Once upon a time, long, long ago there was a
Presidential election that was too close to call.
Neither the Republican presidential candidate
nor the Democratic presidential candidate had enough
votes to win the election.

Therefore, it was decided that there should be
an ice fishing contest between the two candidates
to determine the final winner.

There was much talk about ballot recounting,
court challenges, etc., but a week-long ice
fishing competition seemed the (manly) way to
settle things. The candidate that catches the
most fish at the end of the week wins.

After a lot of back and forth discussion, it
was decided that the contest would take place on
a remote and cold lake in Wisconsin. There were
to be no observers present, and both men were to
be sent out separately on this remote lake and
return daily with their catch for counting and
verification.

At the end of the first day, George W. returns
to the starting line and he has 10 fish. Soon,
Al Gore returns and has zero fish.

Well, everyone assumes he is just having
another bad hair day or something and hopefully,
he will catch up the next day.

At the end of the 2nd day George W. comes in
with 20 fish and Al Gore comes in again with
none.

That evening, Bill Clinton gets together
secretly with Al and says, "Al, I think George W.
is a low-life cheatin' son-of-a-gun. I want you to go
out tomorrow and don't even bother with fishing.
Just spy on him and see if he
is cheating in any way.

The next night (after George W. comes back this
time with 50 fish), Bill Clinton says to Al,
"Well, what about it, is George W. cheatin'?"

"He sure is, Bill, he's cutting holes in the
ice."