A Joke

with a predictable punch-line

so anyway, I've sat here through a sandwich and two beers debating where I should post this. It's political, so I should post at SupplySidePolitics; but it came from a personal source, so I should post it here.

Decisions, decisions. And you wonder why I drink.....

Right, then. I received an e-mail from a family friend this evening, with a joke attached. I never know what to expect from her (she's considered a "republican" by my in-laws; but she was an algore / j f'n kerry voter in the past two "Big Ones"), so I opened the e-mail with caution. The text follows:

Bill Clinton, Al Gore and George W. Bush died and found themselves standing on the other side of the Jordan River, looking across at the Promised Land. The Archangel Michael was standing on the other side and shouted over to the three surprised Americans, "Contrary to what youhave been taught, each of you will have to wade across the Jordan River."

As Michael saw their perplexed looks, he reassured them by saying,"Don't worry. You will sink only proportionally according to your sins on earth. The more you have sinned the more you will sink into the water."

The three American sages of political lore looked at one another, trying to determine who shall be the first brave soul to cross the Jordan River.

Finally George W. Bush volunteered to go first. Slowly he began to wade out into the river, and slowly the water began to get higher and higher, reaching to his waist. George began to sweat, thinking all of his sins were coming back to haunt him. He was beginning to wonder if he would ever see the other side. Finally, after what seemed liked an eternity,he began to emerge on the river's bank.

As he ascended to the other side, he looked behind him to see which one of the other brave souls was going next. A shock of surprise registered on his face, as he saw Al Gore almost in the middle of the river andonly his ankles barely touching the water. He turned to Michael and exclaimed, "I know Al Gore and he has sinned much, much more than that!"

Before the Archangel Michael could reply, Al Gore shouted back, "I'm standing on Clinton's shoulders!"

My only comment would be that, in this scenerio, with algore standing on billy jeff blythe clinton's shoulders, gore would need an eleventy-seven foot long snorkle to keep stealing oxygen.