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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Zoltan! who wrote (117410)	12/18/2000 10:26:03 AM
From: Norm Demers	Respond to of 769670

The best yet: > >The Recount Before Christmas > > T'was the 12th of December > And all through the state > Florida's counters > Were staying up late > > To count and recount > And count them some more > Till they found enough votes > To favor Al Gore. > > They counted all night > And into the day > And soon Bush's lead > Was slipping away. > > But still not enough > To make Gore the winner > So they counted some more, > Through lunch and through dinner. > > "I need help to win this," > Al Gore told a friend > "And I know just the man > On whom to depend." > > And so Richard Daley > Mounted his sled > And flew to Cook County > To wake up the dead. > > He brought in Gore votes > From all sorts of places > He filled up his sled > With votes in suitcases. > > He found Gore support > From the sons and daughters > Of Lincoln, and Adams, > And Monroe supporters. > > He found votes in jails, > He resurrected Granny > He even got three votes > From Zoe Baird's nanny. > > When these votes were counted > The Gore team was mad > Bush was still winning > By one dimpled chad. > > So they twisted and bent them > And let in some light > "If they're hanging, or pregnant, > They're Algore's, by right." > > "Thirty votes for Bush" > Shouted Counter Number Four. > But then Jesse Jackson > Walked in through the door. > > "You must be a racist, > That's all I can say. > Those votes are for Algore, > Now pass them my way." > > The Democrats cheered > For Gore would survive. > But then all those military > Votes did arrive. > > It seemed that the troops > Feared a President Gore, > So in came their Bush votes. > And in came some more. > > It may look like a Bush vote > But just wait a minute > Gore can't find a postmark > Without or within it. > > Sailors at sea > Could have swum to the shore > The fact that they didn't > Means they voted for Gore. > > "These votes should be mine," > Algore ranted and raved, > "I should have won, > The system's depraved." > > "Let's throw out the system, > Let's throw out the law; > Bush cannot win this" > He said through clenched jaw. > > "Let's discredit Harris, > Abuse and revile > Let's make her the villain" > Said Gore with a smile. > > "Treat her like Willey > Like Broaderick, like Jones. > Make fun of her hair, > And her eyes, and her bones. > > Challenge her motives-- > She's corrupt to the core-- > And I'm a poor victim. > I am Al Gore." > > "If O. J.'s not guilty > Then surely I've won. > Bring on the lawyers, > Let's start the fun. > > Throw tantrums! And challenge! > Spin! and distort! > If we can't win this by counting, > We'll win this in court." > > And on came the lawyers > Like vultures to prey > They argued all night > And they argued all day. > > They found lots of loopholes > And, here's a sad hitch, > The country grew poorer > While the lawyers got rich. > > It was a very sad day > The country's a mess. > Al Gore has stained it > Like Monica's dress. > >Author Unknown