Kerry, Bush, Cheney, The Pope, and a Shark
On a tour of Texas, the Pope took a couple of days off to visit the
coastal area for some sightseeing. He was cruising along the sea wall on
Galveston Isle in his Pope mobile when suddenly he notices a frantic
commotion just off shore.
There was John Kerry struggling frantically to free
himself from the jaws of a 25-foot shark. As the Pope watched, horrified,
a speedboat came racing up with two men aboard. One of the men, President George W. Bush
quickly fired a harpoon into the shark's side while Dick Cheney reached out and
pulled the bleeding, semi-conscious John Kerry from the water. Then using
(autographed Round Rock Express) baseball bats, the two heroes beat the
shark to death andhauled it into the boat.
Immediately the Pope shouted and summoned them to
the beach. "I give you my blessings for your brave actions," he told them.
"I heard that there was some bitter hatred between President Bush and John
Kerry, but now I have seen with my own eyes that this is not true."
As the Pope drove off, President Bush asked Dick
"Who was that?" "It was the Pope," Dick replied. "He is in direct
contact with God and has all of God's wisdom."
"Well," President Bush said, "he may have access to
God's wisdom, but he doesn't know squat about shark
fishing..........how's the bait holding up?"