal "Man of the Year" Idea

In a recently unpublished report put out by an unidentified joint task force of Republican and Democratic presidential campaign managers, the Jay Leno for President campaign was accused of "stealing the idea" for Jay's candidacy from the Robin Williams movie, "Man of the Year." As the unofficial and unauthorized manager of this watershed campaign, I must speak out against this latest round of mudslinging. We stole nothing from anyone at anytime. Period. Exclamation point.

Besides, even if we did (which we didn't), but if we did, we'd certainly have found a better story line than the movie's flimsy plot of "deception" for getting a guy elected president. Doesn't anyone remember Bush's 2000 Florida campaign? Don't get me wrong, I'm a big Robin Williams fan, but, frankly, I'd rather have watched a movie with Williams playing a Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert-type character for the whole movie without the pretext of him becoming president on a whim and as the result of a computer glitch.

So did we steal the idea? Absolutely not. If you go back to Pat Paulsen's campaign for president in the late 60's, you'll find lots of precedence for Jay for president present in the present situation. Perhaps the producers of "Man of the Year" stole the idea from Pat? Hmmm?

I think the Democratic and Republican candidates are actually so scared of Jay Leno as a viable presidential candidate that they'll stop at nothing to try to derail his campaign. And though we're pretty sure Jay knows nothing about any of this (NBC's got him pretty well-insulated), I'm confident that, together, we can weather this storm of controversy.

In fact, this kind of publicity should actually help legitimize the Jay Leno for President campaign and prove, once again, that desperate candidates rely on desperate measures (remember Dick Nixon?). I won't say who those desperate candidates are because we, at the Jay Leno for President campaign, are above that kind of thing. But feel free to visit their web links.

As we go forward from here, with Jay's knowledge of our efforts or not, let me remind Jay's millions of grassroot supporters of this: While the movie "Man of the Year" ends with Robin Williams having to give up the presidency (but he does get the girl, go figure), Jay won't have to do that. First of all, he's already married, so he doesn't need to get the girl. Second, once he's elected fair-and-square, he won't have to give up the presidency, unless he really wants to. Until then, it's all the way with Jay!