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Edited on Thu Jan-20-05 11:15 PM by pbartch
Once upon a time, long, long ago there was a presidential election that was too close to call. Neither the Republican presidential candidate nor the Democratic presidential candidate had enough votes to win the election.
It was decided that they would have an ice-fishing contest between the two candidates to determine the final winner. There was much talk about ballot recounting, court challenges, etc., but a week-long ice fishing competition seemed the manly way to settle things. The candidate that catches the most fish at the end of the week wins.
After a lot of back and forth discussion, they decided the contest would take place on a remote and frozen lake in Minnesota. There were to be no observers present, and both men were to be sent out separately on this remote lake and return daily with their catch for counting and verification.
At the end of the first day, John F. Kerry returns with 10 fish. George W. Bush returns with none.
On the second day JFK returns with 20 fish and W. with none. That night Joe Lockhart meets with George W. secretly & says "I think John Kerry is a lowlife cheatin' son-of-a-gun. I want you to go out tomorrow and don't even bother to fish. Just spy on him and see if he's cheating in any way."
The next night (after JFK. comes back with 30 fish), Lockhart says to George W, "Well what about it, is JFK. cheating?" "He sure is, Joe, he's cutting holes in the ice."
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