-Caveat Lector- > T'was The Night Of The Election > By Keith Boykin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > T'was the night of the election, > And all through the land, > Lay the people of Florida > On beach chairs in sand. > > Most had just voted, > And some were quite mad, > That a ballot for Gore > Gave Buchanan a chad. > > When on the tv screen there appeared a news flash, > Gore had won Florida, it was time for a bash! > Away to the computer I ran for a boast > To send out the emails that Bush was now toast. > > Messages raced across the World Wide Web > To announce the failure of young brother Jeb > When, what to my wondering eyes should appear > But another news flash that the state was unclear. > > With a deep Texas twang and some down home blather, > The voice could only belong to Dan Rather. > Perhaps he misread his touch screen panel > So I picked up the remote and flipped the channel. > > But on Brokaw! On Jennings! On Hume! On Shaw! > On every last network > They had messed up the call. > > Nader was spoiling in Wisconsin and Oregon > First Gore and then Bush, and then they went Gore again. > Michigan and Pennsylvania had fallen for Gore > But Bush won Tennessee and Arkansas, what more? > > And then, late at night, I heard on Fox News > Bush had won Florida, Gore would now lose. > The call was the first out of more than a dozen. > Little did I know, it came from Bush's own cousin. > > I fluffed up my pillows and settled in bed > And awoke the next morning to find Gore still ahead. > What kind of crazy nonsense is this? > The three anchors were sorry, expressing remiss. > > After millions of dollars of campaign artillery > A dead man had won and a First Lady Hillary. > Nader had won less than five percent, > And Buchanan's 12 million was not too well spent. > > Nevada and Nebraska banned same-sex marriage > A disappointing result, which activists disparaged. > The House was divided closer than before > While the Senate was split and ready for war. > > Gore had called Bush in the middle of the night > To concede the race and to give up the fight. > Well hold on there snippy, he called back later > I'm not so sure that I didn't stop Nader. > > Remembering the reaction to his sighs at the debate > Gore called a friend, a sighless Secretary of State. > Then recalling his own trouble with a verb to conjugate > Bush called in Baker, his own Secretary of State. > > Reno was poised to send in the marshals > For a pre-dawn raid to keep the counters impartial. > She said we can decide between a chad and a dimple. > If we can save Elian, this will be simple. > > As Bush picked his cabinet and Gore threatened court > Bill Clinton was happy to hold down the fort. > He said recount the ballots, take as long as you need, > I'll stay at the White House if no one concedes. > > As Bush's state lead dwindled to three hundred > A week after the election, the people they wondered, > And South Beach bars, they realized in dismay, > Three hundred people, we do that everyday. > > Oregon and New Mexico were still too close to call > As the lawyers jumped in for an old fashion brawl > Someone, I cried, please, please put a stop to this > When on ABC News appeared George Stephanopoulos. > > He sprang to his seat with a smile and a swagger > As he called on both sides to pull back their daggers. > But I swear he exclaimed, only half in jest, > Whoever wins the election will be a one-termer at best! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
