GETTING DOWN, DIRTY WITH THE DEBATE TRIO

by | Nov 21, 2008 | Detroit Free Press | 0 comments

News Item:

The first of several presidential debates will be tonight in St. Louis. George Bush, Bill Clinton and Ross Perot are promising to concentrate on the issues.
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MODERATOR: Welcome to the presidential debates. Gentlemen, please introduce yourselves.

CLINTON: Hello, George.

BUSH: Hello, Comrade.

PEROT: Be nice, boys, or I’ll fire ya.

MODERATOR: Ahem. Now then. Let’s begin with a question on the economy. Gentlemen, what is wrong with the U.S. economy and what will you do about it if elected president?

BUSH: Thank you for asking that insightful question. And let me say this: The U.S. is a strong nation and we will be strong again. I believe it. I know it in my heart. Thank you.

MODERATOR: Is that your answer?

BUSH: Also, vote for me, I served in a war. Unlike some of us here.

CLINTON: There you go again.

BUSH: Stop stealing my old boss’s lines.

MODERATOR: Mr. Clinton?

CLINTON: The economy is a mess. This country is going broke. Nobody is working.

MODERATOR: And your solutions?

CLINTON: I brought a comprehensive plan. As you can see, it’s very thick and has a lot of small print, so you know it’s good. If we implement it, we can get America back to where IT SHOULD BE! THANK YOU!

MODERATOR: What does the plan say?

CLINTON: I, uh, haven’t read it yet.

PEROT: Can I git a word in here?

MODERATOR: Mr. Perot?

PEROT: Both of these boys are a joke, see? You can’t make money unless you save money, and you can’t save money unless you spend money, and believe me, I know how to make it and I know how to spend it. I did it, I can do it again. Thank ya.

MODERATOR: That’s your answer?

PEROT: Now there you go with that negative media crap again. You people are the lowest kind of slime and if I could fire ya I would — right after I gave ya a drug test which I figure you’d flunk. Next question.

MODERATOR: All right. Gentlemen, where do you stand on foreign policy?

BUSH: Maybe we should start with Mr. Clinton, since he spent some time on foreign soil . . . IN RUSSIA! NYET, COMRADE?

CLINTON: I was a student! I was trying to meet girls, for pete’s sake!

PEROT: There ya have it. You boys can’t keep your missiles in your trousers.

BUSH: Shut up, Ross! . . . Uh, to answer the question. My foreign policy is a matter of record. The Berlin Wall came down, Russia died, and I did it all. Me. George Bush.

CLINTON: What a crock!

MODERATOR: Your policy, Mr. Perot?

PEROT: Simple. If they owe us money, we squeeze ’em till we git it. If they don’t owe us money, screw ’em. Unless they got all.

MODERATOR: All?

PEROT: All. Comes outta the ground.

MODERATOR: Oil!

PEROT: You obviously ain’t from Texas.

MODERATOR: Uh, moving right along. A lot has been made about the past in this campaign. Do you really feel things you did years ago affect how you will run the country?

BUSH: Not at all, unless . . . you dodged the draft and went to Russia!

CLINTON: Not at all, unless . . . you sold arms to Iran and gave money to Contra rebels!

PEROT: Not at all. Period. The only thing more boring than the past is jogging.

BUSH, CLINTON: WHAT’S WRONG WITH JOGGING?

PEROT: Pansy sport.

MODERATOR: Gentlemen, please!

BUSH: Look, Perot. Why are you even here? You don’t stand a chance.

CLINTON: Leave him alone.

BUSH: Ooh, thank you, Mr. Hair Dye.

PEROT: At least he has hair.

CLINTON: Why don’t you go home to your wife, George — or is she your grandmother?

PEROT: Good one!

BUSH: Does the name Gennifer Flowers mean anything to you?

MODERATOR: Gentlemen, please! We have time for one closing statement.

BUSH: People of America, no one feels your pain and suffering more than I do —

CLINTON: From Kennebunkport?

BUSH: — so vote for me, because you can trust me. I don’t cheat on my wife, or run from the draft like a Commie-loving chicken.

CLINTON: People of America, no one feels your pain and suffering more than I do —

BUSH: From the public dole you’ve been on your whole life?

CLINTON: — so vote for me, because we can’t take four more years of this blowhard.

PEROT: People of America . . . I quit.

BUSH: Yay!

CLINTON: Yay!

PEROT: Naw, jus’ kiddin’. I’m back.

MODERATOR: Well, that ends our debate. Don’t forget to vote for the candidate of your choice. If you can find one. Good night.

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