The Week contest: Trademark - July 8, 2011

Welcome to The Week's "What Next?" contest, an invitation to test your powers of imagination with challenges inspired by current events.

Click here for results of last week's contest: Teen Religion

Results: After Sarah Palin trademarked her name so that only she can profit from her fame, we asked you for one sentence or phrase other politicians might trademark so they’d get royalties every time it was used.

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THE WINNER: I apologize to the voters, my colleagues, my family, but most importantly, to my wife

Andrew Dick, Seymour, IN

SECOND PLACE: This is a partisan witch hunt

Larry & Luann Bonier, Jamestown, RI

THIRD PLACE: September 11th

Stephanie Patterson, Wooster, OH

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

I misspoke

Todd S. Hyatt, North Grafton, MA

I did not knowingly say that

Bob Setterberg, Portland, OR

Mistakes were made

Rob James, San Francisco

Let me be absolutely clear

Brian McKenna, Tucson, AZ

Actually, I was for it before I was against it

Richard Lee, Bal Harbour, FL

This is a partisan witch hunt

Larry & Luann Bonier, Jamestown, RI

I did not have sex with that woman

Bruce Cantin, Fair Lawn, NJ

I did not have sext with that woman

Greg Anderson, The Woodlands, TX

I’m stepping down to spend more time with my family

Mike Paul, Carrboro, NC

For this problem, I am entering myself into treatment

David Levin, Edgewater, Md

We request that the media respect the privacy of me and my family as we work through these difficult times

Scott D. Young, Delmar, NY

We're going to move forward

Jeffrey Contompasis, Ashburn, VA

I promise to not run a negative campaign

Greg Brent, Colorado Springs, CO

I promise to represent YOU, the constituent, the little guy, the hardworking backbone of this great democracy, and to stand up to big money interests and politics as usual!

Corey Stewart, Brooklyn

God has talked to me

Jennifer Joos, Waukesha WI

I never would have voted for that bill if I knew then what I know now

Miles Klein, Frisco, TX

That’s not why I came to Washington

Rodney Clements, La Verne, CA

Chances are, we think alike.

Burt Elliott, Aberdeen, SD

My account was hacked

James Brown, New York City

I am fighting for you

Hoyt Jones, Oxford, MI

I'm glad you asked that question

Karen Milliorn, Las Cruces, NM

I am entering rehab

Jim Diestel, San Ramon, CA

To the best of my recollection…

Michael Coleman, Greenville, SC

I will reach across the aisle

Jerry Sagen, Eugene, OR

Jobs

Louis A. Bertolotti, Tenafly, NJ

Who, me?

Judy Martins, Gainesville, VA

Honey it's nothing, she's only an intern

Jim Lancaster, Atlanta, GA

I am not a politician

Ken Hasenbank, South Berwick, ME

Senator, I can neither confirm nor deny that

Rod Kelley, Topeka, KS

I will no longer be running for president

Vince DeBruyn, Clinton Township, MI

I didn't do it

Kyle Prendergast, Catonsville, MD

It was like that when I got here

Dylan Joss, Anaheim, CA

I care about our seniors

Angela James, Westminster, MD

There’s a war on Christmas!!

Ashley Ryan, Catonsville, MD

No comment

Andrew Caldwell, Farmington, NM