Ice Fishing

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 would 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 weeklong ice fishing competition seemed the only way to settle things. The candidate that catches the most fish at the end of the week wins.

After a lot of 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 of fish 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 and has zero fish. 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 meets 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. If you can catch him cheating, you will win by default."

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,” said Internet Al, “He's cutting holes in the ice."