What if * died before the election? [View All]

[Cronus Protagonist]

Of a heart attack or something? Would Cheney be able to simply appropriate the campaign money and take over?

That horrible thought reminded me of a joke I heard on Pacifica:

President Bush dies and goes to Heaven where he meets St. Peter at the pearly gates. St. Peter looks at George's accomplishments and says, "George, you've spent a lifetime of sin. You can't get into Heaven."

So George says, "But I gave a nickel to a bum I saw at a railroad station in '64. Then there was that guy I met in '74 that needed money for food... I gave him a nickel as well, and in 84 I threw a nickel at a bum from my limo as we drove past on our way to a banquet."

St. Peter says, "But George, that's only 15 cents and it hardly makes up for a lifetime of sin."

And George says, "Well, it shows a pattern of giving. Each act showed compassion for the poor, and I kept it up for many years until I died. I've obviously lived a Christian life."

St. Peter says, "Well, George, that's certainly an original way to look at it. Let me go and ask what God wants me to do."

St. Peter goes off and confers with God.

God hears the story and immediately renders his decision, "Give George his 15 cents back and tell him to go to Hell."

:)