IOWA CHANGES STATE SLOGAN

In anticipation of the 2008 presidential caucuses that will be held in Iowa, state leaders have changed their slogan from “The Corn State” to “The Butter-Up State.” Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack said, “The candidates have been buttering up the people of this great state for thirty years, and we thought it was high time our slogan reflected that. Like most Iowans, I’ve had my butt kissed by the best of them. But now that I’m a candidate, I’ll be doing the buttering. I just hope I can live up to their obsequiousness.”