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Very Interesting - But Cuckoo!
Gauging the increasing vertical wind shear with his famous Smurf
comb over, Donald J. Trump looked me straight in the eye and asked, “If you are
elected President of the United States, what measures would you take to wipe out
our national debt?”
He had decided to hold presidential debates at Zuccotti
Park, following the swimsuit competition in Iowa, because the rest of the country was beset by political sex scandals, embarrassing
gaffes, and unimpressed voters. Protest signs in the Park displayed pictures of
the Grand Old Party (GOP) candidates and a single word that reflected the
general consensus of the crowd, given the choices - “Meh!”
The political yammer was now between me and an ex-hooker from the
Bronx; the wind shear developing perpendicular to The Donald.
“Two strategies come to
mind that I believe will reduce the pork fat while simultaneously wiping out
our national debt: First, while outsourcing has become a popular way for large
companies to save money, poor states like Delaware have been overlooked. A man
working at a factory job in New York earns twice as much as a man doing the
same job in Dover, Delaware, where the pay is equivalent to salaries paid in
Beijing, China. I suggest that more companies be given a stimulus to outsource
work to other companies in underdeveloped cities across America. The product
could then be labeled properly ‘Made in America,’ and everyone would be happy,
including the poor fellow bent over in Dover, who will be appreciative and vote
for me in November.”
The crowd cheered loudly. Ten fellows, who were holding dollar
bills for my opponent, gave them to my campaign manager instead. He put them
under his Hello Kitty belt buckle.
“Second, I would advise the slugs in Congress to consolidate.
States like Rhode Island with only four electoral votes can be easily merged
into States like Massachusetts, which has 13; Vermont can go to New York; New
Hampshire to Maine; and so forth, until we evolve into an economic Godzilla.
Then, we can go overseas and stomp on China for pirating, bootlegging, and
violating US copyright and trademark laws. We should then be able to raise
about $17 trillion just on the booty that we find in Shanghai.”
More cheers and shouting came from the crowd. Even my opponent was
shaking her booty.
Someone started to shake me.
“Wake up, wake up!” my paramour shouted.
“Were you having a nightmare?”
Utterly disappointed that the whole experience was based on an
underdone potato, I asked the typical morning
after question, “What did I say?”
“You were screaming something about not getting 10,000 signatures
for the Dover ballot.”
“Was that before or after I invented the GOP drinking game ‘Webster
Says Newt Means Salamander’?”
“Very interesting - but cuckoo!” ~ Arte Johnson