At Last — My Dream Come True!
by Smiley McGrouchpants, Jr-Esq-III
President Bob Barker addressed the nation: "Now, I know these are hard times. The sort of times that try men's souls." (standing ovation.)
He stepped down from the podium.
"Bob! BOB!" Some fiftysomething woman with a small dog in her arms was waiting for him, backstage. Security hadn't succeeded in restraining her. Strange.
"I just wanted to say . . . " She flushed, overcome with emotion and suddenly unable to speak. " . . . thah-thah-that when — "
"Nice meeting you." He grabbed her hand and shook it, like she was a Texas longshoreman. She almost dropped the dog. Fuck it. "I'm glad you're supporting me and this country — " (his delivery was as practiced canned and spit-polish perfect as when he'd introduce the price of a can of tuna on The Price is Right during the tape-recorded Reagan '80s days) " — but I really must be on my way."
He shrugged, pitiless, but somehow made it seem semitragic — the inevitable call of duty, following him everywhere, with a halo-like glow.
"Oh — oh!" she said, starting to gather herself, but he was hustled off by his handlers, and didn't catch the rest.
THE END
Vanna White: "And now, cleavage but no nipples, you can't have me or the dress, and I'm vacuous from — "
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Judging by the (lack of) flood of comments, I must be your only fan. Anyway, I like this.
"President Bob Barker." I believe we have that.*
Thanks, eamon! Thanks, Tim.
My people.
wish our president was as elegant as that. *