[Marion Shore]

Yesterday no doubt you saw the headline: "Give me money – that's what I want!" alleging I have had my hand in the till. There was, you can be sure, no truth to this, any more than to the rumors of my alleged liaisons with this boy, that girl… And then, here comes the Sun-Tribune with its lurid headline “She came in through the bathroom window.” At this point, I seriously considered leaving the race, since I don't want to spoil the Party's chances of success. Nevertheless, I have decided to stay on the ticket, to ride out the storm of my opponent’s smear campaign, for I am certain that, in the end, with a little help from my friends and supporters, we can get back to the long and winding road to victory and send a clear message to my opponent that his dirty politics will get him nowhere, man.