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Subject: Fw: More Election Poetry


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> From: "Marianne Longworth" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 4:33 AM
> Subject: FW: More Election Poetry
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> >
> > > 'Twas  A  Week  Past Election
> > >
> > > 'Twas a week past election and all through the land,
> > > Not a president was chosen; no decision at hand.
> > > The ballots were counted, again and again
> > > In hopes that in Florida at last someone would win.
> > >
> > > Georgie Dubya had won it, or so the vote said
> > > And thoughts of his cabinet danced in his head.
> > > While Gore and his lawyers, and Bush and his too,
> > > Argued and argued about what to do.
> > >
> > > When down in Palm Beach there arose such a clatter,
> > > Where thousands of voters were mad as a hatter!
> > > The box for Buchanan was too close to Gore's,
> > > So Bush got the most votes.  Should Gore have had more?
> > >
> > > Then what in the nation's poor eyes did appear?
> > > But thousands of lawyers and lawsuits to hear.
> > > Faster and faster the lawyers they came,
> > > With truckloads of briefs, and some people to blame.
> > >
> > > And then the Vice President said, and I quote:
> > > "We must do a hand count of each voter's vote."
> > > The country then watched as Florida reported
> > > Numbers and figures that sounded distorted.
> > >
> > > The Veep wasn't winning; his chances were thin,
> > > But he hoped if he kept up, in the end, he might win.
> > > The governor's aides were upset, and they shouted,
> > > "We've won the election.  Why should we hand count it?"
> > >
> > > Soon no one cared just who'd be elected,
> > > As long as it ended and one was selected.
> > > As they pulled Palm Beach County and counted again,
> > > We knew this fiasco was not soon to end.
> > >
> > > Thousands protested the votes that were tossed,
> > > No one would ever concede that he'd lost.
> > > The media debated long into the night,
> > > Whether the holes should have been on left or the right.
> > >
> > > And so no one knew from the west to the east,
> > > Who got the most votes and who got the least.
> > > 'Cause ballots that no one had counted before
> > > Suddenly showed up as votes for Al Gore.
> > >
> > > The courts all decided; the votes certified.
> > > The race was decided; it was no longer tied.
> > > It took quite a while, but the count was complete.
> > > One was victorious, the other was beat.
> > >
> > > One of them waits for his inauguration.
> > > The other goes home.  He won't lead our nation.
> > > The people were calm, and now so were their fears.
> > > And the media warned, "We'll be back in four years."
> > >
> > > Now our country must judge -- was it all just a game?
> > > The folks down in Florida will ne'er be the same.
> > > They have lost all respect; they have lost all their pride
> > > Now the State has come out with a new voter's guide.
> > >
> > > - Author Unknown
> >
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