How about...
...we transmit the contents of Flame the day after the election? What with all the wailing and lamentation and gnashing of the teeth by the losing...oh, hang on, this isn't Flame or even CE. Better stop there. Suffice it to say that the aliens will think that the Earth is about to be destroyed, and they'll send a mother ship on a rescue mission right quick. Beam you up, Scotty?