Good Morning.
A cautionary tale for our times:
ONCE upon a time, long, long ago, there were two candidates, the one rich and the other poor. When Election Eve came, the poor one had not a vote in the house, either of lobbyist or citizen; so he went to his running mate, and begged him, in God's name, to give him something for Election Day. It was by no means the first time that the candidate had been forced to give something to him, and he was not better pleased at being asked now than he generally was.
"If you will do what I ask you, you shall have a whole vote," said he. The poor one immediately thanked him, and promised this.
"Well, here is the vote, and now you must go straight to BP Headquarters," said the rich candidate, throwing the vote to him.
"Well, I will do what I have promised," said the other, and he took the vote and set off. He went on and on for the livelong day, and at nightfall he came to a place where there was a bright light.
"I have no doubt this is the place," thought the man with the vote.
An old man with a long white beard was standing in the outhouse, reading the National Review.
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