The game is Mercenaries 2, and it’s sure to be a hit with both Democrats and Republicans alike.

My only question: why didn’t they include McCain?

First off, many thanks to those who submitted their flavors on the original post. Because as I’m sure you’re all well aware, the more participation we have with contests like this, the more likely they’ll happen again.

Now then…the moment you’ve all been waiting for…the winners of Donklephant & Baskin-Robbins’ “Presidential Flavors” contest…

• 1st Place – $50 Baskin-Robbins Gift Certificate
  James K. Polk’s Mintyfest Destiny:
  Green mint ice cream (representing the newly opened land out west to which settlers were encouraged to make their “manifest destiny”), with swirls of fudge (representing the dark adventurous, unknown aspect of westward expansion), and bits of toffee scattered throughout (for the prospect of gold or other rich surprises out west).
  - Submitted by bubbles
• 2nd Place – $30 Baskin-Robbins Gift Certificate
  Andrew Johnson’s Im-Peach-Mint:
  Peach ice cream with just a hint of mint to give it a crisp, refreshing taste.
  - Submitted by Tim in Wisconsin
• 3rd Place- $20 Baskin-Robbins Gift Certificate
  George Washington’s “I Cannot Tell a Lie” Cherry:
  Vanilla ice cream with cherries and little chocolate hatchets.
  - Submitted by Josh

Winners will be contacted by Baskin-Robbins via the email you submitted with the comment, and then delivery arrangements will be made from there.

Again, thanks to everybody for playing and I hope you had as much fun with this as we did.

Okay folks, one more reminder about the contest I announced on Tuesday. Winners will be chosen over the weekend and they’ll be announced early next week.

Once again, we’re looking for Donklephant readers to create an ice cream flavor name for any President in history, describe what you think would be in it and post it in the comments section at the original post.

For instance, John McCain’s flavor is Straight Talk Crunch and it has a “caramel ribbon, chocolate pieces, candy red states and crunchy mixed nuts swirled into white chocolate ice cream.”

We will be selecting three winners and prizes work out like this…

• 1st Place: $50 in gift certificates to Baskin-Robbins
• 2nd Place: $30 in gift certificates to Baskin-Robbins
• 3rd Place: $20 in gift certificates to Baskin-Robbins

Feel free to create as many flavors as you want, but obviously keep it clean and try to use ingredients that would actually be in ice cream. Who knows, one of these flavors could actually be added to their library one day. Also, be sure to include an email so we can contact you if you win. Also, even if you’ve already “entered” you can enter more ideas if they come to you.

So hop on over to the other post and give us your flavors for a chance to win.

Good luck!

Here’s today’s daily reminder about the contest I announced on Tuesday that’s running throughout the week.

Basically, Donklephant has teamed with Baskin-Robbins and we’re looking for Donklephant readers to create an ice cream flavor name for any President in history, describe what you think would be in it and post it in the comments section at the original post.

For instance, John McCain’s flavor is Straight Talk Crunch and it has a “caramel ribbon, chocolate pieces, candy red states and crunchy mixed nuts swirled into white chocolate ice cream.”

We will be selecting three winners and prizes work out like this…

• 1st Place: $50 in gift certificates to Baskin-Robbins
• 2nd Place: $30 in gift certificates to Baskin-Robbins
• 3rd Place: $20 in gift certificates to Baskin-Robbins

Feel free to create as many flavors as you want, but obviously keep it clean and try to use ingredients that would actually be in ice cream. Who knows, one of these flavors could actually be added to their library one day. Also, be sure to include an email so we can contact you if you win.

So hop on over to the other post and give us your flavors for a chance to win.

Good luck!

And now for something fun and potentially rewarding…

Baskin-Robbins just launched two new presidential flavors for the fall, Straight Talk Crunch and Whirl Of Change. I’m sure you know which flavor represents which candidate, and you can vote for your favorite over at the company’s “National Flavor Election” site.

But here’s the really fun part…

Basically, we’re looking for Donklephant readers to create an ice cream flavor name for any President in history, describe what you think would be in it and post it in the comments section below.

For instance, John McCain’s flavor is Straight Talk Crunch and it has a “caramel ribbon, chocolate pieces, candy red states and crunchy mixed nuts swirled into white chocolate ice cream.”

We will be selecting three winners and prizes work out like this…

• 1st Place: $50 in gift certificates to Baskin-Robbins
• 2nd Place: $30 in gift certificates to Baskin-Robbins
• 3rd Place: $20 in gift certificates to Baskin-Robbins

Feel free to create as many flavors as you want, but obviously keep it clean and try to use ingredients that would actually be in ice cream. Who knows, one of these flavors could actually be added to their library one day. Also, be sure to include an email so we can contact you if you win.

The contest will be going on through Friday, and I’ll post a daily reminder to create flavors with a pointer to the original post. We’ll select winners over the weekend and announce 1st, 2nd and 3rd early next week.

Good luck!

I doubt many people other than political junkies will find this interesting, but American Public Media’s show Marketplace (if you listen to NPR, you’ll know it) has just launched Budget Hero, a game where you can set the budget priorities and see how it stacks up against reality. What’s nice about this is it lists the pros and cons of each action, and the reasoning seems to me to be extremely balanced.

And yes, I played and I’m actually surprised to find that I can be a small government guy while providing health care for all. Who knew?

What kind of budget hero will you be?

There’s one way to find out.