 While out fishing , Homer is abducted by the two aliens Kang and Kodos . When they demand that Homer point them towards Earth 's leader , Homer informs them of the then @-@ upcoming presidential election and says the winner could be either Bill Clinton or Bob Dole . Kang and Kodos kidnap both Dole and Clinton , placing them in suspended animation tubes and assuming their forms through " bio @-@ duplication " to ensure that one of them will become the next leader . Before returning Homer to Earth , the aliens soak him in rum , so nobody will believe him . As the election nears , the impostor candidates are seen to be acting strangely , holding hands in public and making bizarre declarations in unhumanlike monotone . Later on , Homer stumbles upon the badly hidden spaceship and tries to save the real Dole and Clinton , with both candidates agreeing they should join forces to defeat the aliens ; however , Homer accidentally ejects them into space , killing them . On the day before the election , Homer crashes the spaceship into the Capitol and successfully reveals the candidates ' real identities . However , despite being exposed , Kang and Kodos declare to the people that they have to choose between one of them because " it 's a two @-@ party system " , since it is too late to get new candidates . One man in the crowd announces that he will vote for a third @-@ party candidate , but Kang and Kodos mockingly encourage him to " go ahead [ and ] throw your vote away , " prompting a bout of displeasure from Ross Perot . As such , Kang is subsequently elected President and quickly enslaves all of humanity into building a giant ray gun to aim at an unknown planet , while Homer smugly states that at least he voted for Kodos . 
