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.
Therefore, it was decided that there should be
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, it was
decided that the contest would take place on a remote and
cold lake in Wisconsin. 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, George W. returns to the
starting line and he has 10 fish. Soon, Al Gore returns
Well, everyone assumes he is just having another bad
hair day or something and hopefully, he will catch up the
next day.
At the end of the 2nd day George W. comes in with 20
fish and Al Gore comes in again with none.
That evening, Bill Clinton gets together secretly with
Al and says, "Al, I think George W. is a low-life
cheatin' son-of-a-gun. I want you to go out tomorrow and
don't even bother with fishing. Just spy on him and see
if he is cheating in any way.
The next night (after George W. comes back with 50
fish), Bill Clinton says to Al, "Well, what about it, is
George W. cheatin'?"
"He sure is, Bill, he's cutting holes in the ice."
